Moscow is easily one of my all-time favourite cities in Europe – a place I grew up thinking I’d never be able to visit but now a city where I’ve spent two fascinating holidays. The mix of Soviet-era Moscow with old historical buildings and the modern day flare of a world city is very intriguing. [...]

Even if you’ve got just a passing interest in space travel, Moscow’s Memorial Museum of Astronautics – it’s often called the Museum of Cosmonautics too, but it’s the same place – is a museum you just have to visit. I was there a few years ago shortly before it closed for renovations, and last year [...]

At the heart of Moscow, this famous square is surrounded by top Moscow attractions. You may wish to look at places to stay near Red Square, especially if you’re only in Moscow for a short time. Starting at one end of Red Square is the fascinating St Basil’s Cathedral (pictured), a place you’ll want to [...]

Sightseeing in Moscow – one of the best places to visit in Europe, in my opinion – certainly doesn’t have to be expensive. Simply riding the metro lets you see countless artworks. Recently, a new underground station with artwork worth seeing has opened up – the Dostoevskaya station, which has large murals showing scenes from [...]

In any Moscow touristy spot – I think for me it was on a Moskva River cruise – you’re bound to hear the Scorpions song “Winds of Change”. Once I’d heard that famous line “Follow the Moskva/Down to Gorky Park” I realised I had to visit Gorky Park before I left Moscow. You can easily [...]

On my first trip to Russia, I got there via a three-week Trans-Siberian rail trip, which gave me a lot of reading time – and I’d carefully picked some Russian literature to occupy my time, in particular Dostoyevsky, which led me to visit the Dostoyevsky Memorial Flat in St Petersburg. Russian literary history is liberally [...]

On my second trip to Moscow, I wanted to get outside of the city and see at least one of the famed Golden Ring towns, and since my time was a bit limited, the best choice seemed to be a day trip to the closest one, Sergiev Posad. This is a small place about an [...]

Perhaps my favourite place in Moscow – and it’s a city I really love – is St Basil’s Cathedral, mostly because the quirky, colourful towers don’t seem like they could be real – yet there they stand, just at the end of Red Square and close to the Kremlin. They make Moscow a bit more [...]

You often hear these horror stories of Moscow being one of the most expensive cities in the world these days – and while that’s probably true if you have to live there, I still believe that as a traveler you can enjoy a stay in Moscow without destroying your budget. Choosing a homestay over a [...]