FAQ

Where in the city is the hotel located?

The Petrovka Loft is located in the centre of Moscow. The pretty side street where it stands is called Petrovska, one of Moscow’s most fashionable and attractive streets. The Kremlin, Red Square, the Bolshoi Theatre and many more of Moscow’s major attractions are within comfortable walking distance of the Petrovka Loft Hotel.

Which is the nearest metro station?

The nearest stations to the Petrovka Loft are Teatral’naya , Okhotnii Ryad, Trubnaya. All metro stations are only 10-15 minutes walk from the hotel. Teatralnaya Metro Station, next to the Bolshoi Theatre at the bottom of Petrovka street, is on the dark green line at an interchange with the red and dark blue lines, giving easy and quick access to almost of any corner of the city. Click here to see Moscow Metro map.

How do I get to the hotel from Vnukovo Airport?

Vnukovo Airport, about 45km west of central Moscow, is about one hour and twenty minutes drive from the Petrovka Loft, depending on traffic in the city centre. It can also be reached easily by public transport thanks to the Aeroexpress rail link, which runs to Kievsky Station roughly every hour between 7am and 10pm. Journey time is 35 minutes. From Kievskaya Metro Station, take the dark blue line to Ploshchad Revolyutsii, which brings you out right next to Red Square. From here it is a little over ten minutes’ walk to the Petrovka Loft. If your flight arrives outside these times, the only public transport option is to take the No. 45 shuttle minibus to Yugo-Zapadnaya Metro Station at the bottom of the red line. The journey takes a little over 20 minutes. From here it is about 25 minutes’ ride to Okhotnii Ryad Metro Station, which is around 10 minutes’ walk from the Petrovka Loft.

How do I get from the hotel to Leningrad Station, Yaroslavl Station or Kazan Station?

If you are travelling by taxi, Komsomolskaya Ploshchad - commonly known as “Three Stations Square” - is about 4km north-east of Petrovka Loft, and the drive will take 15-30 minutes. If you are using public transport, walk to Okhotnii Ryad Metro Station (around 10 minutes) and take the red line four stops north to Komsomolskaya, which serves all three stations (see Moscow Metro map).

How do I get to the hotel from Kursk Station?

Kurskaya Metro Station, connected to the mainline station, is on the dark blue line, and is only one stop east from Ploshchad Revolyutsii, which is about ten minutes’ walk from the Petrovka Loft . If you are taking a taxi, the drive will take around 30 minutes.

How do I get to the hotel from Belarus Station?

Take the dark green line from Belorusskaya Metro Station, connected to the mainline station, three stops south to Teatralnaya Metro Station, which is under ten minutes’ walk from the Petrovka Loft (see Moscow Metro map). By taxi, it is about 30 minutes’ drive from the hotel to Belarus Station, depending on traffic.

How do I get to the hotel from Kiev Station?

If you are arriving at Kiev Station, take the dark-blue line from Keivskaya Metro Station two stops east to Ploshchad Revolyutsii (see Moscow Metro map). The Petrovka Loft is about ten minutes’ walk from there. If you are taking a taxi, the drive will take just under 30 minutes.

How can I make international telephone calls?

International phone calls can be transferred to your room. If you are looking for cheaper alternatives, IP-telephony cards are available in most kiosks and mobile phone shops. You can also use the Central Telegraph Office at Tverskaya Ulitsa 7. Here you can either use phone cards or pre-pay to make intercity and international calls.

Where can I get Internet access?

All rooms at the Petrovka Loft have free WiFi Internet access. There are also several internet cafes in the surrounding area, the largest and most convenient is in the underground shopping mall on Manezhnaya Ploshchad.

How do I get from the hotel to the Kremlin?

The Kremlin and Red Square are within comfortable walking distance of the Petrovka Loft Hotel. From the entrance, turn right and then right again down Ulitsa Petrovka, and pass the Bolshoi Theatre onto

Teatralnaya Ploshchad. From here the Kremlin towers and Red Square’s State Historical Museum are clearly visible across the square.

How do I get from the hotel to the Bolshoi Theater?

The Bolshoi Theater is only five minutes walk from the Petrovka Loft down Ulitsa Petrovka.

How do I get from the hotel to the Tretyakov Gallery?

While it is possible to reach the Tretyakov Gallery on foot from the hotel, passing through Red Square and crossing the Bolshoi Moskvaretskiy Bridge, the walk will take around 40 minutes. The quickest way is to take the metro from Kuznetskiy Most Station one stop south to Kitai-Gorod, and to change there onto the orange line. Tretyakovskaya Station is one stop south, and the gallery is about five minutes’ walk from there, and clearly signposted.

Which visitor attractions are located near the hotel?

Alongside the obvious attractions of the Kremlin, Red Square and the Bolshoi Theatre, there are numerous lesser known but nonetheless fascinating sights and attractions in the immediate environs of the Petrovka Loft, including the Sandunovskaya Banya, Moscow’s most famous public baths, just across the road from the hotel, which are well worth visiting both for their restorative effect and for their glorious interiors. Also nearby, at the top of Ulitsa Petrovka, the Vysokopetrovsky Monastery is one of Moscow’s oldest and most beautiful.  So, our hotel is the best location in terms of sightseeing.

What are the rates per room at your hotel?

The Petrovka Loft supports different seasonal rates, which are available at the Petrovka Loft web-site, and which are always lower than prices for our rooms provided at the websites of our partners (travel agencies).

Generally, our average room rates are 89, 99, 109 and 119 Euros depending on the room type.

The hotel rooms we have are:

Superior double with king size bed for (maximum) 2 adults and 1 child, which average cost is 109 Euros per one-night stay;
Superior twin with 2 double beds for (maximum) 3 adults and 1 child – 119 Euros per one-night stay;
Standard double with queen size bed for 2 adults – 99 Euros per one-night stay;
Standard twin with 2 twin beds for 2 adults – 89 Euros per one-night stay.
To check actual/current seasonal price and reserve a room, please visit our website at http://www.petrovkaloft.com  Reservations should be made via the internet only.

What do I need to get a Russian Visa?

Visa Support: Invitation Letters to Russia for guests

Please note that getting a Russian visa is rather sophisticated and bureaucratic process. The Petrovka Loft does not provide documents (such as invitations and other) that you may need to launch the visa process. The Petrovka Loft does not issue tourist support documents. Visa invitation letters, which are required in order to apply for a Russian visa, can be ordered from our visa agent (https://www.getrussian.com/visa/order?a_aid=Petrovka). Please, note that one invitation is enough for foreign guests, even if he/she plans to visit other Russian cities as well as Moscow. Therefore, we strongly recommend to specify (while ordering the invitation via Internet) the following:
The whole period of your stay in Russia;
All the cities that you plan to visit (beyond Moscow)
Dates of stay in each of the cities;
The hotels, in which you plan to stay at each of the cities.—If you do not know the hotels in the different cities you are visiting yet, you may select any hotel name from the list proposed at the above mentioned web-site.

While ordering your invitation via the GetRussian website, you will pay for this service via credit card. The Petrovka Loft will not charge the cost of invitation upon your arrival.
Upon your arrival at the Petrovka Loft, we can arrange all the registration formalities related to your visa, which is required by Russian Law. The cost for this service is 600 Rubles per person.
According to the Russian laws on the status of foreigners in Russia, every foreigner who comes to Moscow should have his/her Russian visa registered within 72 hours of arrival (3 business days for foreigners).

Please note the following warning: Lack of visa registration may cause problems with passport control while exiting the country. Therefore, the Petrovka Loft may refuse to check-in the guest if the foreigner entered the country more than 3 business days before coming to the Loft and cannot provide the visa registration documents for this period. To arrange the registration, the Loft hotel takes copies of the guest’s passport, visa and migration card. If the stamps and, in particular, entering dates are not visible on the copies, the originals must be submitted to the Russian Migration Service.

Will it be possible to arrange a taxi to meet me at the airport?

Yes, a taxi driver can meet you at the airport with a sign “The Petrovka Loft”. You may request the taxi transfer by filling in and signing a special form, which we can send to you via email [please provide your email]. We will contact the service provider and arrange the taxi transfer upon the receipt of the signed form with your debit/credit card details. You may send it to the Petrovka Loft via email as a scanned copy [petrovkaloft@gmail.com] or via fax [+7 (495) 626 22 09]. The cost of the taxi transfer from airport to hotel is the Rouble equivalent of 50 Euros. We will charge this amount upon your arrival at the Loft.


Is there any other opportunity to get to the hotel from Domodedovo or Sheremetievo airports, but taxi/transfer.

There are several options to get to the hotel from airports. Please see the specific airport below:

1.Domodedovo: You can take a train from the Domodedovo Airport to the Paveletskaya Railway Station, which is very close to the center of Moscow. It will take you 40 minutes to get there, and cost approximately 6 Euros (250 Russian roubles). Then, you will get over to a Green Line of the Moscow Metro, Paveletskaya Station. To enter the Metro, you will buy a card for 1, 2, 5, 10 or more number of trips, which cost might be from 1 to 50 Euros. Then, you will go by metro to Teatralnaya Metro Station, find an exit leading to B.Dmitrovka Street, go along the street, turn to the right to Stoleshnikov Side-Street, turn to the left to Petrovka Street. Having turned to the second archway (to the left) you will see a yellow 4-storey residential building (Petrovka st., bld. 17 / 2). The Loft is located at Entrance 2, at the 4th Floor.

Another route from the Domodedovo Airport includes a city taxi (usually it’s a van for 8-12 persons) that will take you to the Domodedovskaya Metro Station, Green Line. In 30-40 minutes, you will stop at the Teatralnaya Metro Station and exit to B.Dmitrovka Street, go along the street, turn to the right to Stoleshnikov Side-Street, turn to the left to Petrovka Street. Having turned to the left to the second arch you will see a yellow 4-storey residential building (Petrovka st., bld. 17 / 2). The Loft is located at Entrance 2, at the 4th Floor.

2.Sheremetyevo: You can take a train from the Sheremetyevo Airport to the Savyolovskaya Railway Station. It will take you 30-40 minutes to get there, and cost approximately 5 Euros (200 Russian roubles). Then, you will get over to a Grey Line of the Moscow Metro, Savyolovskaya Station. To enter the Metro, you will buy a card for 1, 2, 5, 10 or more number of trips, which cost might be from 1 to 50 Euros. You will exit the metro at the Chekhovskaya Station and go along Petrovka Street up to the Building # 17/2. It is located in the yard. You need Entrance 2, Floor 4.

Another route from the Sheremetyevo Airport includes a city taxi (usually it’s a van for 8-12 persons) that will take you to the Rechnoy Vokzal Metro Station, Green Line. To enter the Metro, you will buy a card for 1, 2, 5, 10 or more number of trips, which cost might be from 1 to 50 Euros. In 30-40 minutes, you will stop at the Teatralnaya Metro Station. There are two exits there, and you will need the one leading to B.Dmitrovka Street. Then, you will go along the street, turn to the right to Stoleshnikov Side-Street, turn to the left to Petrovka Street. Having turned to the left to the second arch you will see a yellow 4-storey residential building (Petrovka st., bld. 17 / 2). The Loft is located at Entrance 2, at the 4th Floor.

The Petrovka Loft can arrange a taxi transfer from/to the airport for 50 Euro per car.

What payment types does the Petrovka Loft accept?

The Petrovka Loft only accepts credit cards for payment of room charges. We do not accept cash for room payments. Our preference is that you also pay for other hotel services with a credit card rather than cash.

How does your hotel operate: is it possible to exit or enter the hotel around the clock?
Yes, the Petrovka Loft (reception) works around the clock. To enter the hotel, it is enough to call the Administrator/Reception using the door intercommunication system downstairs, and ask to open the door.

The Petrovka Loft EARLY CHECK-IN policy is as follows:

Our standard check-in time is 15:00. If you require an early check-in, please ask us and we will do our best to help.

However, if you would like to ensure that a vacant room will be available for you upon your arrival, which is earlier than 15:00, we would strongly recommend to reserve a room for the previous day as well. In any case – if the vacant room is not available before the standard check-in time – you may leave your luggage at the Loft.

The Petrovka Loft LATE CHECK-OUT policy is as follows:

12 noon is our standard check-out time. If you would like to check-out after 12 noon, please let us know.

Please note that our late check-out policy is as follows:
(i) late check-out (up to a maximum of 2 hours) is free of charge;
(ii) late check-out of more than 2 hours (up to maximum of 4 hours) is charged at 40 Euros;
(iii) late check-out of more than 4 hours is charged at an amount equivalent to one-night stay.

Porter Service

We do not have an elevator in the building but are able to provide a porter service upon request free of charge. If you need help with your luggage, please let us know the approximate time of your arrival.