Hiking in Moscow

List all the streets and places for hiking in Moscow will be quite difficult, because the city is very large, and literally full of beautiful monuments of architecture.

Walking in Moscow - where to go?

We bring to your attention three schemes of the best walking routes in Moscow:

  1. A walk along the Vorontsov estate and the famous Vorontsov park. This is one of the best options for walking around Moscow with a child.
  2. Begin a walk is from the metro station Novye Cheryomushki. At the very beginning of the park we are met by a monument to Pylyugin.

    To the left immediately near the park you will see a very cozy little church. There is also a monument nearby, a monument to the victims of the liquidation of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. We go further into the park and find ourselves on a well-designed playground.

    It must be acknowledged that this variant of walking around Moscow with a child will be a compromise between the parents' desire to enjoy the greenery of the park and the children's need for entertainment.

    In the heart of the park are the most famous Vorontsovskie ponds.

    Now there is specially for tourists and residents installed a wooden bridge for photo sessions.

    And here is Vorontsov's estate.

  3. The most suitable place where you can go for walks around Moscow is the Old Arbat . Walking along the oldest street in the city will not leave you indifferent.
  4. Our path starts from the Arbatskaya metro station.

    From it we go out and see the Khudozhestvenny cinema. There is also a monument to Gogol and a temple nearby.

    We descend into the underground passage and find ourselves near the restaurant. And to the right of the restaurant begins Old Arbat. Almost all the houses along the street are monuments of architecture.

    Big Afanasyevsky lane will surprise you with colorful modern productions and facades of restaurants.

    We go further and on each house we notice plaques with information about what famous figure once lived in these walls.

    Next, we are waited by the Vakhtangov Theater, the House of Actor, then the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior is on course, and a little further you will see the Pushkin House Museum.

  5. Another one of the oldest streets of Moscow for hiking is the Varvarka . From the metro station Kitay-gorod we leave towards Slavyanskaya Square.

You are greeted by a monument to Cyril and Methodius, where the most favorite entertainment is the feeding of pigeons.

Opposite to the Church of All Saints, preserved her face in our days.

We descend into the crossing and head to the Church of the Nativity of John the Forerunner, a little further the Church of St. George the Victorious.

This is exactly the option of hiking in Moscow, if your goal is to visit temples and get acquainted with the old part of the city.