Art hotel Karelia

This is average hotel with lot of rooms and depending on ths floor a good view from the balcony. We initially got a room that was not suitable at all. It was pretty messy and bathroom was falling apart literally. After complaining to the reception thwy were able to provide us a new room which was better. Room even had a small kitchen. However in the bathroom the sink was leaking while the water was on. Despite that we had a good time here. Breakfast was really good and diverse, included in the price. Bus station is a 10 min walk from the hotel with a direct connection to the city center.

I stayed in a suite with a room, a living area and a bathroom. The room had everything you needed as a traveller on a budget. Washing machine in the bathroom, refrigerator, safe deposit box. It was very neat and service was good. The hotel is about 12 kilometres from the city centre but there is a bus stop just 100ft from the hotel that takes you to the metro (about 20 minutes) then you can reach almost anywhere in the city centre from there and is relatively cheap. There is the taxi of course or UBER. The only downside is the facade of the building which looks a bit run down and the breakfast was nothing to write home about even if its free. Contrary to most earlier comments about the internet, it worked perfectly for me. Finally, all TV programs are in Russian language so have your Netflix or Amazon movies or whatever.

warnings: this hotel is unbelievable , they has 4 star sign at checkin counter at first, the hotel booked 3single rooms instead of triple room and let customer wait for checkin for 45min in room , no telephone inside room dryer is out of order after every using for15sec no amenities at all but small tiny pack of shower gel and shampoo that cannot ask for more has shower and shampoo pump in bathroom but nothing inside no toothbrush, no shower cap, no lotion no water bottle given no kettle , no coffee or tea