Klin, Moscow oblast  
The major drawing point of Klin is the Tchaikovsky museum. Also stop in Klin if you are interested of the Eastern front of the WW2. Klin is right on the Moscow to St. Petersburg highway, about 80km north from the Ring Road. Easy access to Dmitrov, the Convent of Joseph of Volokolamsk, the City of Volokolamsk itself, Istra, and New Jerusalem.

 

Need anything  in Klin?
I travel through Klin regularly on my way to my dacha near  Staritsa and can run errands in Klin at no major time outlay to me or expense to you. Same applies to other cities between Moscow & Staritsa: Istra, Volokolamsk, Rzhev, [Zubtsov], and of course Tver.

Accommodation

  • Gostiny Dvor Hotel ul. Dzerzhinskogo 4, tel. 8-09624-25313, near the well-known Alex Cafe. 400-600 roubles ($14-21) for a very basic room, with part of the facilities down the corridor, and the other part one floor down, then thought the door, then up etc. Friendly and helpful stuff however. If travelling towards Moscow and too tired to complete the last ugliest and heaviest part of the journey, stop in Klin. Turn right at the "Volokolamsk" sign, drive a block or two, and turn right again. Ask the locals to point you to the "Cafe Alex". This hotel is a few steps from the bus station and probably from the train station too but I haven't checked for the reason if bitter cold.

  • No other accommodation found

  • There is a report, unconfirmed, that you can stay in a "sanatorium" near Klin. Recommended for those looking for a relaxed and inexpensive local-style accommodation. Contact Vera Mikhailovna Konstantinova, Sanatourim manager, tel. 8-09624-35057

  • Note Tourist Base "Sputnik" 20-30km beyond Klin if moving from Moscow along the Moscow to Saint Petersburg highway.

Safely

In response to my question if it is safe to go out for a beer around midnight the hotel clerks answered that "Klin is run by mafia, and mafia is tough on street hooligans". Reassured, I went out, had one beer in a seedy drinking establishment in a shack by the city market, admired faces and characters there, and returned to the hotel room well and under a nice buzz.

Klin in the Internet, in English

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[Sketch of Klin, showing the places mentioned, in English and Russian]

 

Report prepared November 2004 while unable to sleep because the whole Gosniny Dvor hotel was partying will 4am Monday morning.  Last major update: ..................

 

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