Moscow discovery – driving tour (4h) – Moscow by Barbara Tours

Driving tour “Moscow discovery” is perfect to discover Moscow in a half day what would take 2 to 3 days on your own.

During the tour we will make several stops (Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, St. Basil Cathedral, New Maidens’ Convent, Arbat, etc.)

Barbara Tours offers a local experience;

I would like to accompany you and help you to travel through the Moscow’s history, be a main character of it, experience the city in many different ways.

I will pick you up at the hotel (or a train station) together with our licensed driver and the tour will begin!

The following itinerary has been listed merely as a guideline:

The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, world’s tallest Orthodox Christian Cathedral (If you would like to visit the cathedral, please anticipate appropriate clothing – shoulders and knees covered, for women also heads covered); the Pedestrian bridge over the Moskva river;
Red square and the magnificent St. Basil’s Cathedral;
The historic district Zamoskvorechye (translated as “beyond the Moskva river”), we will see the mansion of Piotr Smirnoff, the Smirnoff vodka brand owner;
Impressive panoramic view of the Kremlin walls and towers observed from the embankment;
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, the Prechistenka street– an old town street with beautiful mansions;
The New Maidens‘ Convent, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the nuns of the convent were women from royal and noble families;

The Olympic Luzhniki stadium;
The Moscow State University, one of the Seven Sisters skyscrapers, built under Stalin’s instruction;
Sparrow Hills – it is one of the highest points in Moscow, famous for its fantastic view on the city;
The Victory Park – a huge memorial complex, commemorating the Great Patriotic War (the Second World War);
Hotel Ukraine – a famous hotel, one of the seven Stalin’s sisters;
White House – a government of the Russian Federation, the place of the dramatic events of the 90s’;
The Arbat, a pedestrian street about one kilometer long in the historical centre of Moscow.