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

4 of the best · Moscow, Russia

The Best Walks in Moscow

Red Square to the Bolshoi, the Old Arbat, the Boulevard Ring and Zamoskvorechye.

Our 4 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated October 2026

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Insiders' picks

Three of our favourites, from the Kremlin to the Bolshoi.

  1. Red Square and Theatre Square

    The Kremlin to the Bolshoi

    Centre·Walk

    Red Square, GUM, Nikolskaya Street and Theatre Square, from St Basil’s to the Bolshoi.

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  2. The old pedestrian street

    The Arbat

    Arbat·Walk

    The pedestrian Old Arbat, from Arbatskaya to the Ministry tower at Smolenskaya.

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Neighbourhood

City walks 4

The squares, the boulevards and the river.

  1. The old pedestrian street

    The Arbat

    Arbat·Walk

    The pedestrian Old Arbat, from Arbatskaya to the Ministry tower at Smolenskaya.

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  2. Leafy boulevards

    The Boulevard Ring

    Centre·Walk

    The tree-lined Boulevard Ring, from Gogolevsky to Tverskoy and Chistye Prudy.

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  3. Red Square and Theatre Square

    The Kremlin to the Bolshoi

    Centre·Walk

    Red Square, GUM, Nikolskaya Street and Theatre Square, from St Basil’s to the Bolshoi.

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  4. Merchants’ quarter

    Zamoskvorechye and the river

    Zamoskvorechye·Walk

    The old merchants’ quarter across the river: the Tretyakov, GES-2 and the Patriarshy Bridge.

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