Area guide · Moscow
The Kremlin, Red Square and St Basil’s, GUM, Nikolskaya and Zaryadye.
Area guide
The Kremlin, Red Square and St Basil’s, GUM and Nikolskaya, Zaryadye and the old merchants’ lanes of Kitay-gorod.
The back story
The Kremlin’s cathedrals and the Armoury, St Basil’s and Red Square, GUM and the State Historical Museum: the heart of Moscow, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
UNESCO World Heritage
The red-brick fortress at the heart of Moscow, with its cathedrals, bell tower and the Armoury’s treasures.
The city’s great square
Moscow’s great square, between the Kremlin wall, St Basil’s, GUM and the State Historical Museum.
The painted domes
The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, with its painted onion domes, at the south end of Red Square.
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On Red Square
Russia’s national history museum, in the red neo-Russian building at the north end of Red Square.
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Palaces underground
The palatial stations of the Moscow Metro, from Komsomolskaya to Mayakovskaya and Ploshchad Revolyutsii.
The floating bridge
The new park by the Kremlin, opened in 2017, with its V-shaped floating bridge over the river.
In the Hotel Metropol
The Hotel Metropol’s own restaurant, cooking modern Russian dishes beneath the historic hotel.
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In the Hotel National
A grand café of Russian classics in the Hotel National, looking out to the Kremlin.
Inside GUM
The old-style canteen on GUM’s third line, for soup, salads and pelmeni.
The arcades on Red Square
The great glass-roofed arcades along Red Square, with fashion, food and its famous ice cream.
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Art Nouveau, 1899–1905
Moscow’s great Art Nouveau hotel, facing the Bolshoi, with the Savva restaurant under its glass roof.
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Facing the Kremlin since 1903
The 1903 hotel on the corner of Tverskaya and Mokhovaya, looking across Manege Square to the Kremlin.
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