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Gun Shooting Experience in Moscow with Military Hotel Pickup
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Private Tour of the Moscow Metro with Hotel Pickup
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Moscow: Kremlin & Armoury Ticket and Introductory Tour
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Tretyakov Gallery Admission Ticket
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Attractions & Museums
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Moscow Must-Sees Private Tour with Local Expert Guide
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Private Moscow City Tour with Red Square and Kremlin
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Genuine © Moscow Must-See's Private Tour
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Moscow city tour onboard a classic Soviet van with Champagne
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Private Tour: Moscow by Night with Friendly Local Guide
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Top Attractions in Moscow

1. Saint Basil's Cathedral

Churches & Cathedrals

Tverskoy

The church has evolved since it was built in 1561, both in style and colours, starting from an all white, when built…

2. State Tretyakov Gallery

Art Museums

Garden Ring

Admission tickets from £11.23

By RolandWorldTravels

It is a massive collection, or collections, acquired from various sources including the fabulously wealthy tsarist…

3. Moscow Metro

Architectural Buildings • Public Transportation Systems

Tverskoy

Designed to be showcases of Soviet success - they are a working museum of the Communist era.

4. Moscow Kremlin

Speciality Museums • Historic Sites

Tverskoy

The Kremlin it self has gone through numerous manifestations borne the swaying fortunes of history to become what it is…

5. Red Square

Historic Sites • Points of Interest & Landmarks

Garden Ring

There is at least 700 years of documented history of this site - and only became internationally famous from WW2.

6. Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve

Speciality Museums

Orekhovo-Borisovo North

Admission tickets from £5.73

This open air exhibition takes you through history highlighting period architecture magnificently.

7. Bolshoi Theatre

Architectural Buildings • Theatres

Tverskoy

Admission tickets from £233.98

By E9706XTnicolab

The Bolshoi building, which for many years now has been regarded as one of Moscow’s main sights, was opened on 20…

8. The Museum of Cosmonautics

Science Museums

District North-Eastern (SVAO)

Admission tickets from £8.08

By AmitVDeshpande

This museum collectively tells you the story of Russian space movement.

9. Armoury Chamber

Military Museums • Art Museums

Tverskoy

The collection consists of 17 magnificent coaches that have survived to the present day practically in their original…

10. Kolomenskoye Historical and Architectural Museum and Reserve

Speciality Museums • Historic Sites

Danilovskiy

Admission tickets from £4.94

This is a huge estate in the south-central part of Moscow that has been preserved nearly intact.

11. Victory Park

Parks

Dorogomilovo

By dolphinslaxer

This vast sprawling park leads to the Museum of the Great Patriotic War that houses the history of the Russian…

12. Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines

Speciality Museums

Garden Ring

By WeHeartMoscow

The group of friends operate this Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines, where about 40 games click, whirr, whistle, flash…

13. Gorkiy Central Park of Culture and Recreation

Parks

Garden Ring

This is the famous Gorky Park, where fabled stories of secret espionage meetings took place during the cold war.

14. Museum of Human Living Systems

Natural History Museums • Science Museums

District North-Eastern (SVAO)

The museum has two floors: the ground one is about different systems and functioning of human body and animals.

15. Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

Churches & Cathedrals

Garden Ring

By davidgoldberg1

In a towering position overlooking the Kremlin stands this enormous structure, recognized as the tallest Orthodox…

16. Moscow-City

Points of Interest & Landmarks

3rd Transport Ring (TTK)

By madrepadregrande

The architectural concept of the Terminal complex, which later was named IQ-quarter, was designed by the architectural…

17. Experimentanium Science Museum

Science Museums

Sokol

By EkaterinaJ2018

The museum consists of three floors that show and explain how some laws work - sound, water, magnetism and many more.

18. Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center

Speciality Museums

District North-Eastern (SVAO)

Admission tickets from £9.66

The WWII experience delves into the holocaust on Russian soil and the Red Army's eventual successful liberation of…

19. Nikolskaya Ulitsa

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Historic Walking Areas

Tverskoy

One of Moscow's oldest streets (actually it's older than city walls), starting right from Red Square, is finally from…

20. Observation Deck PANORAMA360

Observation Decks & Towers

3rd Transport Ring (TTK)

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Open now

By TravelerZrenjanin

City of Moscow, with over ten million people, all in concentric circles, extends from the Kremlin on all four sides…

21. Donskoi Monastery

Architectural Buildings

District Southern (YuAO)

I would recommend to visit that place for those who want to feel the sense of centuries passing by.

22. Kuskovo Estate

Speciality Museums

District Eastern (VAO)

The Kuskovo Estate was the summer country house and estate of the Sheremetev family, one of the wealthiest and most…

23. New Tretyakov Gallery

Art Museums

Garden Ring

Admission tickets from £11.79

This massive building which is a pairing with an exposition center and an art gallery, contains Russian art from the…

24. Cathedral Square

Historic Sites • Historic Walking Areas

Tverskoy

In the heart of the Kremlin, this square is surrounded by majestic historic cathedrals built in the time of the Tsars.

25. Sokolniki Park

Parks

District Eastern (VAO)

The famous US exhibit was held in Sokolniki in 1959 that hosted the Kitchen debate between Soviet and US leaders.

26. GUM

Architectural Buildings • Department Stores

Garden Ring

Fabulous historic building in Red Square it is really a shopping arcade rather than a department store and has all th...

27. Museum Moskovskiy Transport

Speciality Museums

District Central (TsAO)

It's set in an old bus depot and contains automobiles, boats and bikes, and tractors, from the oldest to coolest.

28. Aleksandrovskiy Sad

Gardens

Tverskoy

By madrepadregrande

These stone monuments contain earth from 13 Russian cities that survived and resisted Nazi occupation, providing…

29. Neskuchny sad

Parks

District Southern (YuAO)

This is a remnant of old palace park of the 19th century.

30. Crocus Oceanarium

Aquariums

By justagirl12345

There are many aquariums of different sizes and also big tunnels where you walk under hundreds of fish.

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