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Where in the city is the hotel located?
The Volga Hotel is situated in the historic centre of Moscow on Dokuchaev Pereulok, just beyond the Garden Ring, and around 15 minutes' walk from Komsomolskaya Ploshchad, the site of Leningradskiy, Kazanskiy and Yaroslavskiy Stations. |
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Which is the nearest metro station?
The closest metro station to the Volga Hotel is Sukharevskaya on the orange line which is around 500m from the hotel. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Sheremetyevo Airport?
It is just over 30km from Sheremetyevo-2 Inetrnational Airport and the Volga Hotel. If you are taking a taxi or prearranged transfer, the drive will take between 40 minutes one hour depending on traffic. The only practical public transport option currently available is to take a marshrutka minibus from outside the arrivals lounge to Planernaya Metro Station at the top of the purple line. From here, take the metro to the center and Kitai-Gorod Station, and change to the orange line. Travel two stops north to Sukharevskaya 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 Volga Hotel is nearly 60km from Domodedovo International Airport in the centre of Moscow. 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 green line north one stop to Novokuznetskaya Station, and change there to the orange line at Tretyakovskaya. It is another three stops north to Sukharevskaya Station, which is around 500m from the Volga 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 Volga Hotel from Vnukovo Airport is around 45km, and will take around an hour. 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 four stops clockwise to Prospekt Mira Station. Change here to the orange line and travel one stop south to Sukharevskaya Station, around ten minutes' walk from the Volga 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 just under 1km east of the Volga Hotel, and can be walked comfortable in under 30 minutes. By car the journey will take around 10 minutes, depending on traffic. Alternatively, take the metro from Komsomolskaya, which is directly linked to all three mainline stations, one stop anti-clockwise on the brown circle line to Prospekt Mira. Change there to the orange line and travel one stop south to Sukharevskaya (see metro map). The Volga 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 two stops anti-clockwise to Prospekt Mira. Change there to the orange line and travel one stop south to Sukharevskaya Station, which is about 500m walk from the Volga Hotel. If you are travelling by taxi or pre-ordered transfer the drive, which is just under 2km, takes 10-15 minutes. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Belarusskiy Station?
The Volga Hotel is roughly 3km from Belorusskiy Station, and the trip should take uaround 20 minutes by taxi or prearranged transfer. By metro, take the brown circle line two stops clockwise to Prospekt Mira Station. Change to the orange line and travel one stop south to Sukharevskaya. From there, the Volga Hotel is under ten minutes' walk away. |
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How do I get to the hotel from Kievskiy Station?
By taxi or prearranged transfer the Volga Hotel can be reached in under 30 minutes from Kievskiy Station. By metro, take the brown circle line four stops clockwise to Prospekt Mira Station. Change to the orange line and travel one stop south to Sukharevskaya. From there, the Volga Hotel is under ten minutes' walk away. |
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Where can I park near the hotel?
The Volga Hotel has a guarded outdoor car park, the use of which is free for guests. |
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How can I make international telephone calls?
All rooms at the Volga 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 Volga 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 Volga 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?
It is possible to walk to the Kremlin and Red Square from the Volga Hotel, but the walk will take at least 40 minutes. To get there more quickly, take the metro from Sukharevskaya one stop south to Turgenenvskaya and change there for the red line at Chistye Prudy. From here it is three stops south to Biblioteka im. Lenina, which can be exited directly in front of the main visitor entrance to the Kremlin. |
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How do I get from the hotel to the Bolshoi Theater?
By metro, take the orange line from Sukharevskaya (ten minutes from the hotel). Travel one stop south to Turgenenvskaya and change there for the red line at Chistye Prudy. Continue two stops south to Okhotniy Ryad, 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 Volga, take the orange line from Sukharevskaya Metro Station (about ten minutes' walk from the hotel) three stops south 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 Volga Hotel, although very much in the center of Moscow, is mostly residential. About 800m from the hotel on Tsvetnoi Bulvar, the Nikulin Circus is one half of the renowned Moscow State Circus, one of the city's most famous spectacles. Nearer to the hotel, on Sukharevskaya Ploshchad, the building of the Sklifosovskiy Institute of Surgery was once the Sheremetev Hospital, and dates back to the early 19th century, a superb example of Muscovite neo-classicism. |
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