Stayed here whilst driving through Russia, but with no guide books we had to rely on asking for hotel recommendatons which proved more difficult as we'd hoped as NO ONE speaks English in Barnaul.

After an hour or so a policeman gave us directions here and we were eternally grateful as this was a perfect stop-off after a week of camping / sleeping in our car! It's own car-park has 24 hour security and the lobby was huge, with a couple of small convenience shops / car hire / tourist-y type offices and a conference room / business suite.

The reception staff could speak moderately good English which helped, and despite being on the 7th floor we had a nice view of the city. We walked to the supermarket opposite the hotel and picked up some food / beers (you could even pour yourself a pint here!) before walking back.

The next day we asked reception for help on finding an internet cafe and were appointed an extremely helpful chap who took us into a room and printed... more