Gorky Park and River Cruise
Meet your tour guide at the lobby of your hotel or at any designated place in Moscow city center. Travel by metro to Gorky Park, accompanied by your guide, and, once you are there, start exploring the most famous park in Russia - Gorky Park. It gained its fame thanks to the immortal song Wind of Change by Scorpions and a novel Gorky Park", both big hits in 1980s-1990s. Gorky Park still keeps its secrets from the Soviet times.
We will embark on a 2,5-hour river cruise with scenic views of Moscow from the pier nearby. Do not forget your camera - you will enjoy those iconic views through panoramic windows.
A local tour guide will explain you about all the sights on the way and will share some stories from the Soviet past. The cruise has a high-praised restaurant on board, so you can enjoy a full lunch or dinner or have a coffee with a dessert at your own expense in a comfortable atmosphere of the river cruise.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Gorkiy Central Park of Culture and Recreation, Krymskiy Val St., 9, Moscow 119049 Russia
We will visit Gorky park, the most popular park in Moscow. It is a recreation area: there you will find two cinemas, an observatory, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art and a number of workshops.
It is a Hipster area, chill.
Opened in 1923 and named after a Soviet writer, Maxim Gorky, for the last 60 years the park has been a symbol of the USSR. We will talk about its origins, legends, and its role in the city life while strolling along perfectly kept trees and flower beds.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: The Moskva River, Moscow Russia
We will set sail on the Moskva River, main Moscow waterway, on the top-class river boat.
You can enjoy panoramic views either on the deck or in the restaurant with full height glass walls.
The guide will accompany you on the boat and will share with you stories behind the surrounding cityscape and will give you the general overview of the history of Moscow.
The cruise will pass by main Moscow sights:
- Red Square
- the territory of the Kremlin with its 3 unforgettable snow-white cathedrals and the Grand Kremlin Palace
- St. Basil Cathedral
- Peter the Great statue (some funny story behind that monument)
- Luzhniki
- Sparrow Hills
- Red October Chocolate factory
- Christ the Savior Cathedral
- Zaradye park with its fabulous floating bridge
- House on Kotelnicheskaya embankment
- Muzeon park
- Moscow City financial district, full of skyscrapers
- White House of Russia
Duration: 3 hours
Duration:3 hours 30 minutes
Commences in:Moskva, Russia
Country:Russia
City:Moskva
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