{"id":1996,"date":"2015-06-17T09:07:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T17:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/?p=1996"},"modified":"2019-08-27T05:51:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T12:51:19","slug":"things-to-do-in-moscow-for-less-than-four-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/things-to-do-in-moscow-for-less-than-four-dollars","title":{"rendered":"5 Cheap Things To Do in Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cheap things to do in Moscow or How to save money?<\/p>\n<iframe  id=\"_ytid_45644\"  width=\"1070\" height=\"602\"  data-origwidth=\"1070\" data-origheight=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8ShojN6lPwc?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<p>What to do in Moscow in one day and do it for almost free?<\/p>\n<p>Here are <strong>5 things to do in Moscow for less than $4.<\/strong>\u00a0Let&#8217;s start with&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Russian breakfast<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Cafe \u00abPirogi\u00bb in Kitay Gorod offers pancakes with cottage cheese starting from\u00a0<strong>159 rubles, $2.8<\/strong>.\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2011\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2011\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2011 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Pirogi-cafe.-Photo-by-Pirogi-cafe-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"Russian cuisine on food tour\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Pirogi-cafe.-Photo-by-Pirogi-cafe-1024x384.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Pirogi-cafe.-Photo-by-Pirogi-cafe.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pirogi cafe. Photo by Pirogi cafe<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Vegetarian cafe &#8220;Jagannath&#8221; has a bit of everything: Indian, Chinese, European, Mexican and Thai! Various locations all around the city center and breakfasts starting from<strong> 180 rubles, $3.2<\/strong>, make this place a yum start of the day!\n<p><div id=\"attachment_1955\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1955\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1955 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Jagannath-Cafe.-Photo-by-Jagannath-Cafe.jpg\" alt=\"Russian breakfast\" width=\"800\" height=\"525\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jagannath Cafe. Photo by Jagannath Cafe<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a full list of\u00a0<a title=\"10 breakfast places in Moscow\" href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/moscow-cafes-with-russian-breakfast\">10 breakfast restaurants in Moscow<\/a>\u00a0we collected for you. All are very Russian, very local, with great atmosphere and amazingly beautiful interior.<\/p>\n<h2>Moscow Metro<\/h2>\n<p>Moscow metro got its first 500 000\u00a0visitors 80 years ago, on\u00a0May 15, 1935. Nowadays, 9 million people use metro every weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from being so popular, Moscow subway is also so beautiful! There are 12 lines with\u00a0196 metro stations total so far, and 44 are considered\u00a0as objects of historical\u00a0significance.Most beautiful stations are: Mayakovskaya and Belorusskaya on green line, Revolution Square and Arbatskaya on dark blue line, and almost every single one on Ring line, which is brown.<\/p>\n<p>Here are\u00a0<a title=\"Facts about Moscow metro\" href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/fun-facts-about-moscow-metro\/\">30 fun facts about Moscow Metro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A metro pass for one ride is <strong>50 rubles, $0.9<\/strong>. Moscow metro is very generous in terms of distance &#8211; with this one ride pass you can go anywhere, to any station, any time, any distance. You can spend all day underground actually making your Moscow metro tour a lifetime experience. And who knows maybe you will be lucky enough to discover Metro-2? Maybe it&#8217;s not a\u00a0<a title=\"myths about Moscow metro\" href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/7-myths-about-moscow-metro\/\">myth<\/a>?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2001\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2001\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2001 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1426915762_indpg-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Moscow Metro Tour - most beautiful stations\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1426915762_indpg-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1426915762_indpg.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moscow metro. Photo by doconline.com<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Coffee Crawl<\/h2>\n<p>Since March 2015 Russia is\u00a0a full member of the International Coffee Organization,\u00a0which means Moscow is taking coffee seriously, and you might want to take a sip in the most trendy coffee place\u00a0of Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>What coffee do locals drink? &#8211; you might ask. The answer lies in\u00a0the most popular place among locals &#8211; Gorky Park. Coffee &amp; the City place offers Americano for just <strong>98 rubles. $1.7<\/strong>. The lowest price in town. Considering, the friendly service, location and pure spring water that they use for their coffee, this coffee place is awesome.<\/p>\n<p>For more coffee ideas check our list of\u00a0<a title=\"11 best coffee shops in Moscow\" href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/moscow-best-coffee-shops\">11 best coffee shops\u00a0in Moscow.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Gorky Park<\/h2>\n<p>After re-freshening and energizing coffee, wander around Gorky park,\u00a0the central Moscow park which has won heart of millions of Russians and recently has become\u00a0Russia\u2019s first world-class park with\u00a0250\u00a0000 visitors on weekends. Free\u00a0entry, free Wi-Fi\u00a0coverage all around the park, art, sport, dance, yoga zones. More about why <a title=\"facts about Gorky Park\" href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/moscow-gorky-park\">Gorky Park is fun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bike, rollers. scooter and velomobile rentals start at <strong>200 rubles per hour, $3.6<\/strong>, and just <strong>100 rubles,\u00a0$1.8<\/strong>, for every extra hour.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2004\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2004\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2004 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/gorky-park-mosow.jpg\" alt=\"Photo ops in Moscow\" width=\"615\" height=\"461\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gorky Park Moscow<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2005\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2005\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2005 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Fun-Gorky-Park.jpg\" alt=\"Insta worthy places in Moscow\" width=\"461\" height=\"615\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gorky Park, must see of Moscow<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2006\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2006\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2006 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Gorky-park-is-1-in-Moscow.jpg\" alt=\"Nature nooks in Moscow\" width=\"615\" height=\"461\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peaceful atmosphere in Gorky Park, Moscow<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Kolomenskoe Museum-Reserve<\/h2>\n<p>From fun Gorky park move on to historical\u00a0Kolomenskoe, one of the most ancient places of Moscow. The items of Stone Age\u00a0(V-III millennium B.C.) were discovered here. The total area of 254.6 hectares used to be Dyakovo settlement, an ancient Russian village back from\u00a0XI-XII centuries. For ancient atmosphere you might want to take a <a title=\"Golden Ring of Russia tour\" href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/russian-holidays-golden-ring\/\">Golden Ring tour<\/a>, by the way.<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of gems are scattered all around the park. Here are some of the highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Church of the Ascension,\u00a0built in 1532, a masterpiece of Russian and world architecture, a UNESCO monument. Entrance fee: <strong>100 rubles, $1.8<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>House of Peter I in Kolomenskoye,\u00a0the only Moscow memorial museum\u00a0built in 1702 in honor of\u00a0the outstanding and revolutionary Russian tsar.\u00a0Entrance fee:<strong> 150 rubles,\u00a0$2.7<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Palace of the Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich, XVII century.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A\u00a0monument of art and brightest period of Moscow Tsardom, often referred to as\u00a0the Eighth Wonder of the Word.<\/p>\n<p>24 chambers of\u00a0the Tsar\u2019s, Tsarina\u2019s and Tsareviches\u2019 (the Tsar\u2019s sons\u2019) towers all have unique vibrant interior.\u00a0Pre-Petrine Russian traditions, combined with high skill of masters, ornamentality,\u00a0authentic prototypes\u00a0create a\u00a0fairy-tale-like atmosphere.\u00a0Entrance fee: starting from <strong>150 rubles,\u00a0$2.7<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2008\" style=\"width: 596px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2008\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2008 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Palace-in-Kolomenskoe-park-Moscow.jpg\" alt=\"Friendly Local Guides\" width=\"586\" height=\"980\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kolomenskoe Museum Reserve<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2009\" style=\"width: 990px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2009\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2009 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Ancient-Kolomenskoe-park-in-Moscow.jpg\" alt=\"Kolomenskoe Museum Reserve\" width=\"980\" height=\"586\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ancient Kolomenskoe park in Moscow<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For more ideas what to do in the Russian capital, check out <a title=\"fun things to do in Moscow\" href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/21-things-to-do-in-moscow\/\">21 fun things to do in Moscow<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheap things to do in Moscow or How to save money? 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