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Hotel Victoria
Prospekt Pobediteley 59 (Проспект Победителей 59)
www.hotel-victoria.by
Prices: Singles from 365,000br/$170, Doubles from 470,000br/$220
Opened just over a year ago, this is a an excellent hotel by Belarusian standards, with each room offering air-conditioning, wi-fi, satellite TV, mini-bar and a safe. Facilities include a sauna and swimming pool and some rooms are disabled-friendly.
There’s not too much around the hotel but Victory Park is just across the street, a perfect place for a stroll. This place is a little too far away from the centre if you want to get around on foot but plenty of buses and trolleybuses pass here. At night you may prefer to use a taxi as the services are less frequent.
Hotel Europe
Internatsionalnaya 28 (Интернациональная 28)
www.hoteleurope.by
Prices: Singles €265, Doubles from €310.
Minsk’s very own 5 star hotel has everything you would expect for the prices charged, including a swimming pool, Turkish bath and facilities for the disabled.
Located in heart of the city between Prospekt Nezavisimoti and Nemiga, this is without doubt the best location in town. Pretty much everything is within walking distance.
IBB
Gazeti Pravda 11 (Газеты Правда 11)
http://www.ibb.by/en/about/
Prices: Singles from $65, doubles from $90
A German run hotel and conference centre with a good reputation, so it’s a pretty safe option.
It’s located in a residential area in the south-west of the city. The city centre is a ten minute walk then 15 minute trolleybus ride away so unless you have your own transport it’s rather inconvenient. It does however offer a chance to see a typical Minsk suburb and the nearby MacDonalds maybe a reassuring sight to some. The street itself is named after the Pravda newspaper.
Hotel Minsk
Prospekt Nezavisimosti 11 (Проспект Независимости 11)
www.hotelminsk.by
Prices: Singles from $150, doubles from $200.
Refurbished to much acclaim five years ago to become Minsk’s first 4 star hotel. The jury’s out on whether it really is all it’s cracked up to be. The general view is that the facilities are fine but overall a little over-priced.
Prospekt Nezavisimosti’s only hotel is right at the beginning of the thoroughfare overlooking the square of the same name. It’s in the city centre and everything is within walking distance, including the railway station. The quickest and easiest way to get here from the station if it’s raining is to follow the subway that leads to the metro station, buy a token for the metro, proceed onto the platform, keep going straight on and leave via the other exit! This will bring you out in Independence Square and the Hotel is across the square on the right. There is another subway to take you underneath the square to the hotel.
Juravinka
Yanki Kupali 25 (Янки Купалы 25)
http://www.juravinka.by/ (The English version was down last time we looked)
Prices: Singles from $200, doubles from $275
Popular with well-to-do Russian and Turkish businessmen this place is part of an entertainment complex that offers all sorts of facilities from a bar and restaurant to a bowling alley and a casino. It’s all five minutes from Prospekt Nezavisimosti and the old town is 6-7 minutes away in the opposite direction.
Crowne Plaza Minsk
Kirova 13 (Кирова 13)
http://www.cpminsk.com/
Prices: Singles from €200, doubles from €250
Minsk’s newest hotel is the first international chain to arrive in Minsk and it’s created another benchmark for others to aspire to. Personally I think a musty corridor and a hard wooden bed is all part of the experience but if you like your comforts then this is probably the best city centre option.
Right opposite the Dynamo Stadium in the city centre, you’re just around the corner from Karl Marx Street with its good value cafes. It’s five minutes walk from here to Prospekt Nevavisimosti and the railway station.
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