In the midst of a water cutoff in Moscow, The Village decided to find out about the most expensive and cheapest ways to wash. We looked at places from three categories: baths and saunas, hotels and apartments, swimming pools and fitness clubs. We will tell you what we managed to find.
Baths and saunas
Dearest
28,000 rubles per hour
(minimum time - three hours)
This is how much it costs to rent the Versailles hall in the Tazik Club complex. In addition to the Russian steam room, Turkish hammam and swimming pool, there is a banquet hall, a relaxation area with a home theater and a game console, billiards, a hookah and a massage room. The maximum capacity is 30 people. Everyone is given terry robes and towels, slippers and hats according to the "standards of a five-star hotel." On the site, the places report that they are very careful about the privacy of customers: the club regularly conducts preventive measures to find bugs in the premises and will not mind if the guests' own specialists do this.
The cheapest
500 rubles per hour
(minimum time - two hours)
This price is offered by the Sauna Tri-U club in Bibirev. You can choose one of three numbers - "Small Hall", "Rendezvous" or "Romance". The price includes a dressing gown, towels, disposable slippers and shower accessories for two people. The rent of a relaxation room in a sauna on Baikalskaya, 31, and a hall for two in the sauna "Swirl like a king" costs the same amount.
Hotels and apartments
Dearest
1,239,000 rubles
The Village has already written about the most expensive hotel room. This is the price for a day in the Pozharsky Royal Suite at the Four Seasons Moscow Hotel. The room has three marble baths for the hosts and another for guests, as well as an infrared sauna.
The cheapest
199-350 rubles
You can wash inexpensively in the hotel for an hour or in the hostel. The main thing is to make sure that during the proposed visit, the hot water in this area is not turned off: in most economy hotels, boilers are not provided, and hotel visitors are forced to endure on an equal basis with all residents of the area. Some of the cheapest places are an economy room in a hotel for an hour Romani (350 rubles per hour, rent from two hours), a bed in hostels Gaidai Hostel(200 rubles for a bed in a 12-bed room) and "Meat Hostel" (199 rubles for a bed in a 27-bed room). Shower and toilet are on the floor.
Pools and fitness clubs
Dearest
15,000 rubles
This is how much a guest visit to the Royal Wellness Club on Kutuzovsky Prospekt will cost. The price includes unlimited use of the gym, pool and sauna complex throughout the day. You can get here only if the current member of the club issues an invitation. Guest visits to World Class Romanov (7,200 rubles) and the Golden Mile fitness club (7,000 rubles) will cost almost half the price.
22128 0In the last issue I told you how it is possible for household and other purposes, today I will tell you about some free opportunities in Moscow.
Despite the fact that the time of nanotechnology reigns behind our windows, the problem of banal personal hygiene remains urgent for many residents of Moscow. We are so used to using hot water every day that we don’t even think that for someone the opportunity to take a shower is a real happiness. And the idea here is not about those cases when the hot water was turned off in the apartment for a week or two. All Muscovites face this situation once a year. We are talking about those people who live in such conditions when they cannot properly wash themselves for months or even years.
The first thing that comes to mind in this case is to use the services of a public bath. At first glance, this is a completely logical solution to the problem, and one wash in such an institution costs about 200-300 rubles. But if we take into account that a person will have to visit the bathhouse at least once a week for quite a long time, it becomes clear that this pleasure is not at all cheap. What then can we say about a family of 3-4 people, for whom each trip to the bath will be a serious blow to the family budget?
If you do not have the opportunity to use the bathroom with friends or relatives, and paying for regular trips to the bath is an unaffordable luxury for you, there is always the opportunity to take a hot shower for free. And even if there are very few such places in Moscow, they still exist.
Parish of the Church of the Great Martyr Irina, Patriarchal Compound in Pokrovskoye
Parish address: st. Friedrich Engels, 38.
Every week on Mondays, free showers are open on the territory of the parish from 10.00 to 15.00, which can be visited by anyone. To get to the temple, you need to get to the Baumanovskaya metro station, from where you follow along Bakuninskaya street.
Another opportunity to take a free shower is provided by the Department of Social Protection of the Moscow population. To do this, you need to visit on any day of the week from 9.00 to 17.00, except Sunday, one of the city's disintegration stations.
Disstation number 2
Station address: st. Izhora, 21.
To wash off the dirt and fatigue in this establishment, you need to choose the most suitable route for you:
- Take trolleybus no. 78 and continue on to the final stop. Then you have to walk a little.
- Proceed by bus number 92 to the stop "Vagonoremontnaya".
- Proceed by bus number 149 to the stop "Vagonoremontnaya".
Disstation number 4
Station address: per. Lower Susalny, 4-A.
You can get into this disintegration station from the Kurskaya metro station. You will need to go through the crossing, which is located under the railway line, walk to Kazakova Street, and then turn left.
Disstation number 6
Station address: Yaroslavl highway, 9.
You can get to the specified address by following to the stop "College" by buses of the following numbers: 136, 172 and 244.
The only thing that you should take into account is that all of the above points provide an opportunity to take a shower for free for all those in need, including those without a fixed abode. So think carefully about whether you are mentally prepared for such a procedure.
Our correspondent Evgenia Korobkova went in search of showers in the capital
Photo: Vladimir VELENGURIN
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Of course, I'm not a lady, I can boil it in a saucepan. I can also use the Porfiry Ivanov method - cold water on my head. But I do not want. And I don't want to see my friends. Last year booosh.me helped me out. He told me where the free shower was nearby. This year "Bush ate pears", as the site itself reported. However, he suggested paying attention to fitness centers. You can always wash in them. Well, thank you!
Gym shower
At seven in the morning, there were already 23 people in the gym. Nevertheless, it was possible to break into the showers. The administrator handed out a towel, the shower was equipped with a soap dispenser (saving on detergents). There was a sauna available, and at the end of the procedures, I even dried my head with a state-owned hairdryer.
But the joy of washing was not enough, practically none. Firstly, I had to take off my clothes in the common locker room, and I don't like that. Secondly, as I noticed, in any locker room of any gym, an exhibitionist is sure to start up, who will strip naked and walk right in front of your nose, rubbing some jelly into the loins along the way.
Well, the main drawback is the spirit of conciliarity that reigns in souls. Doors in these establishments are considered redundant. The watering cans in the shower were located opposite each other, and the washing people, in addition to their main occupation, had the opportunity to observe each other.
Well, and most importantly, if you do not have a gym membership, going to the shower will be very wasteful.
What? Where? How much?
Look for the nearby gyms near your home. You can sit in the shower even all day, but the cost of the service is less than 1,500 rubles per visit is difficult to find. Opening hours - from 7.00 to 22.23.
Steam room
For one and a half thousand, you can go to the bathhouse. And at the same time to join the beautiful. Whoever has not praised the capital's washing rooms, among which the Sanduny occupy a special place. This word is even pronounced aspirated.
They say that Chekhov himself loved to hang out here and was afraid to meet the writer Sergeenko there.
I did not manage to comprehend the delights of the Sanduns, except for the architectural ones. Sur began at the entrance. In connection with the renovation, the entrance to the women's department was carried out through the men's department. But in principle, I do not mind. It would be worse if the opposite was true.
I found myself in a huge hall, terribly similar to the famous cafe at the Kursk railway station, where Venichka Erofeev was eating. Marble walls. High painted ceilings, statues of antique women. Long leather sofas, tables between them. At the tables in the cafe, completely naked women with pink tags on their legs sat with a businesslike look.
Waitresses, completely dressed in full dress, walked between the tables and offered tea, coffee and a variety of food to naked women.
From time to time one of the doors opened. “Girls, the steam room is ready,” a voice came from there. Naked ladies threw the half-eaten and rushed inside. Then they came back and began to chew again.
Wrapped in a sheet (be prepared, in Sanduny, absolutely everything is purchased for separate money), I looked where the naked women were going. The bathhouse was surprisingly light, like day. There were showers (opened again), signs on the walls with calls to "save water", a mountain of red and green basins "for feet" and "for brooms." A naked woman with a baby splashed in a small blue pool. A woman was wandering about in the steam room, sweeping something vigorously.
Somehow I didn't want to wash. Came back. The kind waitress Anastasia, taking advantage of my awesomeness, happily sold me a bunch of unnecessary things and told me that a lot of people come here. There were already sixty people on Thursday. On weekends, their number goes off scale for one hundred and fifty, and especially a lot - on Tuesday. This day in Sanduny there are solid discounts for pensioners. And they use it. “So, if this is your first time, don't come on Tuesday,” Anastasia said confidentially.
I spent a very large sum in Sanduny. But she never washed.
What? Where? How much?
Neglinnaya Street, 14, p. 3 - 7.
Open daily from 8.00 to 22.00. There is a system of discharges in the bathhouse.
A three-hour session for women costs 1,800 rubles. For men, sessions are two hours long and range from 1,800 to 2,800 rubles. Bathing supplies, sheets, hats, slippers and towels are available at an additional cost.
Sanduny Baths are quite expensive. In cheaper baths, all services are much cheaper.
Shower in GUM
There is a historical toilet on the first floor of GUM. Everyone knows that. But, in addition to the toilet, there is also a shower. Not so historical, but pretty cool. There is a full house in the cockpit.
There are a lot of people. As they began to turn off the water - so flooded. Therefore, sign up by phone, otherwise you will not get in, - says the administrator of the shower Tatyana Gvozdeva.
By the way, this administrator herself is a very pleasant woman in a gray dress and an apron. Language will not turn to call her Madame PiPi after the type of those wretches that sit at the railway stations.
A review of all kinds of refreshing life hacks becomes simply necessary when the degree of heat whispers: "Go to the shower." Moreover, the situation with a lack of shower is aggravated when it is impossible to take it at home - in the summer the water is turned off, and the "lucky ones" are forced to go in search of alternatives to their bathrooms.
HISTORICAL TOILET
Issue price: 500 rubles
As it turned out, you can wash in ... GUM, or rather in its Historical Toilet. 2.5 years ago, the historic toilet was restored, and now this toilet room, located between the beginning of the first and second lines of the Department Store, immerses its guest in an atmosphere of comfort and luxury service.
Our correspondent learned more about this place from Olesya Gerasimova, the press service of GUM.
- Do visitors often take a shower in the historic toilet, and are there many of those who come just for this service?
Often. Especially in summer, especially in this heat. There is even a queue (recording) for the shower. In winter, it is quite rare.
- How often is cleaning done there? And in your opinion, is it hygienic to take a shower in a public place?
Yes, it is quite hygienic, as cleaning is done after each client, or daily if there were no clients.
- Did you use the shower yourself in the historic toilet?
- What is the minimum amount you need to pay to use the shower service, and what is included with it?
RUB 500 Bathrobe, slippers, towels, shampoo, body gel, use of a hairdryer, "with light steam" from the maid.
- Do you know any other places in Moscow where you can take a shower?
In such comfort - there are no places, only in hotels, if you rent a room.
- What hours is there a queue in the toilet (if any)? When is the most convenient time to visit you?
The queue happens on weekends, holidays, during mass festivities. It is more convenient to come to us when you "need", we will always find a way to make the client feel comfortable.
- Please tell us about the history of this toilet museum.
This is more a toilet than a museum. Opened in a new form for the new 2012 year. Historically, this place has always had a toilet.
- Why did it become possible to open, after renovating, the historic toilet only 2.5 years ago?
It became necessary for our visitors.
- How many employees work at the historic toilet?
About 10 people.
- Do people come here more because of the entourage?
This is not a museum, but a lot of people come out of interest. There are regular customers who come for comfort.
- Tell us more about special options for disabled people.
The disabled room is made at the proper level, with comfort. All conditions have been created for this category of citizens - the room is equipped with a system of levers and handles, which makes it possible to use it without difficulty. Also, if necessary, you can call the maid to provide possible assistance.
- Have any celebrities visited your historic toilet?
Often, there is a "book of honor"
- And before the revolution? Is there any information about your previous guests?
Both before the revolution and after the special "registration" was not kept. But, obviously, everyone uses such establishments.
- Does the toilet shower work as usual on holidays? Maybe there are some promotions?
Regime on holidays is usual. We try not to hold any promotions, it is - nevertheless - an intimate area.
- Many artists in Russia and the West have held exhibitions, actions, performances in toilets. Is it possible to do this with you, and how do you feel about it?
No, it is impossible to do this with us. There are more suitable places for this.
Photo: Evgeny Dobrov
Historical toilet in GUM
STATIONS
Issue price: from 200 to 270
It is also possible to take a shower at many train stations in Moscow and in other cities. The "Moskvichka" correspondent was told about this press secretary of Russian Railways Dmitry Pisarenko.
- Do visitors often take a shower, and are there those who come to the station just for this service?
In principle, such statistics are not kept, and it would be pointless to keep them. But, if people come on a business trip, then before the meeting they often use this service. At out-of-class train stations, that is, translating this into a common language, at the stations of the luxury category, there are showers everywhere in the lounges, which are equated to three-star hotels.
In other words, the practice of taking a shower at railway stations by guests of the capital is quite common.
Previously, at train stations, in particular at Paveletsky, shower rooms caused a lot of criticism. Now, as part of the reconstruction, the entire hotel infrastructure of the stations is being carried out in a separate style. Specialized cleaning companies keep order in the new premises.
Showers at railway stations can also be used by representatives of low-mobility groups, that is, not only disabled people, but also people temporarily falling under this category (a person's leg in a cast, or a pregnant woman).
- What is the minimum cost to pay to take a shower at the train station?
Well, I do not have such specific information, but the prices there are very small. Only utility costs are included there. The service must be cost effective, otherwise it will not function. By the way, the shower service is not new. It was also in Soviet times, it was just that it was not covered like that - the communication was not the same. Everything was on the level "I was at the station, took a shower and drove on."
- Is it hygienic to take a shower in a public place, how often is cleaning done there?
Cleaning is carried out at a high quality level. After all, if everything is of low quality, then we will be fined immediately. So cleanliness is ensured by the high frequency of cleaning.
- Have you yourself seen the state of these souls? Did you go there?
Not at all stations, of course, but I went into such a shower. While they are not yet functioning at all large railway stations - reconstruction. It is necessary to judge the state of the rest rooms as a whole, after its completion. Now the reconstruction has already been completed at the Leningradsky railway station.
- When will the reconstruction be completed?
By the end of 2015, that part of the premises of the stations, which is visible to visitors, should be completely renewed before them.
- Is there a shower service at all railway stations in Moscow?
No, not at all. Savelovsky and Rizhsky - they are of a lower class, there are only toilets, but there are no long-term rest rooms, and accordingly there are no showers. In general, the service is not so well-known yet - many do not know about the shower at the stations. So I was getting a second degree, my classmate says: "When I come somewhere, I always take a hotel for 2-3 hours to take a shower there." To this I asked her a natural question: "Why, if there is such a service at the station?" She does not know about her, like many others. But on the other hand, you can't hang up the billboards "Take showers at the train stations." This service operates on a par with other household services, be it buying coffee or lemonade. But the one who seeks will always find.
BEAUTY SALOON
Issue price: from 300 rubles
Showers are now being installed in many beauty salons. She told about this opportunity to freshen up and get prettier employee of one of the capital's beauty salons Alexandra Tikhomirova.
- How often do your visitors take a shower? And do visitors come who only need this service?
Only for the sake of the shower do not come. We do not have such a service. Showers are used only after certain procedures, that is, body procedures and after a solarium. But in general, the shower is not used very often.
- Is it hygienic, in your opinion, to take a shower in a public place, and how often is cleaning done?
Cleaning is done every day, that is, relatively often. As for the hygiene of the shower, it seems to me that the question is philosophical - it depends on how you relate to it. Personally, I calmly take a shower in public places - in pools, in salons.
- How much do you need to pay to get into your shower?
They just don't visit our showers. This is possible only after procedures or a solarium. The minimum price for these services will be 300 rubles.
WASHING
Issue price: from 200 rubles
You can take a shower in the saunas, which have a washroom.
FITNESS CENTERS
Price issue: Free
Many fitness centers offer free orientation sessions. You can familiarize yourself with the gym, and after physical exertion, go to a free shower.
