8 Hostels in Moscow

Bananas Hostel

The design here is minimalistic. The hostel sometimes feels a bit like the office of a “creative” company, rather than a residential space. The six- and eight- person dorms have been decorated with cute murals that take up half the wall, there are cushions on the window sill in the corridor. Although you don't really fancy sitting on them — the set up is not all that inviting. There are two hubs of activity at the hostel: a big lounge room by the entrance and a kitchen with its adjacent bathrooms. There's a long corridor joining them, with rooms either side. This distance makes it a bit of a pain to, say, take your cup of tea from the kitchen to the lounge room. Although there is lots of room for laptops there. Visitors with pets need to speak to the owner beforehand, but if you're staying in the double room, there probably won't be any problems.