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Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya
Year opened: 1954. One of Moscow's Seven Sisters, skyscrapers built in the early 1950s in the Stalinist neoclassical style, mixing the Russian neoclassical style with the style of American skyscrapers of the 1930s. A main element of Stalinist neoclassicism is its use of socialist realism art.
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Four Seasons Hotel Moscow
One of Moscow’s premier accommodations, offering a peerless location overlooking Red Square and the Kremlin, a dapper design aesthetic, facilities that span a cool cocktail bar, upscale spa, plus excellent food offerings. Rooms are luxurious enough, but it’s the views make them among the best in the city.
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Richter Hotel | Moscow
Richter is a luxury boutique design hotel set in an 1874 landmark mansion just 15 minutes from Moscow city center and the Kremlin. The seven-room property presents the perfect mix of minimalism, art, and history, remaining an architectural homage to the property’s namesake and former resident: famed architect Fyodor Richter. A mix of vintage furniture and contemporary works by top local artists infuse the property with a sense of provocation and inspiration.
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Radisson Collection Hotel, Moscow
One of the iconic Seven Sisters, seven colossal Stalinist skyscrapers that ring the center of Moscow, the 34-floor former Hotel Ukraina sits on the bank of the Moskva River opposite the Russian White House. Until 1976 it was the world's tallest hotel. Inside it is slightly disappointing. The lobby, though home to a fascinating scale diorama of the city as it was in 1977, is spoiled by a number of shops that create a mall-esque environment that detracts from the grandeur such a building deserves.
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Brick Design Hotel | Moscow
Moscow's answer to authentic, locally inspired boutique hotels. This highly rated hotel has 9 rooms with vintage designer pieces and works by Russian artists. Set in a 19th-century historical building in the city centre, Chistye Prudy Metro Station is a 3-minute walk.
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Hotel Baltschug Kempinski Moscow
Formerly the Hotel Bucharest dating to 1898. Designed by famous Moscow architect Alexander Ivanov. The façade (the only original part of the hotel remaining), is handsome enough, with restored decorative figures overlooks the Moskva river, Red Square and Kremlin.
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Hotel Astoria | St. Petersburg
The hotel, originally built in 1912, has seen its fair share of history and hosted many luminaries. The interiors, by Rocco Forte design stalwart Olga Polizzi, favour a contemporary but not overdone red and cream colour scheme that runs throughout the generous public areas and some of the rooms. The hotel is punctuated with fashion, art and photography, designer furnishings and luxurious materials such as marble, leather and mahogany.
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Grand Hotel Europe | St. Petersburg
Italian architect Carlo Rossi was responsible for designing the grand exterior in 1875. In its heyday, the classical hotel welcomed both royalty and cultural luminaries: The Romanovs, Tchaikovsky and Debussy have all stayed here. In 1908, its interior was given an Art Nouveau overhaul by Russian architect Fyodor Lidval and, subsequently, French designer Leon Benois, who installed the building’s showpiece stained-glass windows.
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Hotel National | Moscow
The hotel, built by architect Alexander Ivanov, was opened in 1903 and has hosted everyone from Lenin and Trotsky to Jack Nicholson, Barack Obama and Quentin Tarantino. Though renovated in 2009, much of the hotel's original décor remains, including a showpiece staircase with gold leaf plaster and white marble, original Impressionist paintings for sale by Yuri Sergeev throughout the lobby and public areas, and plenty of ostentatiously gilded mirrors and dashing chandeliers.
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Savoy Hotel | Moscow
The hotel is in very good shape given that the last refurbishment was in 2005 (and originally dating to 1913), injected with some seriously suave Italian luxury. From the opulent lobby to the painted ceilings featuring cherubs and chandeliers, oil paintings on wood-panelled walls and slew of statues and marble, the entire establishment oozes refinement. The lobby bar has a more contemporary feel, while the rooms favour a classic five-star feel.
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WYNWOOD Hotel | St. Petersburg
This hip boutique hotel is set in a historic building in the centre of St. Petersburg. The loft-style interiors (modelled after the Wynwood Art District of Miami) feature lots of brickwork for an industrial style. There is a greenhouse restaurant and in summer a rooftop bar.
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2021: Bulgari Hotel Moscow
Luxury hospitality chain Bulgari Hotels & Resorts (a Marriott International brand) has signed an agreement with Russian investor Alexey Bogachev that will see the brand make its debut in Russia. The Bulgari Hotel Moscow is expected to open in 2021, just 300 m from Moscow’s Red Square and the Kremlin. The 65-room hotel is being developed by Storm Properties and will become the world’s seventh Bulgari-branded hotel.
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Kazan Palace by Tasigo | Russia
Set in a grand Art Nouveau building dating to 1910, the Kazan Palace is a luxury design hotel located in the historical city centre of Tatarstan’s capital city, near the banks of the Kaban Lake. The historical structure is rich in idiosyncratic features, stately stairways, and grand arches. A culturally rich world of custom-made furniture and lighting by prominent Turkish artisans, modern artwork by sculptor Erdil Yaşaroğlu, and handwoven fabrics that echo the local, ethnic culture awaits.
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Radisson Sonya Hotel | St. Petersburg
Envisioned by one of our favourite designers, the Radisson Sonya Hotel looks like something from another planet compared to the other standard upmarket business class hotels in St. Petersburg Themed around Dostoevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment, subtle references to the book are everywhere from the carpet and furniture to the Russian restaurant.
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StandArt Hotel Moscow
The StandArt Hotel Moscow is set behind a monumental Art Nouveau façade on Pushkin Square. Pushkinskaya Metro Station is a 2-minute walk with the Red Square and the Kremlin a 20-minute walk away. The hotel has an art collection of singular works by the sought-after Russian artist Stanislav Tratsevskiy.
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Moss Boutique Hotel | Moscow
Located in Moscow‘s uber-hip quarter of Chistye Prudy, Moss Boutique Hotel is an evenly trendy hotel with its living walls of plants, light installations made of old Soviet car parts and a modern art library. Industrial chic meets Scandinavia with interiors made solely from natural materials including driftwood suspended in mid-air and sinks carved from hulking granite blocks.
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SO/ St. Petersburg
SO/ St. Petersburg (previously W St Petersburg) is a luxury design hotel situated in the heart of the city, a 3-minute walk from St. Isaac’s Cathedral. The design is themed after the mysteries of the House of Fabergé in a modern setting. The hotel has a cosy lounge with an open fireplace, a popular rooftop terrace with bar and the Cococo Restaurant featuring a new take on Russian cuisine. The Spa has an indoor pool and Russian-style banya (sauna).
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Chekhoff Hotel | Moscow
The Chekhoff Hotel was Mocow‘s first boutique-style property when it opened in 2004 as the Golden Apple Hotel. Set behind a conservative stone façade dating to 1891, the avant-garde interiors are now gone to make way for a more timeless decor and traditional charm. Also, it joined Hilton’s Curio Collection.
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