Location. The Maxima Zarya is located in a leafy north eastern district of Moscow, Russia, within four metres of the Ostankino Palace and the Botanical Gardens. The metro stations of Vladykino and Petrovsko Rasumovskaya are 500 metres away, just five stops from the city centre, 10 kilometres distance.
Hotel Features. The five storey Maxima Zarya Hotel offers attentive, multilingual service and Westernised facilities. The double glazed building has a lift and secure parking (surcharge). Safe deposit boxes are available at the 24 hour reception desk, where useful items such as umbrellas, bathrobes and holdalls are on sale.

Public areas include a lobby bar in warm shades of brown and cream, serving snacks and drinks. The Salvador Dali themed café restaurant is a bright, modern room of vibrant pinks and purples, decked with reproductions of the surrealist artist’s works. It serves a complimentary buffet breakfast daily, and is also open for lunch and dinner, offering Russian and European menus.

Maxima Zarya offers guests a discounted rate at the local Kva Kva water park and spa.

Guestrooms. The 200 guestrooms vary in size and style, but have storage space and modern furnishings in restful colour schemes. All feature minibars, work desks satellite television.

Expert Tip. The All Russian Exhibition Centre (VVT) on Prospect Mira is a fascinating reminder of the Soviet era, with its huge pavilions and stirring monuments of collective farm workers.