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Moscow

3 Days in Moscow

10Stops2UNESCO Sites+26Travel Score

Day 1Arrival DayMediumKitay-Gorod

Red Square and St Basil's

The square, St Basil's onion domes and GUM's glass arcade.

  1. AM

    Arrive and Settle In

    Check in, drop your bags and get your bearings.

  2. 15:00
    45 min

    Red Square

    UNESCO

    Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow

  3. 16:00
    1 h

    St Basil's Cathedral

    UNESCO

    Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow

  4. 17:15
    45 min

    GUM arcade

    UNESCO

    Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow

  5. 19:00
    1 h

    Zaryadye floating bridge

    Zaryadye Park

Day 2Day TripFullSergiev Posad

Sergiev Posad

The blue-and-gold domes of the Trinity Lavra.

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Day 3City DayFullKremlin

The Kremlin · Metro Palaces

Cathedral Square and the Armoury's treasures. The chandeliered stations: Komsomolskaya, Mayakovskaya, Ploshchad Revolyutsii.

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Day Trip

Vladimir and Suzdal

Golden Ring white-stone churches.

Day Trip

Kuskovo and Tsaritsyno

Noble estates on Moscow's edge.

Half Day

Tretyakov Gallery

Russian icons to Repin.

Half Day · UNESCO

Novodevichy Convent

A walled convent on a pond, and its famous cemetery.

Half Day · UNESCO

Kolomenskoye

The tent-roofed Church of the Ascension over the Moskva river.

When to Go

This version is for May–Aug. The best months below come from GoGo's climate data.

Typical highs

Best monthsRain: wettest Jul (93 mm), driest Feb (42 mm)

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