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Capital city Russia.

The heart of Moscow is the Kremlin, flanked by Red Square which is crowned by the unique and beautiful St. Basil's Cathedral. Don't miss the world famous Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre. For Egyptian Art and French Impressionism visit the Pushkin Fine Art Museum.

Shopping in Moscow: Tverskaya St, Arbat Street - Russia's Covent Garden, the underground shopping arcade in Manezhnaya Square and the famous GUM shopping arcade on Red Square.


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Hotels in Moscow

   -   Hotels in Moscow

 
Centrally located hotels in all major cities ranging from small family run budget accommodation to world-class five star hotels.

  Hotel Metropol

Parks in Moscow 

  Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences
  Gorky Park
  Izmaylovskiy Park
  Losiny Ostrov National Park
  Neskuchniy Garden
  Sokolniki Park

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

Thomas Cook   -   City trips Moscow

  Cosmos Tourama    -   Russian River Cruise [ Moscow to St Petersburg ]
See the beautiful Russian landscape unfold before you as you cruise the waterways of northern Russia from Moscow to St Petersburg.

  
Create your perfect trip to Moscow   -   Flight, Hotel and Car.



  Fregata Travel
  Regent Holidays
Download the brochure. Then call, fax or email one of their specialists to discuss your ideas for your holiday. They will go through your plans, make suggestions, etc.  Next they prepare your personalised, detailed itinerary complete with a quotation.
  Norvista UK   -   Experts on travel to Russia
  Scantours UK
Independent tour operator. Here you will find many flexible, good value holiday ideas and arrangements.

Travel Guides Moscow / Related books

Travel Guides Moscow  [ amazon.co.uk ]

  DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Moscow by Rose Baring
Paperback: 264 pages; Publisher: Dorling Kindersley (1 April 2010); ISBN-10: 1405350369.

  DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Moscow
Paperback: 128 pages; Publisher: Dorling Kindersley (1 Feb 2010); ISBN-10: 1405347066.

  The Rough Guide to Moscow by Dan Richardson (Author)
Paperback: 492 pages; Publisher: Rough Guides; 5 edition (2 Mar 2009); ISBN-10: 1858280613.

  Moscow: City Guide (Lonely Planet City Guide)
Paperback: 272 pages; Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 4th Revised edition edition (1 Mar 2009); ISBN -10: 1740598245.

Transport / How do I travel to Moscow

  Moscow Airport   -   Sheremetyevo Airport
Airport Map, Season schedule, On-line schedule, Airlines, Weather in Russia,
  Moscow Airport   -   Vnukovo Airport   -   11 km from Moscow
  Moscow Airport   -  Domodedovo International Airport
  Moscow Airport   -  Bykovo Airport
  Moscow Airport   -  Ostafievo International Airport

  

  Airline Tickets Moscow /  Bargain Flights Moscow 
Flight tickets Moscow

Public transport Moscow
The fastest, cheapest and easiest way to get around in Moscow is on the metro, a tourist attraction in itself with lots of chandeliers and marble, in fact 44 of the stations are architectural landmarks. See hMetro [ russian language ] and map of the Moscow metro 


Links

  Moscow  -  Capital City of Russia  -  Moscow Guide

  Moscow Oblast

The heart of Moscow is the Kremlin, flanked by Red Square which is crowned by the unique and beautiful St. Basil's Cathedral. Don't miss the world famous Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre. For Egyptian Art and French Impressionism visit the Pushkin Fine Art Museum.

  Arbat
  Bolshoi Theater
  Cafe Pushkin, Tverskoy Bulvar 26
  Central Moscow Hippodrome
  Christ the Savior Cathedral
  Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation
  Federation Tower
  GUM
  Monasteries
Novodevichy and Danilov, restored new monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church
  Kitai-gorod
  Komsomolskaya Square
  Kreml
City within a city with many churches, museums and the seat of government. In the vicinity of Red Square with St. Basil Cathedral, Lenin's Mausoleum, the Historical Museum.
  Lubyanka (KGB)
  Lubyanka Square
  Manege
  Manezhnaya Square
  Menshikov Tower
  Moscow City Hall
  Moscow Gostiny Dvor
  Moscow Orphanage
  Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
  Ostankino Tower
  Patriarch's Ponds
  Petrovsky Passage
  Pushkin Fine Art Museum   -   For Egyptian Art and French Impressionism
  Pushkinskaya Square
  Red Square an Basilius Cathedral
  Restaurant im Rossyia Hotel, 23. Stock, Ulitsa Varvarka 6
Breathtaking view of Red Square!
  Russia Tower
  Schuchowsk Radio tower
  Shopping in Moscow:
Tverskaya St, Arbat Street - Russia's Covent Garden,  the underground shopping arcade in Manezhnaya Square and the famous GUM shopping arcade on Red Square.
  Slavyanskaya Square
  State Public Science and Technical Library
  Theatre Square
  TV Tower
  VDNH Exhibiton Centre
Combines some typical monuments and buildings of the Soviet style.
  Vlakhernskoye-Kuzminki
  White House, Moscow
  Zoo of Moscow

  Tourist attractions in Moscow 

  News from Moscow  -  Moscow Times  -  online paper
  University in Moscow  -   Lomonossow-University
  University   -   Moscow State Technical University

History Moscow

Founded in 1147 by the Grand Prince Yuri Dolgoruky Moscow boasts a stark mix of classic Russian architecture with mansions and palaces of merchant class of Imperial Russia and Lenin and Stalin's avant-garde and neo-classicist monuments erected to honor the power of the people.

  History of Moscow
Prehistory, Early history (1147-1283), Grand Duchy (1283-1547), Tsardom (1547-1721), Empire (1721-1917), Soviet era (1917-1991), Recent history of Moscow(1991 to present), Historical demographics, Historical images.

  KGB Museum   -   the Lubyanskaya Ploshad
For all historians and James Bond fans.

Moscow: An Illustrated History  -  by Kathleen Murrell
As capital of the largest country in the world, Moscow, has experienced both glorious and turbulent times. Home to the Tsars and the site of the Bolshevik Revolution, it has also persisted as a thriving centre for culture and the arts. This volume succinctly recounts this city's political, economic, and cultural history, spanning the rise and fall of Imperial Russian and the Soviet Union up to today's era of democracy. Featuring 50 illustrations and photographs, this book is the perfect introduction to a city that continues to play a major part in world events.
Paperback 248 pages (October 2002); Publisher: Hippocrene Books, Inc

Music, Art & Culture, Events

  Culture in Moscow

  Bolshoi Theatre
  Lenin Library   -   with more than 6 million books
  Lenkom Theatre
  Maly Theatre 
  Moscow Art Theatre
  Pushkin Fine Arts Museum
  Tretyakov Gallery
  Yermolova Theatre

  Gingerbread style
The 7 "skyscraper" in the wedding-cake style, also called "fingers Stalin", for example, the Moscow State University, Ukraina Hotel, the Foreign Ministry, a residential building.

  All-Russia Exhibition Centre

  Moscow Out


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