where to stay in Novosibirsk

Perhaps the best located hotel in Novosibirsk for those who need to be right in the city centre. A two minutes walk from the Lenin Square, ten minute drive from Novosibirsk Glavniy train station, and about 40 minute drive from Tolmachyovo airport. 

Tsentralnaya Hotel is a budget option, covering the basics like free wifi, free parking, ATMs, air tickets office, sushi bar and a buffet, laundry, ironing and hairdressers. 

The hotel offers studios, as well as deluxe and standard double and single rooms. 

A small, privately-run hotel which opened in 2007 with 11 luxury rooms aimed specifically at business travellers 'who value comfort, safety and excellent quality'. 

It is on the way from Tolmachevo Airport to the City Centre, and nice touches include a 24 hour restaurant and laundry, with breakfast included in the price. 

Boasting business class and European standards, it seeks to offer an individual touch to its demanding clientele, with a staff who seek to cater for the habits and tastes of their guests. 

Novosibirsk is Russia's third city after Moscow and St Petersburg, and the largest in Siberia with a population of 1.47 million. An educational, scientific, cultural and entertainment centre, it also has significant industry. 

Hotel choice and standards in Novosibirsk are dramatically improving for business and budget travellers alike. The Doubletree by Hilton, opened in 2011, a pioneering new-build Western chain hotel in Siberia, offers all you would expect, with fabulous top floor gym, pool, and sauna facilities. 

Hugely improved is the Azimut Hotel Sibir and the River Park Hotel, close to a remarkable winter ice park. If you prefer the more intimate atmosphere of a boutique hotel, try either the Garden Apple Hotel or the Boutique Hotel Nord Castle.

Whether you're here for work, or a quick respite from crossing Siberia by train, Novosibirsk has a wide selection of places to stay, eat, drink and relax.

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A modern Western-style hostel popular with travellers on a budget, including those seeking a night or two off the Trans-Siberian train. 

Seen as great value for money with good security. Run by entrepreneurs Marina Nikiforova and Ksenia Chernikova, who say on their excellent website: ‘Attention backpackers and penny savers! Good news from Siberia. Recent university grads launched the first Western-type hostel in Novosibirsk. 

'The city is notorious for lack of affordable decent accommodations. Dostoevsky Hostel: great location, English-speaking team and everything you need during your budget travel’. 

A Soviet-era hotel which has undergone substantial and welcome renovation and now offers good value for money 3* facilities for its guests. 

Very good location on Lenina street makes it convenient for most amenities in the city centre.

With apartments, business deluxe, business single, business double and comfort class accommodation, it aims to meet most tastes. 

A great new addition to the Novosibirsk hotel scene, especially for business travellers, as well as for tourists doing the Trans-Siberian in style, who fancy being pampered on a four star stopover. 

The level of comfort is world standard and should ensure Western visitors thoroughly enjoy their Siberian exile!

Located in a quiet corner of the city centre, the hotel offers a good a la carte restaurant, called ‘Paris’, a bar and 24 hour room service. 

Businessman Alexander Boiko wants to capitalise on success of city centre 5-star as hotel revolution rolls on.

So far the only hotel in Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk's educational and scientific satellite community. Its name in Russian is 'Zolotaya Dolina', with locals quite often referring to it as 'ZD'. 

The Golden Valley is ideally located for more than 20 research institutes and the House of Scientists which are all in walking distance. Ob sea beach on the bank of the reservoir filled in 1959 is also just a walk away through some stunningly beautiful pine and birth tree forests. 

Unpretentious, The Golden Valley hotel offers ‘an excellent possibility for inexpensive but comfortable shelter for travellers’.  

One of Novosibirsk's gems, Nord Castle is described as a 'luxury boutique hotel', with a very good quality spa and wellness centre, indoor pool, fitness centre, and free wifi.

Rooms are air conditioned and spacious, with balconies overlooking one of the city’s most beautiful pine forest in the city, Zayeltsovskiy Bor.

The Nord Castle attracts a high number of returning guests, who come both for business and pleasure. The restaurant, with a nice summer terrace, offers a good selection of  Russian, French and Mediterranean dishes, and boasts an an extensive wine collection.