Walking routes in Moscow

There is no better way to find out any city than a leisurely hike through its streets, squares and parks. And this applies not only to quiet provincial towns, but also to such noisy metropolises as the capital of Russia. We will talk about one of the best walking tours in Moscow today.

Walking along Moscow - the route "Boulevard Ring" for independent travel

So, it is decided - we are recovering to the present hike around Moscow. Comfortably we dress, and the main thing - we are trained, and in a way! During the walk you can see all 10 Moscow boulevards, located on the site of the ancient defensive structures that once defended the center of the city. Over time, the boundaries of Moscow significantly expanded, defensive structures lost their importance and in their place were destroyed by the boulevards: Gogol, Yauz, Chistoprudny, Nikitsky, Pokrovsky, Tverskoy, Rozhdestvensky, Sretensky, Passion and Petrovsky.

Traditionally, a walk along the Boulevard Ring starts from Gogol Boulevard and ends at the Yauza. Overcoming the entire route will take about 4 hours, and it will not take much to go - ten thousand steps or 8 kilometers:

1. We will begin our walk from the metro station Kropotkinskaya, near which is the beginning of Gogol Boulevard. On Gogol Boulevard you can see many buildings of the century before last, as well as the monuments of Mikhail Sholokhov and Nikolai Gogol. Passing along the boulevard, we will get to the Arbatsky Gate square, where the second boulevard of the ring begins - Nikitsky.
2. Quiet and almost deserted Nikitsky Boulevard is famous for the fact that in the house number 7 spent the last years of his life NV Gogol. In addition to the Gogol Memorial Museum on Nikitsky Boulevard there is a museum of the East. Ends with a boulevard on пл. Nikitsky gate.
3. Behind the Nikitsky gate we move to the longest and oldest boulevard in Moscow - Tverskaya. In addition to its length and age, Tverskoy Boulevard is famous for its "theatricality" - there lived the great MN Ermolov, the Moscow Art Theater and the Drama Theater named after M.M. Alexander Pushkin.
4. We reach the Pushkin Square and move to the widest boulevard in Moscow - Passion. On Strastnoy Boulevard you can see the monuments of V.S.Vysotsky, SVRachmaninov, and A.T. Tvardovsky.
5. Beginning from Petrovsky Gate Peter's Boulevard is also rich in monuments, but monuments of architecture: old manors, hotels and lucrative houses.
6. Behind Trubnaya Square begins the most picturesque boulevard of Moscow - Rozhdestvensky, from which amazing views on the beauty of the Theotokos-Christmas Monastery open.
7. Immediately behind the square of the Sretensky Gate the shortest boulevard of the ring - Sretensky - originates. Despite its small size, it has several attractions, one of which is the preserved slope of the ramparts.
8. After that, we will recover on Chistoprudny Boulevard, famous for the monuments of ASGrigoedov and A.Kunanbayev, the theater "Contemporary" and the house number 14, executed in the style of late modernism.
9. After the intersection with Petrovka we pass to the youngest boulevard of the ring - Pokrovsky. A lot of architectural monuments and a sea of ​​greenery - these are the distinctive features of this boulevard.
10. And finish our walk in the realm of peace and quiet - on the Yauzsky Boulevard. Here you can see the buildings of the century before last and the monument to R. Gamzatov. Fans of Soviet cinema will certainly recognize the house with huge figures of the collective farmer and miner from the film "Pokrovsky Gates", as well as a miniature "Roman castle".