Most of Moscow's top visitor attractions can easily and quickly be accessed by metro from the Sheraton Palace Hotel. In the close vicinity of the hotel there are also a few places of interest, particularly around Triumfalnaya Ploshchad, just over five minutes' walk from the hotel. The square is dominated by a magnificent monument to Vladimir Mayakovsky, the great Modernist poet of the October Revolution. Beneath the square, the metro station which bears his name (Belorusskaya) is also arguably the finest of Moscow's many palatial stations, with a revolutionary Art Deco design and beautiful mosaics on the ceilings. Also on the square is the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, one of Moscow's premier classic music venues and home to the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.
A short walk east of the square is the Patriarch's Ponds, an attractive small lake surrounded by trees, famous as the sight of the Devil's first appearance in Moscow in Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita. There are statues to Bulgakov and the 19th century fabulist Ivan Krylov nearby.
A short walk east of the square is the Patriarch's Ponds, an attractive small lake surrounded by trees, famous as the sight of the Devil's first appearance in Moscow in Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita. There are statues to Bulgakov and the 19th century fabulist Ivan Krylov nearby.
