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The New Age Travellers

40 years in the making, "The New Age Travellers" brings together for the first time all of the artwork I've created, from the earliest pencil drawings in 1982 right up to the present day.

168 pages, 132 paintings and drawings, and limited to just 500 copies worldwide.

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to the success of my book a bigger and better 2nd edition is in the pipeline.

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New Age Travelers: Vanloads of Uproarious Humanity Paperback – April 1, 2000

New age travelers are an alternative lifestyle movement that has influenced many young people in Britain. Drawing on first-hand research, this book describes the emergence and character of the travelers' way of life over the past twenty years. It also considers the identity they have created for themselves in relation to ideas of ethnicity and class and notions of Englishness.

• Print length 256 pages
• Language English
• Publisher Cassell
• Publication date April 1, 2000
• Dimensions 6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
• ISBN-10 0304339784
• ISBN-13 978-0304339785
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‘A lost freedom’: When new age travellers found acid house – in pictures

Matthew Smith’s book Exist to Resist captures the moment in the 90s when ravers, new age travellers, drugs and protest collided in a joyous movement – until the government got involved

I n the wake of the second summer of love in 1988, acid house seemed to alter pop culture as a whole; its influence changed everything from the sound of indie bands to the productions of Stock Aitken Waterman . But few groups embraced it with quite the enthusiasm of new age travellers. Dance music played by travelling sound systems, the equipment easily packed into trucks and transported, quickly supplemented or even supplanted the long-standing soundtrack of Hawkwind-ish acid rock on the circuit of free festivals they had frequented since the 70s. Increasingly, the free events began to resemble raves, the crowds swelled by an influx of those disillusioned with the commercialisation of the post-acid house dance scene.

What happened next is lovingly documented by photographer Matthew Smith’s book Exist to Resist . Its 200 pages offer a snapshot of a brief moment in the 90s that saw perhaps the last genuine collision between pop music and the counterculture to date . The occasionally uneasy alliance between ravers and crusty travellers was big enough to draw somewhere between 20,000 and 40,000 people to the seven-day-long Castlemorton common festival in 1992 . It was an event that directly inspired the 1994 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act, section 63 of which famously enabled police to shut down events featuring music “characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats”.

It fleetingly gave dance music, never normally a hotbed of activism, a political conscience. Exist to Resist is packed with photos of anti-criminal justice bill demonstrations and protests organised by Reclaim the Streets – although how truly committed the traditional dance scene was to reshaping itself as some kind of resistance movement was always open to question. The Prodigy’s 1994 album Music for the Jilted Generation certainly draped itself in the free party scene’s anti-establishment colours – it came replete with the anti-CJB track Their Law and a frankly dreadful painting of a long-haired raver giving the finger to a crowd of riot police on its sleeve. T, but the band themselves, however, quickly backtracked, denying any political intent and, for good measure, adding that they thought the Newbury bypass , another source of the protests featured in Exist to Resist, was a good idea. There was even a brief, doomed attempt by fabled rock manager Jazz Summers to turn Castlemorton’s prime movers Spiral Tribe into establishment-baiting pop stars: “Rush your fucking bollocks off,” offered the hookline of their 1992 single Do Et.

“The summer before [the introduction of the Criminal Justice Act] everyone felt like we could take over the world,” free party DJ Chris Liberator told Vice a couple of years ago. As it turned out, their moment as a mass movement was short-lived. An attempt in 1995 to organise a “second Castlemorton” called Mother was successfully thwarted by police using the new laws. The sound systems scattered – Spiral Tribe relocated to the continent – and free parties returned underground.

Smith describes the photos in Exist to Resist as documenting “a lost freedom” and they certainly seem like evocative period pieces now: the clothes, the vehicles, the dimly remembered slogans – “Chill the bill” – the outdoor raves that look less bucolic than post-apocalyptic. As Smith notes, the chances of seeing anything like it again seem slim to say the least.

Exist to Resist is self-published by Matthew Smith. Preorder for £35 from youthclubarchive.com . Book designed by Patrick Fry.

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New Age Travellers are a hybrid phenomenon: part youth subculture, part alternative lifestyle and part social movement. Their cultural politics has had an impact on many young people in Britain over the final two decades of the 20th century. Drawing on first-hand research, this book describes the emergence and character of the travellers' way of life during the 1980s and 1990s. With its origins in the free-festival culture of the 1970s, New Age Travellers became one of the most notorious folk devils in Britain in the 1980s and early 1990s, notably when they tried to hold festivals at sites like Stonehenge. Despite the subsequent efforts of the Criminal Justice Act to criminalize their way of life, New Age Travellers continue to adapt their lifestyle and retain a shadowy presence within the British landscape. This book looks at the history and lifestyle of the Travellers. It discusses the significance of festivals, consumption and nomadism to their way of life. It also considers the identity they have created for themselves in relation to ideas of ethnicity and class, to questions of Englishness and contested representations of the countryside.

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Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst's New Memoir Reveals Private Agony Before Her Suicide at Age 30 (Exclusive Excerpt)

Kryst's new memoir, 'By the Time You Read This,' co-written with her mom, recounts her struggles — and the moment her mother learned she was gone

By the age of 30, Cheslie Kryst had earned a law degree and an MBA, won the Miss USA crown and was working a high-profile job as an Emmy-nominated correspondent for Extra . On camera and on social media, Kryst was radiant and bubbly. When she died by suicide on Jan. 30, 2022, three months before her 31st birthday, it was an inexplicable shock to those familiar with her public persona.

But those closest to her, like her mother April Simpkins , knew a different Kryst, one who suffered from depression and feared that she could never be good enough.

Just before she died, Kryst left her mother a note asking her to fulfill a final wish: help get the memoir she'd been writing published. In her book, Kryst revealed that she carried with her an "unshakable feeling that I did not belong" and battled a "constant inner voice repeating 'never enough'. " She wrote of the pressures that came with her success, saying she felt "I had to be perfect because I had to represent for all youth, women, and Black people who also wanted to be in the room but had been denied access."

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Simpkins, 56, carried out her daughter's last request, and in hopes of reaching out to others wrestling with mental illness, she added her own voice to the end of the book, sharing the heartbreaking moment she learned that Kryst was gone and the lessons she's learned in grieving her daughter. " I knew it was important to share this," Simpkins tell PEOPLE. "I knew there are other people who felt what I was feeling and could relate."

Their book, By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie's Smile and Mental Illness , is out April 23. Proceeds from the book will go toward the  Cheslie C. Kryst Foundation , which supports mental health programs for youth and young adults.

In these excerpts, shared exclusively with PEOPLE, Kryst and Simpkins reveal the private pain that Cheslie faced.

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In May 2019 Kryst was named Miss USA at the age of 28, then the oldest Miss USA ever crowned. Immediately after her triumph, she faced backlash online.

Just hours after my win, I had to delete vomit-face emojis that a few accounts had plastered all over the comments on my Instagram page. More than one person messaged me telling me to kill myself.

All of this only added to my long-standing insecurities — the feeling that everyone around me knew more than I did, that everyone else was better at my job, and that I didn’t deserve this title. People would soon find out I was a fraud. I felt like an imposter, but not just in pageants.

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Over the next few weeks, the media coverage continued. I almost always suppressed my panicky thoughts and feelings of inadequacy during my interviews. I only felt like a failure afterward, as I meticulously picked apart each of my responses and kicked myself for not using a better word or saying a profound phrase or interjecting humor or throwing out a useful stat.

Winning Miss USA hadn’t made my imposter syndrome go away. Instead, I was waiting for people to realize I didn’t have a clue about what I was doing. I’d perfected how to deal with that feeling in competition or in small doses— I could compartmentalize anything in short bursts. I’d immediately focus my thoughts on positive statements of power, but that only lasted for so long.

The morning of Jan. 30, 2022, April Simpkins writes, she received a devastating text from Kryst. It began:

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“First, I’m sorry. By the time you get this, I won’t be alive anymore, and it makes me even more sad to write this because I know it will hurt you the most . . .”

My brain couldn’t register the words on the screen. I read them again and screamed from a place in my soul that I didn’t know existed.

Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale. If I stopped telling my body how to breathe, I would die.

At Cheslie’s funeral , I kept thinking, “I have to survive this because my family shouldn’t have to bury me this soon after losing Cheslie.” That was the one thin thread that held me together that day . . . If I died, who would tell the world all the incredible things I knew about my baby girl?

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[My] daughter was a fighter and yet she was gone. Every day she’d fought persistent depression, until she couldn’t fight anymore. Despite the many ways depression tried to rob her of joy, with near-constant headaches, loneliness, hopelessness, sadness, and a feeling of unworthiness, she still found a way to smile, love, and give . Everyday I’d had with her was a true gift from God. Every day she was here was a victory.

Cheslie didn’t “do this to me” or anyone else. She felt unimaginable pain and needed that pain to stop . . . It was clear to me that her passing was not an emotion-fueled, spontaneous decision. She’d sent me that final text message to comfort me and to explain the depth of the pain she had carried.

From By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie’s Smile and Mental Illness. Her Story in Her Own Words by Cheslie Kryst and April Simpkins. Copyright 2024 by April Simpkins. Reprinted by permission of Forefront Books.

If you or someone you know needs mental health help, text “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 or visit crisis textline.org to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.

More on Cheslie Kryst and April Simpkins's story is in the new issue of PEOPLE, on sale Friday.

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Book butlers! Curated libraries! Custom cruises! Literary-themed vacations are the hot new trend in tourism.

In January, when packing my bags for a “reading retreat” in the Dominican Republic, I agonized about which books to bring. A few days later, bellied up to the beachside bar at the all-inclusive Dreams Macao Beach Punta Cana resort (where, in place of barstools, swings are suspended from the thatched ceiling), I sipped a mojito, cracked open James Salter’s Light Years, a novel I reread annually, and knew that I’d chosen well.

But if I’d had any regrets, summoning a new paperback would’ve been as easy as ringing for a book butler. I was down in the DR to experience Pages in Paradise, a collaboration between the publisher Penguin Random House, Belletrist Book Club (the brainchild of actress Emma Roberts), and Apple Vacations (no relation to the iPhone maker). For readers who like to beach, the retreat left no page unturned. The programming kicked off even before check-in: Ahead of arrival, guests could log in to the resort’s app to reserve beach reads from an on-site library curated by Belletrist. Housed in the airy hotel lobby, the collection included buzzy contemporary fiction by the likes of Zadie Smith and Curtis Sittenfeld. Guests could also order books via room service (or personal butler) anytime or select one from the chic library carts located at the adults-only pool. The property’s various bars featured the “Pages Pour,” a specialty cocktail themed to the program’s inaugural book-of-the-month selection, Jenny Xie’s debut novel, Holding Pattern . They called the drink a gin-fashioned—a fruit-forward riff on the old-fashioned, zippy with pineapple-cinnamon syrup.

Exotic as this tropical gathering of book lovers might have been, it’s just one example of a fast-growing business trend: literary-themed travel. We have the pandemic to thank. Reading surged in the early days of Covid, and the habit stuck as lockdowns eased: The biggest two years on record for print book sales in the U.S. were 2021 and 2022. Hotels and tourism companies, eager to lure back travelers, seized on the surge and began featuring books in their marketing. What began as a travel perk has become a full-blown movement to cater to readers with an explosion of new programming, from big-ticket experiences promising author access to solitary retreats. I know, I know—planning a trip around your reading list may never replace your annual golf weekend, but when else will you get the time to actually enjoy that stack on your nightstand? And if it all sounds like giving yourself homework, don’t worry—there definitely won’t be a quiz, and did I mention the drinks?

As a professional book recommender, the question I’m asked most often is “What book should I bring on my vacation?” ​But now there’s a new question to consider: What kind of literary vacation should I plan?

Not every reader is content to lie by the pool and read for days on end. Some are looking for a more kinetic experience—one that lets them interact with fellow readers, and even their favorite writers. Enter the “ Gone Girl cruise.” In fall 2022, author Gillian Flynn set sail down the Danube with some of her biggest (and most well-heeled) fans as part of Avalon Waterways’ Storyteller Series, cruises that offer literary travelers a chance to voyage in close quarters with authors and other storytellers. When Flynn tweeted about the cruise, it quickly became a viral sensation. On-board accounts detailed a true-crime extravaganza, with guests returning to their rooms each night to discover blood-spattered notes, themed to Flynn’s novels, on their pillows. Sure, it’s a little dorky—but we’re all fans of something, and if crime novels are your thing, what could be better?

For readers who can’t splash out for getaways abroad, there are literary destinations closer to home, too. In the artsy hamlet of New Hope, Pennsylvania, the historic luxury hotel River House at Odette’s offers Riverside Reading, a program that pairs complimentary access to a curated library (via digital app or hard copies throughout the hotel) with intimate author experiences. With bookshelves stationed on each floor and authors rolling through seasonally, guests can dip in and out of the programming as they please.

When I visited River House deep in the grips of a harsh Pennsylvania winter, I discovered a reader’s paradise: My room boasted a fireplace, a private balcony, and serene views of the rushing Delaware River. After turndown service, I found a keepsake leather bookmark on my pillow. That evening, a few dozen guests gathered for a talkback with the novelist Jean Hanff Korelitz. In a ballroom festooned with red carnations (a nod to the cover of her latest book, The Latecomers ), Korelitz fielded rapid-fire questions about her inspiration, her writing process, and her hit novel The Plot . After the formal conversation concluded, starstruck guests crowded around her at the bar. “When people come up to you and say, ‘I loved your book,’ that really means something to writers,” Korelitz told me. As the owner of BookTheWriter, a service connecting authors and readers through pop-up book clubs hosted in New York City apartments, Korelitz knows a thing or two about making connections. In the recent boom of literary travel experiences, she sees a broader post-pandemic trend of readers craving the chance to get up close and personal with their favorite writers. “The ways of access to authors have multiplied exponentially,” she said. “I find it to be very inspiring.”

For an early-career author like Xie, who was at Pages in Paradise, seeing her novel highlighted was both exciting and transformative. That’s the thing about literary travel—it allows us to transcend our ordinary lives in more ways than one. “There’s a certain sense that we don’t have the space to read unless we’re traveling or living outside of our day-to-day,” said Xie. “A book takes you outside of your physical environment and your lived experience. Travel does that, too, so they join together in this really beautiful way to truly transport you.” That’s a journey worth taking.

HOW TO PLAN YOUR OWN LITERARY VACATION

Ready to take off on a bookish getaway? Literary travel isn’t “one size fits all,” so whatever type of reader you are, we’ve got a prescription for it. Choose your own adventure below.

For the fan

The Gone Girl cruise is over, but Avalon Waterways isn’t slowing down anytime soon: Its upcoming slate of Storyteller Cruises includes actor Graham McTavish (sailing down the Rhine River) and Outlander phenom Diana Gabaldon (voyaging down the Danube).

For the R&R chaser

Looking for a more relaxed experience? At the Reeds at Shelter Haven, an upscale resort on the Jersey shore, guests can participate in Reeds’ Reads, a seasonal book club featuring guided discussions, with authors sometimes joining via Zoom for Q&A sessions.

For the aspiring writer

Chances are, your favorite author is side-hustling by leading retreats in pastoral Europe. To get in on the action, pay close attention to their social-media feeds, or search for guided trips through an experiential-tourism outlet like TrovaTrip.

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This modern hotel is conveniently located in Moscow City Business Center, a 5-minute walk from ExpoCenter. A spa center, a gym, free Wi-Fi and a 24-hour reception are featured at Novotel Moscow City. The spacious, air-conditioned rooms offer pastel-colored interiors and elegant décor. Each room comes with a flat-screen TV, a mini-bar and a private bathroom with a hairdryer. MC Traders Restaurant serves international and Russian cuisine, and MC Traders Lounge Bar offers a variety of drinks and light snacks. Guests are welcome to relax in the Turkish steam bath or sauna, and visit the on-site massage room. Afimall Shopping Center is located in the same building, and Moscow sky deck is located nearby. The Kremlin and the Red Square are 3.1 mi away. Delovoy Tsentr Metro Station is just a minute’s walk from Novotel Moscow City. Belorussky Train Station is 2.8 mi away, and Sheremetyevo International Airport is a 35-minute express train ride from this station.

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Children of all ages are welcome.

Children 16 and above will be charged as adults at this property.

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The number of cribs allowed depends on the option you choose. Check your selected option for more info.

There are no extra beds available at this property.

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Pets are allowed on request. Charges may apply.

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Please note that according to the hotel's policy the guest who made the booking must be the holder of the credit card provided during the booking and at check-in. An alternative credit card has to be provided otherwise, and cash payment is also available. In case of providing another credit card, the amount of prepayment will be refunded to the credit card used for the booking.

Guests are required to provide a reservation number upon check-in. Otherwise, the reservation might be not found.

All Russian guests who check in a room should provide national passport upon arrival - not only the one who made a booking.

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Novotel Moscow City is 3.1 miles from the center of Moscow. All distances are measured in straight lines. Actual travel distances may vary.

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Check-in at Novotel Moscow City is from 3:00 PM, and check-out is until 12:00 PM.

The Best of Moscow

• The Kremlin
• Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
• Lenin Mausoleum
• Saint Basil's Cathedral
• Donskoi Monastery
• Tretyakov Gallery
• Victor Vasnetsov House Museum
• Museum of Traditional Russian Beverages Ochakovo
• State Historical Museum
• Neskuchny Garden
• Zaryadye Park
• Kolomenskoye Park
• Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences

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• Arbat Street
• Izmaylovsky Kremlin

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• GUM Shopping Center

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• Luzhniki Stadium
• VTB Arena - Dinamo Stadium
• Olympic Stadium
• Spartak Stadium
• Sport complex Snezh.com
• Bolshoi Theater

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Courtyard By Marriott Moscow City Center

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Courtyard By Marriott Moscow City Center hotel offers 218 rooms in the vicinity of Patriarch's Ponds, only 9 minutes' walk away. The hotel entices guests with a private parking garage, available on site.

The accommodation is located nearly a 15-minute walk from The Moscow Kremlin, while Arbatskaya - Filyovskaya Line underground station is nearly 10 minutes' walk away. This 4-star hotel is situated in Presnensky, known for the State Museum of Oriental Art and quiet parks like Patriarch's Ponds, at a moderate distance from Tverskaya Street. The property is also at a distance of 3.2 km from Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure. The nearest bus stop is Tverskaya Square, about a 10-minute walk away.

The rooms are equipped with a mini-fridge-bar, along with a flat-screen TV with satellite channels for guests' comfort. Guests can take advantage of a roll-in shower and a separate toilet, along with a hairdryer and dressing gowns supplied in the bathrooms. Some rooms have views of the sea. A double room has a contemporary interior and welcomes guests with a contemporary atmosphere.

The Courtyard By Marriott Moscow City Center has a gym.

Dining options include Bottarga, which offers European cuisine and is situated nearly 5 minutes' walk away.

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Main Features

• Fitness/Gym
• Child-friendly
• Safe deposit box
• Rooms/ Facilities for disabled
• Electric kettle
• Exercise gym
• Sitting area
• Ironing facilities
• Free toiletries
• Flat-screen TV
• AM/FM alarm clock
• Carpeted floor

Local Attractions

Attractions

• Bolshoi Theatre (950 m)
• The Kremlin (1.1 km)
• "Arbat" in Moskau (650 m)
• Alexander Garden (900 m)
• Memorial Plaque to E.A. Furtseva (400 m)
• Chaikovskiy Statue (200 m)
• Fontain Rotunda Natalya and Aleksandr (450 m)
• Lenin's Mausoleum (1.1 km)
• Elephant Sculpture (350 m)
• Sheremetyevo International (30 km)

Train stations

• Belorussky Train Station (2.6 km)

The location was very central, awesome in the very center of the city. Further, it was close enough to the absolute centre of Moscow, Tverskaya Street and of course, the Kremlin and main tourist attractions and affordable;))

Well, Wi-Fi was a bit slow.

Perfect and exceptionally nice location for Moscow, near Firebird/Travel All Russia, sightseeing, and Red Square or Old Arbat street in the other direction. Brand-new & good looking room.

Grounds were kept fairly clean, breakfast was delicious and great. The location was marvellous for us - minutes from cafés and restaurants. The food was appetising and there were variety of dishes in the menu.

Wonderful and magnificent location in a very quite area walking distance to a church and a theatre. Early check in and late check out.

So small bathroom.

Units with comfortable beds. A great location minutes from cafés and restaurants. At 30 km distance from the airport.

Not very good views from the window.

Christopher

It was nicely equipped, tidy and with access to a fresh air.

The location was incredible, at a walking distance from a celebrated red square. It was about 30 km from the airport. The staff members were perfectly fine. I loved new-fashioned and silent room here with good bed, good lighting, WiFi.

Well, it was a real good stay for a business trip. Nice location in the centre made it easy to get to key attractions.

The breakfast here was delicious with omelettes. The location offered was great and lovely short walk to the main attractions, and centre of Moscow. It also was right in the center of Moscow.

We ate at a pleasant restaurant with a varied menu. The square view was an unexpected bonus.

Ordered breakfast, it was a bit overpriced, it should be way much better, really.

The room is reasonably priced. The breakfast is incredible and very good, available with omelettes.

Fantastic accommodation with amazing setting so close to the restaurant downstairs, and numerous bars, cafes and restaurants.

Truly enjoyed the nicely equipped rooms. The location was central, right by the main tourist attractions and shops, UGOLEK RESTAURANT, and all major sightseeing places. Also, a celebrated red square was 2 km away from the hotel.

Clean and ideal place, fantastic and delicious breakfast with plenty of options. Marvellous and excellent location in Moscow, close enough to Kremlin, Bolshoi Theatre, and main attractions. Situated only 1 km from a Red square.

Breakfast a bit overpriced.

My kids and I enjoyed being there. The restaurant was pleasant with friendly staff, I ordered freshly cooked dishes. The beds were exceptionally comfortable and the staff was perfectly fine. The location was great, close to restaurants and eateries. Everything was simply good.

Reasonably large and fairly clean venue with a nice value and outstandingly accommodating and accommodating staff. Marvellous, excellent location near to the closest metro station and the Tverskaya Ulitsa, a Polish church, and Russian church onthe corner and Kremlin towers and churches too and centre of Moscow. Also, very near to the red square. Wonderful stay for the holidays.

All the employees were exceptional and pleasant. It was silent, nicely equipped and with all the equipment required.

Well, no view.

The restaurant was good with a varied menu, I tried light dishes. The location was perfect, a 10-15 minute walk from a Red square...

Great place for a 4-night stay. The staff is courteous, room is very clean and location is good. Take a look at Presnensky district, it's worth it. Breakfast here costs 1450 rub per person per day.

Street was noisy.

We liked the hotel and its excellent style. Breakfast was amazing there. Located just 1 mile from bolshoi theatre;))

Very clean rooms with a work desk and beds inside. Very convenient location, fantastic prices. Choosing for lunch Simple Things, which is situated 500 feet away was a good idea. Stay here if you want to visit red square, 10 minutes walk away...

• 🕌 Which landmarks are worth visiting during the stay at the Courtyard By Marriott Moscow City Center? The celebrated Red Square, set within 1.3 km from the Courtyard By Marriott Moscow City Center as well as the intriguing Saint Basil's Cathedral placed just a 5-minute drive away are well worth visiting. If you are willing to explore even more landmarks in Moscow, attend the huge 19th-century Grand Kremlin Palace located within a 19-minute stroll from the property.
• ✈ What is the distance between the 4-star Courtyard By Marriott Moscow City Center Hotel and Sheremetyevo International airport? The distance between Sheremetyevo International airport and the 4-star Courtyard By Marriott Moscow City Center Hotel is about 30 km (32-minute drive).
• 🚗 Does Courtyard By Marriott Moscow City Center Hotel offer parking? Yes, at Courtyard By Marriott Moscow City Center Hotel you can leave your car in a car park.
• 🚎 What transport stations are closest to the Moscow hotel? The closest bus station to the Moscow hotel is Tverskaya Square (550 metres) and the closest metro station is Arbatskaya - Filyovskaya Line (700 metres).
• 🍹 What are the best places for dining close to the Moscow hotel? Restaurants near the Moscow hotel include Coffeemania (200 m) famous for Central European cuisine as well as Simple Things (200 m) featuring Central European dishes.
• ❓ When is check-in time and check-out time at Courtyard By Marriott Moscow City Center Hotel? Check-in time at Courtyard By Marriott Moscow City Center Hotel is from 15:00, and check-out is until 12:00.
• 💵 What is the price of a room at Courtyard By Marriott Moscow City Center? At Courtyard By Marriott Moscow City Center price for a room starts at $154.
• Queen Studio
• Superior King Room
• Business Studio
• Standard King Room
• Superior Twin Room
• Superior Room
• Deluxe Room
• Standard Twin Room
• ❓ Which facilities will we find in the rooms of the hotel? Every room at the hotel includes a flat-screen TV with satellite channels as well as a laptop-compatible safe and smoke detectors for guests' security.
• 📧 Is there internet connection in Courtyard By Marriott Moscow City Center Hotel? Yes, Courtyard By Marriott Moscow City Center Hotel grants access to WiFi in public areas.
• ❓ Is Courtyard By Marriott Moscow City Center Hotel furnished with facilities for the disabled? Rooms with facilities for disabled and wheelchair access are provided at Courtyard By Marriott Moscow City Center Hotel for guests with special needs.
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International flights may call for a notarized consent letter describing where the child is traveling, with whom they’ll stay and how long they’ll be there.

On top of the ticket fare, flying an unaccompanied minor can be pricey.

Southwest Airlines charges $100 one way for each child, regardless of distance. Alaska Airlines charges $50 per child if the flight is nonstop; a connection adds $25. On Delta, one $150 fee will cover up to four children, and American’s $150 covers all siblings, with no cap on number. United charges $150 for one child, or two children flying together.

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U.S. carriers allow children to fly as unaccompanied minors once they turn 5 and before they turn 18. But regardless of your child’s age, make sure he or she is ready by discussing the trip details and your expectations of their behavior. No policy can replace your judgment.

The low-cost carriers Frontier Airlines and Allegiant Air don’t allow unaccompanied minors, Other airlines have restrictions that, in the broadest terms, differentiate between young children and teenagers. American and Delta restrict children under 8 from routes requiring connections. Both airlines allow children between 8 and 14 to take some connecting flights.

On American, no unaccompanied minor is allowed to take an overnight flight requiring a connection, or a flight that includes a connection on its final leg that also happens to be the last such flight that day (“unless it’s the only flight,” the company adds). Minors are not allowed on code-share flights.

United and Delta have similar rules. Southwest, JetBlue and Spirit don’t allow unaccompanied minors on connecting flights.

JetBlue prohibits minors from flying to Europe, and limits the number of unaccompanied minors in one party to three. Spirit does not allow children on flights to Central or South America. Southwest doesn’t allow children on any international flights. American, United and Delta let minors fly abroad, but restrictions on connections, code-shares and overnights limit options.

American and Delta allow children to opt out of flying as unaccompanied minors once they turn 15 — that is, the child can fly without the assistance of airline personnel. JetBlue ends unaccompanied minor service at 14, while Alaska has an opt-out option at 13. Southwest boasts the lowest opt-out age: 12.

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