PRICE:
Frommer's Highly Recommended

A sleek modern hotel perched at the top of Tverskaya, the Sheraton offers little historic value but plenty of modern convenience. Its child-friendly weekend brunches are a key draw, with multilingual clowns and an activity room that allows parents to indulge in the all-included caviar and champagne and admire the ice sculptures that decorate the dining hall. The seafood restaurant (Yakor, or "anchor") attracts visitors from around town. Despite triple-paned windows, rooms facing Tverskaya still feel its 24-hour hum; those facing the courtyard are more tranquil but have a gloomy view of apartment blocks. The hotel's glass-and-chrome style may lack character, but it offers a refreshing relief from city grime. The Sheraton was one of the first -- and still one of the few -- hotels in town with a real fitness center, including a small jogging track and aerobics classes. The rooms are spacious and sumptuous, and various mattress styles are available upon request. Popular with the investor and luxury tourist classes, the Sheraton's attitude and prices are somewhat more upmarket than those of Sheratons in North America. Facilities: 3 restaurants; cafe; bar; health club; Jacuzzi; sauna; children's playroom; concierge; tour desk; car-rental desk; limo; business center; salon; room service; massage; babysitting; laundry service; same-day dry cleaning; nonsmoking rooms; executive rooms

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Moscow & St. Petersburg, 2nd Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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