If you need to be in a particular area, or near a particular event, we can tell you which hotels are nearby.

If you want some ideas or recommendations, please ask us, or try looking through some of these websites. The hotels listed are just a small selection of the possibilities.

Hotels Moscow The Aerostar 4 star, near city centre The Izmailovo 3 star, 5 metro stops to centre, value for money The Cosmos 3 star, very close to metro The Arbat Four star, minutes from the Kremlin Renaissance Located by the ring-road for easy car access around the city Baltschug Kempinski Five star, on the south side of the Moskva, facing Red Square and the Kremlin St Petersburg Nevsky Grand Three star, in the heart of the city, ten minutes walk from the Hermitage Rossiya Hotel Three star, located near the exhibition centre Ambassador Four star, very close to St Isaac's Square Casa Leto Boutique, small West-European run hotel, in the centre Astoria Five star, historic elegant hotel in St Isaac's Square, right in the centre Ekaterinburg Alexandrovsky Park Hotel A 3* hotel close to the center of Ekaterinburg offering a high standard of accommodation. City Hotel 3* Situated in the Leninsky district and a 5 minute drive from the big shopping centres. Park Inn Ekaterinburg Hotel 4* The Park Inn is a modern hotel right in the heart of the centre of the city. Kaliningrad Dona Hotel 3* The hotel is situated in the centre of the historic business and modern district of Kaliningrad. Triumph Palace Hotel 4* The hotel is situated 2km from the city centre close to the cathederal and the World Ocean Museum. Chaika Hotel 4* This 4 star was built in 1927 and is situated in the green zone area of Kaliningrad. Kazan Grand Hotel Kazan 3* The hotel is a modern 16 storey complex in the centre of Kazan. Duslik Hotel 2* Situated in the heart of Kazan on the famous Pravobulachnaya Street, 2km from the train station. Suleiman Palace Hotel 4* Built in 2006 this comfortable hotel is situated 1km from the city centre. Krasnodar Uyut Hotel 4* Modern hotel situated in the centre of Kraznodar with contemporary and modern design. Intourist Hotel 3* Centrally located in the city centre and close to the administrative district. Red Royal Hotel 4* This seven storey hotel is in the centre of the city with a unique interior and excellent VIP service. Nizhny Novgorod Oktyabrskaya Hotel 3* This 3* overlooks the river Volga on a fashionable boulevard 10 minutes drive from the Business centre. Jouk Hotel 3* This building is a stylish late 19th century mansion newly refurbished to a high standard. Central Hotel 3* This is the largest hotel in Nizhny Novgorod with more than 400 rooms with friendly and helfull staff. Perm Amaks Premier Hotel 3* Built in 1972 and fully refurbished in 2005 this hotel is situated in the heart of Perm. Prikamie Hotel 3* Located downtown at the intersection of Komsomolsky Avenue and Lenin Street. Hilton Garden Hotel 4* Located in the centre close to the Perm Olympic sports complex. Rostov-On-Don Amaks Congress Hotel 3* Located in a central part of Rostov-on-Don within 7 minutes walk from the Trading Exhibition Centre. Continental Hotel 3* Built in 2005 this 3 star is located in the centre of the city 1km to the river terminal. Pushkinskaya Hotel 3* Located in the centre, built in 2002 and refurbished in 2005. Samara Azimut Hotel 3* Located in the historical and cultural center of Samara at the crossroads of the Frunze and Leningradskaya Streets. Holiday Inn Samara 4* This brand new hotel is situated in the historic centre of the city 5 minutes walk from the Volga river. Hotel Rossiya 3* This is a modern 3 star hotel standing on the Volga river in an historical part of the city. Sochi Zhemchuzhina Hotel 3* Locataed in the heart of Sochi this 15 floor hotel offers a magnificent panorama of the sea and mountains. Grand Hotel & Spa Rodina 5* The Rodina is a lavishly restored former sanatorium on Russia's Black Sea riviera. Grand Hotel Polyana 5* 5 Star located in a large territory of 65 acres in the Sochi National Park.

General Information Other People's Opinions  Moscow www.visitmoscow.com www.waytorussia.net travelblog Moscow real travel Moscow St. Petersburg travelblog St Petersburg Tripadvisor Forum Travelpod Ekaterinburg TravelPod VirtualTourist Expat in 'Ekat' Kaliningrad Tripadvisor Travelpod Virtualtourist Kazan Tripadvisor Travelpod Virtual Tourist Krasnodar Virtual Tourist Tripadvisor Tripwiser Nizhny Novgorod Travel Blog Virtual Tourist Travelpod Perm Travelpod Travelblog Rostov-on-Don Travelblog Tripadvisor Virtualtourist Forum Samara Virtualtourist Forum Travelpod Travelpost Sochi Travbuddy Tripwolf Hotel Info Sites www.expedia.co.uk www.hotels.com

RUSSIAN VISAS

We can obtain your visa for you. The requirements and costs of obtaining a tourist visa for a UK passport-holder are set out below. Other nationalities, or UK citizens seeking a different type of visa should visit our sister website: www.scottsvisas.co.uk to find all the necessary information.

If you are doing something unusual, such as taking a car or motorbike into Russia, please contact us as we are able to advise on the necessary requirements.

Tourist Visa for UK Passport-holders

Documents

1. Passport with at least 2 blank pages. The passport must be valid for another 6 months after the visa expires.

2. Visa Application form, link below.

3. One recent passport size photo glued to the indicated space on the application form.

4. Invitation made up of tourist voucher & tourist confirmation. The tourist voucher comes from a Travel Agency stating passengers’ names, the full itinerary and the places to be visited, stamped and signed by an authorised person. The voucher should confirm that all services are paid in full. The tourist confirmation of acceptance from the authorised Russian Travel Agency or a hotel registered with the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The confirmation must contain the agency’s reference number and registration number given by the Russian Foreign Ministry, as well as the names of the applicants, full itinerary and the dates of entry and exit.

There are two types of tourist visa, single and double-entry, and two speeds of service by the Russian Consulate – Next Day and One Week.

Type of Visa	Speed	Cost	Service Charge	Total
Single entry	One week	£72 + £3.85 VAT	£35 + £6.12 VAT	£116.97
Single entry	Next day	£128 + £4.90 VAT	£50 + £8.75 VAT	£191.65
Double entry	One week	£87 + £3.85 VAT	£35 + £6.12 VAT	£131.97
Double entry	Next day	£158 + £4.90 VAT	£50 + £8.75 VAT	£221.65

The application form

This is quite detailed. It has to be filled in online, printed and signed.

Click at the bottom of this page for the form, but before doing so please read the following instructions:

Before starting, you will need to have to hand: your passport details; the details of any universities or other higher education establishments you have ever attended; the name and reference number of the Russian organisation which issued your Tourist Confirmation and Voucher (invitation); (you may want to contact us first if you are not sure where to look on the paperwork); the name of your travel insurance provider, a list of all countries you have visited in the last 10 years (the best way to address this is to go through all the stamps/visas in your passport).

After clicking through to the form below, please click agree on the first screen and continue, and the same on the second one. Then click Create Online Visa Application. On the next page, there are five questions, please answer

London

In person

Collect in person

Urgent for the next day service or Normal for the one week service.

Russia@scottsvisas.co.uk

On the next page, please select Tourist as the type of passport. For purpose of visit, select Tourist, unless you have a "Tourism with a purpose" invitation, in which case select Special Purpose Tourism. Also select Single or Double according to your invitation. The dates of travel should also match your invitation.

Please type NA in any boxes which don’t apply to you. Other tips: the form won’t accept any spaces in phone number boxes; it also won’t accept any hyphens or apostrophes.

After finishing entering the required information, choose yes or no as to whether you want to enter another application and continue. On the next screen, click "Agree" and continue. On the next screen, it is advisable to make a note of the "Web Reference No". On the next screen, choose "download/print" and the same on the one after that.

If you have any problems with the form, or your printer runs out of ink, or anything else, please contact us as everything is solvable.

Click here for the application form (opens in a separate window - you can still follow these instructions)

If you need to be in a particular area, or near a particular event, we can tell you which hotels are nearby.

If you want some ideas or recommendations, please ask us, or try looking through some of these websites. The hotels listed are just a small selection of the possibilities.

Hotels Moscow The Aerostar 4 star, near city centre The Izmailovo 3 star, 5 metro stops to centre, value for money The Cosmos 3 star, very close to metro The Arbat Four star, minutes from the Kremlin Renaissance Located by the ring-road for easy car access around the city Baltschug Kempinski Five star, on the south side of the Moskva, facing Red Square and the Kremlin St Petersburg Nevsky Grand Three star, in the heart of the city, ten minutes walk from the Hermitage Rossiya Hotel Three star, located near the exhibition centre Ambassador Four star, very close to St Isaac's Square Casa Leto Boutique, small West-European run hotel, in the centre Astoria Five star, historic elegant hotel in St Isaac's Square, right in the centre Ekaterinburg Alexandrovsky Park Hotel A 3* hotel close to the center of Ekaterinburg offering a high standard of accommodation. City Hotel 3* Situated in the Leninsky district and a 5 minute drive from the big shopping centres. Park Inn Ekaterinburg Hotel 4* The Park Inn is a modern hotel right in the heart of the centre of the city. Kaliningrad Dona Hotel 3* The hotel is situated in the centre of the historic business and modern district of Kaliningrad. Triumph Palace Hotel 4* The hotel is situated 2km from the city centre close to the cathederal and the World Ocean Museum. Chaika Hotel 4* This 4 star was built in 1927 and is situated in the green zone area of Kaliningrad. Kazan Grand Hotel Kazan 3* The hotel is a modern 16 storey complex in the centre of Kazan. Duslik Hotel 2* Situated in the heart of Kazan on the famous Pravobulachnaya Street, 2km from the train station. Suleiman Palace Hotel 4* Built in 2006 this comfortable hotel is situated 1km from the city centre. Krasnodar Uyut Hotel 4* Modern hotel situated in the centre of Kraznodar with contemporary and modern design. Intourist Hotel 3* Centrally located in the city centre and close to the administrative district. Red Royal Hotel 4* This seven storey hotel is in the centre of the city with a unique interior and excellent VIP service. Nizhny Novgorod Oktyabrskaya Hotel 3* This 3* overlooks the river Volga on a fashionable boulevard 10 minutes drive from the Business centre. Jouk Hotel 3* This building is a stylish late 19th century mansion newly refurbished to a high standard. Central Hotel 3* This is the largest hotel in Nizhny Novgorod with more than 400 rooms with friendly and helfull staff. Perm Amaks Premier Hotel 3* Built in 1972 and fully refurbished in 2005 this hotel is situated in the heart of Perm. Prikamie Hotel 3* Located downtown at the intersection of Komsomolsky Avenue and Lenin Street. Hilton Garden Hotel 4* Located in the centre close to the Perm Olympic sports complex. Rostov-On-Don Amaks Congress Hotel 3* Located in a central part of Rostov-on-Don within 7 minutes walk from the Trading Exhibition Centre. Continental Hotel 3* Built in 2005 this 3 star is located in the centre of the city 1km to the river terminal. Pushkinskaya Hotel 3* Located in the centre, built in 2002 and refurbished in 2005. Samara Azimut Hotel 3* Located in the historical and cultural center of Samara at the crossroads of the Frunze and Leningradskaya Streets. Holiday Inn Samara 4* This brand new hotel is situated in the historic centre of the city 5 minutes walk from the Volga river. Hotel Rossiya 3* This is a modern 3 star hotel standing on the Volga river in an historical part of the city. Sochi Zhemchuzhina Hotel 3* Locataed in the heart of Sochi this 15 floor hotel offers a magnificent panorama of the sea and mountains. Grand Hotel & Spa Rodina 5* The Rodina is a lavishly restored former sanatorium on Russia's Black Sea riviera. Grand Hotel Polyana 5* 5 Star located in a large territory of 65 acres in the Sochi National Park.

General Information Other People's Opinions  Moscow www.visitmoscow.com www.waytorussia.net travelblog Moscow real travel Moscow St. Petersburg travelblog St Petersburg Tripadvisor Forum Travelpod Ekaterinburg TravelPod VirtualTourist Expat in 'Ekat' Kaliningrad Tripadvisor Travelpod Virtualtourist Kazan Tripadvisor Travelpod Virtual Tourist Krasnodar Virtual Tourist Tripadvisor Tripwiser Nizhny Novgorod Travel Blog Virtual Tourist Travelpod Perm Travelpod Travelblog Rostov-on-Don Travelblog Tripadvisor Virtualtourist Forum Samara Virtualtourist Forum Travelpod Travelpost Sochi Travbuddy Tripwolf Hotel Info Sites www.expedia.co.uk www.hotels.com