Napoleon Hostel in Moscow

zuletzt aktualisiert am 05.01.2010

NAPOLEON Hostel is your ideal base for a great FUN stay in Moscow. Relax in our spacious living room, decorated with old Soviet posters, and enjoy a beer in our small bar (we are the only hostel in Moscow to have a bar!). We are located in the Trendy and Cultural Kitai Gorod district – the ‘old town’ area of Moscow – with cobbled streets, old merchant houses and quaint Orthodox churches. This area is the ‘Heart of the Moscow Night-life’ and is packed with exciting bars, cheap restaurants, and local supermarkets, all right on our doorstep.   Our hostel is located in a fully renovated Stalinist building, on the same street that NAPOLEON himself stayed when he occupied Moscow back in 1812! Hence our name.   We are so central that all of Moscow’s best attractions can be reached from our hostel on foot:   - 5 minutes walk to Red Square / Kremlin / St Basil’s Cathedral - 7 Minutes walk to Tverskaya / Bolshoi Theatre / ex- KGB centre - 6 minutes walk to the Moscow River - 2 minutes walk to the Metro Station Kitai Gorod - 1 minute walk to the local supermarket - At least 50 bars and clubs are under 5 minutes walk away. 'Propaganda Bar' one of Moscow's best bars and very popular with our guests is one-minute walk away.   Our young, friendly, multi lingual staff is available 24 hours a day to help make your stay comfortable and enjoyable. For your convenience, we offer:   - Visa Invitation Service (see our website) - Visa Registration Service in hostel (Price 800R)* - Laundry Service - FREE ADSL Internet Comps, CD burner, card reader, SKYPE, - FREE WI-FI - FREE Map of Moscow - FREE Tea/Coffee any time - FREE Use of the Hostel Safe - FREE Personal Security Lockers - FREE Entertainment, chess, cards, DVD's, sat TV, book exchange - Kitchen facilities with microwave - 24 Hour Mini Bar with Russian Beer, Soft Drinks, and Water - cheaply priced - Air Conditioning in summer - 24 hour 'always open' Reception with 24 hour security - Detailed information boards, lonely planet, rough guides etc - We can book taxis, train tickets and much much more...     ""NAPOLEON Hostel, best hostel in Russia 2007"" we look forward to seeing you!     **THE DOOR ENTRY CODE IS '8 key 8 8 8 0' *Please note Moscow visa registration is compulsory for foreign visa holders staying more than one night who do not already have valid Moscow visa registration.

Wegbeschreibung

Walking Directions (see our walking map under the photos)

BY METRO
We are located at the Metro Station KITAI GOROD, on the Orange and Purple line.

WALKING DIRECTIONS from the Metro KITAI GOROD
At the metro, station Kitai Gorod platform between the trains, look for the sign that says 'Maroseyka' (in Russian Letters it looks like this 'MAROSENKA'). The sign is in the middle of the platform hanging from the ceiling and is quite small. Follow this sign toward Maroseyka Street and exit the metro station taking the escalators. At the top of the escalators walk through the glass doors and turn RIGHT, here you will enter into an underground passage with many different small shops. Walk all the way to the end of the passage and take the stairs to your left. Now you will be above ground. Walk forward from the stairs 100 meters up Maroseyka Street on the left hand side. Walk past the Old Orange Orthodox Church and take the first left street where you see a perfume shop with a huge plasma TV on it, this street is called Bolshoi Zlatoustinskiy Street. Walk down this street for 20 meters, and then take the next right turning called Maly Zlatoustinskiy Street. Walk for 60 meters down this street and you will see our sign outside Dom 2 (House 2.) Enter the stairs and we are on the 4th Floor. The total walk from the metro is 2 minutes.
**THE DOOR ENTRY CODE IS '8 key 8 8 8 0'

SHEREMETYEVO AIRPORT 2 (International Airport)
Take the airport express train (cost 250RUR, 40 minutes, trains depart every 30-60 mins) to Savelovskii Metro station, north of Moscow on the gray line.

SHEREMETYEVO AIRPORT 1 and 2
You can take the shuttle bus from outside the airport (50RUR, $2, 45 minutes), to the metro station Rechnoy Vokzal, which is the last stop north on the dark green line, or the shuttle bus to Planernaya Metro which is the last stop north on the purple line.

DOMODEDOVO AIRPORT
Take the airport express train (cost 200RUR, 45 minutes, trains depart every 30 mins) to Paveltskaya Metro station, southeast of Moscow on the brown and dark green line.

VNUKOVO AIRPORT
Minibuses link the airport to Yugo-Zapadanaya Metro station, last stop south on the red line (cost 50RUR, 30 minutes). Alternatively, take the airport express train (cost 200RUR, 45 minutes) to Kievsky train and metro station.

TAXIS FROM THE AIRPORT
Napoleon Hostel can book taxi transfers from the airport for 1,500 Rubles, please contact us. Expect to pay 2,000 Rubles if you get a taxi in the airport yourself.

FROM THE TRAIN STATION
Trains-Siberian (Yaroslavsky station) – Komsomolskaya Metro (Red &amp, Brown lines)
St. Petersburg / Helsinki &amp, Tallinn (Leningradsky station) – Komsomolskaya Metro (Red &amp, Brown lines)
Riga (Rizhsky station) – Rizhskaya Metro (Orange Line)
Kiev (Kievsky station) – Kievskaya Metro (Brown &amp, Blue lines)
In all cases take the metro to KITAI GOROD metro station and follow the instructions above.