ABOUT MOSCOW

Moscow is the capital of Russia and has a population of around 10 million inhabitants.

For information on Moscow and its history, see Wikipedia.

For an interesting map of Moscow sights, click HERE. More Moscow maps are found HERE.

Plenty more information on Moscow for visitors can be found at the official Moscow Tourist Board website.

VISIT MOSCOW
- How to Get There

By Plane: For flight deals to Moscow from the UK, try the Skyscanner.net website or Expedia.co.uk.

A number of airlines provide direct flights between London Heathrow and Moscow’s two airports.

British Airways, BMI and Transaero Airlines
operate flights to Moscow’s Domododevo Airport.

Aeroflot flies from London Heathrow to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.

MOSCOW ATTRACTIONS
- What to See & Do

The walled fortress that is the Kremlin should be top of anyone’s list to Moscow. Highlights include several cathedrals - Assumption Cathedral (Uspensky Sobor), Annunciation Cathedral (Blagoveshchensky Sobor) and the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael (Archangelsky Sobor) and also the Armoury Museum and Diamond Fund.

Red Square (Krasnaya Ploshchadis) is next on the list, followed by the colourful onion-shaped domes of St Basil's Cathedral (Pokrovsky Sobor). Then pay your respects at Lenin's Mausoleum.

If it’s cold outside, head to some of Moscow’s best museums, including the State Historical Museum, the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, the Tretyakov Gallery and the Moscow City Museum.

Also, try and use the Moscow metro system at least once. It’s the busiest, largest in the world - and one of the most impressive.

Lonely Planet’s list of sights and attractions in Moscow provides further details on what to see and do in Moscow while you are there.

MOSCOW ACCOMMODATION

MOSCOW HOTELS:

- Booking.com: Moscow Hotels

- LateRooms: Hotels in Moscow

Moscow Hostels:

- Hostelworld: Moscow Hostels