With its central address on Novinskiy Boulevard in the center of Russia’s capital city, the elegant Lotte Hotel Moscow has upped the service ante with the introduction of a team of butlers trained through the highly esteemed Bogarts School of Butlers. A member of The Leading Hotels of the World and nominated for both the 2014 World Luxury Hotel Awards and the 2015 World Luxury Spa Awards, the hotel is a 15-minute walk from a number of major sites and conveniently located to shopping and entertainment. The hotel has two fine-dining restaurants: MEGU, serving a menu of Japanese fusion; and Les Menus, with French cuisine under the direction of triple Michelin-starred chef Pierre Gagnaire.

Along with 300 rooms and suites and an expansive Royal Suite, onsite facilities include meeting spaces and banquet halls, a fitness club and swimming pool. At Mandara Spa, an opulent hydrotherapy suite features a hammam, sauna and silk bath. Treatment choices include multi-hour rituals ranging from Transcendence and Dream Weaver to Ultimate Indulgence. During this treatment, guests enjoy an aroma-reflex foot ritual, lavender body wash, choice of traditional body scrub, an herbal steam, aromatherapy floral bath, facial and body massage. Refreshments are also served as part of each indulgent treatment.