Parks
Serebryany Bor Moscow: Beaches, Pine Forest and How to Get There
Serebryany Bor is a pine-forest island on a bend of the Moskva River with sandy beaches, lakes and trails: how to reach…
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Patriarch’s Ponds Moscow: Pond, Bulgakov Sites and Walking Tips
Patriarch's Ponds is the small park and single pond where The Master and Margarita begins: Krylov fable sculptures, swans and an ice…
Parks
Neskuchny Garden Moscow: Free Entry, Orlov Summer House and Ponds
The Neskuchny Garden is the historic part of Gorky Park along the Moskva River, free to enter, with Count Orlov's summer house,…
Parks
Main Botanical Garden Moscow: Japanese Garden, Hours and Entrances
The Main Botanical Garden is one of Europe's largest botanical gardens, with a free arboretum and rose garden and a paid Japanese…
Parks
Apothecary Garden Moscow: Hours, Entrance and Greenhouses
The Apothecary Garden is Moscow's oldest botanical garden, founded by Peter the Great in 1706 on Prospekt Mira: how to find the…
Parks
Hermitage Garden Moscow: Free Entry, Three Theaters and Jazz
The Hermitage Garden is a small free park off the Garden Ring with three theaters, cafes and a summer jazz festival: its…
Parks
Izmailovsky Park Moscow: Free Entry, Ferris Wheel and Royal Estate
Izmailovsky Park is one of Europe's largest urban green spaces, free to enter, with a forest, the Round Pond, a 1957 Ferris…
Parks
Sokolniki Park Moscow: Entrances, Rose Garden and Winter Rink
Sokolniki Park is one of Moscow's oldest and largest parks, free to enter and a short walk from the Metro: what to…
Museums
Moscow Transport Museum: Melnikov Garage, Hours and Tickets
The Moscow Transport Museum's permanent exhibition fills Konstantin Melnikov's horseshoe-shaped garage near Three Stations Square: historic trams, metro cars, simulators, hours and…
Museums
Museum of Cryptography Moscow: Hours, Tickets and Cipher Machines
The Museum of Cryptography near VDNKh is Russia's first museum of ciphers and secret communication: what is in the six exhibition areas,…
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