Moscow Private Tour: Сity Tour + Kremlin and Armoury+ Tretyakov Gallery. Explore Moscow in 2 days. On the first day, you will visit the territory of the Kremlin and the Armory, and you will also see Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral, GUM, etc. On the second day, during a sightseeing tour, you will see Sparrow Hills, Victory Park, Novodevichy Convent, Tverskaya Street, New Arbat, Manege Square and visit Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, and also visit the Tretyakov Gallery.
Explore Moscow in 2 days. On the first day, you will visit the territory of the Kremlin and the Armory, and you will also see Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral, GUM, etc. On the second day, during a sightseeing tour, you will see Sparrow Hills, Victory Park, Novodevichy Convent, Tverskaya Street, New Arbat, Manege Square and visit Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, and also visit the Tretyakov Gallery.
Itinerary
Day 1: Visiting Red Square, the Kremlin, the Armory and a tour of the Moscow metro
Stop At: Red Square, Moscow 109012 Russia
Red in Old Russian also stands for beautiful. So this name marks the beauty of the square, rather than the color of the Kremlin walls or the Soviet history. The Red square is beautiful by day or by night framed by the GUM building and the tall Kremlin wall.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: GUM, Red Square, 3 Metro Ploshchad Revolyutsii, Moscow 109012 Russia
GUM is a large mall, located on the Red Square. The current building appeared in the end of 19th century. You can find special ice-cream stalls or the traditional Soviet sparkling water kiosks inside. The galleries of GUM are always decorated according to the season. You can find brands like Prada, Chanel, Gucci etc. inside.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Saint Basil’s Cathedral, Red Square 2, Moscow 109012 Russia
Beautiful and ornate St. Basils is what you think is Russia. Dating to the times of Ivan the Terrible, this church is a true decoration of the Red square, which creates the unique Russian feel there. Unlike the similar church in St. Petersburg, St. Basil’s inside is a network of the small chapels, each dedicated to the different saint or holiday. Please note the church has numerous stairs with high steps.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Moscow Kremlin, Moscow 103132 Russia
Kremlin began as an ancient fortress, which became the historical and cultural center of the country and the office of the president of Russia. A large part of the Kremlin grounds is open for the tourists. The main attractions are the old cathedrals, where Russian tsars from Ivan the Terrible to Nicholas 2nd were crowned (1 cathedral inside visit), as well as Russia’s largest bell and cannon.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Cathedral Square, ul. Kreml, Moscow 101000 Russia
Cathedral Square – the central square of the Moscow Kremlin, where all its streets converged in the 15th century. The square owes its name to the three cathedrals facing it – the Assumption Cathedral, the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael and the Annunciation Cathedral. In addition, it houses the Patriarchal Palace, the Church of the Displacement of Bathrobes and the Church of the Twelve Apostles. The tallest building on the square is Ivan the Great Bell Tower.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Tsar Bell and Tsar Cannon, ul. Kreml, Moscow 101000 Russia
Tsar Bell is the largest bell in the world. It weighs 202 tons (445 000 pounds). The bell was created for the bell tower of Kremlin, but was damaged in fire 2 years later.
Tsar Cannon is the largest cannon in Russia and it can shoot the largest cannon balls (890 mm) in the world. It’s listed in the Guinness book of records. The cannon was created in 1586 in Moscow.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Armoury Chamber, Dvortsovaya St., 1R, Moscow 103073 Russia
The Armoury Chamber, a treasure house, is a part of the Grand Kremlin Palace’s complex. The museum collections were based on the precious items that had been preserved for centuries in the tsars’ treasury and the Patriarch’s vestry. Some of the exhibits were made in the Kremlin workshops, others were accepted as ambassadorial gifts.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Stop At: Moscow Metro, Moscow Russia
Build deep into the ground, Moscow metro is richly decorated with marble and mosaics, looking as the real palaces under the ground. The first stations date back to 1935. Each station is different and each is a piece of art, yet used daily by millions of people as a part of city complex transport network.
Duration: 2 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Sightseeing tour of Moscow and a visit to the Tretyakov Gallery
Stop At: Sparrow Hills (Vorobyovy Gory), Moscow 119270 Russia
Sparrow (Vorobyovy) Hills is the 80 meter high bank of the Moscow river, located at the spectacular river band. It is popular for the best panorama of the city of Moscow, seen from the observation point there. You can see the contemporary towers of the Moscow city business district, Stalin’s 7 sister skyscrapers, Novodevichiy convent complex, Luzhniki sport arena – the main stadium of Moscow 1980 Olympics, the red towers of Kremlin in the distance and many more. The hills are crowned by the impressive structure of Moscow University.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Volkhonka, 15, Moscow 119019 Russia
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour is a massive white church with the golden dome, built on the high hill by the Moscow river. The current church is the 1997 reconstruction of the old 1883 cathedral, turned down by the Bolsheviks after the revolution. The place was selected by Stalin as a location for the Congress palace, intended to be the tallest building in the world.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Victory Park, Bratyev Fonchenko st., 7, Moscow 121170 Russia
Victory park is Russia’s largest complex dedicated the WW2 victory. The park surrounds the WW2 museum and memorial obelisk, dedicated to the victory. The exciting part of the park is the unique outdoor exhibition of the military machinery, boats, airplanes etc.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Novodevichy Convent, Novodevichy Passage, 1, Moskva, Russia, 119435
It’s a very large monastery in the center of Moscow, founded in 1524 by Bazil 3rd, the father of Ivan the Terrible. The monastery is colorful and beautiful. There is a large cemetery next to it, where one can find the graves of Boris Eltsin and Raisa Gorbacheva.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Bolshoi Theatre, Teatralny dr., 1, Moscow 109012 Russia
Bolshoi means Big. And it is really one of the biggest theaters of Russia. It appeared here after the war with Napoleon on the spot of the first Moscow Theater. The best ballet and opera performances are shown here. The theater is large, so the performances are shown on the historical stage, the new stage (located on the same square), and the Beethoven concert hall, located in the main building.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Tverskaya Street (Ulitsa), Tverskaya ulitsa, Moscow Russia
Moscow, and it’s a true historical gem of the Russian capital. The street starts from the main entrance gate to the Kremlin, continues past Pushkin Square, leads to Triumph Square and the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall and then crosses the whole central district of Moscow.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: New Arbat (Novy Arbat), Novyy Arbat, Moscow Russia
Novy Arbat is one of the most famous city streets, which has become a self-sufficient and popular attraction in Moscow. New Arbat with its recognizable skyscrapers was designed and built as a showcase of Soviet achievements, the ultramodern avenue of the 1960s.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Boulevard Ring, Boulevard Ring, Moscow, Central Russia
The Boulevard Ring is the main city promenade, a continuous sequence of 10 boulevards and 13 squares encircling the historic city center. Being one of the traditional rings of Moscow, in reality the Boulevard Ring is not closed and has the shape of a horseshoe, starting and ending near the embankments of the Moscow River.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Manege Square, Manege Sq, Moskva, Russia
Manezhnaya (Manege) square is large square near the Alexander’s garden named after Manege – the large structure, currently used for exhibitions. The huge underground mall was constructed here in 1990th, so now it’s a great place for the easy walk or rest. There is a long fountain complex between the square and the garden, inspired by the characters of the Russian fairy tales.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: State Tretyakov Gallery, Lavrushinskiy ln 10, Moscow 119017 Russia
The State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow is one of the largest museums in Russia with over 100 000 works of art – icons, paintings, graphics and sculpture – spanning the entire history of Russian art. Its collection of Russian realism from the second half of the 19th century is the best in the country. The Gallery collection was started by Pavel Tretyakov and became famous from the minute it was opened to the public in 1870.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Categoría: Tours de varios días y más largos.
Inicio en: Moscow, Russia.
Duración: 2 days.
Precio: 699,19 euros.
