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Moscow, on foot

Red Square, theatres and the Moskva riverbanks. 11 walks, 36 places. Area guides and walking routes

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First walk

Moscow: Red Square and the theatre quarter

Saint Basil’s Cathedral, the GUM façade, State Historical Museum, Nikolskaya Street and Bolshoi Theatre. Stops, walking map, terrain and GPX for an independent walk

1.9 km30 min walking5 stops

Neighbourhoods

Moscow: The Moskva River, art and Arbat

From Zaryadye through the centre to Patriarshy Bridge, Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Pushkin Museum and Arbat. Stops, walking map, terrain and GPX for an independent walk

4.2 km60 min walking5 stops

All walking routes

Red Square and the theatre quarter ↗

Saint Basil’s Cathedral, the GUM façade, State Historical Museum, Nikolskaya Street and Bolshoi Theatre

1.9 km30 min walkingEasy

The Moskva River, art and Arbat ↗

From Zaryadye through the centre to Patriarshy Bridge, Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Pushkin Museum and Arbat

4.2 km60 min walkingEasy

Extended central walk: Moscow ↗

The main stops from the first themed central walks; additional districts are covered by separate routes

7.7 km115 min walkingExtended

Patriarch’s Ponds and Moscow boulevards ↗

Ryabushinsky Art Nouveau, a literary pond and a green chain to Pushkin Square

4.2 km60 min walkingModerate

Zamoskvorechye: art and quiet lanes ↗

Krymskaya Embankment, Lavrushinsky Lane, old churches and the island by the Kremlin

4.6 km70 min walkingModerate

The Kremlin’s western side and the hilltop palace ↗

Alexander Garden, the Manege, Pashkov House and the Volkhonka museum quarter

2.7 km40 min walkingModerate

From Bulgakov’s apartment to GES-2 ↗

Mikhail Bulgakov Museum → Patriarch’s Ponds → Nikitsky Boulevard → Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts → GES-2 House of Culture

4.3 km65 min walkingEasy pace

Moscow monasteries: Novodevichy and Donskoy ↗

Novodevichy Convent → Donskoy Monastery

4.4 km65 min walkingEasy pace

Muzeon, riverfront and Garage ↗

Muzeon Park of Arts → Gorky Park → Garage Museum of Contemporary Art

1.3 km20 min walkingEasy pace

VDNKh: space, sculpture and Ostankino Palace ↗

Museum of Cosmonautics → Worker and Kolkhoz Woman → VDNKh → Ostankino Palace

3.8 km55 min walkingEasy pace

Krutitsy and Novospassky Monastery ↗

Krutitsy Metochion → Novospassky Monastery

0.7 km15 min walkingEasy pace

Places on the map

How these guides are made

Sources: tourism organisations, museums and heritage sites. Distance follows the walking track; time and elevation are estimates. Sources are checked remotely; an on-site walk has not been confirmed