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The Metropol Hotel has probably the most colorful history among Moscow's hotels, and is certainly the most elegant. The Metropol's 365 guest rooms include 70 suites, located in a stunning Art Nouveau building built at the instigation of art patron Savva Mamontov. Rooms combine mod cons such as satellite television and modem sockets for Internet connections with old-style luxury, while the hotel's three restaurants serve mainly Russian and European cuisine. Known as the 20th-century Tower of Babel when it opened, the Metropol is about as central as you can get in Moscow, right opposite the Bolshoi Theatre and a stone's throw from Red Square. Film buffs take note: The Metropol featured in David Lean's film version of Boris Pasternak's classic novel Dr. Zhivago.
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