What not to do in Moscow Bashny.Net

It's interesting that foreigners are advised to foreigners. In fact, many tips are not meaningless ...
For residents of Moscow: what could advise guests of the capital? What tips do not pay attention to?





1. Do not get stuck on Red Square.

Red Square - literally and figuratively the center of Moscow. The famous dome of St. Basil's Cathedral and the impressive walls of the Kremlin, of course, worthy of attention. But do not spend there all the time.

Flooded with tourists and street vendors selling souvenirs, Red Square, this does not convey the atmosphere of Moscow.

What to do? Visit China Town and Moscow State University.

District Chinatown can safely compete with the Red Square in architectural beauty, and thus there is no such crowds. Walking down the street Barbarian (located east of the back of St. Basil's Cathedral) by centuries-old churches will lead you to the area of ​​Chinatown.

Include a walk on the rise Slavic travel to the street Zabelina and Ivanovo Monastery. Sit in a small controlled monastery café serving freshly baked bread and homemade soups.

Located in the south of Moscow State University (University subway station), in whose territory is always a lot of young people and a beautiful park. This is a great place for cycling or picnic in the warm season.

Note the tallest building in the center of the campus, is one of seven high-rises built by Stalin. His style of Soviet architecture contrasts sharply with the older architecture of pre-revolutionary China-town.

2. Do not visit the Pushkin Museum.

Just as in the Louvre, you can long hours to wander through the halls of the Museum of Pushkin, but you can view it only superficially. Crowds of people will stop you.

What to do? Visit Tretyakov Gallery and the House of Writers.

In the Tretyakov Gallery presents works by Russian artists and sculptors. Collections are presented chronologically, and walking through the halls of the gallery, if you are moving through the centuries of Russian history.

In separate buildings placed collections of the 18th and 19th centuries (Metro Tretyakov) and expanding collection of Soviet art of the 20th century (metro October). Tickets cost 300 rubles (about $ 10).

The past two centuries have also been successful in the literary sense. Many Russian writers lived in a beautiful building, which is perfectly preserved as museums.

The Museum of Leo Tolstoy (Park Kultury metro station), where the author spent the last years of his life and wrote the novel "Resurrection", a collection of furniture and accessories that time. Museum of Nikolai Gogol (Metro Arbat) is an interactive exhibition about the life of the author and the same fireplace, in which the writer burned the third volume of "Dead Souls".

Entrance to most museums costs 100 rubles (about $ 3), all of them are quite small, and to visit them take about two hours.

3. Do not plan anything in a day visiting the Kremlin.

Excursion to the Kremlin takes all day. Six different churches and museums and a great area for walking. Do not try to get into this day somewhere else.

What to do? Be patient.

Entry Queue can be quite long. Inflated prices for foreigners and grouchy cashier (who will likely not speak in English) can spoil the impression. Take a deep breath.

Even more patience you need to get tickets to the Armoury. This is a private museum in the Kremlin, which presents the famous Faberge eggs, a collection of gold, silver, diamonds, rubies and other royal treasures already occupy two floors.

An important addition: the entrance to the museum is carried out strictly certain hours (10:00, 12:00, 14:30, 16:30), and tickets must be purchased separately for 45 minutes before entering. My first two attempts failed, I was simply ejected from the queue for tickets huge crowd. My third attempt was unsuccessful, as I learned that in the earliest hours to visit the place is much shorter.

4. Do not drive.

Moscow - a city of endless traffic jams, road rules vague and dubious lanes. Rent a car are expensive and difficult. And there is a great risk of inadvertently break the rules and run into extortion.

What to do? Go to the subway.

The Moscow Metro is one of the biggest in the world. Total 188 stations in the city, most of which - monuments built during the Soviet period under the slogan "palaces for the people".

Komsomolskaya station arches and marble columns station Mayakovskaya daunting. The train pulls every 40-60 seconds in rush hour, the impression will be simply unforgettable.

5. Do not go to a restaurant with staff dressed in folk costumes.

Restaurants such as the Tavern "Taras Bulba", very expensive, the staff there dressed in a suit, but not always national. Food just is not always national.

What to do? Dine in the dining room.

Find a dining room. Such a self-service cafeteria were popular in Soviet times, and the food is always fresh. Standard lunch usually includes soup, burgers or fish, potatoes and buckwheat whether compote - Russian inexpensive casual meal.

A bite to eat, get a tent with pancakes. This thin cakes of dough stuffed with fish, sour cream or chocolate.

6. Do not become color-blind.

Moscow is filled with gray concrete buildings. A few days exploring the residential areas can make you think you're colorblind.

What to do? Visit one of the brightest Moscow park.

The city has many parks with miles of footpaths through green forests and fields.

Two of the most impressive park - Kolomenskoye (Metro Kolomenskaya) and Tsarina (metro Tsaritsyno). On their territory are old royal buildings and ancient churches, and centuries-old trees. Especially beautiful there in the spring during flowering tulips.

7. Do not buy souvenirs, designed for the mass market.

Purchase of produced serially matryoshka from street vendors can be quite tempting, especially if you're in the center of Moscow. But do not think so narrowly.

What to do? Buy unique antiques.

Original gift idea - antiques bought at a local flea markets, archeage buy gold like or such as Izmailovo Park (Metro Izmailovskaya). Go to the far end of the market, where artists exhibit their work immediately for vendors who sell different little things with my grandmother's attic.

Interesting shop "Grandma" (Metro Barricadnaya, Kudrinskaya Square, 1). His collection occupies five rooms and includes everything from silver to Christmas ornaments and picture frames since the 1930s to the 1980s. And all sold.

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