Traveller's Guest House Hostel

Moscow

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Address	Bolshaya Pereyaslavskaya 50, Moscow Russia
Price	Dorm per bed - $28/$29.50, Double room - $65/66.50, Single room -$55/56.50

Location/Contact

Details

This is a Hostelling International (HI) hostel. A membership card isn't required, but an extra fee will apply for non-members. You can get a membership card before your trip here.

Online booking is not offered for this hostel, contact them for availability and reservations (any contact info we have is listed above).

Description

Features

Free Breakfast
Kitchen
Phones (public or in room)
Travel information provided
Elevator/Lift
Washing Machine (laundry)
Food/Restaurant
Lounge / Common space

Ratings & Comments

2.9 Average from 9 Ratings

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Comment by Wendy Chouinard, USA

May 2008

Decent
I stayed here in 1994, Obviously a very long time ago. I have nothing but good memories of my stay. It's not the Ritz, but if you're looking for a place to stay, it's quite inexpensive and I would stay here again.

Comment by Therese

February 2007

We stayed at this hostel in October 2005 for three nights. Yes, I know that was some time ago, but the disgusting state of this hostel has been playing on my mind and I really wanted to warn other people. The room needed a thorough clean like, vacuuming, dusting, cleaning of windowsills -- and don't even get me started on the poor state of the bed, blankets, pillow, and linen. Unfortunately, the bathroom was exactly the same -- the bath plug was congested with hair, the floor muddy, and you wouldn't dare touch the toilet seat. But the filth didn't stop there -- in fact the whole place needed a good clean. We didn't use the kitchen area, purely because of the revolting state it was in and the common room furniture had seen better days. In fact the hallway and lift area all smelt of smoke. However having said all of that, the staff were helpful (for Russian standards) even if they did give us wrong advice about phone cards. I would recommend that you give this place a miss, because it was way too expensive for what was offered, the accommodation was below par, and the food was no better.

Comment by Disgruntled visitor, France

July 2006

The worst hotel ever, definitely to avoid for others, too overpriced -- seventy dollars -- for a tiny double room, even in Paris one gets a better place for less money. The directions on their webpage are not correct, it's closer to Rizhskiy vokzal, not to Prospekt mira. "Closer" is a relative term, as it a twenty-minute walk. The place is extremely noisy from five a.m. onwards in the morning (close to railroad), extremely heated by the sun, so there was about thirty degrees C inside, and seventeen outside. The furniture, sheets, toilets, bathrooms are the worst ever, from the sixties at least, if not prehistoric, the towels are the size of the handkerchief, the sheets are torn and extremely starched. All the bathrooms/toilets are shared, there is no key to them, anyone could enter them, so one had to keep all the personal belongings and the towels in the room, so the old smoking hippies would not use and step on them. The same smart people washed and dried their clothes in the tiny bathroom. So you never know what neighbours you'll get! There was no paper in the toilet, soap in the bathroom, and the bulb in the room when we arrived. Everything was so filthy, so one could cultivate penicillin spores in the bathroom. The kitchen is above description, in the lounge there were people sleeping on the floor, so the lounge is definitely not the place to socialize! The hostel offers a taxi transfer to the airport for sixty-five to seventy dollars, but downstairs there is an ad of a taxi service for a much less amount. The information about the museums and trips on the hostel's announcement board is incorrect / outdated. The positive thing was the breakfast in a cafe downstairs, though one could buy one's own for one euro (thirty roubles). That cafe was the only place in the vicinity to have food, as the area is industrial. The food was rather good and the cafe is open till ten p.m. The internet service in the hostel consisted of one old computer (Windows 95), no java script, two roubles per minute, extremely slow, broken keyboard. They sell internet telephony cards for one hundred eighty roubles and higher which do not work at all. There is no possibility to call abroad, avoid Russian telephony cards, I had to go to Tverskaya street to central "Telegraph" -- the only place that worked. The staff are helpful, but often in the private room, as apparently not financially motivated.

Comment by Oz Girl

July 2006

This place is disgraceful. In Russia you can not expect hostels to be cleaned that well or for the staff to be that knowledgable or helpful, it's like that in most hostels. But even in Russia there is no excuse for the lack of cleanliness, service and upgrading at this terrible place and the price is ridiculous. I stayed for four nights in late June 06. There is nothing good about it, except that the rooms mainly have single beds, not bunks, so it feels a bit more spacious in the dorms compared to other places in Moscow. Here are just some of the things wrong with this dive which unbelievably is more expensive than the other hostels. The bathrooms are absolutely disgusting, as though they've never been cleaned. You get a dirty bathtub with a waist high tap to wash in and there's no hot water. There is scum caked in every crevice around the mirror and basins. The floor is dirty damaged vinyl. The toilets are same. The Seats original from the sixties. Too far out plus it's a ten minute-plus walk from metro, LP maps are crap so it's hard to find. The furniture and furnishings are dirty and forty years old. Tou don't get linen just an ancient t-towel to put on top of the pillow and a sheet thing which was was made out of a thick hard linen-like sandpaper. The don't have proper matresses, I cant even describe what it is they have on the bed. Honestly couldn't sleep properly the first night cause of two metal bars running underneath the pathetic padding they call a matress on the bed. The breakfast, I was told by another patron, was the most disgusting thing they had ever tried so I didn't bother. There's no washing machine or laundry nearby so you must pay for service which takes twenty-four-plus hours. It's in a crappy industrial area which doesn't feel overly safe. The staff are pretty unhelpful. They tried to charge me three hundred roubles commission booking me a train ticket. The clientele includes old men and other weird folk, not a very jovial backpackers atmosphere. It's very musty and bad for your lungs and allergies. The rooms are sweltering in summer and the road noise is very loud. Only if you are desperate, or need to be in that part of town would you consider it.

Comment by Phillipa

January 2006

This is a perfectly adequate hostel. It's clean enough and friendly enough and they organise your invitation very efficiently. I didn't find the location to be too good.

Comment by Anonymous

January 2005

I stayed here for a week. The staff and guests were friendly. I had scheduled for them to pick me up from the airport. When my plane was late, their driver waited 2 1/2 hours until it came in. He wasn't happy about it, but he did it. They'll help arrange your visa and city registration. Check out the price difference from other hotels and you'll want to stay here for sure.

Comment by Anonymous

November 2004

I never stayed at this hostel but used to get my laundry done here; they offer a very good laundry service. It was a good ten to fifteen minute walk to the Metro station, but it's on the central circle line so once on it you're very central. It seemed fine, clean, and the staff were friendly to English-speakers.

Comment by Heloise

November 2004

Though this hostel is not in the center of town, it's quite easy to get around with the Metro about a ten-minute walk away. There are loads of little cafes, restaurants, and markets nearby (you'll find all you need). The girls at the reception can be problematic. If you want something done, don't be shy and push them so they that they do what they're supposed to or else they'll simply forget. The rooms are very spacious, the beds are so-so, and the bathrooms — let's just say they're Russian. The hostel's greatest feature: the common room, where you'll meet everybody staying at the place. And you'll make loads of new friends, that's sure!

Comment by Anonymous

July 2004

It's a near a Metro station, so you can go everywhere. There are many cafes and little markets nearby. There were some little problems with the girls at the reception, but it's a very clean and friendly place.

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