DESTINATION PLACE: Moscow, Russia

Welcome to Moscow!

Moscow is an incredible city located in Eastern Europe, and it is the capital city of the Russian Republic too. This city is famous for the cold climate, the snow, the Red Square and thousands of amazing places that you must visit.

Your first stop in this city must be the Red Square, located in the Kitay-górod neighbouhood, famous for its malls and shopping centres. 

It is 330m long and 70m wide, and it was declarated World's Heritage Monument in 1990 by the UNESCO. This square separates Kremlin, the actual home from the Russian president, and Kitay-górod. 

The Red Square is next to Saint's Basilio's Cathedral, the iconic image of the city. We all have seen this cathedral in TV, maybe in a film, a videoclip or in the news, almost once in our lives, and we probably know where it is if a picture of this church is shown to us. 

Yes, of course we recognise the place, but, what we know about it? It was built in 1554 by order of the zar Ivan the Terrible. It was enlarged in some ocasions after that date. There are some legends which say that the architects of the cathedral were some italian architects invited by the zar, but the most common story is that the architect was Póstnik Yákovlev.

This cathedral have been near to disappear quite a few times in history. It has survived fires, the troops of Napoleon and a demolition plan by Stanlin and his collaborators, who though that San Basilio's cathedral didn't leave enough space for the parades.

Some other places you shouldn't miss are the GUM shopping mall, if you like shopping or architecture(it looks awesome!), Lenin's tomb, Kremlin gunroom museum, Kremlin's Great Palace, Moscow Hermitage Garden, the Moskvarium(amazing zoo)...

If you like modern art, you have to visit the Garage Museum of Contemporary art, which has hundreds of portraits, different expositions and tens of Contemporary artists.

It is said that this museum is a place for people and history, for history to teach people and to people to create history.

Tretiakov Gallery is the other famous art gallery located in the city of Moscow. 

If you enjoy other type of art, visit Bolshói Theatre, where you can find many plays, ballets and concerts. 

See you there!