Introduction
Moscow is still a brash, cash-flashing metropolis but the financial crisis hit the city's billionaires hard, knocking real estate prices low enough for hip boutiques and interesting restaurants to thrive. Put your sense of the ridiculous on hold and get ready to embrace a city of extremes.
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- Lots of city dwellers like to complain about traffic problems but in Moscow it really is that bad. Take the subway and enjoy the Stalinist artwork in the stations.
- Bad service is par for the course even in top-end restaurants. Let it amuse you, not anger you.
- The Russians say that only foreigners and idiots smile. Avoid smiling at people you don't know and don't take people's brusque demeanor personally. It's not considered polite to smile at strangers.
- Carry your passport at all times. The police have the right to stop you and demand documents.
- Yes it’s cold in winter, but Russian interiors are heated like saunas. A warm coat and thin under layers are your best bet.
Two-hour tour
Hotels
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Petrovka Loft
17/2 Petrovka Street
+ 7 495 626 2210
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Pokrovka Suite Hotel
40/2 Pokrovka Street
+ 7 495 229 5797
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Ritz Carlton Hotel
3 Tverskaya Street
+ 7 495 225 8888
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Dining
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Le Pain Quotidien
5 Kamergerskiy Lane
+ 7 495 937 7742
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Coffeemania
13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya
+ 7 495 775 5188
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Kvartira 44
24/8 Malaya Yakimanka
+ 7 499 238 8234
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Café Ragout
69 Bolshaya Gruzinskaya
+ 7 495 662 64 58
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Nobu
20 Bolshoi Dimitrovka
+ 7 495 645 3191
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Delicatessen
Sadovaya Karentnaya 20, Building 2
+ 7 495 699 3952
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Café Aist
8/1 Malaya Bronnaya
+ 7 495 940 7040
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Dodo
21/2 Petrovka Street
+ 7 903 105 1010
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Mr Lee
7 Kuznetsky Most
+ 7 495 628 76 78
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Bistrot
12 Bolshoi Savvinsky Pereulok, Building 2
+ 7 499 248 40 45
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02 Lounge
3 Tverskaya Street
+ 7 495 225 8888
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Soho Rooms
Savvinskaya Embankment
+ 7 495 988 7474
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Bar Strelka
14/5 Bersenevskaya Embankment
+ 7 495 771 7417
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Reading
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Dom Innostanoy Knigi
18/7 Kuznetsky Most
+ 7 495 789 35 91
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Shopping
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Russian Valenki Felt Boots at Podium Concept Store
18 Novinsky Blvd
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TSUM department store
2 Petrovka Street
+ 7 495 933 7300
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Izmailovsky Outdoor Market
Metro Partizanskaya
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The row of boutiques on Stoleshnikov Lane
12/2 Stoleshnikov Lane
+ 7 495 692 5702
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Cara & Co
4th Syromyatnicheskii Building 9
+ 7 495 223 4111
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Transport
Limousine/car
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Komandir taxi — Only Mercedes-Benz E-class.
+ 7495 988 8888
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Fitness
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World Class Romanov Dvor
4 Romanov Lane
+ 7 495 772 7545
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Along the Moscow River — Start at metro Vorobyovy Gory
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Sanduny bathhouse
14 Neglinnaya Street
+ 7 495 625 4631
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