Magnificent frame of the capital, the Moscow region includes 80 cities, each of which certainly has something interesting for a curious tourist eye.
In ancient Volokolamsk, for example, you can marvel at the white-and red-stone standing side by side cathedrals, in Kolomna - look into the unique museum of the pastille and delve into all the details of the "sweet" process; Sergiev Posad, the capital of Russian Orthodoxy, will meet with the heads of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra hovering in the clouds, and Pavlovsky will entwine the shawls in a variety.
Besides this, the surroundings of Moscow are just exceptionally rich in natural beauty: the forests cover almost half the territory of the region. On their fringes are ancient manor houses and museum houses, modern mountain-skiing complexes and European guest-houses, and in the grounds you can hunt and go for a long time on mushrooms and berries, settle with a tent ... Finally - just lie with your hands behind your head, with a blade of grass in the lips and watch how the ancient crowns sway somewhere far above.
So the Moscow region can be safely called "the world in miniature" - here you can find all kinds of recreation, except, perhaps, sea cruises.
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Cities and Resorts
Architectural and historical: Volokolamsk, Zvenigorod, Dmitrov, Kolomna, Sergiev Posad, Pavlovsky Posad, Podolsk, Zaraysk, Klin, Mozhaisk (and Borodino), Serpukhov, Ruza, Vereya, Kashira.
Museums-estates: Abramtsevo, Arkhangelsk, Muranovo, Ostafievo, Marfino, Shakhmatovo, Gorki Leninsky, Troitskoe, Melikhovo (the main point of attraction of tourists to the city of Chekhov) is
Skiing: Volen, Sorochany, Tyagachev's club, Yakhroma
What to drive? $
All cities and towns of the Moscow region are connected to the capital by a ramified network of highways and railways, as well as regular routes for suburban buses and fixed-route taxis..The most convenient way for a tourist to travel is private vehicles .The roads are mostly of good quality, there are expressways, traffic jams are likely when leaving Moscow and entering the major cities near Moscow during peak hours..The radii of the highway running away from Moscow are connected by two car rings: a narrower one - MKAD and wider - "betonka" .
The average strip of Russia is from 800 rubles. • Red glade from 650 rubles
Belarus from 650 rubles. • CMS from 1,500 rubles
Children's rest from 25 300 rub / shift.
Crimea from 500 rubles.
By trains
At any end of the Moscow region, you can go by electric trains departing from the nine metropolitan stations .Another option is to take a long-distance train that stops at the right suburban destination, for example, it is convenient to get to Volokolamsk by trains Moscow-Riga or Moscow-Velikie Luki .Due to the absence of intermediate stations, you can win 30-45 minutes of time .On the railway transport in the Moscow region, you can move not only radially, but also along the circumference: 11 branches are connected by the Great Ring of the Moscow Railway, and from Yakhroma to Alexandrov it is easy to get there in two hours without calling at the pinnacle..
On buses or minibuses
Buses and shuttles to the cities of the Moscow region go mainly from the "corresponding" to them the outskirts of Moscow: Serpukhov from Chertanovo, Dmitrov from Altufevo, to Klin from the River Station, etc. The first run on schedule, the second - when all the seats will be filled . Because of the large number of Moscow residents living in the Moscow suburbs during peak hours, long lines are growing at stops, and several buses will have to be missed.
Where to stay
Not to say that hotels in the cities of the Moscow region pond a dime, but to find a worthy place to spend the night or stop for a few days is quite real.
The choice is presented by hotels of the Soviet building with the most that neither is a basic set of services and private mini-hotels and living rooms, the service in which is much higher. The sauna and the vai-fay will not surprise anyone, but the opportunity to go fishing in the lake or to make a horse ride to the surrounding area is an impression of an extraordinary nature. On average, the night will cost 1200-1700 RUR in the city hotel and from 2500 RUR in a more cozy place. Breakfast is included in the price, as a rule - continental.
Out-of-town tourist institutions (hunting facilities, "fishermen's villages", camp sites, etc.) offer their own accommodation, this, of course, applies to sanatoria and holiday homes.
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How to Eat Well $ ±
To the services of tourists in the Moscow region a full set of the Moscow network catering (McDonald's, "Coffee House", "Chocolate Girl", "Pronto" and t .n .) plus a nice provincial cafeteria for a "worm freeze" with beckoning signs "Wineglass" or "Pelmennaya", as well as almost Moscow-style serious restaurants for a solid meal .Prices are pleasantly surprising - 180-200 RUR for business lunch, 500-600 for a hearty lunch and 1100-1500 for a full dinner with wine for two .Cafes and restaurants are often located in the historical sites themselves - as, for example, in the Kolomna Kremlin .This is extremely convenient, but the cost of meals will be higher than .
What to Buy
The number of centers of folk crafts and just cities, famous for this or that commodity, is truly impressive on the territory of the Moscow Region. Hence the Gzhel ceramics and Zhostovo trays, the lacquer miniature Fedoskino and the Bogorodskaya toy come from here, the masters of musical instruments of Zvenigorod, the artist of the Pavlovsky Posad Manufactory and the cutters of the dolls of Sergiev Posad work here.
You can buy famous products for the whole world in shops at factories or in numerous shops of private craftsmen. Often, enterprises operate museums (for example, the Museum of Pavlovsky Posad shawls) - there it is worthwhile to go before purchasing products in order to get an idea of possible options. Among other things from the Moscow region is to take all sorts of produits du terroir: Dmitrov cheese and Klin sausage, Mozhaisky dairy products, game and meat production of hunting farms, etc.
Entertainment, excursions and attractions of the Moscow region
On the territory of the Moscow region there is a mass of cultural, historical, architectural and natural objects, so that neither Clio's loyal adepts, nor fans of flora and fauna, nor just anyone interested in anything will remain disappointed.
The number one destination for history fans is the Borodino military historical museum, located 124 km from the capital along the Smolensk direction. In addition to the actual battlefield, there are many other interesting places, including the panorama museum of the Battle of Borodino and the active Spassko-Devichy Women's Monastery. It is also interesting to visit the Museum of Tank Forces in Kubinka and the Museum of Aviation and Cosmonautics in Monino.
Beautiful examples of "Moscow evenings" in all their majestic and modest beauty - the famous estate near Moscow: Abramtsevo, Arkhangelskoe, Ostafyevo, Marfino and house museums - FI Tyutchev in Muranovo, AP Chekhov in Melikhovo, PI. Tchaikovsky in Klin, BL Pasternak in Peredelkino, AA Blok in Shakhmatovo. The nearest manor ensemble - Arkhangelskoye - is located only 20 km from the capital.
Sights of the most ancient cities of the Moscow region:
In Volokolamsk - Volokolamsk Kremlin: Resurrection and St. Nicholas Cathedrals, as well as the bell tower, Christmas-Virgin and Pokrovskaya churches, Iosifo-Volokolamsky Assumption Monastery, Goncharov's Manor in Yaropolets.
In Zvenigorod there are the Ascension and Uspensky Cathedrals, the Church of Alexander Nevsky, the Church of the Nativity of Christ, the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery and the Nativity Cathedral, the Chambers of Tsar Alexis Mikhailovich and the Tsarina's House.
In Dmitrov, the Dmitrovsky Kremlin: the Assumption Cathedral and the Elizabeth Church, the Borisoglebsky Monastery, numerous churches, merchants' houses and other notable examples of secular buildings.
In Kolomna - the Kolomna Kremlin with the Assumption Cathedral, the Holy Trinity Novo-Golutvin Convent, the Tikhvin Church and the Church of the Ascension of the Speaker, Merchant Posad and the Brusensk Monastery.
The Moscow region is famous for its monasteries: Trinity-Sergius Lavra, Novo-Ierusalimsky, Pokrovsky, Iosifo-Volokolamsky, Savvo-Storozhevsky, Nikolo-Ugreshsky and others.
In most cities of the Moscow region there are local history museums, the largest of which - in Serpukhov - Serpukhov Historical and Art Museum. In total, there are more than 70 museums, art galleries and exhibition halls in the region, the collections of which total more than one million items.
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Hunting in the Moscow region
On the territory of the Moscow region, there are many hunting farms where in the season you can hunt for moose, maral, spotted deer, wild boar, wolf, raccoon dog, marten, ermine, weasel, chorus, otter, mink, badger, squirrel and hare. Of the birds in the suburbs, there are wood capercaillie, black grouse, woodcock, mallard, pintail, wig, shirokonoska, teal, gogol, stern, dupel, snipe, curlew, garnish. The most famous are Rumyantsev, Ozersky, Kosterevo and Bronnitskoye hunting farms. Hunters will need a special permit and license, the rest will be gladly provided by farm specialists - from housing to ammunition and huntsmen. More details on the subtleties of the oldest arts, corrected for the capital region, can be found on the page "Hunting in the Moscow Region."
Fishing in the Moscow region
Paid fishing is becoming more popular in the suburbs - for a certain amount you can get tackles, bait, the appropriate amount of amenities (from the equipment for processing the catch to the full infrastructure with houses, restaurants and entertainment) and practically guaranteed excellent biting. The cost ranges from 50 RUR per hour to 1000 RUR per day.
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