How-To
How to pack for Moscow in every season: Temperatures, Layers and Shoes
Moscow has long, snowy winters and warm summers: January highs are about minus 4 degrees Celsius and July highs about 25, with…
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How-To
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Our How-To guides explain practical tasks that travellers may need to handle when visiting Moscow. Find step-by-step information about transport, tickets, local customs, everyday services and visiting important attractions. The aim is to help you understand what to prepare and how common travel arrangements work. Explore How to store luggage in Moscow, How to read Cyrillic quickly as a traveler, How to buy tickets for the Moscow Kremlin or How to take a Moskva River cruise. Choose the guide that matches your immediate question, and check official sources for requirements or arrangements that may change.
- Airport Transfers 9
- Day Trips 4
- Etiquette and Safety 4
- Metro and Trains 8
- Other 15
- Taxis and Apps 2
- Tickets and Payments 4
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Main image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Main image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Main image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Main image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Etiquette and Safety
How to find a pharmacy and get medical help in Moscow: Key Numbers
In an emergency call 103 or 112, which is free for foreigners; look for an apteka for medicines, and use a private…
Etiquette and Safety
How to register your stay in Moscow as a foreign visitor: Deadlines
Foreign visitors must be registered within 7 working days of arrival. Hotels do it for guests; in a private apartment the host…
How-To
How to take a Moskva River cruise: Piers, Boats, Prices and Season
Cruises on the Moskva River run from piers at Kievsky Station and Gorky Park, on river trams of about an hour or…
How-To
How to see the most beautiful Moscow Metro stations in one route: Tips
A loop of Komsomolskaya, Novoslobodskaya, Kievskaya, Arbatskaya, Ploshchad Revolyutsii and Mayakovskaya, with Park Pobedy as an extra, using the Ring Line and…
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Arbat Architecture and Literature Walking Tour
Explore Moscow's Arbat district on a walking tour connecting neoclassical architecture, Russian music, Asian art, theatre, experimental design and Pushkin's former home.
Bulgakov’s Moscow: From Patriarch’s Ponds to Theatre Square
A literary walk from the Bulgakov Museum and Patriarch's Ponds past the church where Pushkin married to the Maly Theatre and Theatre…
Along the Moskva: From Patriarshy Bridge to Neskuchny Garden
A riverside walk from the pedestrian Patriarshy Bridge past the Muzeon sculpture park and Krymsky Bridge to Gorky Park and the quiet…
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Main image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
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