Moscow 🇷🇺 Your perfect 4-day itinerary
Disclaimer: I've just gathered all the best places you can visit here, the final decision is of course up to you based on your budget and interest!
9 a.m. – breakfast at Dr. Jhivago grand café with a view over the Kremlin
- State historical museum - $27: 35 thematic rooms dedicated to different periods of Russian history with a panoramic view over the Rd Square. Additional information: https://en.shm.ru/museum/gim/
- Alexander’s garden - you can the Guard change every hour from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., also from the garden you can enter inside the Kremlin but you need to buy a ticket: Diamond Fund, Armory Chamber - $17,5. You can book here: https://kremlinmuseum.ru/bilet/
- Red Squire & GUM (try soviet ice cream, you will see it easily, there's always a line of people)
- Lenin mausoleum: free entrance but you have to wait in the line Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
- St. Basil's Cathedral: was built due to the victory over the Kazan Khanate and its annexation in 16th century. Entrance fee - $27, you can book here: https://en.shm.ru/museum/hvb/
- Zaryadye park & floating bridge
- Additionally if you want to check the underground shopping mall you can try Okhotny Ryad
14:30 - Lunch at Varenichnaya â„–1: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zxrspii9GiLRhDAeA?g_st=it
Walk through the Arbat street to Ministry of foreign affairs (one of the 7th Stalin's skyscrapers)
16:00 - Metro tour: Mayakovskaya, Komsomolskaya, Ploshchad Revolyutsii (don't forget to touch the dog statue for luck)), Kiyevskaya, Novokuznetskaya, Vorobyovy Gory, Troparevo.
20:00 - dinner at White Rabit (optional)
9 a.m. – breakfast at Culinary Shop Karavaevs Brothers or Shokoladnitsa - there are several different canteens, you can choose the closest one
10.00 – Kolomenskoe park - Church of the Ascension(16th centure), Wooden palace(17th centure)
14.00 – Bunker-42 – museum of cold war (English speaking tour is usually at 3:30 pm). All the information is here: https://bunker42.com/en/
You can also have a lunch in Soviet canteen underground there
18.00 - Gulag History Museum - the Gulag, GULAG, or GULag was the government agency in charge of the Soviet network of forced labor camps set up by order of Vladimir Lenin, reaching its peak during Joseph Stalin's rule from the 1930s to the early 1950s. (open till 9 pm)
20.00 - Dinner at Black Swan (pub) – a mystery place with a secret room that only few people know about
If you are up for Clubs I can recommend you Gipsy - open after 23:00 Friday-Saturday but there's a dress-code!
9 a.m. – breakfast at Северяне or Gorinich - Russian/Scandinavian cuisine
10.00 – Space museum(Museum of Cosmonautics) + VDNHK park: $5, you can a ticket here: https://kosmo-museum.ru/visit?locale=en#
13.00 – lunch at lunch at Pushkin restaurant (the name of Russian famous poet) restaurant in the style of 18th-19th century that looks like a library with real ancient books
15.00 – The State Tretyakov Gallery (there 2 - new one or traditional art, you can choose what you like more)
18.00 - Sightseeing tour by boat or boat-bus(Moscow river city center Zaryadye park or Moskva-city area) – from $10 per person (first electric boats in Europe)
20.00 - Dinner at Ruski (Moscow skyscraper on 85 floor with panoramic view) it's better to book in advance! Dress nice! You can also try an Ice Room for best pictures
9.00 – breakfast at you can choose between Teremok and Kroshka Kartoshka for Russian traditional fast food
10.00 - Izmailovo Kremlin + market - the best place to buy Soviet and traditional Russian souvenirs and bargain and you can have lunch there as well
14.00 - Victory museum (about WW2): $6, you can book here: https://victorymuseum.ru/for-visitors/museum-for-china/en/
Alternatives: how far you can go :)
- Kuskovo Estate MuseumRussia is famous for its ballet and theatre – so if you like we can go to Bolshoi Theatre or any immersive theatre(they are pretty popular here nowadays) https://bolshoi.ru/enGrand Palace: https://tsaritsyno-museum.ru/the_museum/prices-and-benefits/Сable car: https://srkvg.ru/kanatnaya-doroga/
- Bear photo - $230 one hour: https://www.instagram.com/tom.bear.tom/?hl=en
- Tank tours (as optional, I noticed there are even day-tank tours or quests at the both websites) https://putintours.com/tours-moscow/shooting-tour-moscow/ https://tankmarshrut.com/turistam
- Jet fighter flights: https://putintours.com/tours-moscow/jet-fighter-flights-moscow/
- Wind tunnel: https://moscowflow.ru/en/truba/proflyers
- Husky or reindeer sleigh ride – from $15 per person: https://tanksdriving.com/dog-sledding/
! Yandex is a big thing here so you can additionally download YandexTaxi app YandexMetro or YandexMaps for better navigation
! Any foreign bank cards don’t work here so it’s better to take cash, additionally, you can open a Russian bank card in most of Russian banks and in 1-2 days you’ll get a card (consider Sberbank or Tbank)