Culture, architecture, gastronomy: summer tourist season starts in Moscow

The summer tourist season starts in Moscow. In the warm months, the number of tourists visiting the Russian capital increases by 30 per cent. Read the article to find out what makes Moscow attractive and how the city interacts with other popular tourist regions.

Sunrises in Moscow, sunsets in Nizhny Novgorod, white nights in St Petersburg

For the summer tourist season, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod have organized events that will be held in the three cities to make it easier for tourists to choose the best travel destinations to explore in May through August.

Now Moscow, St. Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod are implementing an interregional tourism project called Three Capitals: From Dawn to Dusk. Tourists are invited to witness sunrises in Moscow, sunsets in Nizhny Novgorod and white nights in St. Petersburg. Visit a special page of the Russpass travel service to learn more about the Three Capitals: From Dawn to Dusk project.

“Moscow, St. Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod offer a vast space for travel discoveries. We will recommend lesser-known places to tourists by launching a special project called From Dawn to Dusk aimed at offering summer tours of the three cities on the Russpass travel service, to be updated throughout the summer,” said Yevgeny Kozlov, Chairman of the Moscow Tourism Committee, during the press conferences on the joint presentation of the summer tourist season in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod.

In addition, Moscow and St. Petersburg have set up the Two Cities-a Million Impressions project. It combines the tourism potential of the two major cities: events, tours and itineraries, including sightseeing, including more than 40 offers To learn more, visit the Russpass service page at.

In early 2023, the Moscow and St. Petersburg delegations presented the tourism potential at international tourism exhibitions in Iran, Qatar and India. In mid-April, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod presented their joint projects at the Leisure international exhibition in Minsk.

An interregional creative tourism laboratory has become a new joint program. Tourism and hospitality industry experts, cultural professionals, artists and brand creators, musicians and restaurateurs in Moscow and other cities develop and discuss marketing concepts and ideas for image projects, many of which will become the basis for creating and promoting joint tourism programs in the near future.

Parks, beaches, museums and theaters

Today, there are more than 1,900 hotels in Moscow. Thanks to such a wide choice, every tourist can find perfect accommodation options. Hotels are most in demand on weekends.

There are 10,000 cultural institutions in the Russian capital: theaters, museums, libraries, parks, cinemas and concert halls. Over the past 10 years, about 900 parks and green areas have been landscaped in the city. There are 18,500 catering services in Moscow, ranging from world-famous restaurants to affordable Moscow markets.

In addition to restaurants with a view that tourists traditionally include in their travel plan, they can admire the views of the Russian capital from the Moscow Cable Car over the river, the highest skyscrapers, the River Overlook Footbridge in Zaryadye, observation platforms downtown and in other parts of the city. Moscow residents and visitors can lie on beaches and swim in outdoor pools, enjoy nature trails and do sports in specially equipped park recreation areas.

The Northern River Station creates an atmosphere of a resort town. Moscow visitors can use water transport, stroll along landscaped embankments, dine in a restaurant with a panoramic view, buy souvenirs made by Moscow craftsmen and plan a river cruise.

By the summer season, the gastronomic project called Moscow Veranda Breakfast will open in the city. Between 1 and 31 May, 500 Moscow restaurants and cafes will take part in it. Each of them will present a special morning set of three or four breakfast courses. The restaurants participating in the festival will feature a door sign sticker and an attractive veranda menu.

In addition, Play Moscow interactive routes for families with children will be ready for the summer season. Moscow visitors can receive a map with game routes in tourist information centers and hotels, visit certain places and complete tasks. The card can be exchanged at the Moscow tourist information center for a souvenir from the city. In total, the program will include more than 50 points and 50 interactive tasks.

“This year, the event calendar of the Moscow departments will be included in the Moscow’s summer map of events to be constantly updated. This will help tourists get the most out of their travel experiences, opportunities and events offered by summer Moscow,” Yevgeny Kozlov added.

Moscow is one of the most popular tourist destination in Russia. In 2022, 17.9 million tourists visited the Russian capital, which is one million more than in 2021.