Duration: 3 hours
Take a guided walking tour of Moscow's cultural highlights, like the beautiful UNESCO World Heritage-listed Red Square, said to be the central square of Russia. Walk through the adjoining district Kitay-Gorod, one of the city’s most interesting areas known for its rich culture and varying entertainment, before following your guide to St Basil's Cathedral. The Russian Orthodox Church was consecrated on the square in 1561 on orders from Ivan the Terrible, and is famous for its colorful architecture shaped like a flame rising into the sky.
Discover Russia’s capital on this cultural walking tour with all entrance fees covered. Start your tour in Moscow’s UNESCO World Heritage-listed Red Square, commonly known as the central point of Russia because the major streets of Moscow that radiate from here turn into major highways that spread through the whole country. The square is encircled by some of the country’s most famous buildings, presenting a powerful and picturesque scene to every visitor.
Your guide will educate you on historic events that took place at the sites you will walk past like the marvelous State Historical Museum founded in 1872, the reconstructed Kazan Cathedral and the Moscow Kremlin -- a historic fortified complex including four palaces, four cathedrals and the enclosing Kremlin Wall. Nowadays, the Kremlin Wall is the official residence of the president of the Russian Federation.
Continue to Kitay-Gorod to see one of Moscow's central districts known for its many small streets, interesting courtyards and the bulbous-shaped Trinity of Nikitniki Church. Your guide will tell you more about Kitay-Gorod's name, which, often misinterpreted as ‘China town,’ derives from the Russian words kitai, meaning fence or wall, and gorod, meaning town. This explains the small portions of a still-standing medieval wall that once surrounded the whole area.
Your guide will then take you inside the incomparable St Basil's Cathedral, marking the geometric center of Moscow and built on the orders of Ivan the Terrible in 1555. The church is the second largest building in Russia's capital and is unparalleled in Russian architecture. With your guide, walk through the labyrinth of narrow vaulted corridors and vertical cylinders of the church and marvel at the cathedral’s decorations rich in detail and color. This famous building has been part of the Moscow Kremlin and Red Square UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990.
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