The TOP 10 of the most important attractions of Moscow: a photo with names and a brief description. Interesting and best attractions of Moscow for children: a list for excursions and the subject "The World"

What attractions should be visited in Moscow: the best places for hiking, the most famous theaters and museums, the best zones of entertainment and rest.

Moscow tourist offers a trip to its squares and streets to guests of the city and Muscovites. It is no secret that people can live in Moscow, but not visit all the unique corners of their city. If you are thinking about where to go in Moscow, then you have a really difficult choice. Indeed, in this city there are a lot of well -known and not striking sights.

Moscow-City-"City of Skyscrabs" in the business center of the capital

Sights of Moscow: Red Square, Kremlin

If you were in Moscow, but were not on Red Square, then you did not feel the spirit of Moscow and did not see one of the main attractions of the city and country.

View of Red Square that opens from the Kremlin: GUM and Historical Museum

It is worth coming to this square, if only because the paving stones on it remembers the first parade of Victory. In addition, here, in the necropolis near the Kremlin wall, there are graves of very famous historical figures: Maxim Gorky, Joseph Stalin, Leonid Brezhnev, George Zhukov and other outstanding people of the Soviet era.

View of Red Square from the historical museum: Spasskaya Tower with Chimes and the Church of Basil Blessed

Where to go on Red Square?

• On the territory of the Kremlin, visitors can visit museums, including the Armory, which collects treasures, from among the invaluable historical heritage. In the museums of the Moscow Kremlin, various exhibitions are also regularly held.

Where to go on Red Square: Armory

• From April to October to Saturday, at noon you can see an interesting sight - the divorce of the guard of the presidential regiment. To get to the Kremlin and in museums you need to buy a ticket.

What to see on Red Square: Caraul divorce ceremony

• GUM is a shopping complex that is located opposite the Kremlin. It is worth visiting, even if you are not going to make purchases, just to enjoy the internal architectural ensemble of this building. Swimming glass ceilings, pedestrian bridges and even a fountain in the building - this is what gum looks from the inside.

Where to go on Red Square: GUM

• In winter, a rink is traditionally poured on Red Square, and a Christmas fair is also held.

Carousel at the New Year's Fair

Kremlin Embankment in the evening

Where to eat on Red Square?

• There are many restaurants in GUM in which you can enjoy European cuisine dishes, the windows of some establishments overlook Red Square.
• Among the others, the “dining room 57” is highlighted on the third floor of the GUM. This institution boasts dishes prepared according to Soviet recipes and democratic prices.
• Those who want to quickly have a bite can go to one of the nearest fast foods. Such establishments can be found in the "Okhotny Ryad" shopping complex on Manezhnaya Square and in Kamerger -Lane.

Summer cafe near the walls of the hum

Video: A tour of Red Square

Moscow Metro

Some stations of the Moscow metro, in themselves, works of art.

Metro station "Mayakovskaya"

And this is what the lobby of the Park Victory Park metro station looks.

The lobby of the station "Park Victory"

The ceiling is slightly different above the platforms of the station, it is smooth and illuminated by hidden backlight. One gets the impression that daylight penetrates through it, but in fact the “Victory Park” is the deepest station in the Moscow metro and it is located at a depth of 74 meters.

Victory Park station

The Komsomolskaya metro station resembles the palace halls with its interior: it is decorated with volumetric chandeliers and stucco moldings. However, the theme of the panel refers to a more recent Soviet past.

Komsomolskaya station

The Kyiv station does not look so luxurious and pretentious, but it blows from its design, because in this style it was customary to decorate small churches and estates in Russia.

Kyiv station

Among others, the design of the Elektrosavodskaya station is distinguished. Leitmotif is the topic of technological progress and honorary labor.

Moscow Metro, station "Electrozavodskaya"

The implicit attractions of Moscow can be attributed monorail road. Agree, this is a very original form of urban transport.

Sights of Moscow: Monorailian Road

big theater

The Bolshoi Theater is a place with its special atmosphere. The facade of his building looks concise and strict.

Where to go in Moscow: Bolshoi Theater

The internal interior is striking in lush decoration and scope, whether a joke, only one historical hall can accommodate more than 1,700 people. There are now three visual halls in the Bolshoi Theater, this is: a historical scene, a new scene and a Beethoven hall.

The historical scene of the Bolshoi Theater

They come to the Bolshoi Theater not only to look at the ballet or opera, but simply on excursions, they are especially popular among schoolchildren. If you want to see the production, then it is better to worry about buying tickets in advance, and you can order tickets on the official website online.

New scene of the Bolshoi Theater

Sights of Moscow: Tverskaya, Arbat photo and description

Arbat is one of the favorite places for walking among Muscovites and guests of the city. This street is completely pedestrian, there are a lot of cafes and restaurants on it in which you can have a bite. In almost every house there are souvenir shops, some of which visitors lure the calls, on Arbat you can see street artists and musicians. By the way, the street itself is not long, and you can go from beginning to end in just 15 minutes.

Street musician at the beginning of Arbat

• Pushkin once lived on Arbat and it was here that he brought his young wife Natalia Goncharov after the wedding. Now this house at the end of Arbat is a museum.

Pushkin Museum Apartment on Arbat

Monument Goncharova and Pushkin

• Another unique place on Arbat is the Drama Theater of Vakhtangov. You can enjoy the game of actors in it every evening, and on weekends the theater also show performances for children. The theater is popular, so it is better to order tickets in advance.

Where to go in Moscow: Vakhtangov Theater

Vine room of the Vakhtangov Theater

• Opposite the Vakhtangov Theater, the actor’s house is located, where performances regularly show, exhibitions and various thematic meetings are held.

Actor's House on Old Arbat

• There are other interesting places on Arbat, in particular, a museum of optical illusions where you can take a photo on an interesting background. Bringing Down the House. Exhibition Mir in miniature, where you can take a picture with reduced copies of well -known attractions. Melnikov’s house is a unique architectural structure in Krivoarbatsky Lane, in which the museum is now.

Museum of optical illusions

Go for a walk around Tver You can immediately after visiting Red Square, leaving the Resurrection Gate and passing the Manezhnaya Square. On Tverskoy there are a lot of beautiful buildings of the royal era, which, however, are bizarrely combined with Stalinist houses and new buildings.

Hotel National on Tverskaya

Tverskaya is a street of elite boutiques, closed clubs, cozy cafes and good restaurants, it is the same as one of the main streets of the capital.

Where to take a walk in Moscow: the evening lights of Tver

Ostankino tower

The Ostankino Tower is open to visitors, the standard tour includes visiting the museum, climbing on a high -speed elevator on the observation deck and visiting the Seventh Sky restaurant.

Ostankino tower

View from the windows of the restaurant "Seventh Sky"

Museums of Moscow

The most popular museums in Moscow are known to all Muscovites and guests of the city. Here is a small list of museums most visited by tourists:

But, there are no less interesting, but less famous museums in Moscow. For example, "Living Museum of Folk Arts." This museum presents an exhibition of creations of folk masters of Russia. Here are collected musical instruments and tools for various crafts, toys and home utensils.

Exposition from the "Living Museum of Folk Arts"

Children may like the Buratino-Pinocchio Museum.

Museum of Buratino Pinocchio

Or the Museum "Puppet House", where children will be able to get acquainted with the exposition of toys and hear stories about them.

Museum "Puppet House"

Tretyakov Gallery, photo and description

What could be better than roaming the endlessly long halls of the gallery and considering the priceless creations of great and little -known artists?

Tretyakov Gallery

Here, the moments seem to stop, and it seems that you are taking away time back in the past, portraits, still lifes and landscapes are so plausible. From the paintings, kings and other noble gentlemen and ladies look at our routine.

These paintings can be considered for hours

Guides will show and talk about the most outstanding paintings of artists, and in memory of the miraculous impressions of the contemplation of paintings in the halls of the Tretyakov Gallery, visitors can buy souvenirs

Souvenir shop in the Tretyakov Gallery

Temples and monasteries of Moscow

• The temple of Basil Blessed leaves no one indifferent. Multi -colored domes that are not similar to each other are intertwined into a single whole and create the impression of joy and solemnity. This temple has been more than 450 years old, and it was built on the orders of Ivan the Terrible. Which went on a campaign on Kazan, he gave the floor that if he won, he would erect a grandiose cathedral in this place. The campaign was successful, and after each successful battle they erected a wooden church at this place. And when the king returned to Moscow, they all united them into a stone temple, built for centuries.

Sights of Moscow: the temple of Basil Blessed

• The Novodevichy Monastery was founded in 1524 by Vasily III. He had to symbolize the unity of Byzantium and Russia, and to identify Russia as a successor to that once great Orthodox state. The story ordered that it was with the Novodevichy monastery that the fate of the representatives of the royal dynasties closely intertwined. In particular, the walls of the monastery remember the stay of Sofia Alekseevna, who was in power, was his main philanthropist and curator, and being overthrown from the throne, turned out to be the prisoner of this monastery. Later, Evdokia Lopukhina, the first wife of Peter I, tonsured in the nun, also lived in the Novodevichy Monastery on the orders of her husband.

Novodevichy Monastery

• The Cathedral of Christ the Savior is one of the largest and most significant temples in Moscow and Russia. The fact that the first persons of the state arrived here for the solemn Easter service this year.

Cathedral of Christ the Savior

Houses and estates, Moscow buildings

For visits to tourists open Museum-Estate Kuskovo. This mansion belonged to the Sheremetyevs. In place of the Old Manor in the 17th century, Count Peter Sheremetyev built a new one, which turned into a museum in 1917.

The estate is Kuskovo

In this estate there is a mirror hall, a count dining room, a picture gallery.

Mirror hall of the estate Kuskovo

AT the museum-estate is Lublin The main building was built by Nikolai Alekseevich, Duraisov. It spent balls, techniques and musical evenings. This museum is open for excursion groups and individual visitors.

Nicholas Durasov estate in Lublino

Estate of Sheremetyev's counts in Ostankino Surprises with exquisite interiors of the XVIII century, in it you can now hear the music of this time, as well as see the opera from the repertoire of the theater of Count Sheremetyev.

Estate of Sheremetyev's counts in Ostankino

Alexander Garden

In the Alexander Garden, which is located in the northwest of the walls of the Kremlin, you can examine the attractions such as Kutafya Tower of the Kremlin and the Italian grotto, as well as walk along the beautiful alleys of this garden.

Alexander Garden

Moscow river

You can make a trip along the Moscow River from a pier on the Sparrow Hills. The first stop of the ship "Park named after Gorky. Between this and the next stop, which is called the "Big Stone Bridge", passengers will be able to admire the statue of Peter the Great and the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

Traveling along the Moscow River

The next stop of the ship "Novospassky bridge". Having left at this stop, you can see the Krutitsky Compound, a former monastery of the thirteenth century.

Krutitsky courtyard

Tsar Cannon

The largest gun in the world was cast by order of Tsar Fedor Ivanovich, and she never had to shoot. She is a great example of the skill of Russian gunsmiths and the property of all of Russia. Now it is exhibited on Ivanovo Square near the Kremlin.

Tsar-gun in Moscow

Poklonnaya Mountain

The memorial complex on Poklonnaya Gora includes the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War, an exhibition of military equipment from the Second World War and the Memorial in honor of the cities of military glory.

Poklonnaya Mountain

The open-air museum of military equipment will not leave indifferent those who honor the memory of the warriors-liberators of the Great Patriotic War. It makes it possible to personally imagine what weapons a great victory was produced.

Open -air museum on Poklonnaya Gora

Sights of Moscow: Kitay-Gorod

The historical district of Moscow, which is called China-Gorod is located between the Lubyanskaya and Old Square in the east, the Moscow River in the south and Red Square, Theater Square and Okhotny nearby in the north.

Kitay-Gorod on the map of Moscow

Here you can look at the fortification in the form of a wall, which began to be built in 1535 and protected the approaches to the Kremlin.

Ancient wall in China-Gorod

It is also worth looking at the Museum of the "Chamber of Boyars of the Romanovs." It contains an exposition showing their life.

The chambers of the boyars of the Romanovs

Not far from it is another museum - "English courtyard."

Museum "English Compound"

In the afternoon and evening, on the streets of Kitay-Gorod you will find many shops, bars and cafes.

The streets of Kitay-Gorod in the evening

Gorky Park in Moscow

This park occupies 109 hectares of land and is one of the largest parks in the world. Its territory is landscaped by flower beds, vacation benches, as well as free sun loungers and ottomans. The fountain from the usual evening turns into a light music.

Light -music fountain in Gorky Park

And on the embankment there is a dance floor where everyone can dance. True, there are some changes that not everyone like. So about 100 attractions were dismantled.

Dance floor for everyone in Gorky Park

The park is not sold or drink strong alcohol. Instead of these entertainment, bicycles, tennis courts, basketball court, a chess club, a running club, a hockey platform, a skate park, a football field and other sports facilities have appeared here. There is free WiFai throughout the park.

Rest on the grass in Gorky Park

VDNH

Having visited the exhibition of the achievements of the national economy, Muscovites and guests of Moscow will be able to admire the unique fountains “Friendship of the Peoples” and “Stone Flower”, walk along the pavilions “Transport”, “Cosmos” and “Central”.

The Friendship of Peoples fountain at VDNH

The Green Theater, which opened after the reconstruction, will show performances of various artists. The schedule of these speeches is on the official website of VDNH. In the restaurant courtyard, visitors will be able to eat, but it is better to do this after dizzying attractions.

Video: attractions at VDNH

Sparrow Hills

You can get to the Vorobyovy Gory observation deck by metro. This station is called the Vorobyovy Gory. This observation deck opens a wonderful view of Moscow and Moscow State University.

View from the observation deck "Vorobyovy Gory"

Near the Moscow State University building, tourists can admire the apple alley and walk around the botanical garden. From the botanical garden to the embankment of the sparrow mountains, you can get on the cable car. Such a trip makes it possible to admire delightful views of the surroundings.

Cable Road on the "Sparrow Hills"

And on the pier of the embankment there is a tourist ship. He rolls everyone in the Moscow River. On the slopes of the Sparrow Mountains, ecotropes are laid and you can walk along it both with the guide and independently.

Skating on the ship from the pier on the "Sparrow Mountains"

Moscow planetarium

The stars have always attracted a person, and the Moscow planetarium will help children and adults to solve the riddles of the starry sky. Here, kids will be able to hear a story available for their understanding of stars, planets and constellations. And the colorful panorama of the starry sky is fascinated by enchanting colors.

Moscow planetarium

Sights of Moscow: Moscow Zoo, photo and description

In the center of the stone jungle of Moscow is the Moscow Zoo. This zoo has more than 1000 species of animals. I would like to see more flowers, grass, trees in a zoo of this level, then animals could feel more comfortable.

Polar Wolves in the Moscow Zoo

Views from the zoo to the residential buildings of Moscow make dissonance to the overall impression of it. After all, I want animals that are forced to live in captivity to suffer from this as little as possible.

Gorillas in the Moscow Zoo

There are a lot of structures made of iron and concrete, alleys and stone paths have a strict geometric shape and do not allow visitors to relax the eyes of visitors. But this is a lake with pink flamingos - a look pleases.

Pink Flamingo in the Moscow Zoo

Monuments of Moscow

Monuments are a living story that seemed to leave the pages of textbooks and embodied in stone and bronze. By sculptures, you can "read" the history of Moscow and understand what the capital lived at different times.

Monument to Zhukov on Manezhnaya Square

• Monument to Minin and Pozharsky It occupies an honorable place on Red Square. This is one of the oldest sculptures decorating the capital, copper sculpture for 200 years. And the monument was dedicated to the events that took place back in the 17th century, then there was hunger in Russia, riots raged and foreign interventionists tried to take power to their hands, then a popular uprising became the rescue, whose outstanding figures were Minin and Pozharsky.

Monument to Minin and Pozharsky

• It is interesting that the Orthodox Church played a very important role in the liberation movement and, together with the militias, the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, which was currently lost, also went to liberate Moscow.

Kazan Cathedral was built specifically for the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

• There are several monuments on the Old Arbat at once, this is a monument to Pushkin and Goncharova, who was already mentioned, as well as a monument to Bulat Okudzhava. On this street there are such an unusual attractions as the Tsoi wall.

Once Bulat Okudzhava lived on Old Arbat, so they decided to erect a monument here

What to see on the Arbat: the wall of Tsoi

• The most famous monument to Pushkin is erected in the square, which is also named after the poet. Nearby is equipped with a recreation area with benches and alleys. In the summer, the fountain is included here, and on the eve of the New Year holidays, the area sparkles with thousands of lights. By the way, the building behind the monument to Pushkin is the Russia theater, which is now shown by the musicals.

Monuments of Moscow: Monument to Pushkin

• The worker and the collective farmer are a well -known monument, the size of which is amazing. A whole exhibition hall was able to fit in the foot. There is a monument near the VDNH metro station.

Monument "Worker and Collective Farm"

• The grave of an unknown soldier is located near the walls of the Kremlin at the entrance to the Alexander Garden. There are similar monuments and burials in almost every city and, probably, even in every village, because the Great Patriotic War did not bypass anyone. But this monument is notable for the fact that there is an eternal flame and carries an honorary guard.

Memorial in memory of the Great Patriotic War near the walls of the Kremlin

• The monument to cosmos conquers is also located near the VDNH metro station. Nearby is the Cosmonautics Museum, a layout of the solar system and a number of monuments to Soviet astronauts.

Monument to cosmos conquerors

• The monument to Peter I was erected in the middle of Moscow of the river on an artificial island, which was built specifically for its sake.

Monument to Peter the Great in Moscow

Pure ponds

Pure ponds are a unique corner of nature in the middle of a noisy city. In the afternoon, here you can distract from the bustle, contemplating the surface of the pond and watching how the willow rinses their branches in the water, and sit in a cafe on the shore in the evening. Near this pond, all kinds of rallies are often held and informal youth is gathering.

Cafe on clean ponds

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