The Moscow Kremlin
In 1147 Yriy Dolgoruliy ( Vladimir - Suzdal Prince ) established the first settlement of craftsmen and merchants on the intersection of two rivers : Moscva - river and Neglinnaya .The first wooden fortress was erected only in 1156. Town developed . In the 13'th century , Moscow more than once fell victim to the devastating raids of the Tatar-Mongol troops, and its walls were to be reconstructed thereafter. It took several hundreds of years to free Moscow from Tatars-Mongol yoke. Only by the 15 -th century , Moscow had become centralized state of all Russian lands . Ivan III brought famous Italian architects to build new churches and cathedrals inside the Kremlin territory. It wasn't used as fortification anymore. It became the residence of Russian Tsars and Patriarchs.
Working hours: Daily from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m., except Thursday
You can get tickets until 4.30 p.m. more
Santa Fe
This is a Mexican restaurant, much better than La Cantina, in Tverskaya ulitdsa (I was not satisfied).
Santa Fe owners rules another restaurant, also called Santa Fe, in Bolshoy Kozlovsky pereulok (lane), but this one I am presenting is better.
Everybody speaks spanish, english and russian.
Fajitas, burritos and beer Coronitas you can enjoy in this nice atmosphere reataurant while listening music from Jalisco interpreted my mariachis.
Viva Mexico! more
Chekhov House Museum
In this nice museum you will see the interior of the study of Chekhov, his bedroom, and a literature expositon of his works.
It is located close to Metro station Krasnopresnenskaya. more
Cafe at A. Shilov's Gallery
I went to the Moscow State Gallery A. Shilov and ... it was not for me, too many portraits of Russian historical personages, half of them I did not know about.
But the cafeteria inside was extraordinary! They serve business lunch at good prices and the food ia authentic Russian (borsch, pelmenie, gribi s smetana sous, itd). more
grand Moscow State Circus
This is so good experience!! Yo should not miss it while in Moscow.
Russian circus are much more better than in Western Europe. Sometimes you will see amazing show of dogs, or cats, and acrobats performing incredible jumps.
Only in North Korea I was so much impressed in a circus like in Russia.
There is another circus in Moscow, in Tsvetnoy bulevar, where soon I will get, founded by the famous russian clown Nikulin (already dead) that should be fantastic. I will explain you about it as soon as I will visit. more
Mezhdunarodnaya
This is a very expensive hotel where I have only had breakfast during one week, but did not sleep, although saw the rooms and the prices.
Anyway, you just can go inside, the porters will allow you (in Soviet times the Russians could not get inside, only if they were customers). The drinks are not expensive, and the newspapers in english, such as, Moscow Times, are for free. You can also read other newspapers imported from Europe or America for free.
Another advantage to visit this hotel is to go to the toilet, a real problem in Moscow downtown. more
El Gaucho
One of the few argentinian restaurants in Moscow.
The owner is from Buenos Aires and import the excellent meat from Buenos Aires.
You see how they prepare the food and will listen tangos meanwhile.
One of the few places in Moscow where to find argentinian beer Quilmes.
A little bit expensive, anyway. more
Piat svesd
Nice cafeteria where they offer light meals for a moderated price.
It is located close to the Tverskaya ulitsa and the Bolshoi Theatre.
They have sushi and saladas, plus sandwiches.
It is a meeting point for people before or after the theatres around that area. more
Ecus (Colombian restaurant)
This is the only Colombian restaurant in Moscow. The owner, Williams, had another restaurant called Ispanski Ugol (Rincon espanol) in the center, but it does not exist anymore.
Food is from South America and you should ask the dish Combo, with a combination of meats and vegetables. You will pay 600 rubles for that generous dish from where can eat two persons for 1000 rubles, including salads and wne you can have dinner two persons).
One waiter is from Cuba and another one from Venezuela.
Music is salsa and merengue and some tangos. more
Bericony
In the first floor there is abar serving tea, coffee and beers, while in the second flor there is an elegant restaurant a little bit expensive but good russian food.
It is very conveniently located just in front of the Pushkin Museum, so many foreigners go there. more
Poklonnaya Gora
This is a Memorial complex, one of the most sacred places of Moscow and of all of Russia.
You will see symbols of Russia, their victory in 1812 against Napoleon (Triumphal Arch), or their victory against Germany in 1941-1945. There is an Orthodox Church, a Mosque, a Synagogue, a Catholic chapel, a museum... you will need a whole day to visit everything.
There are too several sculptures, The Tragedy of the Peoples, or To the Defenders of the Russian Land.
Besides the museu there is a monument to the Spaniards who fought with the Russians. more
Da Cicco
trattoria and pizzeria weith an incredible choice of pizzas! I counted at least 50!
The pizzas are lovely presentated and all are homemade.
I went a saturday, so I paid a la carte, but it was not expensive. I did not see them offering business lunch. Anyway, the prices are normal.
They have a sald bar from where you can take as much as you want. more
Cutty Sark
Seafood restaurant with cozy atmosphere.
It is nice the aquarius with live lobsters and crabs, all the children stop there to have a llo.
They have over 30 varieties of fish in ice showcases.
The form of the restaurant is original, it looks like a stylized luxury ocean yatch.
(It is a little bit expensive). more
American Steak House Louisiana
I expected to find many americans in this restaurant, but everybody was Russian, and they like it!
The dishes are prepared on grill stones and you have a great choice of beefsteaks cooked on charcoal. I also saw preparing grill fish.
For intimacy there is a private room called VIP Sheriff, and it is always busy with fat people of grave aspect talking about their business. more
Karma Bar
Very funny place!Everybody speak english (in case you do not speak Russian).
This is a bar and at the same time a dance club and school. I saw russians dancing salsa and merengue, so funny!
Many foreigners working in Moscow I also saw.
They also serve simple lunches in the bar. more
Sky Lounge
This is a legendary restaurant that has been recently reconstructed, with rooftop on the 22nd floor.
Food is Russian, like in any other good restaurant, nort significatively especial, but the views!!! 360 degrees panoramic views in an open terrace!
They open at noon and remain open when the last customer wants to leave. more
Laff Cafe
This is a pub and cafeteria (although they also serve business lumch) very popular with foreigners or expats living in Moscow.
You can just sit down and converse with friends or have a homemade pasta.
The atmosphere is a fusion of Italian, Mediterranean and some russian motive.
They have an extense wine list. more
Gandhara
This is so nice restaurant! The only pakistani in Moscow!
The dishes are perfumed, nicley presented, from charcoal grill.
I saw some customers enjoying a hookah with fruit flavoured tobacco in a cozy chill-out!
They told me that the seafood came from the Arabian Sea.
It is open from midday to midnight. more
Mekhana Bansko
This is, accordinf to their reklama, the only good Bulgarian restaurant in Moscow.
Although the languages Russian and Bulgarian are very very close (like italian and spanish), the food of these two countries is completely different. Bulgarian has turkish influence.
They have business lunch for 330 rubles (10 euro), but the best of this restaurant, apart from the lovely interieur, is the wines selection! Russian do not have wines, they import them from Moldavia, Georgia (not for the time being), Ukrania, etc., but Bulgarian wines are world known and delicious. more
Yujung
This is korean restaurant at good quality.
Korean food is extremaly popular in Russia. In every market (rinok) you can find korean food to take away, and it is delicious! I like it very much.
Here you can go during lunch time and will get 30% a la carte, or for around 10 dollar (1 dollar equal to about 27 rubles) you can order a three course set menu.
In their propaganda they affirm that is the best Korean restaurant in Moscow. more
Vilka Lojka
This is a popular restaurant and cafeteria where you can order only coffee, or just appertizers and sit down.
It is located in the corner with Arbat street, but Vilka and Lojka, which means in Russianfork and spoon, is a chain of restaurants around many russian cities. I have been in its filial in Novosibirsk as well.
Good prices, it is always ful because the excellent good Russian food. more
Yason
This is a bowling club with restaurant, pizza and the like.
It is meeting points for youngters weith good atmosphere.
You can get in without playing if you do not want, just ask something to drink and watch the activity.
I also saw billiards (american style), but the mos popular was the bowling sector. more
El Greco
Suvlaki, mussaka and Giros are announced at the entrance with a Greek statue.
This is authentic Greek food at good prices. The service is like McDonalds, where you order at the desk, pay and take the food.
The situation is in the historical pedestrian street Arbat, in a lane (pereulok means lane in Russian).
They have a nice covered terrace. more
Armenia
This shop is very well known since the Soviet Union times.
They sell all kind of Armenian and georgian delicatessesn, although I went yesterday and did not find Georgina wines because they are, for the time being, forbidden.
I bought basturma, a sort of Armenian Jamon. They also sell cognac Ararat.
Apart from food and wines, they offer music, videos and DVD related with Armenia.
The old Christian chants from the XII century are a wonder. I have this tape at home.
The shop is located in the corner with Pushkin Square. more
Jean Jacques
Vin, epicerie, pain...
This is a french store for the nostalgics of western european products where you can buy french cheese (Caprice des Dieux), good pates or Bordeaux wines at moderated good prices.
They also sell Spanish wines. It is a place frequented by foreigners and europeans alike.
I go sometimes to buy some french delicatessen when I am tired to eat every day Russian kapusta. more
State Pushkin Museum
Pushkin is loved by all the russians, like Cervantes in Spain, Victor Hugo in France or Shakespeare in England.
In this nice museum you will see his books, paintings from the XVIII century, old furniture, etc.
It is on an old house in a style called Empire.
I also saw the house of Pushkin in Saint Petersburg, and I have to recognize that was better than the Moscow one. Anyway, if you do not go to Saint Petersburg, at least have a look at this Pushkin Museum.
Everybody pays the same price. more
Dom Knigi
In the URSS times the House of Books (Dom Knigi) was number one in foreign language books. Now there are many other shops but this one is still the best.
On the ground floor they have books in russians and many souvenirs (matrioshlkas, shapkas with the sign CCCP, etc), but on the first floor (second for the Russians) you have sectos with spanish, english and french books at very good prices. more
Grillage
This is rather a cafeteria than a restaurant. First time that I went there was because I adore Russian chocolate, especially Grillage, and indeed, in this cafeteria/resataurant they sell this chocolate (much better than Swiss Toblerone!).
I only had a hot chocolate but in the menu I saw Russian, French and Italian dishes.
By the way, in you way back home from Moscow, buy Grillage chocolate, it is delicious! In Yelisaevki magasin, in Tverskaya, they sell it by weight, or in the perehod (under the metro) in station Arbatskaya there are many kiosks selling this chocolate. more
Roberto
This is probably (or surely) the best italian restaurant in Moscow, ruled by two italian owners who adore Russia.
I only had coffee there but saw the interior (and the prices!).
Apart from typical Italian cuisine with pasta I also observed French dishes and a lot of seafood, fresh, brought from Sicilia. more
Alpiyskaya Terrassa (Alpine Terrace)
Swiss and alpine cuisine, but expensive unless you go during business lunch time when you only pay 360 rubles (about 10/11 euro).
Very elegant entrance and interior. I was told that the chef is from Zurich. more
The Moscow Metro Public Museum
Very didactic museum about the best metro system (and larger) of the whole world.
They do not discriminate foreigners and you pay the same than a Russian.
There are exhibitions about the history of this fantastic metro, pictures, documents, parts of trains, devices, etc. more
Vega
This is a whole complex, hotel, disco for latin people (cubans, spanish ansd russians alike), shops everywhere... you do not need to move from that complex to have everything.
The hotel is OK, not expensive, and they give you the registration stamp for free if you sleep one night there (you need to register if you are a foreigner whithin the first three days of your arrival to Moscow).
Every sunday there is a expo of souvenirs, enormous! they sell for foreigners matrioshkas, vodka, shapkas with the letter CCCP, Palekh boxes, balalaikas, etc.
Metro station is called Ismailovski or Ismailovski Park. more
Hard Rock Cafe
This is very popular pub among youngsters, like everywhere else (we also have Hard Rock cafe in Barcelona, Madrid, ewtc.).
It is located in the lovely pedestrian street Arbat (in the past this street was much better than now, too much commercialized).
When you buy something (T shirt, for instance) they give you a gift. more
Club Che
This is a meeting point for spanish speaking people in Moscow, from Cuba, Peru, and very few from Spain. Music is good, russian and american, and cocktails are mainly from the Caribean sea countries.
Sometimes they play salsa music.
There is also a restaurant in a part of the club, but although I did not eat anythingg there, I fear that the dishes are not especial. more
Tandoor
This is my favourite Indian restaurant in Moscow!
The owner comes to you and shakes hands. He is Indian, of course, as well as the chef de cuisine.
You feel in India for the nice atmosphere.
Prices are a little bit high (Jaggarnat is cheaper, but more simple food, althought very good and vegetarian.
In Tandoor you have vegetarian and no vegetarian dishes.
I went walking from Metro station Pushkinskaya (Square Pushkin) although it is closer if you get off in Mayakovskaya.
The only problem is that they close at 11 PM, so do njot go too late at night. more
Rio - Rio
This is a fantastic restaurant with show from Brazil, true carnival, with mulatas girls!
Food is ok if you like meat, like the argentinian asado. In Brazil is called rodizio. The chef is from Brazil.
It is a funny restaurant to surprise your russian friends. more
Staraya Gavana
This restaurant (Old Havana) serves south America food, mainly Cuban dishes, but also from Europe.
It is at the same time a show, every night,, but not so good like Tropicana, in La Habana, Cuba, although all the bailarinas are black, from Cuba, and speak spanish and a little russian.
I saw an area in the restaurant where some old Cuban men prepared before of you cigars from Cuba. Some russians customers bought some of them (I do not smoke). more
Cafemax Pyatnitskaya
This cafemax is a chain of several internet cafes in Moscow, always near schools or universities.
This one is also open 24 hours a day.
It is located near metro station Novokuznetskaya.
You can sleep siesta duirng the time that you paid for internet service. more
Cafemax
Good internet cafe operating 24 hours a day.
During the night the prices are cheaper than during the day, and if you are tired you can lean on your table and sleep until the metro is open. Some students so do after going to disco.
Metro station close by is Universitet. more
Ki-ka-ku
This is probably the oldest asiatic restaurant in Moscow, serving both, chinese and japanese food.
But the best is the eastern atmosphere and interior with fountains and decoration, you really feel in Yokohama or Shanghai.
The chefs are from Japan and China, so the food is authentic asiatic.
They offer buffet service and if you have luch, then the prices are 50% cheaper.
It is a meeting point for business men.
There is also a karaoke bar at one side of the restaurant. more
Night Flight
This is a popular night club where I gpo sometimes with friends since the nineties.
It is one of the more popular in Moscow because of its centrical location.
They serve cocktails, there is music and a lot of people, individula, and very frequented by foreigners (I saw a lot of japanese and listened american english). more
Buro Narod
This is a travel agency in the center, close to the store Tsum, offering only excursions around Moscow, along the famous Golden Ring.
The prices are even cheaper than if you go by yourslef.
It is very popular with Russians, and they were surprised to meet a foreigner.
For a very good price they offer one day excursion to Zagorsk, Vladimir, Kostroma, Suzdal, etc. with guide service (in Russian). Excursions start at 8 AM and finish at 9 PM.
I bought them a tour to Yaroslavl and Rostov in the way back for 400 rubles. Only the train already costs 400 rubles round trip to Yaroslavl.
Good for tourists in transit for a few days in Moscow, even if you do not understand russian. more
Iberica
Georgian restaurant close to Ploshad Lybianka.
Very good service but a little expensive.
Great saloons and nice staffs, from Georgia, all with black hair.
Wines offered are the best from Georgia, such as Khvanchkara, Kinsmarauli, etc.
For lunch they do not close until the last customer is gone (we stayed in our tables having lunch until 5PM, almost time for dinner!). more
Restaurant Museum
The restaurant is inside the museum of history, in the Red Square. If you have lumch yopu can visit some parts of the museum for free.
They have business lunch at 250 rubles from 12.00 to 16.00.
They preserve the aristocratic traditions of Russian cuisine, and to have lunch there is a real experience.
At the entrance you will see a boy carrying old weapons. The atmosphere is very impressive.
Once you ar ein the restaurant you can buy your tickets to the two museums for a cheap price if you have Russian friends or you speak Russian, because foreigners pay much more. more
Drova
If you are very hungry and can afford 390 rubles for Russian and western european food, or 690 for japanese, then this restaurant is prikolna (perfect) for you because is free buffet and excellent food.
They do not include drinks, apart form the typical kompot (juice of undeterminded fruits) but a beer Baltika 7 costs 60 rubles only.
The japanese side is on the left and the russian/western on the right.
It is self service but the waiters will help you if you want, or will bring you the extra drinks.
It is located just in front of the GUM store, 5 minutes from the Red Square. more
Kruzhka
Lovely cheap restaurant in the historical and pedestrian street Arbat.
They serve business lunch for only 149 rubles including a drink (kompot, Russian fruits kind of juice).
Food is OK, mainly arabic influence, like shashliki.
Young atmosphere.
I brought my friends and we had to eat a la carte, because they are vegetarians, but the prices were OK and we opaid for salad and fresh fish with oboshi and kompot 200 rubles (about 6 euro). more
Glav Agentsvo
This is a travel agency with many filials in Moscow and other Russian cities where for a plus of 100 rubles (3 euro) they will llok and book the best tickets by air and boat and rail.
I already booked with them my train to the north of Russia, to the Arctic Ocean, next 31st October, and they got me the best compartment in Platskartni vagon (downstairs in an open carriage) for a normal price.
They only speak Russian.
There was another customer with me in the shop, a Georgian, and they got him a cheap airline ticket to Tbilisi via Baku, because Georgia and Russia hade the borders closed by land and by air, and also by sea. more
Fabio's
This is also a bar apart from a restaurant, with Mediterranean flavour and dishes.
Usually is very busy for breakfasts as from 9AM where you can order cafe au lait with croissants. They have business lunch at affordable prices (about 8 euro).
They close at midnight, with the last customer.
It is located near Metro station Mayakovskaya. more
Sudar
Hundred per cent excellent Russian cuisine, borsch, pelmenie, beef Strogonoff...
If you go from 12.00 to 16.00 for lunch they will make you 25 % discount.
The restaurant has been opened in a XIX century house, near the Arch of Triumph, in metro station Park Pobedy. more
Suliko
Authentic Georgian restaurant with good meat dishes, and not too expensive compared with the other Georgian Restaurant Kavkaskaya Plennitsa.
They offer business lunch from Monday to Fryday, and also bufet alternative (more expensive) where you eat as much as you want. more
At the Mill
Centrical located restaurant, in the Tverskaya Ulitsa, close to the Main Post Office.
They do not offer business lunch, but if you arrive between 12.00 and 17.00 hours, they will make you 15 % discount on the a la carte.
Foods is only Russian, merchant cuisine, as they write in their propaganda. more
Godunov
This is a luxurious restaurant (I have been in it only once, but because I was invited).
The name comes from a Tsar (Boris Godunov) and the service is royal!
It is located in an old building, a monastery from the years 1600', in the downtown.
The atmosphere is russian, with live old folkloric russian music and russian uniforms.
Food is also russian, kanieshna! with blini, pelmenie, caviar and vodka.
It is just close to the Bolshoi Theatre. more
Kavkazskaya Plennitsa
Authentic and lovely Georgian restaurant with live music in the evening.
They do not offer business lunch, but from 12 noon to 4PM, on workind days, you will have 30 % discount.
The name comes from a very famous film by Riasanov, where plays Nikulin. more
Tibet
This nice Tibetan restaurant is authentic, with Tibetan owners and waitresses. Food is from the Himalayas, as they say, is Cuisine of the Himalayas.
It is in a subterranean house, you can easily miss it, between the Central Post Office of the Tverskaya Ulitsa and the TSUM store.
Business lunches start as from 220 rubles, or about 6 euro, only!.
They will offer you Tibetan curries plus salada and desertsw. It is the third time that I went there (just now, 25th October) and I always like it.
The closest Metro station is Teatralnaya or Okhotny Riad. more
Tapa de Comida
Authentic Spanish restaurant, staffs are from Russia but management from Spain, serving sardinas a la brasa, gambas al ajillo, chipirones, and all the spanish tapas or small portions.
It is not cheap, but nice if you want to impress you friends. You feel in Spain for the atmosphere.
It is also a bar where you just can get in and order spanish wine or a beer San Miguel. more
Ploschad Revolyutsi Metro station
Everybody knows that the metro system in Moscow is the best in the world, but one of the most beautiful stations is Ploschad Revolyitsi, in the center, where you will admire 78 enormous metallic statues representing all the activities of the Soviet citizen, student, soldier, sportman, clerk, factory worker, shepherd, mother, etc.
Many passengers touch the head of a dog and the feet when they pass by, it is said that it brings luck.
Moscow Metro is not expensive, a pass for ten journeys costs 125 rubles. more
Spanish Center
This club and cafeteria is open for everybody, but especially for Spanish speaking people.
It was founded by the Spaniards that during our Spanish Civil War (from 1936 to 1939) were sent to the URSS when children. Now they are all well over 70. They meet in this club and serve coffee, tea, play cards, organize flamenco shows and give spanish language lessons.
Drinks are cheap. more
Traktir in the zoo (Yolki Palki)
You can have luch here while visiting the Zo Park. There are two entries, one from the street and the other one from the zoo park, but in this case the porters will give you a ticket to come back to the zoo.
The food is russian and the waiters have old folkloric russian uniforms. The restaurant is made with wood, like a russian isba.
I had a wonderful fish dish with half a liter of kvas (russian typical drink) for about 8 euro. more
Zoo Park
In this zoo you will see rare animals, such as Ussurisk tiger, or the snow panther, apart from many other exotic ones.
The ticket has the same price for Russians and foreigners, 100 rubles, or 3 euro. Inside there are cafeterias and the restaurant (traktir) Yolki Palki with good food.
Metro station to get there is Barrikadnaya. more
Brunch Cafe
Business lucnhes for 160 rubles from Monday to Friday. Nice restaurant and beautiful waitresses speaking english.
Menu does not include drinks but it is Russian food.
Next door to the Metro station Kuznetskii Mosct. more
Manhattan
Good assorti salads and appertizers at good price near Lubianka Square.
During the night on the first floor there is a disco for young people. more
Internet Klub
This is a cafeteria, souvenirs shop and internet cafe, all at the same time, next door to the Moldavia Embassy and Consulate, near Tsum shop store.
They serve you tea or coffee while you are connected. Prices are 60 rubles per 1 hour after 1 Pm. Before that they charfgge you 50 rubles per hour. more
Creperie de Paris(Franchuskaya blinnaya)
This a nice restaurant and cafeteria in Moscow downtown. They serve crepes and business lunches not expensive. They have different Creperie de Paris around Moscow. The food is French but they also serve Russian dishes. Prices are moderate. Staffs speak Russian, English and French. more
Detski Mir
This internet cafe is in the center, in the famous square and metro station Lybianka. It is open 24 hours a day, they have garderob service for free where you can leave your shapka, perchatki and palto. They serve coffee and 1 hour is only 40 rubles (a little bit more than 1 euro), bur during the night it is cheaper and you can even sleep sitting down in your internet cafe chair.
To get there first go to the children big shop Detski Mir (world of the children) and you will see a lift and a disco, then go upstairs and you will find the internet cafe with games for children, toilets and the cafeteria. The waiters will bring the cafe, or tea, to your table. more
Jagannath
This is an authentic Indian (vegetarian) restaurant and cafeteria where the lassi is wonderful! They serve food by weight. You pay according to the grames of vegetarian and excellent food. They also offer you cakes and sweets plus Indian chai.
It is located in the center, close to the metro station Kuznetsky Most.
Atmosphere is young, many students use to join there. more
Stanislavski Dramatic Theatre
This is a very interesting theatre in the centre, in the Tverskaya Ulitsa, between Pushkin Square and Ploshad Mayakovskaya.
Once a month they use to perform the two master works of the Russian (although born in Kiev) Mikhail Bulgakov: Sobache Serdtse (Heart of a Dog) and Master i Margarita, both very satiric with the soviet life, and because of that they were forbidden during many years in the Soviet Union.
Even if you do not understand Russian, it is worth to watch these two performances, especially Sobache Serdtse, for its subtle humour and sarcasm. more
Gypsy theatre Romen
This is a unique and very original theatre.
There are many thousands of gypsies living in Moscow, usually selling products in the markets, and this theatre has become a place of gathering. I went a Sunday and the colourful costumes of the gypsies’ ladies were fantastic!
I saw a show and like it very much. It was about the history of the Indian people belonging to the lowest caste that under the leadership of a Patriarch decided daringly to move westwards, until Europe, to try to integrate with the local people in the countries established, but without loosing their idiosyncrasy. I loved it!
Apart from the show that I saw, in that theatre there are concerts performed always by gypsies. more
Borodino Panorama Museum
This is a very original museum in a round form (I saw another similar one in Sevastopol). You start walking in circles and will see the impressive statues representing the battle of Borodino, between Russians commanded by Kutuzov, and the French under Napoleon, that took place in Borodino, at about 120 kilometres from Moscow, in 1812.
Until presently there is still controversy and nobody knows who won that battle.
(Lev Tolstoy describes this battle in his War and Peace). more
Lencom Theatre
Only in this small theatre, that in the past was a merchant club, close to the Pushkin Square, you can watch the wonderful and historical performance “Junonas i Avos”, a kind of opera rock, about once a month.
Junonas I Avos were the name of the two ships of a Russian traveller and diplomatic (Nikolai Rezanov) who went to San Francisco, California, to establish commercial relations with the Spanish authorities. In the meantime he fell in love with the Governor beautiful young daughter, Conchita, and both planed their wedding after his following travel to Saint Petersburg.
Unfortunately, he died when crossing the River Yenisey. Conchita faithfully waited for his return, and kept waiting… during 35 years! She never knew of his death. Finally she entered a monastery and became nun. more
Sunduny
No visit to Russia is complete without experiencing the Russian “banya” (Russian sui generis sauna).
Sunduny is the most celebrated banya in Moscow. It dates from the XVIII century and its interior is decorated with pretty white marbles; it looks like a palace. There are even restaurants and a beauty salon.
You can hire by yourself or your group, per hours, a room with the vapour room, two swimming pools and a table to drink beer and eat Russian kalbasa. There are also communal rooms. Men and women are separated. more
Eliseevsky magasin
This is a must in Moscow and Saint Petersburg (and in Kiev).
It is a luxurious shop like a palace, with enormous lamps and statues. They belonged to the family Eliseevky, and after the October Revolution were confiscated by the soviets.
In Saint Petersburg it is located in Nevsky Prospekt 56.
All the goods inside the shop are of first quality (but also “first prices”). You will find food from the five continents. more
Hostel Asia
The people of this hostel will arrange the Russian visa for you through a Fax and register in the OVIR (Office for Visa and Registration). The single room costs 25 euros per night, including breakfast, and visa support 25 euros. You just pay for one night and the rest of the month you are free to travel around Russia. They open 24 hours a day, and the hostel is located near the Metro. more
Traktir ELKI PALKI
Elki Palki, pronounced as Yolki Palki, is a chain of restaurants in Moscow and other Russians cities. Very popular, russian food and good prices. The best Elki Palki is in the Square Pushkin, but I always go with my friends tothe one in Klimentosvskii pereulok because they live near the metro station Tretiakovskaya.
Careful, the phone code for Moscow has just been changed from 095 to 495! more
Hostel Asia
The people of this hostel will arrange the Russian visa for you. The single room costs 25 euros per night, including breakfast, and visa support 25 euros. You just pay for one night and the rest of the month you are free to travel around Russia for free. more
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