【Moscow】Unlock underground palaces and secret places in 7 days

✨ Why Moscow?
——There is more than just Red Square and Onion-Domed Church here! Soviet aesthetics, underground art palaces, niche literary and artistic districts... Moscow is a city full of contrasts, where history and modernity are intertwined, and it is definitely worth exploring in depth!
---📅 Itinerary (7 days and 6 nights)
Day 1: Check in at classic landmarks
Red Square & Kremlin
▪️ Must-see: St. Basil's Cathedral (it's even more magical when it's lit up at night!), Lenin's Mausoleum, Kremlin Arsenal
▪️ Secret location: The cafe on the third floor of GUM Department Store, overlooking the Red Square
Zaryadye Park
▪️ The V-shaped bridge on the suspended observation deck offers the best angles for photographing the Kremlin and the Moscow River
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Day 2: Subway Art Tour
🚇 Recommended stops (buy a one-day ticket for unlimited rides!):
1. Kyiv Station - Mosaic murals tell the history of Soviet Russia
2. Revolution Square Station - Touch the bronze hound's nose for good luck 🐶
3. Komsomolskaya Station: Luxurious Baroque style, like walking into the Tsar’s palace
4. New Village Station - Stained glass windows look like a church
▪️ Tips: There are fewer people in the evening, which is suitable for taking photos; download the "Metro Moscow" APP to check the route
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Day 3: Literary and artistic niche day
Arbat Street
▪️ Old Arbat: Pushkin's former residence, street artists
▪️ New Arbat: Soviet-style skyscrapers, internet-famous bookstores* "Reading City"
Gorky Park
▪️ Locals' favorite leisure place, you can rent bicycles in the summer and it becomes an ice skating rink in the winter⛸️
▪️ Hidden trick: Garage Contemporary Art Museum in the park
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Day 4: Soviet nostalgia tour
All-Russian Exhibition Centre (VDNKh)
▪️ Huge Space Museum & Statue of "Worker and Kolkhoz Woman"
▪️ Check in at the retro Soviet fountain and try "astronaut ice cream"🍦
Moscow State University Observation Deck
▪️ Overlooking the entire city at sunset, the most classic perspective of Stalin's Seven Sisters
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Day 5: Museum Day
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
▪️ European famous paintings + ancient Egyptian collections, less crowded than the Hermitage!
Museum of Modern History
▪️ The Soviet life exhibition area is super interesting: retro cars, space race posters
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Day 6: Golden Ring Town (Sergiev Posad)
🚄 1 hour direct train
▪️ Holy Trinity Monastery - an Orthodox holy place, the blue and gold onion domes are breathtakingly beautiful
▪️ Taste the town’s specialty mead + Russian pie
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Day 7: Shopping + Return
🛍️ Hunter's Company (Okhotny Ryad)
▪️ Affordable local brands: Ларек (hand cream), Белита (facial mask)
▪️ Souvenirs: nesting dolls, amber jewelry, vodka
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🍴 Food recommendations
✔️ High-end experience:
- Turandot Restaurant - Palace-style decoration, 500 yuan per person for the same food as the Tsar
✔️ Affordable must-eats:
- My-My Buffet Restaurant – Borscht + Dumplings, 50 RMB per person
- eremok pancake shop-salted butter salmon pancake is super delicious!
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⚠️ Practical Tips
1️⃣ Visa: Electronic visa is issued in 4 days, super convenient!
2️⃣ Transportation: A single subway ticket costs 55 rubles, and a 3-day card is recommended
3️⃣ Safety: Stay away from drunk areas late at night and be careful of pickpockets in subway stations
4️⃣ Language: Google Translate + gestures are universal, young people can speak English
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📌 Final thoughts
The romance of Moscow is hidden in the details——
It is a beam of light from the dome of the subway station, it is the melody of the accordion played by an old man on a park bench,
It’s the streets of mulled wine mixed with the scent of cedar on a winter night…
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