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Where in the city is the hotel located?
The Sputnik Hotel is situated on Lenisnkiy Prospekt, a major highway running south-west out of Moscow. The hotel is around 6km from the Kremlin and Red Square. |
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Which is the nearest metro station?
The closest metro station to the Sputnik Hotel is Leninskiy Prospekt, on the orange line five stops south of Kitay-Gorod Station, which is in the very centre of Moscow, about five minutes' walk from Red Square. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Sheremetyevo Airport?
It is around 40km from Sheremetyevo-2 Inetrnational Airport to the Sputnik Hotel. If you are taking a taxi or prearranged transfer, the drive will take between one hour and 80 minutes depending on traffic. The only practical public transport option currently available is to take a marshrutka minibus from outside the arrivals lounge to Rechnoy Vokzal Metro Station at the top of the dark-green line. From here, take the metro to Novokuznetskaya Station, and change to the orange line from Tretyakovskaya. Travel four stops south to Leninskiy Prospekt Metro Station, which is around ten minutes' walk from the hotel. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Domodedovo Airport?
The Sputnik Hotel is around 60km from Domodedovo International Airport. If you are travelling by taxi or prearranged transfer, the journey will take around 90 minutes, depending on traffic. If you wish to use public transport, by far the fastest and most convenient method is to take the Aeroexpress rail link from Domodedovo to Paveletsky Station in the city centre. Trains run from 7am to 12am every hour (every half hour at peak times), and the journey takes just over 40 minutes. From Paveletskaya Metro Station, take the brown circle line one stop clockwise to Oktyabrskaya Station, and change there to the orange line. It is another three stops south to Leninskiy Prospekt Station, which is around 400m from the Sputnik Hotel. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Vnukovo Airport?
If you plan to take a taxi or prearranged transfer, the drive to the Sputnik Hotel from Vnukovo Airport is around 35km, and will take roughly 45 minutes. If you wish to use public transport, there is now an Aeroexpress rail link running between Vnukovo and Kievskiy Station in the city centre. Trains run daily from 7am to 10pm, and the journey takes 35 minutes. From Kievskaya Metro Station take the brown circle line two stops anti-clockwise to Oktyabrskaya Station. Change here to the orange line and travel three stops south to Leninskiy Prospekt Station, just over ten minutes' walk from the Sputnik Hotel. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Leningradakiy Station, Yaroslavskiy Station or Kazanskiy Station?
Komsomolskaya Ploshchad, also known as "Three Stations Square", is around 10km north-east of the Sputnik Hotel, and by car the journey will take at least 30 minutes, depending on traffic. Alternatively, take the metro from Komsomolskaya, which is directly linked to all three mainline stations, two stops south on the red line to Chistye Prudy, and change here to the orange line from Turgenevskaya. Travel six stops south to Leninskiy Prospekt (see metro map). The Sputnik is about ten minutes' walk from there. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Kurskiy Station?
From Kurskaya Metro Station take the brown circle line four stops clockwise to Oktyabrskaya. Change there to the orange line and three stops south to Leninskiy Prospekt Station, which is about 400m walk from the Sputnik Hotel. If you are travelling by taxi or pre-ordered transfer the drive, which is just under 10km, takes around 30 minutes. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Belarusskiy Station?
The Sputnik Hotel is roughly 10km from Belorusskiy Station, and the trip will take over 30 minutes by taxi or prearranged transfer. By metro, take the brown circle line four stops anti-clockwise to Oktyabrskaya Station. Change to the orange line and travel three stops south to Leninskiy Prospekt. From there, the Sputnik Hotel is around ten minutes' walk away. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Kievskiy Station?
By taxi or prearranged transfer the Sputnik Hotel can be reached in around 20 minutes from Kievskiy Station. By metro, take the brown circle line two stops anti-clockwise to Oktyabrskaya Station. Change to the orange line and travel three stops south to Leninskiy Prospekt. From there, the Sputnik Hotel is only ten minutes' walk away. |
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Where can I park near the hotel?
The Sputnik Hotel has plenty of guarded parking in front of the hotel. |
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How can I make international telephone calls?
All rooms at the Sputnik Hotel have telephones with direct international dialling. If you wish to save money, a variety of IP-telephony cards are readily available in many kiosks and most mobile phone shops. |
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Where can I get Internet access?
The Sputnik Hotel currently offers only dial-up Internet connections in-room. To get hi-speed Internet access, you will need to use one of Moscow's many Internet cafes. One of the largest and easiest to find is in the underground shopping mall beneath Manezhnaya Ploshchad. |
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Does the hotel have satellite television?
All rooms at the Sputnik Hotel have televisions with satellite and cable channels, including popular English-language channels. |
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How do I get from the hotel to the Kremlin?
To get to the Kremlin from the Sputnik Hotel, catch the metro from Leninskiy Prospekt Station, about 400m from the hotel, and travel north three stops to Tretyakovskaya. Change there for the dark-green line from Novokuznetskaya, and continue north one stop to Teatralnaya, which brings you out next to the Bolshoi Theatre. From there it is a little over five minutes' walk to the Kutafaya Tower and the main visitors' entrance to the Kremlin. |
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How do I get from the hotel to the Bolshoi Theater?
To get from the Sputnik Hotel to the Bolshoi Theatre take the orange line from Leninskiy Prospekt (under ten minutes' walk from the hotel). Travel three stops north to Tretyakovskaya and change there for the green line from Novokuznetskaya. Continue two stops south to Teatralnaya, and exit following signs for the theatre. |
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How do I get from the hotel to the Tretyakov Gallery?
To reach the Tretyakov Gallery from the Sputnik, take the orange line from Leninskiy Prospekt Metro Station (under ten minutes' walk from the hotel) three stops north to Tretyakovskaya Station (see metro map). Exit following the signs to the Gallery, which is about five minutes' walk from the metro. |
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Which visitor attractions are located near the hotel?
The area around the Sputnik Hotel was mostly developed in the 1950s and 1960s, and has some fine examples of Stalinist neoclassical architecture. Ploshchad Gagarina, the square around Leninskiy Prospekt Metro Station, is particularly impressive, and is crowned by a soaring titanium statue of Yurii Gagarin. It was at this site that he met hoards of admirers as he returned to Moscow from his historic orbit of the earth in 1961.
About 1km from the hotel, the historic Neskuchniy Sad was once an aristocratic estate, but now forms the wilder and more picturesque southern section of Gorky Park, or the Central Park of Culture and Leisure in the Name of Maxim Gorky, to give it its full name. It's a pleasant place to stroll, especially in the summer.
A little further afield, the Donskoy Monastery dates back to the 16th century, and was one of a ring of fortified monasteries that acted as the first line of defense for Moscow in the Middle Ages. Almost completely restored to its former glories, the monastery contains several beautiful churches and a famous cemetery. |
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