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Currency: June 2010,
1 euro = 39 roubles (RUB)
Area code: +7 (Russia),
495 (Moscow)
Time difference: +2 hours
How to get there
LOT: the Polish airline offers three daily flights from Paris to Moscow with connections in Warsaw, as well as five weekly flights from Nice. A business lounge was recently inaugurated in the new ultra-modern terminal at Warsaw's Frédéric-Chopin airport.
Tel: 01 47 42 05 60 - Internet: www.lot.com
Air France and Aeroflot each operate four daily code-share flights from Paris. This brings to eight the total number of daily flights operated by the two Skyteam members between Paris and Moscow.
Tel: 3654 - Internet: www.airfrance.com
Tel.: 01 42 25 43 81 - Internet: www.aeroflot.ru
Conference centre
WORLD TRADE CENTER MOSCOW
Krasnopresnenskaya nab. 12
Tel: +7 495 258 12 12 - Fax: +7 495 253 23 47
E-mail: wtcmo@wtc.msk.ru
Internet: www.wtcmoscow.ru
Hotels
RITZ-CARLTON MOSCOW. Situated literally opposite Red Square, this hotel, opened in 1927, is full of contrasts. From the gilding and mouldings in the lobby, we move on to the classic, more sober luxury of its 334 rooms, then to the refined style of its brand new Asian restaurant, Ginko Bei Seiji. On the top floor, the trendy lounge offers a magnificent view of Basil the Blessed Cathedral.
3, Tverskaya Street - Tel: +7 495 225 88 88
Fax: +7 495 225 84 00
E-mail: rc.mowrz.leads@ritzcarlton.com
Internet: www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/Moscow
PARK HYATT ARARAT. Opened in 2002 just a stone's throw from the Bolshoi Theatre, not far from Red Square, the Park Hyatt offers 220 rooms and suites measuring a minimum of 35 m2, and a service worthy of the brand.
4, Neglinnaya Street - Tel: +7 495 783 12 34 - Fax:
+7 495 783 12 35 - E-mail: moscow.park@hyatt.com
Internet: www.moscow.park.hyatt.com
RADISSON ROYAL HOTEL MOSCOW. Opened in the spring, this hotel is housed in one of the famous 'seven sisters', the imposing Soviet-era administrative buildings that dot the landscape along the Moskva. There is a lot of gilding and ornamentation in the communal areas and 506 rooms, but there is an 'altitude' restaurant on the 31st floor, with a view. It should be noted that the hotel is a little out of the way.
2/1, Kutuzovskiy Prospect, Building 1
Tel: +7 495 221 55 55 - Fax: +7 495 411 00 25
E-mail: info.royal.moscow@radisson-hotels.ru
Internet: www.radisson-hotels.ru/royal-moscow
HOTEL METROPOL. Admittedly, there is a rather old-fashioned atmosphere in what was once Moscow's grand hotel. But at the same time, there's a real sense of nostalgia for the heyday of the beginning of the last century. In its 362 rooms, including 72 suites, you can savour the charm of this sumptuous Art Nouveau building. Another pleasure: sipping a White Russian under the magnificently decorated glass roof that once housed
Tolstoy and Rachmaninov.
2, Teatralny Proezd - Tel: +7 499 501 78 00
Fax: +7 499 501 78 38 - E-mail: metropol@metmos.ru
Internet: www.metropol-moscow.ru
HOTEL BALTSCHUG KEMPINSKI. Housed in an imposing nineteenth-century building with views of Basil the Blessed Cathedral and Red Square, the Kempinski is one of Moscow's best located hotels. In all, it offers 230 rooms and suites of truly sumptuous luxury.
1, ulista Balchug - Tel: +7 495 287 20 00
E-mail: info.baltschug@kempinski.com
Internet: www.kempinski.com/en/moscow
Other major business hotels
HOTEL SAVOY > 3/6, Rozhdestvenka, Building 1
Tel: +7 495 620 85 00 - Fax: +7 495 625 05 96
E-mail: infa-hotel@savoy.ru - Internet: www.savoy.ru
THE ROYAL NATIONAL MÉRIDIEN > 15/1, Mokhovaya
Tel: +7 495 258 70 00 - Fax: +7 495 258 71 00
E-mail: hotel@national.ru
Internet: www.starwoodhotels.com
COURTYARD MOSCOW CITY CENTER >
7, Voznesenskiy Pereulok - Tel. +7 495 981 33 00
Fax: +7 495 981 33 01 - Internet: marriott.com
SHERATON PALACE HOTEL > 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya, 19
Phone: +7 495 931 97 00 Fax: +7 495 931 97 04
E-mail: reservations.00137 @sheraton.com
Internet: www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton
Restaurants
KAI RESTAURANT. The Swissôtel's elegant restaurant offers French cuisine with an Asian accent. What makes it special is that almost every month a guest chef arrives from abroad to innovate and add his or her own personal touch. After dinner, head up to the City Space Bar & Lounge on the top floor, 140 metres up, for a drink. It offers an exceptional 360° view of the whole of Moscow.
52, Kosmodamianskaya Nab, Building 6
Tel: +7 495 221 53 58 - Internet: www.swissotel.com
E-mail: kai.moscow@swissotel.com
GORKI. A blend of Stalinist style, theatre décor and contemporary design, this address in the heart of Moscow has a lot of character and offers fusion Russian and Mediterranean cuisine. A surprising, even explosive mix.
1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya, 3
Tel: +7 495 775 24 56 - Fax: +7 495 251 56 26
Internet: www.gorki.su/en/restaurant
CAFÉ POUCHKINE. This famous café, which did not yet exist when Gilbert Bécaud celebrated it in song, has become one of Muscovites' favourite addresses. The atmosphere is theatrical and a little cardboard, but the food is traditional.
26 A, Tverskoy Bld - Tel: +7 495 739 00 33
Internet: www.cafe-pushkin.ru
Information
? MOSCOW ECONOMIC MISSION > 45, Bolshaya Yakimanka - Tel: +7 495 937 24 00
Fax: +7 495 937 24 01 - E-mail: moscou@missioneco.org - Internet: www.missioneco.org/russie
? FRENCH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY IN MOSCOW > 12, Tverskaya ulitsa, Bld 9 (access
by the arch at 3, Glinischevsky Per.), 4th floor, office 104 - Tel: +7 495 721 38 28 - Fax: +7 495 721 19 95
E-mail: info@ccifr.ru - Internet: www.ccifr.ru
? MOSCOW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
38/1, Sharikopodshipnikovskaya - Phone: +7 499 132 07 33 - Fax: +7 499 132 07 64
E-mail: extrade@mtpp.org or protokol@mtpp.org - Internet: www.mostpp.ru/eng
