The 5 top hotels in the outskirts of Moscow, or where to stay not far from Moscow. Nowadays there are respectable hotels both in Moscow and on the outskirts. Those who like fresh air, quiet and rich infrastructure will appreciate the outskirts of the capital.

1. Imperial Park Hotel & SPA

It is a fashionable 5-star hotel complex, located in the South-West, only 38 km from the Kremlin and 10 minutes drive from “Vnukovo” airport. The Imperial Park Hotel & SPA has 100 room, which are fitted with furniture in the style of 19th century palaces and have an original décor. The hotel offers: a SPA-club, a sport complex, a swimming pool, a fitness centre, banyas, a beauty salon and a solarium. It also has shows and entertainment, summer and winter fishing, three restaurants “Dvoryanskii”, “Kupecheskii” and “Pivnaya assambleya”, a cigar lounge and a nightclub.

2. Le Meridien Moscow Country Club

The hotel, which belongs to the international chain Forte & Le Meridien Hotels, is located in the Krasnogorskii area, in the outskirts of Moscow, in the village of Nakhabino. The hotel has 131 rooms, including luxurious, deluxe room with a sauna and a Jacuzzi. On the resort, you will find one the biggest and most famous golf clubs in Russia. The sport complex offers a fitness room, swimming pools, saunas, tennis courts, a football pitch, mini golf, squash, paintball, a ski slope, and a skating rink.

3. Galereya

The Galereya country club is 40km away from Moscow on the Yaroslavskoe shosse, about 9km from Troitse-Sergieva Larvra, in Abramtsevo. It is an architectural ensemble, built in the style of Russian modernism of the end of the 19th century. In the hotel’s art-room you will not only be able to admire the paintings, but also buy them. The country club’s special feature is evenings of theatre and music, and meetings with actors and comedy-club with stars of the cinema.

4. The Atlas-Park Hotel

A 4-star hotel, 29km from Moscow and a 15-minute drive from the international Domodedovo airport. Its new buildings have a respectable façade and there are 128 rooms of different categories. It has wonderfully equipped summerhouses and areas for barbecues, situated on the bank of the river and offers fishing, sailing, cycling, horses or quadro-cycles, rifle-shooting and paintball. In winter you can rent skis and skates, or play winter football.

5. Heliopark Country Resort

A country club decorated in a “country and western” style with 152 rooms. It is located 80 km from Moscow on the Dmitrovskoe shosse. Here you will find everything you need for family, individual or corporate holidays: a pine forest and the river Dubna; an aquapark, a zoo and a fitness centre; entertainment for adults and children.