# Questions regarding Moscow **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 3, 2017, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-moscow/790415 "2017-07-03T07:36:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-moscow/790415/1 "2017-07-03T07:36:32Z")
Hi I’m interested in knowing the most ideal spot to book a hotel room in Moscow to be within walking distance of famous restaurants, parks and department stores. if you could choose a few subway stations to stop at which ones would be the most interesting. I look forward to your feedback. ---
**Author:** ![Surok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-moscow/790415/2 "2017-07-03T10:32:37Z")
> [@davidmich](#): > > Hi > > I’m interested in knowing the most ideal spot to book a hotel room in Moscow to be within walking distance of famous restaurants, parks and department stores. if you could choose a few subway stations to stop at which ones would be the most interesting. I look forward to your feedback. Budget range? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-moscow/790415/3 "2017-07-05T19:48:14Z")
**Moderator Action** What is most interesting will certainly be a matter of opinion, so let’s move this to IMHO (from GQ). ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-moscow/790415/4 "2017-07-06T14:10:06Z")
> [@davidmich](#): > > Hi > > I’m interested in knowing the most ideal spot to book a hotel room in Moscow to be within walking distance of famous restaurants, parks and department stores. if you could choose a few subway stations to stop at which ones would be the most interesting. I look forward to your feedback. There is a motel right downtown that puts you in walking distance of both the Subways in town (you mention a “few”, but I think Moscow only has two of them) as well all the famous spots. The Subway on 3rd street makes better sandwiches, IMHO. Wait, you are asking about Moscow, ID, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chaika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chaika/32/405_2.png) [@chaika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaika)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-moscow/790415/5 "2017-07-06T15:10:49Z")
Some of the metro stations you may wish to be near would be Ploshchad revolutsii, Teatralnaia, Okhotnyi riad, Arbatskaia. I love the area around Staryi Arbat, a pedestrian street in central Moscow. The Moscow metro is very easy to navigate (and worth visiting in its own right) if you are open to venturing further afield. Moscow is currently undergoing a tremendous amount of construction in the center of the city, so be prepared for that. ---
**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-moscow/790415/6 "2017-07-09T11:48:18Z")
> [@chaika](#): > > Some of the metro stations you may wish to be near would be Ploshchad revolutsii, Teatralnaia, Okhotnyi riad, Arbatskaia. I love the area around Staryi Arbat, a pedestrian street in central Moscow. The Moscow metro is very easy to navigate (and worth visiting in its own right) if you are open to venturing further afield. > > Moscow is currently undergoing a tremendous amount of construction in the center of the city, so be prepared for that. Thank you chaika. I’m interested in staying in a nice hotel. I’m considering a 4 or 5 star, around Staryi Arbat where chaika suggested. ---
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-moscow/790415/7 "2017-07-09T14:33:03Z")
Partner and me were in Moscow 2 weeks ago. We stayed at the Mercure Arbat which is at the far end of the Arbat pedestrianised shopping street. Plenty of good restaurants in the area and Arbat St is very pleasant to walk up and down in the evening especially when the trees are lit up with fairy lights. There is a metro station (Smolenskaya) only about 50 yds from the hotel, which is westernised, clean and modern and comfortable. We booked on [Booking.com](http://Booking.com) and it was not expensive. ---
**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-moscow/790415/8 "2017-07-09T16:33:23Z")
> [@Eclipse\_Chaser](#): > > Partner and me were in Moscow 2 weeks ago. We stayed at the Mercure Arbat which is at the far end of the Arbat pedestrianised shopping street. Plenty of good restaurants in the area and Arbat St is very pleasant to walk up and down in the evening especially when the trees are lit up with fairy lights. > > There is a metro station (Smolenskaya) only about 50 yds from the hotel, which is westernised, clean and modern and comfortable. We booked on [Booking.com](http://Booking.com) and it was not expensive. Thanks Eclipse Chaser. I will look at the Mercure Arbat. Thank you all ---
**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-moscow/790415/9 "2017-08-16T14:12:34Z")
> [@davidmich](#): > > Thanks Eclipse Chaser. I will look at the Mercure Arbat. Thank you all What are the official taxi companies in Moscow? Which ones can I trust?