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Trip to Moscow
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Viator
Day 1
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$75
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$ 3
Bolshoi Theatre
Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera.
8:00 AM - 10:30 AM
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$75
15 - 18 min
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Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure
Park with an 18th-century garden, dining & an open-air theater, plus contemporary art & an ice rink.
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
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Free
Day 2
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$20
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$ 6
All-Russian Exhibition Center
High profile exhibition, fair & congress center opened in 1939 with halls for up to 500 people
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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$10
24 - 29 min
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Apothecary Garden
Botanic gardens, founded in 1706, with greenhouses holding global plant species.
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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$10
11 - 14 min
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Sokolniki Park
Park created by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich & featuring wildlife, camping, dining & amusement rides.
12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
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Free
Day 3
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$0
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$ 3
Zaryadye Park
Huge urban park featuring a floating bridge with Kremlin views, plus multiple amphitheaters.
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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Free
12 - 15 min
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Hermitage Garden
19th-century park & gardens hosting summer exhibitions & events, plus ice-skating in winter.
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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Free
Day 4
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$130
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$ 11
Main Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1000s of plant & tree species, plus enormous greenhouses on a vast site with rivers & ponds.
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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$15
31 - 38 min
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Alexander Garden
Park with lawns, summer blooms & several monuments including one to Marshal Georgy Zhukov.
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Free
14 - 21 min
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Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
Gleaming domes top this Orthodox edifice, rebuilt in the 1990s, with ornate, fresco-lined interior.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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$25
15 - 18 min
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Moscow Cathedral Mosque
Modern mosque built in traditional style with a golden dome, Islamic motifs & an immense chandelier.
No time set
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Free
14 - 17 min
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St. Basil's Cathedral
Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church.
No time set
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$40
14 - 17 min
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Great Moscow State Circus
Featuring animals, clowns & acrobat performances, this is the largest circus in Europe.
No time set
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$50
Day 5
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$90
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
Classical building with antiquities, sculpture & painting collections, plus temporary exhibitions.
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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$40
16 - 23 min
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The Moscow Kremlin
Immense, fortified compound of churches & palaces, with museums of Russian state regalia & art.
12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
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$50
Day 6
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$40
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$ 3
Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve
Huge, lavish 18th-century royal palace with formal gardens, plus museum of fine arts & antiquities.
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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$20
37 - 45 min
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Kuskovo Estate Museum
Grand country estate with a majestic 18th-c. palace, landscaped gardens & a ceramics museum.
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
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$20
Day 7
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$55
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$ 3
Kolomenskoye
Architecture from different eras in an open-air museum on former royal estate, with tours & events.
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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$15
22 - 27 min
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The State Tretyakov Gallery
Art museum with a collection of over 180,000 Russian works spanning multiple centuries.
11:30 AM - 3:30 PM
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$40
Day 8
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$0
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$ 3
Muzeon Park of Arts
Sculpture park with monuments from the Soviet era depicting leaders & laborers, plus modern works.
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Free
14 - 17 min
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Poklonnaya Hill
One of Moscow's highest points, home to the Victory Park with World War II displays & a war museum.
11:30 AM - 2:30 PM
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Free
Day 9
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$55
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$ 3
Darwin Museum
Animatronic dinosaurs & high-tech displays in natural history/evolution museum dedicated to Darwin.
8:00 AM - 10:30 AM
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$20
8 - 10 min
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Novodevichy Cemetery
Prominent 19th-century burial ground including the graves of Chekhov, Prokofiev & Khrushchev.
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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$15
4 - 5 min
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Novodevichy Convent
Riverside 1520s monastery known for its fresco-lined 5-domed cathedral & ornate soaring bell tower.
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
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$20
Day 10
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$0
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$ 6
Neskuchny Garden
Wooded park, once an aristocratic estate, with a 1950s rotunda, an outdoor theater & stone bridges.
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Free
6 - 8 min
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Vorob'yevy gory
Hilltop view point with panoramas of the city skyline, Moskva River & Olympic stadium.
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Free
9 - 11 min
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Bagration
Relaxed hotel in a 1915 building offering free breakfast, Wi-Fi & parking, plus a cafe.
No time set
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Free
Budget breakdown:
$502
In total
Activities & Food:
$465
Transport:
$37
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