Where to stay

Garden Apple Hotel

A small, privately-run hotel which opened in 2007 with 11 luxury rooms aimed specifically at business travellers 'who value comfort, safety and excellent quality'.

It is on the way from Tolmachevo Airport to the City Centre, and nice touches include a 24 hour restaurant and laundry, with breakfast included in the price.

Boasting business class and European standards, it seeks to offer an individual touch to its demanding clientele, with a staff who seek to cater for the habits and tastes of their guests.

Perfectly located at Novosibirsk's Tolmachevo Airport, ideal for both arriving and departing passengers, with wi-fi and good conference hall, the hotel also offers gym, swimming pool, two saunas, cosy lobby bar and a restaurant.

Sky Port is some 17 km from the city centre, so about 40 minutes drive, depending on traffic. There are 149 rooms - standard, studio and apartments - all equipped with conditioners, satellite TV and minibars.

There is a choice of smoking and non-smoking rooms, as well as family rooms and rooms for people with limited physical abilities.

Tsentralnaya Hotel

Perhaps the best located hotel in Novosibirsk for those who need to be right in the city centre. A two minutes walk from the Lenin Square, ten minute drive from Novosibirsk Glavniy train station, and about 40 minute drive from Tolmachyovo airport.

Tsentralnaya Hotel is a budget option, covering the basics like free wifi, free parking, ATMs, air tickets office, sushi bar and a buffet, laundry, ironing and hairdressers.

The hotel offers studios, as well as deluxe and standard double and single rooms.

Golden Valley Hotel

So far the only hotel in Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk's educational and scientific satellite community. Its name in Russian is 'Zolotaya Dolina', with locals quite often referring to it as 'ZD'.

The Golden Valley is ideally located for more than 20 research institutes and the House of Scientists which are all in walking distance. Ob sea beach on the bank of the reservoir filled in 1959 is also just a walk away through some stunningly beautiful pine and birth tree forests.

Unpretentious, The Golden Valley hotel offers ‘an excellent possibility for inexpensive but comfortable shelter for travellers’.