Stay : Moscow for a weekend

Visiting Moscow in one weekend is rather sporty! For a nice introduction to the Russian capital, its history, its culture, but also to today's Moscow, the largest city in Europe, we have concocted a great program. Between city walks, museum visits, gastronomic breaks, you should leave satisfied... and with more than ever, we hope, the desire to come back!

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Detail of the stay : Moscow for a weekend - 2 days

  • GOUM
  • MAUSOLÉE DE LÉNINE
  • MUSÉE HISTORIQUE D'ÉTAT
  • GALERIE TRETYAKOV
  • PLACE ROUGE
  • CATHÉDRALE NOTRE-DAME-DE-KAZAN
  • PALAIS DES PATRIARCHES
  • CATHÉDRALE DE LA DORMITION
  • ÉGLISE DE LA DÉPOSITION-DE-LA-ROBE-DE-LA-VIERGE
  • CATHÉDRALE DE L'ARCHANGE-SAINT-MICHEL
  • CATHÉDRALE DE L'ANNONCIATION
  • PALAIS À FACETTES
  • PALAIS DES TEREMS
  • ARSENAL
  • JARDIN ALEXANDRE
  • PALAIS DES ARMURES
  • PLACE DU MANÈGE
  • TOUR KOUTAFIA
  • PLACE DES CATHÉDRALES

Day 1: The Historic Center Around Red Square

Steps: Moscou

Visit of the Red Square and the Kremlin, the historical, political and religious center of Moscow and Russia as a whole. The Kremlin visit takes a good day. Start with Red Square from the Okhotny Riad metro. The "beautiful place", according to its literal translation, is bordered on the west by the ochre walls of the Kremlin. At the entrance of the square, the historic museum stands on your right. It is a great introduction to the history of Russia that will allow you to better appreciate the visit of the Kremlin. In front of the historic museum, Notre-Dame-de-Kazan Cathedral deserves a quick look. Continue on Red Square, on your left, the huge Goum building, the great state store at luxury stores. Book it for your shopping, but don't miss it, it deserves the detour in itself as well as the food store Gastronom 1 located on the ground floor of Goum, rebuilt in the style of the 1950 s. West of the square, against the Kremlin walls, Lenin's mausoleum is open to the visitor in the morning. To see if you want to visit it or not, knowing that sometimes an hour wait is expected. At the south end of the square lies majestic St Basile-le-Blessed Cathedral. Inside, the frescoes compete with exterior paintings, and icons are sumptuous. From Saint Basile Cathedral you will see the Moskova that borders the Kremlin on its southern façade. Come back on your steps to join Koutafia Tower, the entrance to the Kremlin. You will cross before the place du Manège, whose basement is occupied by a shopping gallery, and the Alexandrovsky Gardens. Here you are in front of the Koutafia tower the main entrance of the Kremlin. 

Past the door Koutafia and the Troitskaya door, the first building that offers you is the congress palace, an architectural heresy built in 1961. Next to your left, the buildings of the Senate and the Arsenal, then the Supreme Soviet who do not visit each other. In front, the former palace of the Patriarchs and the Church of the Twelve Apostles give a foretaste of the magnificence of the place of cathedrals, located behind. On the square give the cathedrals of the Assumption, of Dormition, of the Annonunciation and of the Archangel-Saint-Michel, the church of La Déposition-de-la-Robe, which all have an interest both architectural, historical and religious. To the east of the square, the two big bells: Ivan-le-Grand and that of the Queen. West of the square, the faceted palace is the oldest building in the Kremlin and Moscow. Finally, behind, the palace of the Terems and especially the armor palace to the sublime collection of artillery and goldsmiths, and the diamond palace which serves as a jewel of imperial jewels.

If you find the energy, you can complete your visit to the historic Moscow by a night of ballet or opera to the mythical Bolchoï or Maly, his little brother, both located on Teatralnaya Square. Join them by borrowing from Okhotny Riad. In front of the beautiful classic buildings and Art Nouveau of the National and Metropol palaces.

Day 2: Going back south of Moskova

Steps: Moscou

Visit Tretiakov Gallery, which holds the jewels of Russian art. You will find it near Tretiakovskaya metro station. Then wander around the Tretiakov gallery in the beautiful alleys of Zamoskvoretshye, literally "south of Moskova". You can eat at Grabli coffee in Ulitsa Pyatnitskaya. You can go back to the Kremlin by borrowing the Bolchaïa Ordynka ulitsa, then cross the canal, Baltchg Island and finally Moskova. Here you come back in front of Saint-Basile Cathedral. Cross the Red Square again and the Manège Square and head to Tverskaya Street which starts in front of you. The Tverskaya is Moscow's main commercial artery. At the beginning of the street you will find the National Hotel on your left. Then, on the same sidewalk, the Stalinist building of the Central Telegrapher. Come back to the right-hand corner and take the Kamergersky pereoulok to your left, the famous mkhat Tchekov theater. By continuing straight away you will arrive on the Rue Kouznetsky Most, famous for its shops. Go back to Petrovka Street and visit the beautiful Petrovsky Gallery and its luxury shops. Come back to Tverskaya. You can take advantage of its numerous shops and on the right hand side, just before Pushkin Square, do not miss the Elysseev store for its exuberant baroque interior. Then you arrive at the Place Pushkin, the other heart of Moscow where Moscovites gather around the statue of the great Russian writer. On your right and left, the boulevards belt and its gardens can provide you with a few minutes of relaxation. Take Tverskaya Street on the left sidewalk, then turn to Blagoveshchensky pereoulok to the Patriarch Pond. Then lose yourself in the streets of this very chic district of Moscow. You can find the Mayakovskaya Square by the Bolchaaia Sadovaya Ulitsa. In the evening try one of the many restaurants in the neighborhood and why not a concert at Forte Music Club or the Jazz Club Soyuz Kompozitorov.

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GALERIE TRETYAKOV / PLACE ROUGE
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