{"id":365,"date":"2014-09-07T19:15:25","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T03:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/?p=365"},"modified":"2019-08-27T06:51:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T13:51:49","slug":"moscow-in-2-days-with-private-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/moscow-in-2-days-with-private-guide","title":{"rendered":"What to do in Moscow in 2 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey guys! We want to share our precious\u00a0moments\u00a0of a recent\u00a0<a title=\"2 days in Moscow\" href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/moscow\/tours\/2-days-in-moscow\">Moscow in 2 Days Tour<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0amazing\u00a0British tourists.\u00a0The tour is a mix of All-in-One, which is a bit of everything and a lot of\u00a0FUN!<\/p>\n<h2>2 Days in Moscow in a nutshell<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_52697\"  width=\"1070\" height=\"602\"  data-origwidth=\"1070\" data-origheight=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2UAOxBNkF2M?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  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><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1219\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1219\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1219 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/00.-Christ-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"How does Moscow look like\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/00.-Christ-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/00.-Christ.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moscow Tours with friendly local guides<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Day 1.<\/h2>\n<p><strong>09:00 Pick-up from a hotel, walk around historical downtown.<\/strong><br \/>\nSay \u201cHiii!\u201d to my lovely English tourists and me\u00a0! :)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1225\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1225\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1225 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/masha-tiwh-tourists-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Friendly Local Guides\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/masha-tiwh-tourists-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/masha-tiwh-tourists.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moscow in 2 days with British tourists<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>10.00 Moscow Metro Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, I believe that you already know the fact that Moscow Metro is supposed to be one of the most beautiful in the world. Actually, #1 in the world, according to <a title=\"Kickvick\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kickvick.com\/beautiful-subway-stations\/\">Kickvick<\/a>\u00a0and <a title=\"Urbanful\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanful.org\/2014\/11\/12\/the-16-most-beautiful-metro-stations-in-the-world\/\">Urbanful<\/a>\u00a0(and i&#8217;m sure a couple of hundreds of other blogs :).\u00a0Riding the subway is\u00a0a journey in itself, so I always include some\u00a0top stations of\u00a0Moscow Metro in our\u00a0tours.<\/p>\n<p>This is not only because of it`s majesty, but also because\u00a0of its\u00a0design here, every station is unique, with it`s mosaics, lightening, columns, statues, paintings, intriguing details from history and whatnot.<\/p>\n<p>And this is not only typical Komsomolskaya, Kievskaya and Prospekt Mira stations which you find in most guide books and travel websites. We saw at least\u00a010 most sophisticated stations of Moscow on our 2 Days Tour. With 196 stations on 12 lines in Moscow Metro, I got something to impress you with. ;)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_367\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-367 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3551-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"British tourists in Moscow\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moscow Metro Tour<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>11.00 Red Square<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah I know what you are going to say:\u00a0\u201cOOOOH! Red Square again!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>YES!!!! :D<\/p>\n<p>But not because it&#8217;s a\u00a0must-do, or tourist mecca or any other stereotypes. It&#8217;s simply because it&#8217;s so Russian! Guys, i&#8217;m in love with Red Square, this is so unique and &#8230; powerful!<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that at the beginning of its life Red Square was nothing more than a dirty mess of drunkards, beggars and rogues? The fact that Red Square has become what it has become is the whole Russian paradox in itself: the surprises, the rises and falls, the massacre, the victory arena and the heart of Russia&#8230; We talk about it in detail on the tour.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1212\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1212\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1212 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMAG3027-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"Must see in Moscow\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Square, Moscow Tour<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_368\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-368\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-368 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3564-e1416927879717-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Private guide in Moscow\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3564-e1416927879717-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3564-e1416927879717.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moscow in 2 days Tour with English tourists. Amazing!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>12.00 The Kremlin &amp; Armory<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I know, I know: \u201cOOOOH! The Kremlin\u00a0again!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>YES!!!!:D<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin! Of course! And our national prides\u00a0Tsar Cannon and Tsar Bell! Oh, I can`t understand why all my tourists try to steal this crack! Every time I say \u201cOh, please don`t even try, it weights 11 tonns!&#8221;, it seems like no one believes me!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_369\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-369\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-369 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3566-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Moscow Tsar Bell\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tsar Bell, Kremlin Tour<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>15.00 Russian Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now this is by far the most favorite part of the tour, this is 100% fact, I don&#8217;t need to check it in encyclopedias. :)<\/p>\n<p>What do we have for lunch? <a title=\"Russian Food: 3 National Dishes\" href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/russia-3-national-dishes\">Top 3 traditional Russian dishes<\/a>: Pelmeni\u00a0(Russian dumplings), Borsch or Schi (Russian soup) and Bliny (Russian pancakes and crepes). To my surprise, It&#8217;s all sometimes accompanied by&#8230; coke? And sometimes by vodka, which is not a surprise for me at all :)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1213\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1213\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1213 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/lunch-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Russian restaurant\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russian traditional cuisine on our tour<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Day 2<\/h2>\n<p><strong>10.00 Victory Park<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Alex is studying Cold War at school, we decided to include a lot of information and sightseeing on Soviet Russia, Cold War, WWII period. By the way, don`t forget, that you can decide yourself which places you really want to see, because the itinerary is formed due to your interests. So, we moved to the Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill and visited\u00a0the main WWII museum. The Victory Park is the place of memory and respect for those who took part in these bloody events of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century, that`s\u00a0 why every detail there is symbolic. For example there are 225 fountains, depicting how many weeks blood was pouring.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_370\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-370\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-370 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3573-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Best views of Moscow city\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victory Park on our Cold War tour<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>12.00 Ostankino Tower<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_371\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-371 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3656-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Local guide in Moscow\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3656-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3656.jpg 1136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ostankino Tower on our 2 Days in Moscow tour<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We then\u00a0moved to the Ostankinskaya TV Tower. I really enjoy observation deck, because it gives you an opportunity to enjoy Moscow from the hight of 337 meters! The fastest elevators lift you to this hight just in 58 seconds! Their maximum speed might be 9m\/sec, but as it`s very difficult for a human being to get used to it, we fly their with only 7m\/sec!<\/p>\n<p>Look at our super star Ian! He seems to be very happy to be back on the ground! :D<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_372\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-372\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-372 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_3638-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Fun tours in Moscow\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ian kissing the ground, so happy to be back from the deck :)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>14.00 Space Museum, Obelisk and monuments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I chose the right time to be born, so I wasn&#8217;t a witness, but I do know quite a bit about the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century and\u00a0the confrontation time\u00a0between the USSR and the USA. No one wanted to lose this game and the USSR starts to show it`s power in\u00a0space exploration onward and upward. The first Russian man to fly into outer space in 1961 was Yuri Gagarin. During the tour we talk about his achievements, challenges, awards and, of course, some pages form his personal life. There is a great amount of monuments and buildings, devoted to space exploration. For example, The Space Museum, the Space Obelisk and Hotel Kosmos (Space).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_373\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-373\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-373 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/56080670.jpg\" alt=\"Cosmonautics in Moscow\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Space Museum on our Moscow Tour<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>15.00 VDNKH Park<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ultimate Soviet experience with\u00a0all the repulics of the USSR still preserved\u00a0there.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_374\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-374\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-374 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4145-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"2 days in Moscow\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4145-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4145.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VDNKH, or VVC center, on our 2 Days in Moscow Tour<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The acronym VDNKh stands for Rossiyskaya Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnogo Khozyaystva, or the All-Russia Exhibition Center. It is a state joint-stock company nowadays, no more communism here, folks!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_375\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-375\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-375 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4139-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Soviet Moscow\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4139-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4139.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VDNKH, or VVC center, on our 2 Days in Moscow Tour<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That was our Moscow in 2 Days Tour. It&#8217;s so hard to part with you guys after the tour. I love keeping in touch with my tourists, and I hope if you&#8217;re reading it, one day we&#8217;ll meet and have the best time of our lives together!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Drop me a line\" href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/contact\">Drop me a line<\/a>, if you are thinking of coming to Moscow, I&#8217;d love to show\u00a0you around!<\/p>\n<p>Your local friend<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1215\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1215\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1215 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/masha-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Friendly Local Guides\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/masha-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/masha.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Private Guide in Moscow<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey guys! 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