River cruise
cruise
enjoy the view of Moscow from the other perspective
Duration
1,5 hours
Price
from 20 euro
Group
from 2 people
all year round
1,5 hour
1,5 hour
The cruise gives an opportunity to enjoy the magnificent view of the city of Moscow with its lights and promenades as well as to see some of the most famous sights from another perspective.
The route includes:
- three of seven "Stalin sisters" or "Stalin skyscrapers" - Hotel Ukraina, Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Apartments and the main building of Moscow Lomonosov State University, which were a part of an ambitious project based on Stalin's idea to build up Moscow with more skyscrapers to impress foreigners coming to the city after the World War II. The building of the University used to be the tallest in Europe and is still the tallest educational building in the wotld, which serves well to remind about glory and history of the oldest university in Russia founded in 1755. The university has now 39 faculties, 15 research centres and campus which are located in more then 60 buildings mostly situated on the Sparrow hills.
- Novodevichy convent
The Novodevichy Convent was part of a chain of monastic ensembles that were integrated into the defence system of the city. The convent was directly associated with the political, cultural and religious history of Russia, and closely linked to the Moscow Kremlin. It was used by women of the Tsar's family and the aristocracy. Members of the Tsar's family and entourage were also buried in its cemetery.
-Luzhniki stadium
The Luzhniki Sports Complex stands out as one of the largest sports arenas in Russia as well as worldwide. Opened in 1956 as the Moscow's central sports arena, the Luzhniki Complex has since then offered beside sports activities a variety of leisure and recreation facilities for thousands of Moscow citizens and visitors.
Over the course of its existence, the Luzhniki Complex has hosted a large number of sports competitions and fantabulous concerts, including the 1980 Summer Olympics, Russian Football Championship and UEFA Europe League Games, the 2008 Champion League Final, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the Track and Field World Championship.
- Gorky Park
Gorky Park is the capital's central park, with more than 40 000 visitors on weekdays and 250 000 on weekends and public holidays. Since 2011 the park has been setting new standards, becoming Russia's first world-class park and a space for recreation, sport, dance and outdoor games.
- Peter the Great monument
The Peter the Great Statue is a 98-metre-high (322 ft) monument to Peter the Great designed by the Georgian designer Zurab Tsereteli to commemorate 300 years of the Russian Navy, which Peter the Great established. It was erected in 1997 and is the eighth-tallest statue in the world. It weighs around 1,000 tons and contains 600 tons of stainless steel, bronze and copper.
- The cathedral of Christ the Saviour
When Napoleon Bonaparte retreated from Moscow, Tsar Alexander I signed a manifesto on 25 December 1812 declaring his intention to build a cathedral in honor of Christ the Savior "to signify Our gratitude to Divine Providence for saving Russia from the doom that overshadowed Her" and as a memorial to the sacrifices of the Russian people. The current church is the second to stand on this site. The original church was destroyed in 1931 on the order of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. The demolition was supposed to make way for a colossal Palace of the Soviets to house the country's legislature, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Construction started in 1937 but was halted in 1941 when Germany invaded the Soviet Union during World War II. Its steel frame was disassembled the following year, and the Palace was never built. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the current church was rebuilt on the site between 1995 and 2000.
- The Kremlin
The Kremlin is one of the oldest parts of Moscow and its political, spiritual and historical center. The tour includes entering the Cathedral of the Dormition, where the Russian emperors were buried, The Cathedral of the Archangel, and a visit to the the Patriarch's Palace. Seeng the Tzar Bell and the Tzar Cannon is a part of the tour as well.
- St Basil's cathedral
The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, commonly known as Saint Basil's Cathedral, is one of the most recognizable symbols of the country. It was built from 1555 to 1561 on orders from Ivan the Terrible and commemorates the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. It was the city's tallest building until the completion of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600. The building is shaped like the flame of a bonfire rising into the sky, a design that has no parallel in Russian architecture. Dmitry Shvidkovsky, in his book Russian Architecture and the West, states that "it is like no other Russian building. Nothing similar can be found in the entire millennium of Byzantine tradition from the fifth to the fifteenth century ... a strangeness that astonishes by its unexpectedness, complexity and dazzling interleaving of the manifold details of its design."
The route includes:
- three of seven "Stalin sisters" or "Stalin skyscrapers" - Hotel Ukraina, Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Apartments and the main building of Moscow Lomonosov State University, which were a part of an ambitious project based on Stalin's idea to build up Moscow with more skyscrapers to impress foreigners coming to the city after the World War II. The building of the University used to be the tallest in Europe and is still the tallest educational building in the wotld, which serves well to remind about glory and history of the oldest university in Russia founded in 1755. The university has now 39 faculties, 15 research centres and campus which are located in more then 60 buildings mostly situated on the Sparrow hills.
- Novodevichy convent
The Novodevichy Convent was part of a chain of monastic ensembles that were integrated into the defence system of the city. The convent was directly associated with the political, cultural and religious history of Russia, and closely linked to the Moscow Kremlin. It was used by women of the Tsar's family and the aristocracy. Members of the Tsar's family and entourage were also buried in its cemetery.
-Luzhniki stadium
The Luzhniki Sports Complex stands out as one of the largest sports arenas in Russia as well as worldwide. Opened in 1956 as the Moscow's central sports arena, the Luzhniki Complex has since then offered beside sports activities a variety of leisure and recreation facilities for thousands of Moscow citizens and visitors.
Over the course of its existence, the Luzhniki Complex has hosted a large number of sports competitions and fantabulous concerts, including the 1980 Summer Olympics, Russian Football Championship and UEFA Europe League Games, the 2008 Champion League Final, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the Track and Field World Championship.
- Gorky Park
Gorky Park is the capital's central park, with more than 40 000 visitors on weekdays and 250 000 on weekends and public holidays. Since 2011 the park has been setting new standards, becoming Russia's first world-class park and a space for recreation, sport, dance and outdoor games.
- Peter the Great monument
The Peter the Great Statue is a 98-metre-high (322 ft) monument to Peter the Great designed by the Georgian designer Zurab Tsereteli to commemorate 300 years of the Russian Navy, which Peter the Great established. It was erected in 1997 and is the eighth-tallest statue in the world. It weighs around 1,000 tons and contains 600 tons of stainless steel, bronze and copper.
- The cathedral of Christ the Saviour
When Napoleon Bonaparte retreated from Moscow, Tsar Alexander I signed a manifesto on 25 December 1812 declaring his intention to build a cathedral in honor of Christ the Savior "to signify Our gratitude to Divine Providence for saving Russia from the doom that overshadowed Her" and as a memorial to the sacrifices of the Russian people. The current church is the second to stand on this site. The original church was destroyed in 1931 on the order of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. The demolition was supposed to make way for a colossal Palace of the Soviets to house the country's legislature, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Construction started in 1937 but was halted in 1941 when Germany invaded the Soviet Union during World War II. Its steel frame was disassembled the following year, and the Palace was never built. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the current church was rebuilt on the site between 1995 and 2000.
- The Kremlin
The Kremlin is one of the oldest parts of Moscow and its political, spiritual and historical center. The tour includes entering the Cathedral of the Dormition, where the Russian emperors were buried, The Cathedral of the Archangel, and a visit to the the Patriarch's Palace. Seeng the Tzar Bell and the Tzar Cannon is a part of the tour as well.
- St Basil's cathedral
The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, commonly known as Saint Basil's Cathedral, is one of the most recognizable symbols of the country. It was built from 1555 to 1561 on orders from Ivan the Terrible and commemorates the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. It was the city's tallest building until the completion of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600. The building is shaped like the flame of a bonfire rising into the sky, a design that has no parallel in Russian architecture. Dmitry Shvidkovsky, in his book Russian Architecture and the West, states that "it is like no other Russian building. Nothing similar can be found in the entire millennium of Byzantine tradition from the fifth to the fifteenth century ... a strangeness that astonishes by its unexpectedness, complexity and dazzling interleaving of the manifold details of its design."
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