The Marco Polo Presnja Hotel is located just 3 km from the city center in a quarter notable for its pleasant leafy back streets and literary associations. The Patriarch's Ponds, now a single pond encircled by railings and set in a tree-lined square, is just a 5-minute walk from the hotel and is known throughout Moscow as the setting for the opening chapter of Mikhail Bulgakov's satirical fantasy The Master and Margarita.
Mostly inhabited by students before the revolution, this bohemian area surrounding the hotel soon became known as Moscow's Latin Quarter and many of Russia's most celebrated writers and artists made the district their home. Within a few blocks of the hotel guests will find the Anton Chekhov House-Museum, devoted to the prolific 19th century playwright and short story writer, and the neo-Gothic facade of the Morozov Mansion, designed by the turn-of-the-century architect Shekhtel and home to the Morozov textiles merchants, sponsors of the Moscow Art Theatre and Lenin's newspaper Iskra.
Another short walk away is the Maxim Gorky House-Museum, which celebrates the life and literary works of the Soviet novelist and champion of Socialist Realism. While the museum has limited appeal, the Ryabushinsky Mansion in which it is housed, assigned to Gorky by the Soviet authorities, is a decadent masterpiece of Style Moderne architecture with a particularly impressive marble staircase.
Guests at the Marco Polo Presnja can also enjoy an evening concert performance by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra at the local Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, located a 10-minute walk away.
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| Distance: | 2.3 km |
| On Foot: | Guests can also walk to the Kremlin, which will take about 30 minutes. Take a left out of the hotel and then a right onto Ulitsa Malaya Bronnaya. Proceed to the Boulevard Ring then take a right at the far side of Kikitskiy Bulvar. Turn left onto Ulitsa Vozdvizhenka and continue straight down this street, bringing you to the Kremlin Entrance. Show walking route |
| Public transport: | This journey takes around 20 minutes. Go to the Chekhovskaya Metro Station, about ten minutes' walk from the hotel, and take the grey line south for one stop to Borovitskaya. Follow the exit signs to the Kremlin, which is five minutes away on foot. Show transit route |
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| Distance: | 2.5 km |
| On Foot: | Guests willing to walk for about thirty minutes can reach Red Square easily on foot. Head southeast on Malaya Bronnaya Ulitsa, then take a right onto Tverskoy Blvd, followed by a left onto Bolshaya Nikitskaya. Continue ahead for 900 meters, then cross Alexander Garden, following the signs for Red Square. Show walking route |
| Public transport: | It takes just 20 minutes to reach Red Square by public transport. Go to Tverskaya Metro Station (around 800 meters from the hotel) and travel one stop to Teatralnaya. Exit via the interchange station Ploshchad Revolyutsii to emerge around 50 meters from the northern end of Red Square. Show transit route |
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| Distance: | 2.3 km |
| On Foot: | It takes just under thirty minutes to reach the theatre on foot. Walk towards the Tverskaya Metro Station then take a left turn on Ulitsa Tverskaya. At the end of the street, take another left and proceed for 200 meters until reaching Theatre Square. Show walking route |
| Public transport: | It takes under 20 minutes to reach the theatre when traveling by metro. Take the dark-green line from Tverskaya (ten minutes' walk from the hotel) and travel one stop south to Teatralnaya. The exit to the metro is across the square from the Bolshoi Theatre. Show transit route |
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