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A spring day of gardens and river banks: Alexander Garden, Zaryadye Park, the Cathedral and Patriarshy Bridge, the Muzeon sculpture park, Gorky…

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A one-day autumn route for photographers: Tsaritsyno's ponds and palace, the white church of Kolomenskoye, Gorky Park and Neskuchny Garden, and the…

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A summer day in the open air: Zaryadye Park and the floating bridge, the Kremlin garden, a cool church break, a long…

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A wet-weather day of indoor sights: a decorated Metro station, a hot lunch in GUM, the inside of St. Basil's, the Tretyakov…

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An evening walk of about four hours through lit-up Red Square, a quick dinner in GUM, the floating bridge in Zaryadye Park…

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A realistic plan for a 12-hour layover: the Aeroexpress train from Sheremetyevo, about five hours around Red Square and Zaryadye Park, a…

First-Time Itineraries

Six days in Moscow: the Kremlin and Red Square, a gallery and the river, Arbat and the boulevards, VDNKh and the Metro,…

Budget Itineraries

A one-day route of six places that cost nothing to enter: Zaryadye Park, Red Square, Alexander Garden, the Cathedral of Christ the…

Family Itineraries

A one-day plan for families: the floating bridge in Zaryadye Park, Red Square, lunch in a self-service canteen, a toy store with…

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A half-day walk through the pseudo-Gothic palace complex that Catherine the Great ordered but never lived in: the musical fountain, the bridges,…