Moscow excursions with Russpass

Despite the pandemic and temporary restrictions, 13.6 million tourists visited Moscow last year. Tourists (as well as Muscovites) can plan interesting and informative leisure time using the Russpass service. More than 60 creative walks are available on the site. They offer to explore the Moscow cultural, architectural and natural landmarks.

Read the mos.ru article about the seven most popular routes.

On the banks of the Khimki reservoir 

Five locations of the route far from the Moscow center give you a chance to enjoy the silence and take a long walk along the most beautiful places, admire the restored Northern River Station, visit the Severnoye Tushino Park and the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo Park, see the Moscow Canal floodgate No. 7 and experience the real submarine. All seven submarine compartments are open to guests; among the exhibits are defused mines, dashboard and control room. All this can be touched and photographed.

Moscow in the movies 

The route passes through the filming locations of eight famous films. It begins on Gogolevsky Boulevard, where Rodion Rachkov (actor Yuri Vasiliev), character of the film "Moscow does not believe in tears", cuts ties with Katerina (actress Vera Alentova). Many years later, Katya took her revenge here, on Gogolevsky Boulevard too. Tourists will also find out where the scene of "Office Romance" was filmed, where Novoseltsev has the first heart to heart talk with Lyudmila.

The route passes along Novy Arbat Street, Nikitsky Boulevard, Red Square, Sovremennik theater to approach the Kotelnicheskaya embankment high-rise — it was Irina Saltykova’s residence of movie Brother-2.

Culture and art around Vagankovsky Hill 

Moscow is a city with seven hills. One of them — the Vagankovsky hill — is located directly opposite the Kremlin. Moscow princes held their treasury here; noblemen and historical people settled here. The third most popular route includes 10 attractions in this historic area.

With Russpass tour you can learn about how unique artworks were collected and museum associations established, about residences were famous painters lived and writers settled their book characters, as well as see the Pashkov House, Russian State Library, Fyodor Dostoevsky monument and house of Valentin Serov, visit the A.S. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts and Ilya Glazunov Gallery.

My Capital Half Marathon 

The running route crosses Moscow’s most picturesque area. It begins on University Square in front of the main building of the Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, and then leads to the well-known film studio "Mosfilm". Vorobyovy hills viewpoint is the end point of the run (or walk).

Incredible adventures at Presnya 

It is the family tour. It will take a whole day to complete the entire route. Tourists will discover the breakfast peculiarities of different countries, visit planetarium and the Moscow Zoo. The tour ends at the highest viewpoint of Europe — the 89th floor of the Federation Tower.

Mysteries of the Kolomenskoye Park 

A visit of Kolomenskoye museum-reserve on the banks of the Moskva River will allow you to learn more about Russian history. In addition, here you can see the famous apple orchards, as well as visit the viewpoint. Tourists will visit the palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, take beautiful photos and toss a coin into the "Maiden's Stone" boulder, making a wish.

From restaurant to skyscraper 

The route passes through the lanes of the Presnensky District. It is proposed to start the tour with breakfast in the Caucasian apartment decor — this is how one of the Moscow restaurants looks like. Then tourists are invited to visit the Zurab Tsereteli Museum of Modern Art and the largest Catholic cathedral in Russia, built in 1911. The route ends at the highest open viewpoint of Europe in the Moscow-City (The Moscow International Business Center).

The digital travel service Russpass helps you quickly and easily plan your trip around Russia. For each region of the country, services and offers are presented here, including ready-made tours and excursions. On Russpass you can buy rail and air tickets, book a restaurant and much more. The service allows you to compose an individual route for selected sites in a few clicks or use a ready-made offer.

More than three thousand travel offers are available on Russpass in all regions of Russia.

The service was developed at the initiative of the Moscow Government. The implementation of the project is supervised by the Moscow Committee for Tourism in cooperation with the Moscow Department of Information Technologies.