Mtravelkay

David Schwartz wrote:

    >
    > It's in the center of town (albeit on the other side of Red Square);
    > Kitay-gorod Metro station is a short walk from the hotel; they always seem
    > to have rooms available (the largest hotel in Europe??); the views are nice
    > if you have a room facing a street; the price is reasonable (about $125/day)
    > for a short stay, but I'm not sure I want to stay there for up to one week
    > (i.e. if I want my fiance to not have to return to Tomsk after the
    > interview); and the taxi counters in the hotel give you a fair,
    > non-negotiable price to the airport. That's what I like about it. But the
    > quality varies there.
    >
    > The other hotels in Moscow seem to have different rates depending on when
    > you make your reservation, and if you walk in off the street, the prices are
    > ridiculous.
    >
    > I once stayed in a hotel called Centralia (spelling?). It is on Tverskaya,
    > not far from Red Square. That price was about $30. If I have to stay in
    > Moscow for a week, and have to leave a lot of bagage in the room, I wonder
    > about Centralia. But I may just be being paranoid. But maybe that is what
    > I should do, if I need to camp out in Moscow for a week with my fiance while
    > she gets the physical and interview.
    >
    > I like Moscow. It's a nice place to walk around, for a few days anyway.
    >

Wow, I just checked the price of the Marriott Grand. I think we paid
about $220 and then got a free night with every night. I see the rate is
now over $300. We also saved money by taking a late night train (0030)
to St. P, arriving at 8:30AM. We had a room with 4 bunks. The roundtrip
rate was really cheap, and the return to Moscow was about the same time.