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      All day by the river: cable car, Novodevichy and dinner cruise

      ⏱ 11 h🚶 9 km + 🚕🍽 3📍 12 stops
      🏃 A lot — over 7 km

      Over the river by cable car in the morning, the convent and Tolstoy's house at midday, an evening dinner cruise past the Kremlin.

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      1. 1
        🏛 Luzhniki
        Russia's largest stadium, surrounded by a sports complex and the Moskva River embankment.
        Start by the stadium
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        Luzhniki
        © Government of Moscow Press centre · CC BY 4.0
        Luzhniki
        © Alexxx1979 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The stadium was built in a record 450 days and opened on 31 July 1956 with a match between the RSFSR and China national teams.
        • At first it held about 101,000 spectators on wooden benches.
        • Until 1992 the arena was called the Lenin Central Stadium; the monument to Lenin by Matvey Manizer has stood at the entrance since 1960.
        • The 1980 Olympic Games opened here on 19 July, and at the closing ceremony the image of the Olympic Bear Misha appeared in the stands.
        • On 21 May 2008 the first Champions League final in Russia was played here, Manchester United against Chelsea.
        • After the 2017 reconstruction the stadium holds 81,000 spectators, more than any other in Russia; it was the main arena of the 2018 World Cup.
      2. 🚶 on foot
      3. 2
        ✨ Luzhniki – Sparrow Hills cable car
        A gondola cable car about 720 m long over the Moskva River, with views of Luzhniki and Moscow State University.
        Across the river by cable car
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        Luzhniki – Sparrow Hills cable car
        © Правительство Москвы · CC BY 4.0
        • The cable car was built for the 2018 World Cup but opened only on 26 November 2018.
        • Already on 28 November it was closed because of a hacker attack.
        • The line has three stations and a height difference of 60 m; the equipment was made by Switzerland's Bartholet.
        • It runs 8-seat gondolas, and in winter 4-seat chairs are added on the second section.
        • Part of the route follows the line of a 1953 chairlift that served the Big Ski Jump; it was dismantled in 2016.
      4. 🚶 on foot
      5. 3
        🌳 Sparrow Hills Eco-trail
        Wooden boardwalks and stairs down the slope of the Sparrow Hills, through forest with springs.
        Forest path along the slope
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        Sparrow Hills Eco-trail
        © alvgor · CC BY 3.0
        Sparrow Hills Eco-trail
        © alvgor · CC BY 3.0
        • The Sparrow Hills were declared a natural monument in 1987 and a nature reserve in 1998.
        • It is Moscow's only protected natural area where a natural broadleaf forest survives so close to the centre.
        • The forest is mostly linden, oak, maple, birch and ash, whose roots hold the steep landslide slopes.
        • Long-eared owls, ravens and tawny owls live here, species from the Moscow Red Book.
        • The reserve has the Big and Small Andreyevsky Ponds, named after the neighbouring monastery.
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      7. 4
        🌅 Sparrow Hills viewpoint (Vorobyovy Gory)
        A platform on the high right bank with a panorama of the bend of the Moskva River, Luzhniki and the city centre.
        Morning view of the city
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        Sparrow Hills viewpoint (Vorobyovy Gory)
        © Alexxx1979 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Sparrow Hills viewpoint (Vorobyovy Gory)
        © Alexxx1979 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Sparrow Hills viewpoint (Vorobyovy Gory)
        © Niklitov · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The viewing platform was built in 1948 to a design by the architect Vitaly Dolganov.
        • From 1935 to 1999 the hills were officially called the Lenin Hills.
        • The slope rises up to 80 m above the river, a ledge of the Teplostanskaya Upland.
        • The second-to-last chapter of The Master and Margarita is called "On the Sparrow Hills".
        • Downstream from the platform stands a memorial marking the oath of Herzen and Ogarev.
        • The Moscow State University main building behind the platform is 240 m with its spire, and the central block has 36 floors.
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      9. 5
        ☕️ Ambassadori restaurant (formerly Tramplin) · 🧸 play area
        ул. Косыгина, 28
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        Early lunch (opens at 12:00)
        🍴 A panoramic Georgian restaurant by the viewing platform, with a kids' menu and a children's room. What to order: khachapuri, borscht, and cake for dessert.
      10. 🚕 taxi, about 12 min; or 15 min downhill to Vorobyovy Gory metro, 1 stop to Sportivnaya (red line) and 10 min on foot
      11. 6
        🏛 Novodevichy Convent
        A 16th–17th-century convent with crenellated walls, the Smolensk Cathedral and a tall bell tower, a UNESCO site.
        A UNESCO World Heritage ensemble
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        Novodevichy Convent
        © Vyacheslav Bukharov · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Novodevichy Convent
        © Никонико962 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Novodevichy Convent
        © Anton Zelenov · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • The convent was founded in 1524 by Vasily III in fulfilment of a vow made for the capture of Smolensk in 1514.
        • In 2004 the ensemble was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list.
        • The bell tower of 1690, in the Moscow Baroque style, is one of the tallest in Moscow, at about 72 m.
        • In 1689 Peter I imprisoned Tsarevna Sophia here; she was later tonsured under the name Susanna.
        • In 1812 the retreating French tried to blow up the convent; according to legend, the nuns put out the fuses.
        • The convent was returned to the Church in 2010; large-scale restoration went on for about ten years from 2014.
        • Beyond the wall lies Novodevichy Cemetery, where Chekhov, Gogol and Bulgakov are buried.
      12. 🚶 on foot
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        🌳 Novodevichy Pond
        A pond by the convent walls reflecting the bell tower and the Smolensk Cathedral, with a path and benches around it.
        Swans and a view of the convent
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        Novodevichy Pond
        © Pierre André Leclercq · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Novodevichy Pond
        © Alexxx1979 · CC0
        • The ponds lie in an oxbow of the Moskva River, and the park around them began to be laid out under a plan of 1957.
        • The sculpture Make Way for Ducklings is a copy of Nancy Schön's Boston composition, based on Robert McCloskey's book.
        • The ducklings were given to Soviet children in 1991 by Barbara Bush, who a year earlier had shown the Boston original to Raisa Gorbacheva.
        • The ducklings have been stolen more than once: one right after installation, and later the mother duck and several others; the figures were recast.
        • Above the pond stands Novodevichy Convent, founded in 1524, which has been on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 2004.
      14. 🚶 on foot
      15. 8
        🧺 Usachevsky Market
        ул. Усачёва, 26
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        Lunch at the market
        🍴 A market in Khamovniki with farmers' stalls and a food court on the second floor. What to order: shawarma with Kamchatka crab at Crab and Caviar, pinsa at Pinzeria by Bontempi, a sprat sandwich and a fruit liqueur at Pod Usami.
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      17. 9
        🖼 Tolstoy Estate in Khamovniki
        ул. Льва Толстого, 21
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        A preserved city estate where Tolstoy lived with his family in winters from 1882 to 1901, with its authentic interiors.
        The house where Tolstoy wrote "Resurrection"
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        Tolstoy Estate in Khamovniki
        © Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Tolstoy Estate in Khamovniki
        © Vitaliy KR · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The main house was built in the early 19th century for Prince Ivan Meshchersky and survived the fire of 1812.
        • Tolstoy bought the estate in 1882 and spent his winters here until 1901.
        • About a hundred works were written here, including The Death of Ivan Ilyich, The Kreutzer Sonata and Resurrection.
        • Chekhov, Repin, Rachmaninoff, Chaliapin and Rimsky-Korsakov visited the Tolstoys here.
        • The museum opened in 1921, and the furnishings of the house are preserved almost completely.
      18. 🚕 taxi, about 12 min via Borodinsky Bridge to Taras Shevchenko Embankment
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        🏛 Pier by the Hotel Ukraina
        A pier on Taras Shevchenko Embankment by the Stalinist skyscraper, the Hotel Ukraina (now Radisson Collection), from where river sightseeing boats depart.
        Boarding the evening cruise
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        Pier by the Hotel Ukraina
        © Retired electrician · CC0
        • The Hotel Ukraina is the seventh and last Stalinist skyscraper, built in 1953–1957.
        • The building is 206 m tall, 73 m of which is the spire.
        • The pier for river boats was created together with the skyscraper at the intersection of the embankment and Kutuzovsky Prospekt.
        • In the hotel lobby stands the diorama Moscow, Capital of the USSR, a 1:75 scale model of the city with a day-and-night cycle.
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      21. 11
        ✨ Icebreaker cruise on the Moskva River
        🎟 ticket
        A river trip past the Kremlin and the centre of Moscow on a boat that can also sail in the cold season.
        Moscow lit up, seen from the water, about 2.5 hours
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        Icebreaker cruise on the Moskva River
        © Юрий Д.К. · CC BY 4.0
        • The sightseeing boats belong to the Hotel Ukraina fleet and sail on the Moskva River all year round.
      22. 🚶 on foot
      23. 12
        🍽 Restaurant on a yacht of the Radisson Royal fleet
        причал гостиницы «Украина», наб. Тараса Шевченко
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        Dinner on board
        🍴 Lunch or dinner on board an ice-class yacht during a year-round cruise from the Hotel Ukraina. What to order: fish or seafood from the signature menu, steak, and to finish dessert with coffee.

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