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Walking around the capital is a real treat for photographers, history and architecture lovers. They will allow you to feel the energy modern city, will inspire you to new achievements, and will allow you to stay in good physical shape. All you need for a walk is a comfortable outfit and shoes, a camera and a well-thought-out route.

Lubyanka metro station
The capital has a lot of parks, buildings and beauties; it will take more than one day to get around them. Therefore, it is better to build the first familiarization route in the city center. It is convenient to start from Lubyanka Square, where the metro station of the same name is located. From here you should head to the busy Nikolskaya Street.

Nikolskaya street
Nikolskaya Street is one of the oldest in Moscow. In the 19th century, the offices of large entrepreneurs were located here, elite restaurant and a prestigious hotel. Currently, the first floors of ancient houses are given over to expensive boutiques and shops. Since 2013, after reconstruction, Nikolskaya Street has become a pedestrian street. There is perfect order here and there are places to relax.

Red Square
After passing by St. Nicholas Rows and the Kazan Cathedral, Red Square opens to participants in the walking marathon. You can admire its architecture and grandeur endlessly. However, you should not slow down the rhythm of your steps. You should walk through the square to the end and head towards the Bolshoi Zamoskvoretsky Bridge.

Kremlin embankment
Prospect-embankment stretches along the southern Kremlin wall. It is separated from the waters of the Moscow River by a parapet, near which you can admire the surrounding landscapes. Between the roadway and the Kremlin wall there is a linden alley. The wide crowns of relict trees will allow you to rest a little before moving towards a new goal.

Cathedral of Christ the Savior
The majestic Cathedral of Christ the Savior with golden domes perpetuates the memory of the victory over the French in 1812. While walking, you should limit yourself to its external inspection and head towards the Patriarchal Bridge.

Patriarchal Bridge
The graceful bridge was built in 2004, stylized as 19th century architecture century. It crosses the Moscow River and the Vodootvodny Canal, connecting the territory of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior with the Yakimanskaya, Bersenevskaya and Prechistenskaya embankments. A walk along the bridge is an opportunity to enjoy picturesque views and feel the coolness of the river.

Strelka Institute
From the height of the Patriarchal Bridge you can see the building of the modern Institute of Media, Architecture and Design "Strelka". It was founded in 2009, its activities are aimed at improving the appearance of modern cities.

Moscow, Bersenevskaya embankment, 14, building 5A


Kropotkinskaya (Sokolnicheskaya line)



Muzeon – art park
The last point of the walking route is Muzeon Park. Here you can stop, take a breath and leisurely examine the sculptures under open air. The collection is divided into several thematic zones and displays more than 1,000 works by Soviet and Russian sculptors. The park often hosts concerts, photo exhibitions, and sporting events. Perhaps you will be able to attend them and relax after an active marathon.

Moscow, st. Krymsky Val, 2


Oktyabrskaya (Ring Line)



Source of photos: photobank “Lori”

Travel fills and decorates life. And hiking is the most romantic way to travel. After an interesting and eventful trekking, a person returns to ordinary life with a huge supply of physical and mental health. New impressions and a beneficial, strengthening effect on the body make people go on walking tours again and again.

RussiaDiscovery offers interesting hikes around Russia, along the most amazing places Russia. Do you dream of seeing the Putorana plateau? Do you want to touch the mysteries and beauty of Altai? Would you like to climb magnificent peaks and enjoy the greatness mountain landscape? We offer routes that we ourselves are sincerely inspired by.

Active holidays on holiday weekends

A number of programs are designed so that the trip takes place during the holidays. Active leisure is The best way fill your little vacation with events. A full-fledged journey and exciting impressions remain in your memory.

We propose to spend the New Year's weekend in Altai and celebrate Christmas with adventures in the Caucasus. On spring break you can go on a trip to Crimea with your children. A variety of programs will allow you to find a trip that will suit the dates of your vacation. Contact our managers, they will help you choose the best option.

Variety of routes and types of active recreation

Submitted hiking trips in Russia include such territories as:

  • Altai,
  • Kamchatka,
  • Kola Peninsula,
  • Siberia,
  • Caucasus,
  • Crimea,
  • Far East,
  • Putorana plateau,
  • Chukotka,
  • Yakutia
  • and others.

Trekking tours in Russia provide a rich program of active recreation, which may include:

Combined tours involve a combination of several types of active recreation within one program.

Travel conditions

Accommodation and meals are included in the tour price. Depending on the specific tour program, this could be accommodation in hotel rooms, in a cabin in the forest, in a tent camp, or even in a catamaran cabin.

The program is designed in such a way that the journey does not become just a grueling transition.

However, each walking tour presented on the site has a special mark on the level of difficulty. In our list you can find both extreme tours, such as “Primeval Kamchatka”, and tours on which you can take children from 8 years old with you.

All the basic equipment needed for hiking: cars, boats and equipment is also included in the price of the tour.

Moscow, of course, is big, but its entire center can be explored on foot. The capital has retained the structure of a traditional Russian city - in the middle there is a fortress, from which the streets radiate in rays and circles. Therefore, all walks in the center can be started from the Kremlin. Below are several suggested routes:

Kremlin - Smolenskaya metro station

The route from the Kremlin to the Smolenskaya metro station lasts about 3 km. You need to get out of the metro at Teatralnaya or Okhotny Ryad stations and walk along Mokhovaya Street towards . On the right hand first there will be the National Hotel (house no. 15), built in 1903 by the architect Alexander Ivanov. There is an interesting mosaic under the roof of the building. Further along Mokhovaya Street, two old buildings of Moscow University will appear on your right (houses no. 11 and 9), and on the left - the central exhibition hall "Manege" (house no. 1). Having reached the Lenin Library metro station, you need to turn right onto Vozdvizhenka Street. After some time you will reach the Arbatskaya metro station. On the right, directly opposite the exit of the Arbatskaya station, there will be Arseny Morozov's mansion in the Moorish style (house no. 16). This is one of the strangest buildings in Moscow, built in late XIX century. According to legend, when the house was ready, Morozov’s mother said that previously only she knew that her son had bad taste, but now all of Moscow would know it. However, tastes change: over time, Muscovites sincerely fell in love with this building, and today Vozdvizhenka is unthinkable without it. If you walk a few meters forward, you will find yourself at an underground passage. You can cross it to the other side of the street to find yourself on Arbat Square. On it stands the Khudozhestvenny cinema (house no. 14) - one of the oldest in Moscow: back in 1909, an electric theater was opened in this building. Behind Khudozhestvenny there is the old Arbatskaya metro station (in Moscow there are two Arbatskiye and Smolenskiye stations - old and new). It is stylized as a mausoleum.

You need to cross the underground passage to the other side, and you will find yourself at the beginning of two Arbats - Old and New. On the corner between them there will be a restaurant "Prague" (house No. 2 on Arbat Square). On the Old Arbat side, in the same building there is an entrance to a store where you can buy culinary products from the most famous Moscow restaurant. Then you can move along Old or New Arbat. Old Arbat is a pedestrian street. There are shops and cafes on it, as well as souvenir shops. The famous Arbat lanes, sung by Bulat Okudzhava, diverge in both directions.

House No. 26 on Arbat is occupied by the E. Vakhtangov Theater, which has a statue of Princess Turandot. House No. 53 is famous for the fact that Alexander Pushkin lived there. Now this building houses the poet's museum. Closer to the Smolenskaya metro station there is a McDonalds (house No. 50/52, building 1). It ends at the Stary Arbat metro station.

You can walk along Novy Arbat. This is a thoroughfare street lined with modern buildings (including book-shaped high-rise buildings) with shops and restaurants on the ground floors. On the right side, at the corner of New Arbat and Povarskaya Street, you will see a small and very cozy church of Simeon the Stylite (house no. 5 on Povarskaya). In house No. 8 on the same side there is a large bookstore "Moscow House of Books". Closer to the Smolenskaya metro station is the Oktyabr cinema (house no. 24), which hosts the Moscow International Film Festival in the summer. To get on the metro, you need to go to the intersection with Garden Ring turn left (there is an underground passage), after a few tens of meters there will be the Smolenskaya metro station.

Kremlin - Cathedral of Christ the Savior

The length of the route from the Kremlin to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior is approximately 2 km. This route goes almost in a straight line. You can walk along the Kremlin along, or along Mokhovaya Street. Accordingly, you will walk around the building of the central exhibition hall "Manege" (house No. 1 on Mokhovaya Street) on one side or the other. If you walk along Mokhovaya Street, you will see the old buildings of Moscow University on the right (houses No. 11 and 9). If you walk along the Alexander Garden, then on the left is the Kremlin wall, and on the right is the Manege.

You will need to take the underground passage to the Lenin Library (house No. 5). Coming out of the passage, you will see a monument to Dostoevsky next to the library. Moving along it along Mokhovaya Street, you will come to Pashkov’s house, one of most beautiful buildings in the city center, built by Vasily Bazhenov in the 1780s. Its long-term restoration recently completed. After Pashkov’s house there will be Borovitskaya Square and the intersection with Znamenka Street, on the corner of which stands the A. Shilov Gallery (house No. 5 on Znamenka). Mokhovaya Street turns into Volkhonka Street. Moving along Volkhonka, you will come to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior (house no. 15), next to which there is an entrance to the metro (Kropotkinskaya station). On the road on the right you will have the Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin (house no. 12), and directly opposite it is the I. Glazunov gallery (house no. 13). If, before reaching the temple, immediately after the museum fine arts, turn right into Maly Znamensky Lane, then you will come to the N.K. center-museum. Roerich (house No. 3/5).

From the Cathedral of Christ the Savior you can go straight and walk along the streets of Ostozhenka and Prechistenka and the alleys located in that area. Or you can turn right and go along Gogolevsky Boulevard to Arbat.

Kremlin - Pushkinskaya Square

The road from the Kremlin to Pushkin Square is about 1 km. From the Kremlin you need to go out to Tverskaya Street and walk up it to Pushkinskaya Square. Tverskaya is the central street of Moscow with many historical buildings. On the left side there will first be the Drama Theater named after. M.N. Ermolova (house No. 5), then the Central Telegraph building (house No. 7), built in the 1920s.

After building No. 9, to the left of Tverskaya Street there is Bryusov Lane, in which the museum-apartment of V.E. is located. Meyerhold (Bryusov Lane, building No. 12).

If you continue moving along the street, then approximately in the middle between the Teatralnaya and Tverskaya metro stations, on your right hand you will see Tverskaya Square with a statue of Yuri Dolgorukov standing on it. Opposite the square is the city hall building (house no. 13).

Further interesting houses are located on the right side. In house No. 8 there is one of the main bookstores in the city, called “Moscow”. In the next building is the Filippovskaya bakery (house no. 10). Before the revolution, the Filippov family owned a famous bakery in Moscow and a bakery attached to it. The bakery has been revived on its own historical place after the end of Soviet power. In house No. 14 there is the central grocery store "Eliseevsky".

Then you go out to Pushkinskaya Square, where there is a monument to the poet, designed by M. Opekushin in 1880. To the right will be the Pushkinsky cinema, and to the left will be Tverskoy Boulevard. In the area of ​​Pushkinskaya Square there are three metro stations at once - Tverskaya, Pushkinskaya and Chekhovskaya. You can go into the subway, or you can continue your journey. If you go straight, along Tverskaya Street you will reach the Mayakovskaya metro station. If you turn to the right, you can walk along Strastnoy and then Petrovsky boulevards and go to Trubnaya station. If you turn left, then along Tverskoy and then Nikitsky boulevards you can walk to the Arbatskaya metro station.

Kremlin - metro station "Chistye Prudy"

The walk from the Kremlin to the Chistye Prudy metro station will last 2 km. A good walking route runs from the Kremlin to the northeast. To do this, you need to go out to Manezhnaya Square and walk between the Moscow Hotel (house no. 2 on Okhotny Ryad Street) and the red chambers in the Russian style (in this passage there are usually shops with souvenirs), and then turn left. You will find yourself on Revolution Square. Here stands a monument to Karl Marx, made by sculptor L.E. Karbal. Apart from the monument, this square is unremarkable, but if you go through it and cross Teatralny Proezd, you will see Teatralnaya Square, on which the Bolshoi Theater stands (house No. 1). In summer there are fountains in front of it, and in winter there is usually a Christmas tree. Bolshoi Theater in this moment closed for large-scale reconstruction. If you stand facing it and turn right, then along Teatralny Proezd you will reach Lubyanka Square ( former square Dzerzhinsky). Here is the famous Moscow store "Children's World" (house No. 5 on Teatralny Proezd). Now it is also closed for reconstruction.

Walking along the Children's World, cross the intersection where Pushechnaya Street and Bolshaya Lubyanka Street meet at an angle. You will find yourself near house number 2. IN Soviet time it was the personification of repression: it was successively occupied by the Cheka, the NKVD, the GPU and the KGB, and now the FSB of Russia. This building was built back in 1898 and initially housed apartments and shops. It was given to state security agencies in 1919. In 1930, reconstruction was carried out according to the design of A. Shchusev.

If you walk along it and then cross the underground passage to the other side of Myasnitskaya Street, you will find yourself next to the V.V. Mayakovsky (Lubyansky proezd, 3/6). A little further in the same building there is one of the main bookstores in Moscow - Biblio-Globus.

Continuing along Myasnitskaya, you will find yourself surrounded by old Moscow houses. Their first floors are now occupied by shops and cafes. On the right hand, on the corner of Myasnitskaya Street and Krivokolenny Lane, there is the Mumu cafe (house No. 14/2). Then you will reach Bankovsky Lane (it will also be on your right). If you walk along it, you will run straight into the cafe-club "Bilingua" (Krivokolenny Lane, 10, building 5). "Bilingua" is not only a cafe. There is also a bookstore and a haberdashery with designer items, lectures and poetry evenings are held here.

If you walk further along Myasnitskaya Street, you will see one very interesting Chinese-style building on your left. This is the “Tea-Coffee on Myasnitskaya” store (house no. 19) - one of the few retail places that was open before the revolution and did not close even in Soviet times. People call it the "Tea House". This is the main tea store in Moscow. On the other side of the street is the Main Post Office (house no. 26).

Myasnitskaya Street will lead you directly to Myasnitskie Vorota Square, on which the building of the Chistye Prudy and Turgenevskaya metro stations stands. If you go to the right, you will get to Chistoprudny Boulevard (at the beginning of it there is a monument to A.S. Griboedov, erected in 1959), if to the left, then to Sretensky Boulevard.

To take walks around Moscow on your own, it is advisable for tourists to study the routes in advance. Otherwise, it will take a lot of time and effort to search for attractions, of which there are a lot in the capital, and especially in its center. This is where ready-made options come to the rescue.

Walking tour of Moscow on your own, ready-made routes

It will take more than one year to study Moscow thoroughly. However, you can get to know its main attractions in a day. And you don’t even need to use transport for this. It is enough to walk along these routes.

Walk through the historical center of Moscow
It starts from the Tretyakovka metro station, from which the tourist gets to one of the most ancient streets of the capital - Bolshaya Ordynka.

Here, the vast majority of buildings remember hoary antiquity and are architectural monuments. After walking along Bolshaya Ordynka, a person ends up on Raushskaya embankment near the Moscow River. It offers a breathtaking view of the expanse of water, the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge and the legendary Stalinist skyscrapers.

Having crossed this bridge, a person finds himself in the “heart” of the capital of the Russian Federation - on. You can walk along it for hours, examining every stone:

· Spasskaya Tower and gates leading to the Kremlin;

· St. Basil's Cathedral, built by Ivan the Terrible;

· monument to Minin and Pozharsky;

· External place;

· famous Mausoleum;

· history museum;

· pedestal of Georgy Zhukov;

· Alexander Garden;

· a monument to the most mysterious Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky.

You can admire it, take beautiful panoramic photos, and get to the bridge directly from the park itself. The entrance is free.

This is not the entire list of local attractions. Next you need to move along Vozdvizhenka to New Arbat, where the Khudozhestvenny cinema is located.

Then, bypassing Boulevard Ring, a person finds himself in one of the most iconic places in Moscow - Old Arbat.

Tsoi's Wall

This is where this route ends.

Do you like romance? Would you like to test yourself on an extreme journey? “My Russia” talks about walking routes that will surprise you with their beauty and test your character.

"Frolikha"

Lake Frolikha. Photo: turizm.ngs.ru
  • Location: northeastern coast of Lake Baikal
  • Length: about 95 km (12 days of travel)
  • Sights: Frolikhinsky reserve, thermal springs Khakusy, Lake Frolikha.

Baikal is the center of power of the Earth for most people on the planet. Foreigners (and many Russians) imagine the lake as a mysterious and endless body of water in the “heart” of the continent. In many ways, this description suits the object. There are many ways to get up close and personal with the “sea,” as the indigenous people call the lake. One of them is the “Frolikha” trail.

12 days on the northeastern, most pristine coast of Baikal, will be an excellent test of your strength. The route has been sponsored by investors from Dresden since 2010, it is so attractive!

Its length is small - “only” 95 km. But it passes through the natural landscapes of the Siberian taiga. The center of the trail can be considered the Frolikhinsky reserve, business card which is the most beautiful Mountain Lake Frolikha. The protected area was created with the aim of preserving the relict population of red fish - Arctic char (salmon family, included in the Red Book of Russia).

The route is decorated with numerous glacial watercourses, ledges rocks and ends at the mouth of the upper Angara.


Great Baikal Trail. Photo: baikal-info.ru
  • Location: along the perimeter of the lake (constantly updated)
  • Length: many sections, from 1.5 km to several tens of kilometers long
  • Sights: Baikal Museum, Pribaikalsky National Park.

The term “Great Baikal Trail” also hides an organization dedicated to the development of hiking tourism in the Baikal region. the main objective project - the creation of a developed network of trails for tourists. The number of routes is growing every year. Volunteers spend summer and winter implementing projects to develop the trail system, creating new routes, developing infrastructure and compiling maps. At this rate, within 10 years an extensive system will form along the lake coast walking routes. The prospect looks “crazy” - a single path around Baikal! Such an object will definitely become the center of world tourism.

The route constantly alternates between steep climbs and sharp descents. From the very start, tourists can expect a 400-meter vertical climb with access to the top, which offers views of Lake Baikal. Part of the path goes along coastline, on rocky cliffs. Here you will have to use rope sections of the passage.

Eco-tourist route No. 1


Eco-tourist route No. 1. Photo: zozhnik.ru
  • Location: northwestern Caucasus
  • Length: 93 km
  • Sights: Khadzhokh Gorge, Rufabgo waterfalls, cave systems, Mount Fisht, glaciers.

The route is the “successor” of the famous All-Union tourist route No. 30 and bears the second name “Through the Mountains to the Sea.” The route is high mountain and requires special physical training. In the USSR, this trail was one of the first and most developed. By the mid-1930s, numerous groups were already walking here.

Today the route has been “shortened” to 5 days of travel. Now the trail does not reach the sea: it connects the village of Guzeripl and the village of Solokh-Aul. On the way, tourists overcome ice sections, sheer cliffs and vast mountain meadows. The trail is not the longest, but it covers landscapes characteristic of the Caucasus. Tourists walk through ecologically clean territory practically untouched by civilization.

All-Union tourist route No. 55


Lake Aushkul. Photo: kudatotam.ru
  • Location: Southern Urals, Chelyabinsk
  • Length: 487 km
  • Sights: Lake Uvildy, Lake Ilmenskoe, Mount Kruglitsa, Lake Aushkul.

Another “mastodon” of hiking. A difficult and long route that takes 21 days to overcome. The trail can be covered on foot or by bus. Typically, travelers combine these types of travel, supplementing them with a train. During the hike, tourists visit many reservoirs of the South Ural region, and also pass through virgin forests. Rich animal world and dense vegetation create a pioneering feel and provide a respite from the hustle and bustle of the city.

The trails are not equipped everywhere and are maintained in good condition, but the route attracts with its acquaintance with the Urals and its beauty.

Multinskie Lakes, Altai


Multinskie lakes. Photo: altayer.ru
  • Location: Mountain Altai
  • Length: about 30 km
  • Sights: Multinskie lakes system

The natural monument of Altai, the system of glacial high-mountain lakes Multinskie, is one of the tourist “symbols” of Altai. Lakes with crystal clear water are located in small mountain hollows. Snow-covered slopes of the Katunsky ridge, Lower Multinskoye Lake, Poperechnoye, Sredne Multinskoye, Talmen - and a large number of small reservoirs. Along the route, tourists will find:

  • Glacier waterfalls.
  • Crossings through mountain rivers.
  • Climbing rocky slopes.
  • Overnight on the shores of lakes.
  • Routes at the foot of snow-capped mountains.

Khibiny. Big circle


Umbozero. Photo: hibiny-land.ru
  • Location: Kola Peninsula
  • Length: about 75 km
  • Sights: Khibiny passes and lakes

Circular route between lakes Bolshaya Imandra and Umbozero. “Classical” Karelia in all its beauty! Glacial terrain with cleared rock outcroppings and glacial ponds and streams.

A distinctive feature of this trail is its numerous ascents and descents along streams flowing from the Khibiny mountain ranges. On the trail you will have to climb the highest point in the north-west of Russia - Mount Yudymchvumchorr (1,206 meters above sea level). Many passes (you will have to pass 1-3 such objects per day) require special training and skills. Tourists must have special equipment and go out on the trail under the supervision of an experienced instructor.

Manpupuner plateau. Hiking through the Dyatlov Pass


Manpupuner plateau. Photo: tonkosti.ru
  • Location: Komi Republic.
  • Length: from 11 km to 230 km (depending on the chosen route).
  • Sights: Dyatlov Pass, Mount Otorten, Pechora River, geological monument “Weathering Pillars” - one of the 7 wonders of Russia.

But here there is no specific path - in a relatively small area there are several routes intersecting at certain points on the map. A visit to the mysterious Mount Otorten and the Dyatlov Pass is included in the mandatory trail program. And of course the legendary “Mansi idiots” are unusual natural objects created by the wind. Locals call Mount Man-Pupu-ner “Booby-iz” or “mountain of idols.” The giants created by nature are somewhat reminiscent of the famous heads on Easter Island.

Pechoro-Ilychsky Nature Reserve, through whose territory passes walking route, is a mountain tundra covered with swamps. The terrain is very “fragile” and difficult to pass. But in 2016, more than a hundred volunteers laid a safe path along which tourists reach the pillars, which range from 30 to 42 meters in height.

The trail is fascinating, but requires tourist preparation. If you choose an 11 km walk along the mountainside to the pillars, then you can do without equipment. But a multi-day hike becomes a serious test: crossing rivers, climbing passes and mountains, spending the night in the taiga - all the flavor of Siberia!

Around Elbrus


Around Elbrus. Photo: athletics-club.ru
  • Location: Caucasus
  • Length: about 60 km
  • Attractions: highest point Europe - Elbrus volcano, glaciers, waterfalls, sources of mountain rivers.

The route is mountainous and belongs to the 1st category of difficulty. The trail attracts with its concept - to go around the most high mountain The Caucasus becomes a memorable adventure. The region is well developed from a tourist point of view and travelers do not have to worry about how to get to the Elbrus region. But the terrain is treacherous - the recent village gathering is proof of this. Therefore, you should go out on the route accompanied by an experienced instructor.

What awaits you along the way? Firstly, height. Some points lie at an altitude of 3700 meters, which can cause symptoms of mountain sickness. Glacial lakes such as Syltrakel are characterized by clear water and beautiful views. Real mountain glaciers from which small rivers and streams begin. Passes and gorges are “mixed” with rocky peaks and peaks. Classical mountain route through the alpine meadows of Elbrus.

Shikotan. In the footsteps of Robinson Crusoe


Japanese lighthouse Spamberg
  • Location: Kurile Islands
  • Length: up to 20 km
  • Sights: Cape Land's End, Mount Shikotan (405 meters), exotic nature

Lianas, dwarf bamboo and the Japanese lighthouse Shpamberg (1943) - the most remote island of Russia bears little resemblance to Russia. It is 100 km from Japan, and 7119 km from Moscow.

There are practically no trees on Shikotan, but the film about Robinson Crusoe was filmed here in 1972. Stanislav Govorukhin chose this island for a reason - the landscapes are very similar to an uninhabited area. Many capes protrude deep into the sea, forming attractive landscapes for travelers. The trail is simple and can be covered in a couple of hours. Yes, and this is not a path, but just a walk along small island on the very “edge” of the country. The route will definitely be remembered and not many people have passed it...

 

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