Coastal passage 5 7. Better late than never: Eight Moscow beaches. Recreation area "Meshcherskoe"

On hot days summer days Every person has a vital need to somehow cool down. An excellent way to do this is bathing. Of course, it is best to go on vacation somewhere by the sea and enjoy the clean and gentle water there. You can go out of town, for example to your dacha or village, and happily splash around in the local pond.

But what should those residents of Moscow do who do not have the opportunity to escape from the capital in the summer and experience all the delights of water activities? Fortunately, they were also lucky, because in the capital there are several places where swimming in the summer is officially allowed. One of them is the Levoberezhny beach (Moscow), located near the Rechnoy Vokzal metro station.

Swimming in Moscow in summer: is it possible?

Surely many residents of such large metropolis, like Moscow, they often wonder whether it is even possible to swim in local reservoirs. After all, we live in big city With a huge amount cars and a rather polluted environment.

However, not everything is so bad in the Russian capital, and you can find a place where you can swim safely in the summer months. Every year, Rospotrebnadzor checks everything. This research and a variety of other aspects become the criteria on the basis of which a list of beaches is compiled where you can not only sunbathe, but also swim.

Before the beginning swimming season in Moscow, which usually starts on June 1, the list of permitted beaches is published in various media, so every resident of the metropolis can freely find out about them.

What are the requirements for swimming areas?

What must be on a beach to be considered suitable for swimming? Firstly, it is high-quality water in the place where it is located. The reservoir must be suitable for swimming and meet all microbiological and sanitary-chemical standards. This is exactly what Rospotrebnadzor establishes through laboratory research. The sand available on the beach, play areas designated specifically for children, and

In order for the beach area to meet all the necessary requirements, all last year’s sand must be removed from it. The reservoir must be cleared of foreign debris, and its disinfestation must also be carried out. The entire beach area must be cleaned and the toilets cleaned.

An examination is required by divers working in the Moscow City Search and Rescue Service. They conduct an initial survey of the water, then and finally a repeat survey when the swimming season is already open.

In places of mass bathing there should be no whirlpools, fast currents or groundwater outlets to the surface. There must be signs on the shore that say “Swimming Place,” and in the water, the boundary of a suitable swimming place is marked with orange buoys. They should be located at a distance of up to 25 meters from those places where the depth is 1.3 meters or more, and the intervals between them should be 25-30 meters.

Every 50 meters of the beach there are stands with lifebuoys and cords. They should be no more than 5 meters away from the edge of the water. Of course, there must be rescue booths and medical stations.

Allowed places for swimming in the capital

By the beginning of the 2016 swimming season, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the city of Moscow declared only 12 reservoirs suitable for swimming, but as many as 47 beaches were named where you can relax without swimming. It was noted that in 2015 there were the same number of places for swimming, so you can count on the fact that in 2017 there will be no less, and maybe even more.

The list of vacation spots where you can cool off in a local pond includes:

  • Levoberezhny beach (Moscow);
  • three beaches in Serebryany Bor;
  • beach complex "Beach Club";
  • large garden pond;
  • three places in the large city pond and Black Lake;
  • Lake Beloe;
  • Meshcherskoe;
  • Troparevo.

Beach in the north of Moscow

Organized recreation areas where you can swim safely in the summer are located in different areas of Moscow, and even in Zelenograd. In the very north of the city there is the Levoberezhny beach, reviews of which claim that this place is perfect for family and youth recreation both on a hot day and at any time of the year.

In general, this beach appeared here back in the 50s of the last century, so the indigenous residents of the area have been coming here to swim for many years. When the swimming season is not yet open, people come here to cook barbecue, sit with friends and simply enjoy nature by the water and take a walk in a pleasant place.

The Levoberezhny beach in Moscow (Russia) is quite well equipped. For those who come here by car, there is free parking, designed, however, for a small number of seats. There is also special parking for bicycles. So, no matter what private transport the guests arrive in, they can always leave it nearby. True, on a hot day, finding a free parking space for a car is very difficult for those who decide to visit the Levoberezhny beach (Moscow). Not only residents of the surrounding areas know how to get here, so there are a lot of people who want to visit this place in the summer.

The beach is located in a small bay. Due to the fact that various ships that often ply along the canal do not pass through it, it is quite clean and even warms up almost to the bottom. However, approximately in the middle of the bay there are cold springs, which it is better not to fall into, otherwise your legs may cramp.

Since the beach was formed thanks to a quarry that was used to build a canal, the sand on it is local and quite coarse. Sometimes there may be stones, so you should walk barefoot very carefully. The bottom is also sandy, the entrance to the water is neat and gentle. The beach also has a special place for children to swim.

Beach improvement

Since 2015, the Levoberezhny beach (Moscow) came under the jurisdiction of the State Autonomous Institution of Moscow "Museum and Park Complex" Northern Tushino", large-scale reconstruction and landscaping work began here.

What is on the beach for vacationers

Today, guests of this place will find benches for relaxation, nice gazebos, all kinds of bridges and ladders, and neat paths. For city residents who are interested in sports, a whole sports area has been created, which has various exercise equipment and a special fenced area where you can play volleyball. For children, there is a whole playground with various slides, swings and a sandbox.

There are lifeguards and a medical service on the beach, there are special changing cabins, showers and toilets. Those guests who get hungry during their stay here can have a snack in the cafe located here.

How to find Levoberezhny beach

Having learned about this wonderful place, many residents of the city, who for some reason did not suspect its existence, will definitely want to visit the “Levoberezhny” beach (Moscow). How to get there? This question will definitely occupy their thoughts, so it is necessary to give an answer to it as soon as possible.

The beach is located within the city on the left bank of the Moscow Canal, not far from the place where the Moscow Ring Road intersects with the Leningradskoye Shosse. The easiest way to get here is from the Rechnoy Vokzal metro station. To do this, you need to take bus number 138, 958 or 270 or minibus 138m or 701m. You need to get off at the Internat stop, from which you have to walk about 600 meters.

It takes longer to get from the Planernaya metro station. You will need bus number 173 or minibus 176m, which will take citizens to the stop “Pribrezhny Passage, Building 7”. From there you will have to walk about a kilometer. The Khovrino railway station is also located nearby. From here you can also get to the beach if you take a bus going towards the reservoir.

Impressions of beach guests

Many residents of the capital go to relax on the Levoberezhny beach (Moscow). Reviews about this place are more positive. People like how everything has been improved here. Free toilets and the presence of a cafe make vacationers very happy. However, some people lack sun umbrellas and sun loungers, which are not available here.

What disappoints many people is that there are a lot of people here on the hottest days. But this is understandable, because everyone wants to swim. It is also confusing that there are power lines very close by. Most likely, this place will not be very popular for those who want to relax in silence. After all, the music plays quite loudly in the cafe, so you won’t forget about extraneous sounds on the beach.

Read about swimming areas in Moscow - natural reservoirs and outdoor pools - in this article.

Rospotrebnadzor in Moscow, after laboratory tests of water and sand, allows swimming in the following places:

Where can I swim?

  • Serebryany Bor-2 – Tamanskaya street, beach No. 2
  • Serebryany Bor-3 – 4th line of Serebryany Bor, beach No. 3
  • Recreation area "Meshcherskoye" - Voskresenskaya street, 5-31
  • Lake Beloye - Zaozernaya Street, 2/6 (as of 06/07/2019 - not accepted for operation)
  • Beach complex“Beach Club” – Leningradskoye Shosse, property 39 (under reconstruction)
  • Levoberezhny beach on the Khimki reservoir - Pribrezhny passage, property 5-7
  • Bolshoi City Pond - Zelenograd, Victory Park, passage 4922 (under reconstruction)
  • Black Lake - Zelenograd, 6th microdistrict
  • School Lake - Zelenograd, 10th microdistrict
  • Recreation area "Troparevo" - Akademika Vinogradova Street, building 12

Almost all bodies of water permitted for swimming have fenced off “paddling pools” for children, there is an outdoor shower, changing cabins, sports grounds, there are rental points for catamarans and boats, sports equipment, and cafes with soft drinks and ice cream.

Moscow beaches 2019 on the map. Markers with travel information are clickable:

Recreation areas without swimming

There are much more places where you can sunbathe in Moscow than places where you can swim.

List of metropolitan recreation areas without swimming:

Andreevskaya embankment of the Moscow River, Golitsynsky and Pionersky ponds in Gorky Park, Patriarchal, Novodevichy, Ekaterininsky, Novospassky ponds

Park "Friendship" (under reconstruction), Coastal zone of the Khimki reservoir near the housing complex "Lebed", Angarskie and Golovinskie ponds

Lianozovsky, Palace and Garden ponds

Terletskaya oak grove, Italian and Bolshoi Grafsky ponds in the Rainbow Park, Cherkizovsky (under reconstruction), Krugly, Lebedyansky, Serebryano-Vinogradny ponds, Bolshoy Dvortsovy in the Kuskovo estate and Golden and Bolshoy Putyaevsky ponds in Sokolniki Park

Upper and Lower Kuzminsky, Upper and Lower Lyublinsky ponds (under reconstruction), Shibaevsky pond

Borisov Ponds, Big and Middle ponds in the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve

Vorobyovskaya embankment of the Moscow River, Mazilovsky pond

Park "Northern Tushino", Pokrovsky Coast (Khimki-2)

Zelenograd:

Ponds on the Rzhavka stream, “Bull swamp”, Decorative and Dunkin, Cascade of Malinsky ponds

recreation area "Zarechye" on the Desna River

Outdoor pools

In the summer, Muscovites will be able to swim in outdoor pools in some of the capital's parks.

In Sokolniki Park

In Sokolniki in summer period There are two outdoor swimming pools: an adult 10x20 meters and a heated children's pool 5x10 meters. There is a volleyball court, table tennis tables, showers, sun loungers, towel rental and an outdoor cafe. On Saturdays there are beach parties with DJs.

Prices for summer 2019:

  • entrance to the “Standard” zone on weekdays for the whole day - 1000 rubles, per session - 500 rubles; on weekends for the whole day - 1700 rubles, per session - 850 rubles
  • entrance to the VIP zone on weekdays for the whole day - 1400 rubles, per session - 700 rubles; on weekends for the whole day - 2000 rubles, per session - 1000 rubles
  • children under 12 years old on weekdays for the whole day - 500 rubles, per session - 300 rubles; on weekends for the whole day - 800 rubles, per session - 400 rubles (entrance without a sun lounger)

Session schedule: 1st session - from 10-00 to 12-45, 2nd session - from 13-00 to 15-45, 3rd session - from 16-00 to 21-45

How to get there: Sokolniki metro station, park territory, Mitkovsky proezd (at the entrance to the park you can pick up a map of the territory at the information kiosk).

Opening hours: every day, from 10-00 to 22-00

In Fili Park

The park has three pontoon pools right on the water: two adults measuring 15x5 meters and a depth of 1.5 meters with a capacity of 50 people and a children’s “paddling pool” measuring 3x5 meters and a depth of 60 cm. You can sunbathe on sun loungers and wooden decking, there is an outdoor shower, sports sites.

The water is running, the cleaning system starts automatically throughout the day.

Ticket prices for 2019:

  • weekdays: adults for the whole day - 800 rubles, for the whole day with a sun lounger - 1000 rubles, for 1 hour - 200 rubles, for 1 hour with a sun lounger - 300 rubles; children under 12 years old for the whole day - 500 rubles, for 1 hour - 150 rubles
  • weekends and holidays: adults for the whole day - 1000 rubles, for the whole day with a sun lounger - 1200, for 1 hour - 300 rubles, for 1 hour with a sun lounger - 400 rubles; children under 12 years old for the whole day - 700 rubles, for 1 hour - 250 rubles

How to get there: m. Filevsky Park, Bagrationovskaya, Bolshaya Filevskaya street, building 22. From the main entrance to the park, walk along the Main Alley, then go down the stairs at the Panda Cafe to the embankment, turn left.

We have selected 10 places where you can swim and sunbathe, for every taste and budget!

First, let's go over the places where you can sunbathe without additional costs for renting sun loungers, and there is no entrance fee to the beach.

Serebryany Bor oldest place for a holiday with the whole family opens our list. There are both paid beaches and free recreation areas where you can sit on the grass surrounded by pine forest on the banks of the Moscow River. Swimming is allowed here.
Addresses: Serebryany Bor-1: Serebryany Bor, Stroginskaya floodplain;
Serebryany Bor-2: Tamanskaya street;
Serebryany Bor-3: 4th line of Khoroshevsky Serebryany Bor.



Another favorite place to relax is Gorky Park offers a large selection of sites for sunbathing lovers. At the entrance to the park, giant bright orange pillows can be found on the green lawn. If you go deeper, opposite the summer cinema "Pioneer" there are beautiful swinging sun loungers for two. And on wooden sun loungers you can sunbathe right on the pond or on the banks of the Moscow River; your reference point will be “Olive Beach”. A soft lounger is provided for an entrance fee. But next door there is a perfectly equipped shower area, and even with free entry. Here you can sunbathe on a personal towel and a wooden terrace in the form of steps. Swimming is prohibited here.
Address: st. Krymsky Val., 9, Gorky Park.


There is a free city beach where you can swim in the Vodny Stadium metro area. On beach "Levoberezhny"“You can swim, play volleyball, and the children will find something to do in the children’s town. For their safe swimming, a paddling pool is fenced off in the pond.
Address: Coastal passage, property 5–7, from the Vodny Stadion metro station take bus No. 65 directly to the beach.




In addition to the banks of the Moscow River, there are also lakes and ponds where you can sunbathe and, in some places, swim. There is a sandy beach with free entry in the Kosino area on White Lake. This pond is suitable for swimming, perfect for those who live in the neighborhood.
Address: pos. Kosino, st. Zaozernaya. You can get there: from the Vykhino metro station on any minibus.

Another lake is Meshcherskoye, in the southwest of the capital.. The beach here is small but sandy, swimming is allowed, but, in our opinion, it is not clean enough.
Address: st. Voskresenskaya, 5. From the Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station take bus No. 66, the final stop.

For residents of the south of Moscow there are excellent Borisov Ponds. Here you can sunbathe, there is a well-groomed sand beach with free entry, but without the possibility of swimming.
Address: st. Borisovskie Prudy, 2a, from the Kashirskaya metro station by buses 738, 740.


There are several more pleasant recreation areas with all the infrastructure, but there is an entrance fee. Here you will be offered a soft lounger and a towel, on the territory you can use a shower and changing cabins, there are restaurants, cafes and other “entertainment” on the territory.


Rublevo beach in Zhivopisnaya Bay It is considered, perhaps, the cleanest and most democratic paid beach in Moscow. The place is young and crowded. Here you can play volleyball, rent a boat or catamaran, or go water skiing. The beach is open from 9 am to 9 pm, guests can use the shower, there are cafes and restaurants on site, as well as drinking water fountains. Parties are held with invited DJs.
Address: Rublevo village, Myakininskaya floodplain.
You can get there: from three metro stations: “Krylatskoye” bus. No. 129, minibus No. 777; "Youth" ed. No. 127; "Schukinskaya" minibus No. 777.



Atmosphere on the renovated beach Monterosso Beach very cheerful and not at all Moscow. White sand, bright sofas, green lawns and potted flowers everywhere. For sunbathing, you will be offered a sun lounger for rent. , a play area, and for adults, a scooter and windsurf rental station. For noisy groups - karaoke, restaurant and bar with a dance floor.
Address: st. Marshal Katukov. Metro: Strogino, Shchukinskaya.

This year, Moscow was covered in heat that was unusual for our latitudes. And not for a week, but for 1.5-2 months (until the end of July), weather forecasters promise temperatures around +30 °C, and only rare rain showers... Where can city residents swim within the capital?

You can swim in the Moscow River within the city, but be careful and not everywhere. In the north-west, the river is not yet too polluted, and therefore in Rublev, Strogino, Serebryany Bor and Troitse-Lykovo there are equipped beaches where Muscovites traditionally swim and sunbathe. But as it passes through industrial areas, the Moscow River already accumulates a large supply of heavy metals, harmful organics and petroleum products, and therefore it is prohibited to dive into water on the central embankments and in the south-eastern part of the city.

The swimming season in the capital officially opened on June 1 and will be extended until September 1, the beaches are open from 9-00 to 21-00.

In 2016, consumer supervision officially issued permission to operate the following city beaches:

Recreation areas with swimming Serebryany Bor-2 (Tamanskaya Street);

Beach No. 2 Serebryany Bor-3 (4th line of Serebryany Bor);

Beach No. 3 3 holiday resort “Meshcherskoe” (Boskresenskaya street, 5-31);

Lake Beloe (3aozernaya street, 2/6).

The Levoberezhny beach at the Khimki reservoir is also open (address: Pribrezhny passage, property 5-7).

In the city of Zelenograd you can swim in the Big City Pond (Victory Park, driveway 4922), in Black Lake in the 6th microdistrict and in Shkolnoye Lake (10th microdistrict).

In the recreation areas "Tropapevo" on the street. Akademika Vinogradova, building 12, and in the Beach Club beach complex on Leningradskoye Shosse, property 39, from June 24 of this year, swimming is temporarily prohibited due to inconsistency of water quality according to microbiological indicators.

Rublevsky beach in Myakininskaya floodplain is the cleanest and most environmentally friendly. Entrance to it is traditionally paid, which prevents marginal elements from entering the recreation area. You can sunbathe on the sand and on the lawn grass; there is accompanying infrastructure: toilets, changing cabins, showers, a first-aid post, fast food establishments, children's and sports grounds. Next door is a boat station where you can rent a boat, catamaran or water skis. You can get there on your own from the Krylatskoye, Molodezhnaya or Shchukinskaya metro stations, by bus or minibus.

Vacationers are attracted to Serebryany Bor by the aroma of pine trees, clean sand and an abundance of sports fields. Beach areas are numbered due to their large length coastline. Beach volleyball, ping-pong, and badminton players traditionally gather here; You can rent a boat, jet ski and even a speedboat. The beach area is also equipped with all the necessary infrastructure: cabins, benches, toilets, hammocks. The sandy bottom provides comfortable entry into the water. Nudists sometimes sunbathe on the wild beach (No. 5). Directions from the Polezhaevskaya metro station - by minibus.

On beach No. 2 there is a children's playground with trampolines, swings, slides and a small pool. You can rent a sun lounger and water sports equipment.

Lake Meshcherskoye (another old Moscow beach area) can be reached from the Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station or from the Vostryakovo and Peredelkino railway platforms. The lake is small, so on hot days there are a lot of people near the water. Next to the beach there is a picnic area and sports grounds. The place is noisy and crowded, but, alas, these are the “charms” of a big city.

Lake Beloye is located in the village of Kosino, on the border with Moscow. You can get to it from the Vykhino metro station, then by any minibus or bus traveling through the village of Kosino. The second option is to walk from the Kosino railway station past the traffic police to the village of Kosino (about 1 km). The shore is sandy, you can sunbathe on the grass by spreading a towel. The depth of the lake is 23 meters, there are places where there are cold springs, so it is not recommended even for good swimmers to swim far. In the recreation area there are stalls with drinks, ice cream, pastries and sandwiches.

blue water

For those who do not like outdoor recreation, Moscow has outdoor swimming pools, where for a different fee you can swim in clean water and sunbathe while lying on a sun lounger or under a canopy. In addition, the water in the pools is heated to a comfortable temperature when it is cool outside.

The Luzhniki swimming pool is one of the oldest outdoor city swimming pools. To be more precise, there are two pools here: a sports pool and a beach pool. Spending the whole day in the aqua complex on weekdays will cost 1,200 rubles, on weekends – 1,500 rubles. Fresh bar, food court, locker rooms with individual lockers, sun loungers under the aerium, shower, children's and volleyball courts will allow the visitor to feel as comfortable as possible. Children under 6 years old are not allowed in the large swimming pool.

Sports complex "Chaika" is one of the most popular swimming pools open air. Visitors sunbathe on the stands around the pool; on the territory there are changing rooms, showers, a sauna, GYM's, two restaurants and a cafe. Two hours of relaxation on an all-inclusive basis will cost the visitor 1,000 rubles, and the whole day – 2,000 rubles.

The swimming complex MOCVS near the Semenovskaya metro station (Neptune Swimming House) has two pools: indoor and indoor. Here, vacationers are provided with sun loungers, and swimming lessons are provided with an instructor. 1 hour of swimming costs 350 rubles, as in most ordinary district swimming pools.

“The pool” in Sokolniki Park with wooden piers around the water is loved by Muscovites for its beautiful interiors and service. Here you can rent not only a sunbed, but also a towel, mattress, and swimming accessories.

The pools of some fitness clubs (World Class Kuntsevo, Vitasport on Shchukinskaya, Oktyabrsky Pole and Sokol) and the rooftop pool of the Sky Club fitness club can only be accessed using club cards.

Swimming pool at the educational center “Planernaya” – open place for swimming on the territory of the sports center. It is quite democratic, inexpensive, no medical certificate is required, but there is no sunbathing area.

Finally, the beach on the roof of the Olympic pool provides vacationers with the opportunity to sunbathe on an artificial lawn with sun loungers and umbrellas. The cost of visiting a natural solarium is 250 rubles.

st. Tamanskaya, 2nd and 4th lines of Khoroshevsky Serebryany Bor

The forest area on the banks of the Moscow River boasts three beach areas separated from each other. True, only two of them - beaches No. 2 and No. 3 - are allowed to swim. The local infrastructure cannot boast of integrity, but it still exists. For example, for 500 rubles per day you can rent a sun lounger, A for 300 rubles per hour, place your child in the safe hands of playground workers. It is generally accepted that Bor-2 is more suitable for family vacation, while Bor-3 is an ideal place for young people. However, there is no big difference between the public and the range of services provided on both beaches. In both places, for a fee of 100 to 300 rubles per hour, you can play table tennis, checkers, chess, backgammon, badminton, beach volleyball and even billiards. Barbecue grills, music from mobile phones and companies drinking draft beer from plastic cups are included.

Irina Galeeva

television producer

The bicycle is the most quick way come to Serebryany Bor because the car requires a special pass. There is also a trolleybus from the Oktyabrskoye Pole station. It has a final stop near the entrance to recreational area. So, the beach itself. Quite wide, with a gentle descent into the water. There is a paid one, with sun loungers and a lounge. I usually stay in the free zone. There is a playground with good sand where tanned men play volleyball. There is a minimal beach bar. Mostly residents of nearby areas come here. Sunbathe and have a picnic right away. Usually the audience is quite intelligent. Unlike, for example, the beach in Pirogovo, they don’t turn on the speakers with their playlist, but peacefully scroll through the tablet, not forgetting to roll over and rub Lancaster cream on her friend’s back.

The water, by the way, is almost always clean in all samples. Because this is the upper reaches of the Moscow River. But be careful not to swim into the middle of the river: boats with water skiers periodically pass there.

 

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