Guidebook for Moskva
Sightseeing
Red Square
The Moscow Kremlin
Gleaming domes top this Catholic edifice, rebuilt in the 1990s, with ornate, fresco-lined interior.
255 locals recommend
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
15 ulitsa Volkhonka Gleaming domes top this Catholic edifice, rebuilt in the 1990s, with ornate, fresco-lined interior.
Ostankino Television Tower
15 ul. Akademika KorolevaNovodevichy Convent
1 Novodevichy PassageOld Russian women's monastery with nice churches
Old Arbat street is an old pedestrian street with many Russian souvenirs shops, musicians, restaurants, street performers.
215 locals recommend
Arbat Street
Old Arbat street is an old pedestrian street with many Russian souvenirs shops, musicians, restaurants, street performers.
Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral on Red Square that now contains a museum of the church.
110 locals recommend
Saint Basil's Cathedral
7 Krasnaya ploshadMulticolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral on Red Square that now contains a museum of the church.
Large collection of Russia's former Imperial family's treasures, finery & more recently found rare stones. Inside Kremlin. Advance reservation is required.
21 locals recommend
Diamond Fund (Almazny Fond)
Large collection of Russia's former Imperial family's treasures, finery & more recently found rare stones. Inside Kremlin. Advance reservation is required.
Underground Shopping Mall next to Red Square with plenty of restaurants.
122 locals recommend
Okhotny Ryad
1, стр. 2 Manege SqUnderground Shopping Mall next to Red Square with plenty of restaurants.
Essentials
Azbuka Vkusa
34 Komsomol'skiy Prospekt Food store on the way to/from subway station
Arts & Culture
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
12 ulitsa VolkhonkaBolshoi Theatre
1 Ulitsa Bol'shaya DmitrovkaThe State Tretyakov Gallery
10 Lavrushinsky LnFamous Puppet Theatre near the house. Large theater commissioning & producing puppet theater for varied audiences, plus landscaped garden.
puppet.ru
12 locals recommend
Gosudarstvennyy Akademicheskiy Tsentral'nyy Teatr Kukol Im. S.v. Obraztsova
3 Sadovaya-Samotechnaya UlitsaFamous Puppet Theatre near the house. Large theater commissioning & producing puppet theater for varied audiences, plus landscaped garden.
puppet.ru
Политехнический музей
3/4 Novaya Ploshchad'State Historical Museum
1 Krasnaya ploshadHistorical Museum on Red Square
Parks & Nature
Historical buildings, old churches and cathedrals, museums, old Wooden House of Russian Tsar' Peter the Great. On the bank of Moskva river with scenic views.
157 locals recommend
Muzey-zapovednik "Kolomenskoye"
Historical buildings, old churches and cathedrals, museums, old Wooden House of Russian Tsar' Peter the Great. On the bank of Moskva river with scenic views.
Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve
1 Dolskaya ul.New modern park built in 2017 near Read Square, featuring 4 different time zones. ABSOLUTELY MUST TO SEE!
336 locals recommend
Park Zaryadye
New modern park built in 2017 near Read Square, featuring 4 different time zones. ABSOLUTELY MUST TO SEE!
Poklonnaya Hill used to be one of the highest spots in Moscow and is now home to several tourist attractions such as Victory Park. The hill offers stunning panoramic views of the Russian capital.
20 locals recommend
Poklonnaya Hill
Poklonnaya Hill used to be one of the highest spots in Moscow and is now home to several tourist attractions such as Victory Park. The hill offers stunning panoramic views of the Russian capital.
Green Park near the house for jogging, biking and walking/playing with the children.
6 locals recommend
Delegatskiy Park
6 2-Y Shchemilovskiy PereulokGreen Park near the house for jogging, biking and walking/playing with the children.
Near the house. 19th-century park & gardens hosting summer exhibitions & events, plus ice-skating in winter.
118 locals recommend
Hermitage Garden
3 Ulitsa Karetnyy RyadNear the house. 19th-century park & gardens hosting summer exhibitions & events, plus ice-skating in winter.
Yekaterininskiy Park
27 Bol'shaya Yekaterininskaya UlitsaGreen Park near the house.
Entertainment & Activities
Famous "Gorky Park" - Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink.
852 locals recommend
Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure
9 Krymsky ValFamous "Gorky Park" - Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink.
VDNKh - High profile exhibition, fair & congress center opened in 1939 with halls for up to 500 people. Space / Engineering pavilion exhibition - worth to visit to see a Space station and space ships/rockets. http://vdnh.ru/en/
153 locals recommend
All-Russian Exhibition Center
119 Prospekt MiraVDNKh - High profile exhibition, fair & congress center opened in 1939 with halls for up to 500 people. Space / Engineering pavilion exhibition - worth to visit to see a Space station and space ships/rockets. http://vdnh.ru/en/
Ugolok Dedushki Durova
2, стр. 1 Ulitsa DurovaMoscow Zoo
1 Bolshaya Gruzinskaya ulitsaShopping
Tsum
2 Petrovka Ulitsa Next door to Bolshoi Theater.
Petrovsky Passage
10 Petrovka UlitsaNear the house (walking distance).
Upscale Food store in very old nice Historical building, amazing interior, delicious food, alcohol, gifts, Russian souvenirs!
62 locals recommend
Yeliseyevskiy
4 Yeliseyevskiy PereulokUpscale Food store in very old nice Historical building, amazing interior, delicious food, alcohol, gifts, Russian souvenirs!
Nice old Historical building on Red Square, upscale shopping mall. Long-established, 3-story shopping arcade with a semicircular glass roof & international brands.
338 locals recommend
GUM
3 Krasnaya ploshadNice old Historical building on Red Square, upscale shopping mall. Long-established, 3-story shopping arcade with a semicircular glass roof & international brands.
Toys and goods for kids. Next door to famous KGB building.
32 locals recommend
Tsentral'nyy Detskiy Magazin
5 Teatral'nyy ProyezdToys and goods for kids. Next door to famous KGB building.
Food Scene
The best restaurant in Moscow, called "Country, which does not exist anymore" (Meaning "USSR"), where you can try different dishes from all former USSR republics.
http://en.novikovgroup.ru/restaurants/strana-kotoroy-net/
Strana Kotoroy Net
2 Ulitsa Okhotnyy RyadThe best restaurant in Moscow, called "Country, which does not exist anymore" (Meaning "USSR"), where you can try different dishes from all former USSR republics.
http://en.novikovgroup.ru/restaurants/strana-kotoroy-net/
Very Nice Ukrainian restaurant near the house.
http://tarasbulba.ru/
57 locals recommend
Tavern Taras Bulba
19с2 Smolenskaya-Sennaya ploshchad'Very Nice Ukrainian restaurant near the house.
http://tarasbulba.ru/
Russian Upscale restaurant in the Center of Moscow.
https://cafe-pushkin.ru/en/
112 locals recommend
Pushkin Cafe
26А Tverskoy BlvdRussian Upscale restaurant in the Center of Moscow.
https://cafe-pushkin.ru/en/
Italian Restaurant near the house. http://dapino.ru/interior/metro-novoslobodskaya/
8 locals recommend
Da Pino
23 строение 1 Bol'shaya Bronnaya UlitsaItalian Restaurant near the house. http://dapino.ru/interior/metro-novoslobodskaya/