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Markets & Shopping

Danilovsky Market is a round Soviet-era market hall near Tulskaya Metro, now a mix of fresh produce counters and a food court…

Sightseeing

The Floating Bridge is a free V-shaped viewpoint in Zaryadye Park that juts 70 meters over the Moskva River with views of…

Parks

Serebryany Bor is a pine-forest island on a bend of the Moskva River with sandy beaches, lakes and trails: how to reach…

Hidden Moscow

Patriarch's Ponds is the small park and single pond where The Master and Margarita begins: Krylov fable sculptures, swans and an ice…

Parks

The Neskuchny Garden is the historic part of Gorky Park along the Moskva River, free to enter, with Count Orlov's summer house,…

Parks

The Main Botanical Garden is one of Europe's largest botanical gardens, with a free arboretum and rose garden and a paid Japanese…

Parks

The Apothecary Garden is Moscow's oldest botanical garden, founded by Peter the Great in 1706 on Prospekt Mira: how to find the…

Parks

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 is one of Europe's largest urban green spaces, free to enter, with a forest, the Round Pond, a 1957 Ferris…

Parks

Sokolniki Park is one of Moscow's oldest and largest parks, free to enter and a short walk from the Metro: what to…