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Moscow Vibes

Independent travel guides: places, food, transport and practical tips, checked and kept up to date.

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Museums

The Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics sits under the titanium Monument to the Conquerors of Space beside VDNKh: what you will see, the…

Airports

A guide to Vnukovo, Moscow's oldest operating airport south-west of the city, with its own Metro station: the Metro, the Aeroexpress to…

Airports

A guide to Domodedovo, Moscow's large southern airport: the Aeroexpress from Paveletsky Railway Terminal, the bus link to the Metro, taxis and…

Airports

A guide to Sheremetyevo, Moscow's busiest airport north of the city: the two terminal complexes, the Aeroexpress train, the bus and Metro…

Day Trips

A long day trip to the Borodino Battlefield, the 1812 field and museum-reserve west of Moscow: the train and bus options, what…

Day Trips

A half-day trip to the Abramtsevo Estate, the 19th-century artists' colony of Savva Mamontov north-east of Moscow: the train, the church and…

Day Trips

A half-day trip to the Arkhangelskoye Estate, the Yusupov family's palace and terraced park north-west of Moscow, reached by Metro and a…

Day Trips

A long day trip to Zaraysk, a quiet town south-east of Moscow with the smallest surviving Russian Kremlin: the bus and rail…

Day Trips

A full-day trip to Serpukhov, an old town on the Nara and Oka rivers with two medieval monasteries, the remains of a…

Day Trips

A full-day trip to Tula, a city south of Moscow known for its brick Kremlin, samovars, gingerbread and weapons: the fast train,…