Guest House na Slobodskoy

Friendly staff. They lent me an umbrella when the weather turned wet and cold. I was too late to submit a breakfast order but the staff let me use their kitchen. I brought provisions at the shop around the corner. The park opposite was pleasant. Getting to the property by public transport requires some planning. The bus from the Moscow Station turns a few hundred metres before the hotel. A tram does go past but you need to check a map where to catch it. The hotel is about 3.5km from Moscow Station so one is outside the tourist zone, which is a good thing if you want to see how the locals live. The Alexander Nevsky Monastery, cemetery (Dostoyevsky, Chaikovsky are buried there) and metro station are about 20 minutes walk from the guest house.

The walls are thin. This was a problem when the couple next door one night started arguing, although they did eventually stop. The breakfast arrangements were not very clear at the start.

It's clean with a workable AC for cold nights. Bed really comfortable.

The Guest House borders wat seem to be an industrial area. It has a 24 hour convenience store around the corner but is quite far from restaurants and shops. Most of the personnel can't speak much English beyond a greeting. It was difficult to communicate with them. I left a Do Not Disturb sign on my door and asked them not to clean my room, but the request was ignored because they simply can't understand English. The shower in my room was challenging! It was impossible to shower without flooding the bathroom and a source of great annoyance.