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      From Sparrow Hills by river to the Arbat

      ⏱ 5 h🚶 3.5 km + ⛴🍽 2📍 8 stops
      🚶 Moderate — 3–7 km

      The panorama from Sparrow Hills, the cable car across the Moskva River and 40 minutes on an electric tram around Luzhniki to Kiyevsky Station, then Borodinsky Bridge and the Arbat in the evening.

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        🌅 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.
        A panorama of the river bend, Luzhniki and the City — from here you can see your whole route on the water
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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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      3. 2
        ☕️ Ambassadori restaurant (formerly Tramplin) · 🧸 play area
        ул. Косыгина, 28
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        Lunch with a view: khachapuri, borscht. The upper cable car station is a couple of steps away
        🍴 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.
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        ✨ 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 down to Luzhniki station. On Monday the cable car opens at 14:00 and doesn't run in strong wind — then it's about 25 minutes on foot over the metro bridge
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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.
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      7. 4
        🏛 Luzhniki Pier
        Лужнецкая наб., у нижней станции канатной дороги
        A floating pier of river electric tram line 4, opened in June 2026 — sailings to Kievsky Station.
        The pier is 2 minutes from the lower cable car station, on Luzhnetskaya Embankment. Pay with a Troika card, bank card or biometrics: in winter 100–110 ₽ on weekdays and 155–165 ₽ at weekends; free with the Edinyi pass for 30/90/365 days and for children under 7.
      8. ⛴ river tram, line 4 "Luzhniki — Kiyevsky", from Luzhniki pier to Kiyevsky, about 40 min non-stop, every 20–30 min
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        🏛 Kievsky Pier
        Бережковская наб., напротив Киевского вокзала
        A floating pier for river electric trams by Kievsky Station: line 1 runs from here to Fili Park and line 4 to Luzhniki.
        The boat goes around Luzhniki: the stadium and Novodevichy Convent on the right, the City towers ahead. In winter the boat follows an icebreaker — allow an extra 15–20 minutes.
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        🌅 Borodinsky Bridge
        A 1912 bridge with colonnades and obelisks in memory of the war of 1812.
        5 minutes from the pier: colonnades and obelisks commemorating 1812. Cross the bridge to the other bank
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        Borodinsky Bridge
        © Vyacheslav Bukharov · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The bridge received the name Borodinsky in 1837, for the 25th anniversary of the battle; in the 1920s it was called Communism Bridge.
        • In September 1812 both Russian and French troops crossed a pontoon bridge on this spot.
        • The current bridge grew out of the arched bridge of 1911–1912, a monument for the 100th anniversary of the war of 1812.
        • The 1912 bridge was designed by architect Roman Klein and engineer Nikolai Oskolkov.
        • The names of heroes of the war with Napoleon are inscribed on the granite obelisks.
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      13. 7
        🚶 Old Arbat (Staryi Arbat)
        A pedestrian street about a kilometre long, with 19th-century mansions, cafés and street artists.
        About 15 minutes through Smolenskaya Square. Walk along the Arbat to Arbatskaya Square — past the Pushkin museum-apartment (No. 53) and the Tsoi Wall
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        Old Arbat (Staryi Arbat)
        © Florstein · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Old Arbat (Staryi Arbat)
        © Елена Нечипоренко · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Old Arbat (Staryi Arbat)
        © Valeri Pizhanski from Odintsovo, Russia · CC BY-SA 2.0
        • The name Arbat has been known since the late 15th century; its origin is disputed, either from the Turkic arba (cart) or the Arabic rabad (suburb).
        • In 1986 the Arbat became Moscow's first pedestrian street.
        • Andrei Bely was born and raised at no. 55, and Pushkin spent the first months of his marriage in the neighbouring house, no. 53.
        • The Vakhtangov Theatre (no. 26) grew out of Evgeny Vakhtangov's studio; its building was destroyed in a bombing raid in 1941.
        • The Tsoi Wall in Krivoarbatsky Lane appeared in 1990, after the musician's death.
        • Krivoarbatsky Lane is also home to Konstantin Melnikov's house-studio of 1927–1929, made of two merged cylinders.
        • On the corner with Plotnikov Lane stands a monument to Bulat Okudzhava, who sang about the Arbat in his songs.
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      15. 8
        🍽 Grabli restaurant on the Arbat
        ул. Арбат, 1
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        Dinner: self-service on the 2nd floor at the start of the Arbat — quick and inexpensive
        🍴 A self-service restaurant on the 2nd floor at the start of the Arbat: you pick hot dishes, salads and pastries yourself. What to order: cheesecake or another homemade dessert, pastries, pumpkin cream soup.

      ↩️ Getting back: from Grabli 2 minutes to Arbatskaya metro (blue and light-blue lines)

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