Golden Ring Hotel
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Golden Ring Hotel (Russian: Гостиница Золотое Кольцо; is a luxurious five-star hotel in Moscow. The hotel is located just opposite the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building and the Arbat Street, on Smolenskaya Ulitsa. The hotel was built in 1970 as the Belgrade-I Hotel and used to serve foreign tourists (mostly from the Eastern bloc countries) who visited Russia with Intourist groups. Since 1991 the Golden Ring Hotel is a member of the hotel chain affiliated to the Department of Affairs of the President of the Russian Federation. The hotel was totally reconstructed in 1998 and was the latest addition to Moscow's luxury hotel scene. It was located just opposite the towering, gothic skyscraper of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The hotel has 270 rooms; 77 standard rooms, 112 doubles and 81 suites. The rooms offer views onto the hotel's inner courtyard, the neighbouring street, the impressive neighbouring Ministry of Foreign Affairs building or the Moskva River and its embankments.
