10.00 – City sightseeing tour including a tour of the Moscow metro (5 hrs)
Visit the beautiful sites of Moscow with this fully guided tour of the city. Make your way around Red Square with scenes of glorious architecture with St. Basil’s Cathedral, the Lenin Mausoleum and State Historical Museum.
Then continue along the peaceful Moskva River embankment enjoying breath-taking views of the Kremlin before you reach the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, New Maiden’s Convent and Moscow State University.
The tour doesn’t stop there as you get taken to Sparrow Hills’ observation spot to see Moscow at its finest with a spectacular panoramic view. Travel on through the Memorial Complex at Poklonnaya Hill and Victory Park, Triumphal Arch, Kutuzov Avenue, New Arbat, Boulevard Ring, Pushkin Square, Tverskaya Street before finishing this grand tour at Manezhnaya Square.
Full of sights and culture, this tour is the perfect way to see all the wonders of the city of Moscow.
Please note! The route and stops depend on traffic conditions.
Your city tour includes a visit to the Moscow metro. Opened in 1935, it was one of the most extravagant architectural projects, with stations constructed as luxurious “palaces for the people” with their reflective marble walls, high ceilings and grandiose chandeliers. Interior decoration includes bas-reliefs, friezes, marble and bronze statues, stained-glass windows and countless mosaics made with glass, marble and granite. As of 2016, the Moscow Metro excluding the Moscow Central Circle has 203 stations. Its route length is 339.1 km making it the fifth longest in the world.
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Moscow, 4 nights