Metropol Hotel *****

Address: Teatralniy Pr., 1/4 Location: Central Distance: Sheremetyevo-2 airport 29 km, Belorussky railway station 4 km

A mere stone`s throw from Red Square and the Kremlin, and just across the road from the Bolshoy Theater stands one of the oldest hotels in Russia the Hotel Metropol Moscow, designed in 1898 in the "style modern" by William Walcott.
From its opening, the Metropol has always attracted the cream of Moscow society. There were many art exhibitions and concerts and it quickly became a magnet for prominent artists and writers of the era. Leo Tolstoy, Rakhmaninov, Shalyapin and others frequented the hotel. The guest list since its renovation boasts names like Mstislav Rostropovich, Monserat Caballe, Yves St. Laurent, Michael Jackson, Elton John, King of Spain Juan Carlos as well as Diplomats, Presidents and Prime Ministers from all over the world.
The hotel Metropol is a Member of the Inter-Continental Hotels & Resorts and one of Moscow`s finest hotels.
For 50 years Inter-Continental Hotels and Resorts has been serving the needs of the frequent international traveller in the world`s most important business and leisure destinations.
Under the guidance of internationally experienced and Inter-Continental-trained managers from Germany, the United Kingdom, France and the USA, the Hotel Metropol Moscow, has in the last few years clearly become the focal point for business travellers and individual travellers alike. Extensively renovated, redecorated and modernised by Russian, German, Finnish and Italian craftsmen and artists from 1985 to 1991 lavishly furnished with antiques and now equipped with the most modern, state of the art electronics and security systems. The Hotel Metropol today provides not only a comfortable and safe haven within a few minutes walking distance from the Kremlin, Red Square and Bolshoy Theater, but also a sincere commitment to providing the best value for money to travellers from all over the world.

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