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Novotel Sheremetyevo 2 Moscow Airport Hotel     J    +7 (095) 926-5900         
www.novotel-moscow.ru

Street Address: Across the street from the airport. Moscow region.

Location: Excellent if you want to be close to the airport, but poor for anything else. the city center is far, far away.

Nearest Metro: Rechnoy Vokzal ...bus 851 will take you there.

Staff Speaks English? Yes.

Would I Stay Here? Yes.

There are two hotels at this airport:

1. Sheremetyevo 2 Hotel Complex

2. Novotel

Novotel blows their competitor away. The difference is tremendous. Novotel is far superior in all aspects. The only advantage Sheremetyevo 2 Hotel Complex has is price... it's cheaper to stay there.

If for some reason you are stuck at Sheremetyevo 2 Airport, then Novotel is the place to hang-out. They operate a free shuttle service which makes the short trip between airport and hotel every 15 minutes. So catch the shuttle, step into the comfortable 7 story atrium lobby at Novotel and go to the right. The hotel has 3 different cash machines. You can withdraw some rubles using your bankcard, then head to the first bar on the right. Walk to the back of the room, turn left and there you will be at a comfortable, out of the way lounge area to sit and relax and maybe have a drink or order some food or play a game of pool. There are several restaurants and many places to sit and relax at the Novotel. And you can pick-up a free copy of the Moscow Times while you are in the lobby. The lobby bathrooms are clean. It's air conditioned. The staff speaks English, and they have an excellent service attitude - as you would expect at a top quality hotel.

Across the street at their competitor's hotel, Sheremetyevo 2 Hotel Complex, I was highly unimpressed with the amenities, the quality of the facility, the attitude of the staff and their lack of initiative. It seems like Novotel has management from the Harvard Business School, or someplace like that, while Sheremetyevo 2 Hotel Complex seems to have management from the Communist Old School Of Hotel Management. The difference is so great and so easy to notice. Novotel has raised the bar high and Sheremetyevo 2 Hotel Complex isn't even trying - they are playing in two completely separate leagues.

The Novotel was built in 1992 and has undergone recent updates within the past 2 years. It is considered 4 star and has 400 rooms. Security is very good. You need a key card to use their glass elevators. Rooms are of very good quality, with air conditioning, nice big beds and mini-bars. I imagine the rooms with atrium views are probably the most interesting.

At the bottom of the atrium is a quiet fountain creating calm water sounds. There are many tables to sit and eat there. They also have a steakhouse restaurant with a Mexican theme. Prices for food and drink at the hotel are pricey. Exchange rates at the hotel are quite good. In comparison, the Sheremetyevo 2 Hotel Complex exchange rates are a rip-off (excessively bad).

Pricing as of April 3, 2004:

Single: 234 y.e.

Double: 264 y.e.

Junior Suite: 372 y.e.

Other rooms cost up to 550 y.e.

A guest of this hotel wrote this on November 30, 2004:

I stayed at this hotel twice in Oct of 2004 and found it to be very good although I cannot offer an opinion on pricing since I don't normally travel in the FSU.

I walked from SVO 2 - you can see the hotel and walk in a few minutes.

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