Magnificent frame of the capital, the Moscow region includes 80 cities, each of which certainly has something interesting for the curious tourist eye.

In ancient Volokolamsk, for example, you can marvel at the white and red-stone cathedrals standing side by side, in Kolomna - to look in a unique museum of a pastille and to penetrate into all the details of the "sweet" process; Sergiev Posad, the capital of Russian Orthodoxy, will meet with the heads of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra hovering in the clouds, and Posad Pavlovsky will twist the stuffed shawls in different colors.

Besides this, the surroundings of Moscow are just exceptionally rich in natural beauty: forests cover almost half the territory of the region. On their fringes are ancient manor houses and museum houses, modern mountain-skiing complexes and European guest-houses, and in the grounds you can hunt and go for a long time on mushrooms and berries, settle with a tent ... Finally - just lie with your hands behind your head, with a blade of grass in the lips and watch how the ancient crowns sway somewhere far above.

So the Moscow region can be called "the world in miniature" - here you can find all kinds of recreation, except, perhaps, sea cruises.

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Cities and resorts

Architectural and historical: Volokolamsk, Zvenigorod, Dmitrov, Kolomna, Sergiev Posad, Pavlovsky Posad, Podolsk, Zaraysk, Klin, Mozhaisk (and Borodino), Serpukhov, Ruza, Vereya, Kashira

Museums-manors: Abramtsevo, Arkhangelskoe Muranovo, Ostafievo, Marfino, Shakhmatovo, Gorki Leninsky, Troitskoe, Melikhovo (the main point of attraction of tourists to the city of Chekhov)

Skiing: Volen, Sorochany, Tyagachev's club, Yakhroma

On what to ride

All cities and towns Moscow Region St. zanes with the capital of a ramified network of roads and railways, as well as regular routes of suburban buses and fixed-route taxis. . The most convenient way for a tourist to travel is private vehicles . The roads are mostly of good quality, there are highways, traffic jams are likely when leaving Moscow and the entrance to the major cities of Moscow region during peak hours . The radii of the highway running away from Moscow are connected by two auto rings: a narrower one - MKAD and wider - "betonka" .

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By train

At any end of the Moscow region, you can go by electric trains departing from the nine metropolitan stations . Another option is to take a long-distance train that stops at the desired suburban destination, for example, to Volokolamsk it is convenient to get on trains Moscow - Riga or Moscow - Velikiye Luki . Thanks to the absence of intermediate stations, you can win 30-45 minutes of time . By rail in Moscow It is possible to move around not only radially but also along the circumference: 11 branches are connected by the Great Ring of the Moscow railway, and from Yakhroma to Alexandrov it is easy to get there in two hours without calling at the Moscow capital region .

On buses or shuttles

Buses and shuttles to the cities of Moscow region go mainly from the" corresponding "to them the outskirts of Moscow: to Serpukhov from Chertanovo, in Dmitrov from Al ufevo in Klin with the River Station, etc. The first run on the schedule, the second -.. when all the seats are filled. Because of the large number of Moscow residents living in the Moscow region during peak hours at bus stops, long queues grow and several buses will have to be missed.

Where to stay

Do not say that a hotel in the cities of the Moscow region pond a dime, but to find a worthy place to spend the night or stop for a few days is quite real.

The choice is presented by hotels of the Soviet building with the most nor is there a basic set of services and private mini-hotels and living rooms ramie, service which is much higher. The sauna and the vai-fay will not surprise anyone, but the opportunity to go fishing in the lake or to make a horse ride to the surrounding area is an impression of an extraordinary nature. On average, the night will cost 1200-1700 RUR in the city hotel and from 2500 RUR in a more cozy place. Breakfast is included in the price, as a rule - continental.

Out-of-town tourist institutions (hunting farms, "fishermen's villages", camp sites, etc.) offer their own accommodation, this, of course, applies to sanatoria and holiday homes.

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How to eat well

To the services of tourists in Moscow suburbs a full set of the Moscow network public catering (McDonald's, "Coffee House", "Chocolate Girl", "Pronto" and т . п .) plus cute provincial cafeterias for the "worm freeze" with beckoning signs "Ryumoch or "Pelmennaya", as well as almost in Moscow serious restaurants for a thorough meal . Prices pleasantly surprise - 180-200 RUR for business lunch, 500-600 for a hearty lunch and 1100-1500 for a full dinner with wine for two . Cafes and restaurants are often located in the historical sites themselves - as, for example, in the Kolomna Kremlin . It is extremely convenient, but the cost of meals will be higher .

What to buy

The number of centers of folk crafts and just cities, famous for this or that commodity, is truly impressive on the territory of the Moscow Region. Gzhel ceramics and Zhostovo trays, the lacquer miniature of Fedoskino and the Bogorodskaya toy, Gvoza ceramics and Zhostovo trays, the masters of musical instruments of Zvenigorod, the artist of the Pavlovo Posad Manufactory and the cutters of the dolls of Sergiev Posad are here.

You can buy the world-famous products in the shops at factories or in numerous private shops masters. Often, enterprises operate museums (for example, the Museum of Pavlovsky Posad shawls) - there it is worthwhile to go before purchasing products in order to get an idea of ​​possible options. Among other things from the Moscow region is to take all sorts of produits du terroir: Dmitrov cheese and Klin sausage, Mozhaisky dairy products, game and meat production of hunting farms, etc.

Entertainment, excursions and sights of the Moscow region

There is a lot of cultural, historical, architectural and natural resources in the Moscow Region so that the disappointed will not remain either loyal Clio adherents, nor fans of flora and fauna, nor simply interested in everything little by little.

The number one direction for the fans of history is the Borodino military historical museum-reserve, 124 km from the capital by Smolenskiy direction. In addition to the actual battlefield, there are many other interesting places, including the panorama museum of the Battle of Borodino and the active Spassko-Devichy Women's Monastery. It is also interesting to visit the Museum of Tank Forces in Kubinka and the Museum of Aviation and Cosmonautics in Monino

Beautiful examples of "Moscow Nights" in all their majestic and modest glory - the famous estate near Moscow: Abramtsevo, Arkhangelsk, Ostafievo, Marfino and museum houses - F I. Tyutchev in Muranovo, A. P. Chekhov in Melikhovo, P. I. Tchaikovsky in Klin, BL Pasternak in Peredelkino, and A. A. Blok in Shakhmatovo. The nearest manor ensemble is Arkhangelskoye - located only 20 km from the capital.

Sights of the oldest cities of the Moscow region:

In Volokolamsk - Volokolamsky Kremlin: Resurrection and St. Nicholas cathedrals, as well as the bell tower, Church of the Nativity of the Virgin and the Protection of the Virgin Mary, Iosifo-Volokolamsky Assumption Monastery, Goncharov's Manor in Yaropolets

In Zvenigorod - The Ascension and Assumption Cathedrals, the Church of Alexander Nevsky, the Church of the Nativity of Christ, Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastic and the Nativity Cathedral, the chambers of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and Tsaritsyn Chamber ..

In Dmitrov - Dmitrovsky Kremlin: the Assumption Cathedral and the Elizabethan Church, the Borisoglebsky Monastery, numerous churches, merchants' houses and other notable examples of secular buildings.

In Kolomna - Kolomna the Kremlin with the Assumption Cathedral, the Holy Trinity Novo-Golutvin convent, the Tikhvin Church and the Church of the Ascension of the Speaker, Merchant Posad and the Brusen Monastery

Znamenita Moscow Region and its monasteries: Trinity-Sergius Lavra, But . Of Jerusalem, St. Basil, St. Joseph of Volokolamsk, Sawa Storozhevsky, Nicholas Ugreshsky other

In most cities of the Moscow region there are regional museums, the largest of which - Serpukhov - Serpukhov History and Art Museum. In total, there are more than 70 museums, art galleries and exhibition halls in the region, the collections of which total more than a million items of storage.

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Hunting in the Moscow Region

There are quite a few hunting areas on the territory of the Moscow Region farms, where in the season you can hunt for moose, maral, spotted deer, wild boar, wolf, raccoon dog, marten, ermine, affection, chorus, otter, mink, badger, squirrel and hare. Of the birds in the suburbs, there are wood capercaillie, black grouse, woodcock, mallard, pintail, wig, shirokonoska, teal, gogol, black stalk, snipe, snipe, curlew, garche. Rumyantsev, Ozeretskoe, Kosterevo and Bronnitskoe hunting farms are best known. Hunters will need a special permit and license, the rest will be gladly provided by farm specialists - from housing to ammunition and huntsmen. Read more about the subtleties of the oldest art, corrected for the capital region, on the page "Hunting in the Moscow Region."

Fishing in the Moscow Region

Paid fishing is becoming more popular in the suburbs - for a certain amount you can get tackles, bait, the appropriate amount of amenities (from the equipment for processing the catch to the full infrastructure with houses, restaurants and entertainment) and practically guaranteed excellent biting. The cost ranges from 50 RUR per hour to 1000 RUR per day

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