Izmailovo Hotel

The Izmailovo Hotel (Russian: Гостиничный комплекс «Измайлово») is a four-building hotel located in the Izmaylovo District of Moscow, Russia. It is the largest hotel in Europe, and was the largest hotel in the world from 1980 to 1993.^[1] Built for the 1980 Summer Olympics to accommodate sportsmen and visitors, the hotel remains popular among Russians and foreign guests.^[2]

Izmailovo Hotel
General information
Type	Hotel
Location	Izmaylovo District, Moscow, Russia
Address	Izmaylovskoye Shosse 71
Opened	1980
Website
izmailovo-hotels.ru/en.html

History

When it opened in 1980, by the beginning of the Olympic games.^[3] it surpassed the Rossiya Hotel (1967–2006) as the largest hotel in the world. It held the record until 1993, when it was surpassed by MGM Grand Las Vegas.^[1] Today, Izmailovo Hotel is still the largest hotel in Europe with 5,000 rooms divided between four buildings: Alpha, Beta, Vega and Gamma-Delta.^[4]

Gallery

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  View from Izmaylovsky island
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  Hotel Alpha
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  Main pedestrian street and Izmailovo Hotel
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  The hotel in 2022

See also

• Hotels portal

• Tourism in Russia
• List of largest hotels
• List of largest hotels in Europe