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      All day: two royal estates of the south

      ⏱ 10 h🚶 9 km + 🚇🍽 2📍 10 stops
      🏃 A lot — over 7 km

      Kolomenskoye in the morning, Tsaritsyno in the evening — a wooden palace, a tent-roofed church, neo-Gothic and a singing fountain.

      👶 With kids🏛 History and architecture🌳 Parks and nature
      👶 7–12, 13+ years · ✗ hard with a stroller

      Golosov Ravine is a steep dirt descent with stairs. Kolomenskaya and Tsaritsyno stations have no lifts — travel between them by taxi only. 9 km in a day is hard going with a stroller.

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        🏛 Spassky Gate of Kolomenskoye
        🎟 partly ticketed · the museum-reserve grounds are free, museums require a ticket
        A white gate from the 1670s with two arched passages, the entrance to the former tsar's estate, with the Kazan Church with its blue domes next to it.
        Start from Kolomenskaya metro
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        Spassky Gate of Kolomenskoye
        © Ulaisaeva · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The 17th-century Spassky, or Rear, Gate led to the service yard of the tsar's summer residence.
        • In the 18th century the gate became the main entrance to the estate.
        • In 1814 the Streltsy guardhouses next to the gate were taken down, in 1868 the gate was thoroughly repaired, and in 2001–2003 it was restored.
        • In 1825 two avenues of lindens were planted from the Spassky Gate to the Front Gate.
        • The guardhouses at the gate, where the guards of the Sovereign's Court stood, were recreated in 2007.
        • The Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve was founded on 10 October 1923.
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        🏛 Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye
        A white-stone tent-roofed church on a high bank, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
        Church of the Ascension from 1532, a UNESCO site
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        Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye
        © Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0
        Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye
        © Ludvig14 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The church was built in 1532 on the orders of Vasily III, by a common version in honour of the birth of his son, the future Ivan the Terrible.
        • It is one of the first stone tent-roofed churches in Rus; it is about 62 metres tall.
        • The author was probably the Italian architect Petrok Maly.
        • In 1994 the church was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list.
        • Inside, the church is very cramped: almost all of the volume goes upward, into the tent.
        • Nearby is Golosov Ravine, with the boulders Devy and Gus-Kamen, around which many legends circulate.
      4. 🚶 on foot
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        🌳 Golosov Ravine
        A deep wooded ravine with a stream and springs, descending to the Moskva River in Kolomenskoye.
        Streams and boulders
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        Golosov Ravine
        © Ludvig14 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Golosov Ravine
        © Sunny365days · CC BY 4.0
        Golosov Ravine
        © Ludvig14 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The ravine separates Kolomenskoye from the former village of Dyakovo, where the 16th-century Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist stands.
        • Since 2009 the ravine has been a natural monument, and the 18.9 hectares around it are a specially protected area.
        • Two huge boulders, Gus-Kamen and Devy Kamen, lie about 50 m from each other.
        • Researchers believe the veneration of the stones took shape only in the 1970s, although it is passed off as an ancient tradition.
        • A legend links the stones to St George's battle with the dragon; it spread in the 1980s–1990s.
        • In Konstantin Grigoryev's novella Green Mist, the characters pass through this ravine into the future.
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        🖼 Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich
        🎟 ticket
        A reconstructed 17th-century wooden palace with towers, tent roofs and painted chambers.
        Wooden palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich
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        Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich
        © MOCKBA08 · CC BY-SA 3.0
        Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich
        © Юрий Д.К. · CC BY 4.0
        • The wooden palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich was built in 1667–1668; contemporaries called it the "eighth wonder of the world".
        • This description was given to the palace in verse by Simeon of Polotsk, tutor to the tsar's children.
        • The original had 270 rooms: separate quarters for the tsar, the tsaritsa and the royal children were linked by entryways and passages.
        • In 1768, by decree of Catherine II, the dilapidated palace was taken apart, after measurements and a model had been made.
        • The current palace is a reconstruction of 2010: it stands not on the historic site but on a vacant plot near Dyakovo.
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        ☕️ Trapeznaya restaurant in the Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich
        пр-т Андропова, 39, стр. 69 (Коломенское)
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        Lunch
        🍴 A Russian restaurant in a wing of the wooden palace, with a summer terrace. What to order: pike cutlets, borscht, draniki (potato pancakes), baked apples.
      10. 🚇 10 min on foot to Kashirskaya metro, 2 stops on the green line to Tsaritsyno, then about 15 min on foot through the park to the palace
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        🖼 Grand Tsaritsyno Palace
        🎟 ticket · the park is free, the palace requires a ticket
        A pseudo-Gothic palace of red brick with white-stone decoration, built by Kazakov for Catherine II.
        Grand Palace by Bazhenov and Kazakov. In autumn 2026 the towers are in scaffolding and you can't walk along the facades; the museum inside is open
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        Grand Tsaritsyno Palace
        © Alexxx1979 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Grand Tsaritsyno Palace
        © Mike1979 Russia · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • In 1775 Catherine II bought the Black Mud estate and renamed it Tsaritsyno.
        • The ensemble was first built by Vasily Bazhenov, but in 1785 the empress inspected the palace and ordered the main buildings demolished.
        • The new palace was built by Matvey Kazakov from 1786; after Catherine's death in 1796 construction stopped.
        • For almost two centuries the palace stood unfinished and without a roof.
        • The building was completed and restored in 2005–2007, after which a museum opened in it.
        • The style of the ensemble is called Russian, or pseudo-Gothic: red brick with white-stone decoration.
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        ✨ Tsaritsyno Greenhouses
        🎟 ticket
        Three restored greenhouses by the palace with palms, citrus trees and exotic plants.
        Tropical greenhouses
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        Tsaritsyno Greenhouses
        © Mike1979 Russia · CC BY-SA 3.0
        Tsaritsyno Greenhouses
        © Mike1979 Russia · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • The first stone greenhouse in Tsaritsyno was built by Vasily Bazhenov in the 1780s.
        • By the early 19th century the greenhouse complex had five large buildings, expanded in the 1820s.
        • Pineapples, peaches and bitter oranges were grown here and sold at Moscow markets.
        • The greenhouses were closed in 1860, when Tsaritsyno was passed to the Department of Appanages, and in the 1880s a dacha settlement grew up in their place.
        • The current three greenhouses were recreated in 2006–2007 from old drawings and excavation data.
        • The greenhouses host seasonal exhibitions, such as New Year in the Kingdom of Flora.
      14. 🚶 on foot
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        🌳 Tsaritsyno Ponds
        A cascade of large ponds around the estate with a dam, bridges and views of the palace ensemble.
        A walk around the ponds
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        Tsaritsyno Ponds
        © Alexxx1979 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Tsaritsyno Ponds
        © A.Savin · CC BY-SA 3.0
        Tsaritsyno Ponds
        © Ulaisaeva · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The ponds are a cascade on the Gorodnya stream, partly existing even before the estate became the tsar's.
        • The Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve with its park and ponds was created in 1984.
        • Vasily Bazhenov built the Figured Bridge in 1776–1778, and the Large Bridge over the ravine in 1778–1784.
        • On the pond is the light-and-music singing fountain, which appeared during the 2007 reconstruction.
        • 18th-century pavilions survive in the park: Milovida and the Temple of Ceres.
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        ✨ Singing Fountain
        A large fountain on the Middle Tsaritsyno Pond, where the jets move to music and lighting.
        Evening light-and-music show in the warm season
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        Singing Fountain
        © VladFedotov · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Singing Fountain
        © Sergey Korovkin 84 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The light-and-music fountain was launched in 2007, when the restored Tsaritsyno ensemble opened.
        • The fountain stands by Podkova Island on the Middle Tsaritsyno Pond.
        • The fountain has more than 800 jets up to 15 m high that change their pattern in time with the music, and in the evening they are lit by almost 4,000 lamps.
        • The repertoire includes classics, among them Tchaikovsky, as well as pop tunes.
        • In 2022–2023 the fountain was thoroughly overhauled: the pumps, lighting and sound system were replaced.
        • The fountain runs from spring to autumn and is switched off in winter.
      18. 🚶 on foot
      19. 10
        ☕️ AnderSon family café in Tsaritsyno · 🧸 play area
        ул. Тюрина, 1 (у визит-центра «Царицыно»)
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        Dinner
        🍴 A family café and confectioner's by the main entrance to Tsaritsyno, with a play area and a kids' menu. What to order: breakfast, signature cakes and pastries, and for kids the Zefirnaya Lapa (marshmallow paw) dessert.

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