Kempinski has opened its second hotel in Moscow, La Plus Belle Hotel Nikol’skaya.

Situated on the doorstep of the Bolshoi Theatre, the hotel has undergone six years of restoration by Leo International Design Group - the architects responsible for Le Meridiens in China and Thailand and a number of Shangri Las hotels – and features many opulent touches such as gilt, red velvet furnishings and chandeliers.

The 211-bed hotel has six restaurants and bars, a fitness centre and meeting rooms. It also features the first spa in Russia run by the Swiss product house, L.RAPHAEL, which has already established spas in the Grand Hyatt Cannes Hotel Martinez and the Four Seasons New York, as well as standalone spas in Geneva, New York and Swiss ski resort, Verbier.

The 1,600sq ft spa has 15 treatment rooms, a swimming pool, interior terraces and a retail boutique. In keeping with the hotel, the design features marble floors, antiques and chandeliers.

The spa menu features a mix of massages, beauty treatments and hairdressing, but the signature treatments are L.RAPHAEL’s own oxygen, ultra-gravity and beauty diamond features, and signature treatments using a powerful blend of Dead Sea salts.