Moscow excursions

Panoramic private city tour offers the chance to explore the very best that the capital has to offer in the safety and comfort of a private vehicle with brief photo stops. It is an excellent way to see the world-famous sights and impressive landmarks of this vivacious city, such as Tverskaya Street, Lubyanka Square with the notorious ex-KGB building, famous red-brick towers of the Kremlin, Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Moscow State University, Novodevichy Convent, Bolshoi Theatre and much more...

The Moscow sightseeing tour will be followed by the guided visit to the spectacular ensemble of the Novodevichy (New Maiden’s) Convent on the banks of the Moskva River - a masterpiece of architectural harmony of the late 17th century included into UNESCO World Heritage List. Nowadays the convent is a museum, which houses rare and ancient treasures of the Russian cultural heritage, as well as the prestigious final resting place for a number of great cultural and political figures of Russia...

Relaxing aboard of modern boats to enjoy a romantic and informative experience. Immersed in an intimate and warm atmosphere, you can admire a breathtaking view, the sights and monuments of Moscow also magically illuminated if you choose an evening cruise ...

We go to visit the famous Moscow metro, a real museum in the ground, covering all the major events of Russian history. During this tour you will have the chance to see the most beautiful stations and also the station with the longest escalator in the world! Walk along the Arbat Street, the first pedestrian street in Moscow, full of shops, cafes, restaurants, but also acrobats, exotic animals and portrait ...

The Moscow Kremlin represents the history of Russia in stone and is a unique historical and cultural museum-reserve, which contains numerous monuments from different centuries: the palaces of Russian tsars, Metropolitans and Patriarchs, as well as the modern official residence of the President of the Russian Federation. The oldest square of Moscow, the Cathedral Square, houses a unique architectural and urban ensemble, with exceptional testaments of the Old Russian architecture...

The Moscow Kremlin represents the history of Russia in stone and is a unique historical and cultural museum-reserve, which contains numerous monuments from different centuries: the palaces of Russian tsars, Metropolitans and Patriarchs, as well as the modern official residence of the President of the Russian Federation. Nearby situated the Armoury Chamber - the famous treasure-house of the Moscow Princes and Russian tsars...

The State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts houses one of Russia's largest collections of foreign art - over 670,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, works of applied art, archaeological artefacts and coins from antiquity to modern days. These extensive collections include high quality replicas and plaster casts of the works of antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, as well as original works of painting, sculpture, graphics and arts and crafts...

The State Tretyakov Gallery possesses a unique collection of Russian art which includes masterpieces which span a period of a thousand years. The Gallery was founded by a Russian merchant and patron of the arts Pavel Tretyakov. He donated his collection to the city of Moscow in 1892. The State Tretyakov Gallery has since become a world-famous museum. Nowadays it contains more than 170,000 works by Russian artists from early religious paintings to modern art...

The former country residence of Moscow Grand Princes and Russian Tsars that dates its origins back to the 14th century, the Museum-Reserve “Kolomenskoye” - a unique architectural complex situated on the steep banks of the Moskva River and included into UNESCO World Heritage List. The expositions of the Kolomenskoye estate offer unique collections of old Russian icon paintings, graphics, rare handwritten and old printed books, precious metal objects and woodwork and much more...

The State Historical, Architectural, Art and Landscape Museum-Reserve “Tsaritsyno” is situated in the palace ensemble of late XVIII century intended for the residence of the Empress Catherine II near Moscow. This is the biggest architectural ensemble in Russia build in the style of gothic revival, united the harmonic combination of architectural features of the Moscow Kremlin, old Russian monasteries, West European Middle Ages and Renaissance...

Kuskovo is a stunning architectural ensemble, which belonged to the Sheremetev family and represents one of the earliest examples of summer country residences in the 18th century Russia. To this day, several magnificent architectural monuments have remained well preserved, as well as a French formal garden with its marble sculptures, pavilions and ponds, the only park of its kind in Moscow...

The Zamoskvorechye neighbourhood is a mix of antiquity and modernity. Steeped in tsarist history, Zamoskvorechye also retains the patina of old-school, Stalinist glamour with its imposing facades and embankments. Despite its dramatic architecture, most of Zamoskvorechye is fairly quiet, with many of its streets providing a kind of “eye of the storm” like atmosphere in the heart of Moscow...

Peredelkino is a dacha colony, surrounded by forest, a little over 20km to the southwest of Moscow. At the height of its prestige in the 1960s and 70s, Peredelkino was the favourite weekend retreat for Moscow's cultural elite. It gained its fame and popularity as a writers' colony, with attention centered on the dacha of Boris Pasternak, the great Symbolist poet and author of Dr. Zhivago. Pasternak ended up living here almost permanently after being offered, and forced to refuse, the Nobel Prize in 1953...

Blue and golden cupolas offset by snow-white walls – this colour scheme lies at the heart of the Russian perception of divinity and Sergiev Posad’s monastery is a textbook example. It doesn’t get any holier than here in Russia, for the place was founded in 1340 by the country’s most revered saint, St Sergius of Radonezh. Since the 14th century, pilgrims have been journeying to this place to pay homage to him...

Although this huge monastery is currently undergoing complete reconstruction, it is still certainly worth a visit if you are interested in some Russian Orthodox sightseeing that is a little out of the ordinary. Founded in 1656 by the divisive Patriarch Nikon, the huge monastery is visible from miles around and its unique architecture and imposing size leaves no doubts as to why Patriarch Nikon eventually fell out of favour with the ruling Tsars...

Star City is the name of an area in the Moscow region that since 1960 hosts the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC). The area was known as "closed military town No. 1". Cosmonauts Russian Federal Space Agency, and the Soviet space program before, were trained in the "Star City". During the visit it is possible to admire various scale models of rockets and the Russian space station MIR...

Suzhdal, situated northeast of Moscow, was once the leader of a powerful principality, nowadays is a nice village but preserves its monuments in the splendor of a glorious past. Vladimir, founded in 1108, when Moscow was a village, in the thirteenth century it became one of the most powerful cities of Russia, and can become the capital for several decades. The restaurant lunch is included...

Literary Russia is rich in classical writers. Among them, Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) plays a special role. Tolstoy is recognized as one of the greatest personalities in the world culture. It was here - at his ancestral country estate with a poetical name of Yasnaya Polyana (Clear Glade) – that Leo Tolstoy was born, lived and worked. Yasnaya Polyana was declared a museum in 1921. The museum is included in the list of most valuable cultural heritage sites of the Russian Federation, and is, no doubt, one of the most unique memorial museums in the world...