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      An evening at the National: caviar and a Kremlin view

      ⏱ 3 h🚶 1.5 km🍽 2📍 5 stops
      🐢 A little — under 3 km

      The Art Nouveau of the Metropol, the lit-up Bolshoi, dinner at Beluga and dessert on the roof of The Carlton.

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        🏛 Metropol Hotel
        Театральный пр-д, 2
        A 1905 Art Nouveau hotel with mosaics, a facade and a stained-glass dome over the restaurant.
        Vrubel's panel "Princess Dream" on the facade
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        Metropol Hotel
        © Юрий Д.К. · CC BY 4.0
        • The hotel was conceived by Savva Mamontov, together with a huge opera house that was later dropped.
        • In 1899 Mamontov was arrested in a railway case, and the building was finished without him.
        • The project was started by William Walcot, and Lev Kekushev was the chief architect of the construction.
        • In December 1901 the nearly finished building burned for 41.5 hours: the fire started from the chimney of the samovar room.
        • The facades have 23 ceramic panels and a majolica inscription with words by Friedrich Nietzsche.
        • In 1918 the Metropol became the "Second House of Soviets": the All-Russian Central Executive Committee met in the former restaurant, and Lenin and Trotsky spoke there.
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        🏛 Bolshoi Theatre
        The country's main opera and ballet theatre, with an eight-column portico and Apollo's quadriga above the entrance.
        Teatralnaya Square in the evening
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        Bolshoi Theatre
        © Юрий Д.К. · CC BY 4.0
        • The theatre's founding day is considered to be 28 March 1776, when Prince Pyotr Urusov received from Catherine II the right to maintain theatrical performances.
        • The current building, designed by Osip Bove, opened on 18 January 1825 with the prologue The Triumph of the Muses.
        • After the fire of 1853 only the walls and colonnade survived; Albert Cavos rebuilt the theatre in three years, and it reopened on 20 August 1856.
        • The bronze quadriga of Apollo by Pyotr Klodt replaced the earlier alabaster sculpture after the fire of 1853.
        • The famous golden brocade curtain, designed by Fyodor Fyodorovsky, appeared in 1955.
        • The Historic Stage was reconstructed from 2005 to 2011 and reopened on 28 October 2011.
        • From October 1941 to July 1943 the theatre worked in evacuation in Kuibyshev.
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        🏛 Manezhnaya Square
        A wide square between the Kremlin, the Manege and the Hotel Moskva, with a monument to Zhukov and the glass dome of a shopping centre.
        A view of the Kremlin and the Historical Museum
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        Manezhnaya Square
        © Юрий Д.К. · CC BY 4.0
        • The square was created in 1931–1938 by demolishing whole blocks, including Loskutny and Obzhorny lanes.
        • From 1967 to 1990 it was officially called the 50th Anniversary of October Square, but the name never caught on.
        • The Manege was built as an exercise hall (Exerzierhaus) for troop drill, designed by Augustin de Betancourt and Auguste de Montferrand.
        • The dome of the Okhotny Ryad shopping centre is crowned with a sculpture of St George.
        • In the Geyser, the central fountain of 1996, stands a group of four horses called The Seasons.
        • The canal along the Alexander Garden is decorated with sculptures by Zurab Tsereteli.
        • Under the square is the Museum of Moscow Archaeology, founded in 1997.
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        🍽 Beluga Restaurant
        ул. Моховая, 15/1, гостиница «Националь», 2 этаж
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        Caviar, vodka and windows straight onto the Kremlin; booking
        🍴 A caviar restaurant in the National hotel with a view of the Kremlin and Manezhnaya Square. What to order: the Burlak breakfast, a caviar sandwich, mimosa salad with sturgeon, pike dumplings.
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      9. 5
        🍽 O2 Restaurant
        Тверская ул., 3, отель The Carlton, на крыше
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        The roof of The Carlton, open from 5 p.m.; a terrace with a view of the Kremlin, book ahead
        🍴 A rooftop restaurant at The Carlton hotel (formerly O2 Lounge) with Mediterranean-French cuisine and a panoramic terrace overlooking the Kremlin stars. Open from 17:00: Sun–Thu until 00:00, Fri–Sat until 02:00. What to order: oysters and seafood from the raw bar, bouillabaisse, handmade pasta and gnocchi with seasonal mushrooms, a cocktail from the seasonal menu.

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