Hotels in Russia
Rooftop hotels in Russia, on this site, mean Moscow, a city whose skyline reads like a timeline: onion domes, Stalin-era towers and a cluster of glass skyscrapers by the river. Its rooftops are as much about dinner as drinks, with many hotel restaurants set on the top floors.
Around Tverskaya and Teatralnaya, terraces look over the Kremlin walls, the domes of St Basil's and the Bolshoi Theatre, often a few minutes' walk from Red Square. Hotels along the Moskva River face the gold dome of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour or the floating bridge of Zaryadye Park, while western addresses frame the towers of Moscow City. Open-air terrace season is short, roughly May to September, and June brings very long evenings with sunset after nine. From October, many rooftop restaurants move behind glass, which keeps the panorama but changes the mood. For the Kremlin view, stay central; for a skyline of glass, look west.
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What to expect
- Moscow: central rooftop terraces look over the Kremlin walls and the coloured domes of St Basil's Cathedral.
- Moscow: hotels near Teatralnaya face the Bolshoi Theatre, a short walk from Red Square and the Kremlin.
- Moscow: riverside terraces frame the gold dome of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour above the Moskva.
- Moscow: the glass towers of Moscow City form a separate skyline on a western bend of the river.
- Moscow: open-air terrace season runs roughly from May to September, with the longest evenings in June.
- Moscow: in winter many rooftop restaurants are glassed in, keeping the panorama while shutting out the cold.