Moscow History & Sightseeing

 

We've broken Moscow History & Sightseeing into 3 categories;
1. History & Architecture
2. Museums
3. River Cruises

 

 

Moscow History and Architecture

 

The Moscow Kremlin
Metro: Okhotny Ryad, Entrance: Troistsky Most
Hours: 10am-4:30pm, closed on Thursdays

      The Arsenal
      The State Kremlin Palace
      Senate
      Tsar Cannon and Bell
      Cathedral Square
      Ivan the Great Bell Tower
      Assumption Cathedral
      The Church of the Disposition of the Robe
      The Cathedral of Archangel Michael
      The Cathedral of Annunciation
      The Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles & the Patriarch’s Palace
      The Terem, the Faceted and the Great Kremlin Palaces
      The Armory

 

Red Square
Metro: Okhotny Ryad

      Lenin’s Mausoleum (Hours: 10am-1pm Tues-Thurs.)
      St. Basil’s Cathedral (Hours: 10am-4:30pm, closed on
         Tuesdays and first Monday of each month)

 

Novodevichy Convent
Metro: Sportivnaya, Hours: 8am-7pm daily

The Church of Christ the Savior
Metro: Kropotkinskaya, Hours: daily 10am-6pm

Old Arbat (Enjoy Moscow sightseeing via historic Pedestrian Street of artisans, shops & cafes)
Metro: Arbatskaya

Kuskovo (neo-classical estate)
Metro: Pervovo then a 10 minute walk
Hours: 10am-6pm Wed-Sun, closed last Thurs. of every month

Ostankino Palace
Metro: VDNKh
Hours: 10am-5pm Tues-Sun, 18 May-Oct. 10

Kolomenskaya (park & Museum of Wooden architecture)
Metro: Kolomenskaya
Hours: 10am-8pm (grounds), 11am-5pm (museum) Tues-Sun.

Donskokoi Monastery
Metro: Shabolovskaya
Hours: 7am-4:30pm daily

 

 

Moscow Museums

 

State Historical Museum
Metro: Ploshchad Revolutsii or Okhotny Rad
Hours: 11am-7pm daily, closed Tuesdays

Central Museum of the Revolution
Metro: Tverskaya
Hours: 10am-6pm Mon-Sat. (until 5pm on Sundays)

Memorial Museum of Space Exploration
Metro: VDNKh
Hours: 10am-5pm daily except for Mondays

Gorky Museum
Metro: Arbatskaya
Hours: 12-7pm Wed,Fri, 10am-5pm Thurs, Sat, Sun, closed last Fri. of the month

 

 

Moscow River Cruises

 

A River Cruise is a great way to give your walking feet a break and experience Moscow sightseeing from a different perspective. Enjoy the sites of Moscow from the open upper deck or find shelter from the sun or the rain in the enclosed lower deck while enjoying a drink from the snack bar. You are free to embark and disembark at any number of locations up and down the Moscow River. Hours of operation are daily from 10am-8pm and boats come and go at 30 minute intervals.

Locations of Piers are as follows:
Moscow State University
Gorky Park (on both sides of the river)
Opposite the Kremlin at the Bolshoy Karmeny Most/Bridge
Hotel Rossiya
Bolshoy Krasnoholmsky Most/Bridge
Novospassky Monastery (on the monastery side)