Stop At: Red Square
Timing is flexible and you can start the tour any time you prefer. This private tour can be customized to make it a unique experience for you. Your private local guide will meet you in the hotel lobby and discuss the tour itinerary with you at the beginning of the tour.
10.00 Meet your friendly local guide in the hotel lobby and take in city’s landmarks.
10.30 Take your time to walk around Red Square.
Pass By: Kremlin Walls and Towers
Marvel at monumental Kremlin walls and towers.
Pass By: Saint Basil's Cathedral
Take pictures at fairy-tale looking St Basil’s Cathedral.
Stop At: Lenin's Mausoleum
Learn about Lenin’s Mausoleum
Stop At: GUM
Check out GUM and don’t forget to throw a coin over your shoulder for a good luck on a zero kilometer spot.
Stop At: Nikolskaya Street
11.00 Walk along the cobblestone Nikolskaya Street, one of the oldest streets in Moscow.
Stop At: Kazan Cathedral
See Kazan Cathedral, the Moscow Mint, the Holy Synod Printing Offices, Russia’s first publishing house.
Stop At: Lubyanka Square
Take a moment to stop at Neo-Baroque Lubyanka building, the former infamous KGB headquarters and hear amazing stories about Soviet secret police and its prominent prisoners.
Stop At: Central Children's Store
11.30 Continue to Detskiy Mir, a renowned department store to get scenic views of central Moscow from the observation deck on its roof terrace and drop into a museum to see toys from the Soviet era.
Stop At: State Academic Bolshoi Theater Museum
Take a walk back in time as you explore exquisite and opulent exteriors of the Bolshoi Theater.
Stop At: Stoleshnikov Lane
12.00 Unveil the mysteries of Russian history wandering along the Stoleshnikov Lane.
Stop At: Kuznetsky Most Street
Enjoy the peculiar aura and unique atmosphere of Kuznetskiy Most.
Stop At: Kamergerskiy Lane
Take in the Kamergerskiy Lane where every house has a rich story.
Stop At: Tverskaya Street (Ulitsa)
Next, stroll along flamboyant Tverskaya Street and try to imagine the tsars arriving from St Petersburg to stay at their Kremlin residence during the imperial period.
Stop At: Gastronomia Eliseevsky
Venture to Eliseevsky Emporium, timeless Moscow grocery store with its ornate, incredibly beautiful interiors and fine selection of gourmet foods.
Stop At: Restaurant Cafe Pushkin
12.30 Your tour will finish at the legendary Pushkin Café. Enjoy the luxury atmosphere of Russian aristocratic mansion with its noble interiors dotted with antiques and ancient books as you indulge in rich breakfast or lunch and converse with your local guide.
The breakfast includes one of these items: mini cheese pancakes with raspberry sauce; or pancakes with cottage cheese; or omelet with ham and cheese. You will also have a croissant of your choice (with orange, vanilla or curd cheese) and a drink (orange juice, green or black tea, or coffee (Americano, Cappuccino, Latte).
If you opt for a tour option with lunch, pleasure your palate with regional specialties at 3-course lunch with a glass of wine. Lunch includes salads and cold appetizers (one item per person): millet pancakes, vegetable salad, meat jelly, olivie style salad, green leaves salads; soups (fish soup, shchi, rassolnik); and the main course (baked cod and vegetables, duck leg, chebureki, beef-stroganoff style black dumplings, or zrazy veal and chicken cutlet). Enjoy a glass of wine and conclude your lunch with a cup of some fine tea or coffee.
