The pedestrian Old Arbat, its painted houses and street lamps at dusk

Area guide · Moscow

Arbat & Prechistenka: Our Favourites

The Old Arbat, the Pushkin Museum, the Conservatory and White Rabbit.

The back story

  1. Area guide

    The Arbat and Prechistenka

    Arbat & Prechistenka·In depth

    The Old Arbat, the Pushkin Museum, the Conservatory and the lanes of Prechistenka.

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What to see and do

  1. From Egypt to the Impressionists

    Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

    Volkhonka·Art museum

    The great collection of European art on Volkhonka, from antiquity to Monet, Cézanne and Matisse.

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  2. The Great Hall

    Moscow Conservatory

    Bolshaya Nikitskaya·Concert hall

    The Tchaikovsky Conservatory and its Great Hall, on Bolshaya Nikitskaya.

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  3. In a restored mansion

    Helikon Opera

    Bolshaya Nikitskaya·Opera

    An opera company in a restored mansion on Bolshaya Nikitskaya.

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  4. On the Arbat

    Vakhtangov Theatre

    Arbat·Theatre

    The Vakhtangov Theatre on the Arbat.

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Where to eat

  1. Under a glass dome

    White Rabbit

    Smolenskaya·Modern Russian

    Modern Russian cooking under a glass dome on the 16th floor, with the city all around.

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