Must-See and Do in Moscow
There are a huge number of events taking place in Moscow every day, ranging from festivals and concerts to tastings and film screenings. Visitors can enjoy parks, museums, exhibitions, as well as walking routes and boat trips along the river. To discover leisure activities that suit your taste, we recommend exploring the following resources:
Moscow Metro As Tourist Attraction
The Moscow Metro is rightfully considered not only one of the largest but also one of the most beautiful in the world. Some stations are recognized as cultural heritage sites. We would like to share with you recommendations for stations that, in our opinion, deserve special attention from tourists:
Mayakovskaya
Ploshchad Revolyutsii
Novokuznetskaya
Taganskaya
Kievskaya
Novoslobodskaya
Arbatskaya
Moscow Restaurant Guide
If you want to explore the national cuisine, we recommend visiting the following restaurants: Ruski, Sakhalin, Guidon, White Rabbit, Savva, Niki, Lapot, Bor, Expeditia, Grand Café Dr. Zhivago, Uhvat, Matreshka.
In 2022, some Moscow restaurants were recognized in the Michelin Guide.
If you're looking to make some gastronomic discoveries during your trip, we recommend checking out the Great List guide to the city's best restaurants.
Where to Walk and What to Visit
Zaryadye Park — A modern park designed for relaxation, entertainment, and education, created by an international team of architects, engineers, landscape designers, and other experts. Here, nature and technology, enlightenment and entertainment, history and modernity merge and complement each other.
Gorky Park — A world-class central park for culture and recreation, one of the most beautiful spots in Moscow and the country's main park. The park covers around 212 hectares and includes four areas: the Parterre, the Museum of Arts "Muzeon", the Neskuchny Garden, and the natural reserve "Vorobyovy Gory" (Sparrow Hills). Website available in Russian only, please use a browser translator.
VDNH (Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy) — The largest exhibition, museum, and recreational complex in the world. Today, VDNH is a unique space for museum exhibitions, international business fairs and congresses, festivals, and celebrations. Website available in Russian only, please use a browser translator.
Novodevichy Convent and Novodevichy Ponds Park — One of the most beautiful and famous architectural and historical landmarks in Moscow. Due to its remarkable preservation and beauty, the architectural ensemble was included in the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Ostankino Tower — Not only an active television tower but also an example of Soviet modernist architecture. Anyone can purchase a ticket at the tourist office located on the premises and visit the TV center to explore the grand structure from the inside, enjoy a bird's-eye view of the city, and dine in a restaurant with a stunning 360° panorama.
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts — One of Moscow’s most interesting museums with an extensive collection of famous paintings by European masters, sculptures, and plaster casts of ancient art.
Tretyakov Gallery — One of the largest art museums in the world, with a vast collection of paintings. The collection includes over 100,000 works of art, with a focus on paintings, icons, graphic art, and sculpture. The Tretyakov Gallery is housed in several buildings in central Moscow and attracts over 1.5 million visitors annually.
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art — This museum collects and preserves an archive of the history of Russian contemporary art, publishes books on a wide range of topics related to contemporary culture, hosts film screenings and lectures, and implements long-term programs to support artists and non-capital art institutions. In 2024, the museum began forming a collection of contemporary art.
Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA) — The first state museum in Russia specializing in Russian art from the 20th and 21st centuries, and also introducing viewers to the international art scene of this period.
GES-2 House of Culture — A former power station on Bolotny Island, built during Tsarist Russia, which survived the revolution, war, and stagnation, and supplied electricity to trams, the Kremlin, and the city center. It was modernized and rebuilt many times before, in 2021, it was transformed with the help of the V–A–C Foundation and the architectural bureau RPBW, under Renzo Piano’s direction, into a new cultural space open to the public.
