Nowadays Moscow looks like this:
Moscow City
WELCOME to MOSCOW!
Moscow
Welcome to My Hometown
Stay, Eat, Buy
Use this link to look for a suitable hotel and book a room in advance:
www.hotels.ru/eng
Still we cannot but mention the most famous Moscow hotels:
Hotel 'Peter I'
While shopping in Moscow you should definitely browse the historic GUM and TSUM department stores!
Hotel 'Kosmos'
Hotel 'Sadovoe Ring'
Hotel 'Metropol'
Hotels
As for souvenirs, you can buy them anywhere -
Arbat, Red Square...
Shopping
While staying in Moscow it is "a must" to taste
Traditional Russian food: bliny (pancakes), soups, solyanka (the heavy meaty 'hunters' soup), lots of pickled things, pelmeni (boiled dumplings stuffed with meat), pirogi (pies), kotlety (little meat patties usually made with minced beaf or pork)...
Here are some places:
Ermak
Gusi-Lebedi
Ilya Muromets
Mu-Mu
Praga
MariVanna
Restaurants
www.kreml.ru
The obvious starting point of any sightseeing trip to Moscow is Red Square, the heart of the city with the iconic domes of the magnificent St. Basil's Cathedral at its helm. After watching the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier pass through the imposing Kremlin walls in the Alexandrovsky gardens and explore the Kremlin's numerous historic churches. If you are feeling flush splash out on a ticket to see the Kremlin armory filled with the crown jewels of the Tsars.
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St. Basil's Cathedral
Sightseeing
Spasskaya Tower
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Kremlin Armory
Alexandrovsky gardens
Poklonnaya Gora (lit. a bow-down hill) is, at 171.5 metres, one of the highest spots in Moscow. Poklonnaya Hill unites two great wars - the Napoleonic War and World War II. You will see the area where every street can tell you a story of heroic soldiers fighting in the war of 1812 and Poklonnaya hill is our eternal symbol of WWII.
Pushkin Fine Arts Museum.
Opened to the public in 1912, this museum was primarily intended as an educational facility. It houses a lot of the world's art in the form of plaster casts. It also has works by the Old Masters and representatives of various schools of painting.
It is a huge museum, so be sure to know which section you are heading. Two buildings sit side by side - the first grandiose structure houses the old plastery cast bit, the impressionists are held in a separate wing.
Watch out for long queues at the weekends when locals pour in to admire the latest exhibitions.
There are many sights on Poklonnaya Hill:
Victory Park, the Arc of Triumph, the Victory Memorial, Great Patriotic War Museum, Church of St. George the Victorious, the Obelisk of Victory.
Poklonnaya Hill is not only the memorial complex, it is also a beautiful park, where citizens come to rest every day.
www.artsmuseum.ru
Pushkin Fine Art Museum
www.poklonnayagora.ru
The Kremlin and
Red Square
Tretyakov Gallery. For visitors anxious to uncover the famous 'Russian Soul', the Tretyakov Gallery is the place to start.
The Gallery takes its name from its founder Pavel Tretyakov, a Moscow merchant. In the 19th century Tretyakov began to collect Russian paintings. He visited all the exhibitions and art studios and bought the best pictures.
The Tretyakov gallery shows the history of Russian paintings from the 11th century to the present day.
The collection is a rich and revealing insight into the history and attitudes of the Russian people.
www.tretyakovgallery.ru
Tretyakov
Gallery
Poklonnaya Hill
Museums
Tsaritsyno was built by order of Catherine II as an out of town palace in 1776. Many famous people used to be there.
Time was ruthless to Tsaritsyno. Much was lost, something - forever.
Today it has become a fashionable country estate, a favourite place for locals to enjoy picnics among the ruins. Since the 1980s the estate has been undergoing renovations and is looking wonderfully quirky - half bright new paint, half crumbling walls.
www.tsaritsyno.net
The Arbat is an approximately one-kilometre long pedestrian street in the historic centre of Moscow. The Arbat is one of the oldest surviving streets in the Russian capital. Originally the street formed part of an important trade route and was home to a large number of craftsmen.
In the 18th century, the Arbat came to be regarded by the Russian nobility as the most prestigious place to live in Moscow. The street was almost completely destroyed by the great fire during Napoleon’s occupation of Moscow in 1812 and had to be rebuilt. In the 19th and early 20th centuries it became known as the place where petty nobility, artists, and academics lived.
Kolomenskoye is one of the most ancient human settlement on the territory of modern Moscow. Archaeologists say that humans have lived there since the Stone Age.
Many kings built their residences here. Remnants of this estate's past life as a Royal Estate can be identified in the scattering of different museums and many churches.
Because of the many historic buildings, and the numerous artists who have lived and worked in the street, the Arbat is also an important tourist attraction.
Today Kolomenskoye is a beautiful park
and a place which is liked by everyone.
Got Tsar fever? Take a Troika ride!
Kolomenskoye definitely should be visited!
Tsaritsyno and Kolomenskoye
Arbat
www.svo.aero
Transport
There are 3 huge airports in Moscow:
Sheremetyevo (SVO)
Vnukovo (VKO)
Domodedovo (DME)
www.vnukovo.ru
The bus, trolleybus and
tram network functions under the ticketing system. Buy tickets from the small kiosks near the bus stations or right onboard.
www.domodedovo.ru
It is possible to hire a taxi or rent a car.
overground
Moscow's metro is fast and efficient. Buying a ticket it is wise to buy a few trips in one go. Operating hours are
from 05.30 until 1.00.
To enter, swipe the metro card then go through the barriers.
Plan your trip in advance on
Entertainment
www.metroway.ru
www.mosmetro.ru
for ADULTS
ground
Take a Boat Tour!
A boat trip down the Moscow river is the best way to see the city. Boats pass by the majority of Moscow biggest landmarks .
In summer with some tickets you can make a day of it and hop on and off as you wish.
www.park-gorkogo.com
www.vodnoetaxi.ru
for CHILDREN
The immortal Gorky Park has had a complete makeover in 2011: the park has gone back to being a wholesome place to picnic or jog and enjoy an ice-cream. You'll find regular open-air concerts and cinema, flea markets, ping pong tables, bikes for renting, pedalos on the ponds, picnic areas, salsa classes...
There is usually something special happening every weekend, with many events especially marketed at kids.
www.radisson-cruise.ru
A Boat Tour
Gorky Park
underground
www.vvcentre.ru
All-Russian Exhibition Centre is the largest Exhibition centre in Moscow, about 15 million Muscovites and guests of the capital visit the Centre yearly. It has all necessary conditions for the efficient exhibitions and for the good rest.
All-Russian Exhibition Centre holds and organizes exhibitions and fairs, congress arrangements, social actions, festivals, concerts, sporting competitions and other cultural arrangements.
Bolshoi Theatre is one of the most known and important Russian theaters. In addition, it's one of the biggest and most significant theatres in the world when it comes to opera and ballet.
Even the people who've never heard about ballet will surely know the words 'Bolshoi Theatre'. In fact, it has become the symbol of everything Russian together with caviar and Matrioshkas. However, it has much more cultural value.
Bolshoi Theatre is located in the very heart of Moscow - Teatralnaya Square.
www.bolshoi.ru
for EVERYONE
The Big Theatre
www.kinoarbat.ru
www.5zvezd.ru
Enjoy a movie in any of the numerous cinemas in Moscow:
Khudozhestvenny
5 Zvezvd at Novokuznetskaya
Kodak-Kinomir
MDM Kino
October
Rolan ...
www.kodak-kinomir.ru
www.mdmkino.ru
www.karofilm.ru
Olympic complex "Luzhniki" is one of the largest multi-sport and entertainment complexes in the world. Its total seating capacity is 78,360 seats, all covered.
The most significant events - concerts, festivals and massive shows - are held in the sports complex. "Luzhniki" is the center of mass and amateur sports, one of the most popular places of leisure in the heart of Moscow.
www.rolan.ru
www.luzhniki.ru
Luzhniki
Cinemas
www.planetarium-moscow.ru
The Moscow Zoo was founded in 1864, it is one of the oldest in Russia.
Presently, the zoo has over 6000 animals representing more than 1000 species and covers an area of about 21.5 hectares. The zoo studies animal behaviour, feeding and reproduction, and breeds rare endangered species.
At this interactive museum children and adults can learn about space, telescopes, satellites, gravity and other miracles of science by getting involved in hands-on exhibits that are very well explained, fun and insightful. Once you are tired head into the huge star hall for the big show about black holes, cosmic collisions, Saturn's rings or the sun.
www.moscowzoo.ru
Planetarium
Moscow Zoo
The Old Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard is one of the oldest circuses in the world . The bronze cabriolet is parked in front of the Circus, a man in a shabby jacket and funny hat stands beside it. This is the monument to Yury Nikulin, famous Russian clown, actor and director of the Circus in 1982 - 1997. Albert Salamonsky, former rider and gymnast, erected a permanent brick building for it in 1880. It soon became world famous thanks to the brilliant performances by Durovs' horses, as well as the braveness of its high-wire artists and surprising magic of the world-famous illusionists Kio. Yury Nikulin used to say "humor, laughter and a simple smile help to overcome life's difficulties". So, come here and make your life - as doctors recommend - a bit longer by laughing from the heart!
www.circusnikulin.ru
Nikulin Circus
History
How we created our Guidebook
The legend says that Prince Yury Dolgoruky on his way from Kiev to Vladimir stopped at the trading post near the confluence of the Moscow and Yauza Rivers. Soon he took control of the site.
Just have a look here:
Moscow used to look like this:
Moscow is first mentioned in the historic chronicles in 1147, when Yury invited his allies to a banquet: ‘Come to me, brother, please come to Moscow’.
under the guidance of Lydia Volkova, our English teacher
Moscow’s strategic importance prompted Yury to construct a moat-ringed wooden palisade on the hilltop, it became the first Kremlin.
Moscow blossomed into an economic centre, attracting traders and merchans just outside the Kremlin’s walls.
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