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Hotel Metropol Moscow

Teatralnaya · Moscow · Russia

Vrubel’s majolica panel “The Princess of Dreams” on the façade of the Hotel Metropol
Vrubel’s majolica panel “The Princess of Dreams” on the façade of the Hotel Metropol
Photo creditImage courtesy of © Nikolay Andreyev, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The Art Nouveau corner of the Hotel Metropol on Teatralny Proezd
The Art Nouveau corner of the Hotel Metropol on Teatralny Proezd
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Moscow’s great Art Nouveau hotel, facing the Bolshoi, with the Savva restaurant under its glass roof.

The Hotel Metropol was built between 1899 and 1905 and is the largest hotel in Moscow built before 1917. Its façade carries the Vrubel majolica panel “The Princess of Dreams”, and it faces the Bolshoi across Teatralny Proezd.

  • Breakfast under the stained-glass roof of the restaurant hall is the Moscow morning to have.

Inside the hotel

  • Savva

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