One day in Moscow, Russia

A day through Moscow’s best-known sights that lie close together: Bolshoi Theatre, Red Square, Lenin's Mausoleum, St. Basil's Cathedral, Tretyakov Gallery and Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. 6 stops, about 3.3 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Bolshoi TheatreTheatre or opera house · On the map
  2. Red SquareSquare · 0.7 km on from Bolshoi Theatre · On the map
  3. Lenin's MausoleumMonument · 0.1 km on from Red Square · On the map
  4. St. Basil's CathedralTemple or shrine · 0.2 km on from Lenin's Mausoleum · On the map
  5. Tretyakov GalleryMuseum · 1.2 km on from St. Basil's Cathedral · On the map
  6. Cathedral of Christ the SaviourCathedral · 1 km on from Tretyakov Gallery · On the map

6 stops, 4.7 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 0 min of walking.

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Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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