This walking guided city tour shows you around the city center of Moscow. During this excursion you’ll get a good account of the history, architecture and main landmarks of the city. There will be some stops for photographing.

The tour starts at Tverskaya Street—one of the main and the most exciting of all streets in Moscow. It leads to the heart of the city—the Kremlin and Red Square.

You will see the Red Square with the History Museum, the Trading Arcades of GUM (one of the biggest shopping malls in Russia), Lenin’s Mausoleum and, of course, the symbol of Moscow—St. Basil’s cathedral.

Then you will walk along the Kremlin’s Embankments up to the Temple of the Christ the Saviour that is a symbol of Russia’s spiritual revival.

Then you will take a stroll to The Old Arbat Street—a picturesque pedestrian street where you can stop to watch one of the many street entertainers and buy souvenirs.

And after that you will walk towards the Alexander Garden where you will have the opportunity to relax and watch the change of guards at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier.

In addition to a standard guided city tour of Moscow you will visit the St. Basil’s Cathedral located on the Red Square. The cathedral was named after Holy Fool Basil the Blessed who was canonised after his death.

This cathedral was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible to celebrate his capture of the Tatar stronghold of Kazan in 1552. Despite its apparent disorder, there is an underlying symmetry to the cathedral, which has eight domed chapels symbolizing the eight assaults on Kazan, clustered around a central, lofty tent-roofed spire. The ninth chapel (that is on the northeastern side) was added by the Tsar Fyodor in 1588 to house the remains of St. Basil.

In this wonderful cathedral you can see 9 icon-stands containing about 400 icons of the 16^th—19^th centuries and its remarkable walls decorated with oil paintings and frescoes.

In addition to a standard guided city tour of Moscow you will visit the New Maidens Convent, which is located in the south-west of Moscow, at the bend of the River Moscow. The New Maidens Convent ensemble is an outstanding monument of architecture of the 16^th—17^th centuries. The most attractive construction of this ensemble is the Smolensky Cathedral. It ranks amongst the oldest and the most beautiful convents of Russia.

The Convent was founded by the Tsar Vasiliy III in 1524 in honor of return of the lands of Smolensk to Russia. Strategic location to the southeast of Moscow also defines the Convent as an important fortress. The museum of the Convent has a big collection of Russian icons, jewelry, embroidery and books. Many Russian celebrities were buried in the necropolis of the Convent.

In addition to a standard guided city tour you will visit the Kremlin and the Assumption Cathedral, where amongst of many objects d'art you will see one of the largest Russian collections of icons.

During the tour you will visit the Cathedral Square - a breathtaking architectural ensemble of the 15^th – 17^th centuries. You will walk along the Kremlin walls and towers and also see the Tsar’s bell and cannon, stunning examples of casting of the 16^th – 18^th centuries. And, of course, you will admire the building of The Grand Kremlin Palace that was the Tsars’ Palace in the past and is Russian Government residence at the present.

In addition to a standard guided city tour you will visit the Kremlin with Assumption, Archangel’s and Annunciation Cathedrals where you will see magnificent icon stands, the ensemble of monumental paintings and one of the largest Russian collections of icons which were painted by famous icon-painters Theofan the Greek and Andrey Rublev.

During the tour you will also visit the Cathedral Square - a breathtaking architectural ensemble of the 15^th – 17^th centuries. You will walk along the Kremlin walls and towers and also see the Tsar’s bell and cannon, the stunning examples of casting of the 16^th – 18^th centuries. And, of course, you will admire the building of The Grand Kremlin Palace that was the Tsars’ Palace in the past and is the government residence in the present.

In addition to a standard guided city tour you will visit the State Tretyakov Gallery. This is the national treasury of Russian fine art and one of the greatest museums in the world. The Gallery’s collection consists entirely of Russian art and contains more than 130 000 examples of painting, sculpture and graphics, created throughout the centuries by various generations of Russian artists.

During the tour you will have a wonderful opportunity to admire a wide variety of Russian fine art, from the 12^th century icons to avant-guard creations of the beginning of the 20^th century. You will see the Baroque portraits, classical canvases, the first Russian townscape, historical paintings and romantic landscapes and much much more!