Moscow is a city where in a single day you can see the Kremlin, have breakfast at a specialty coffee shop, catch an exhibition in a former power station and end the evening at a wine bar by Patriarch's Ponds. Here is where to start.
The centre and the classics
The Kremlin and Red Square, Novodevichy Convent and Kolomenskoye are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Next to the Kremlin are Zaryadye Park with its floating bridge over the Moskva River, GUM and the Bolshoi Theatre.
Neighbourhood walks
Patriarch's Ponds and Bolshaya Nikitskaya — quiet lanes, restaurants and bars. Chistye Prudy and Pokrovka — coffee shops and old apartment buildings. Zamoskvorechye — merchant mansions, the Tretyakov Gallery and GES-2 on Bolotnaya Embankment. Khamovniki — the Pushkin Museum, Novodevichy and the river embankments.
Parks
Gorky Park and Neskuchny Garden — the embankment, rentals and evening walks. VDNKh — pavilions, fountains and a Ferris wheel for a full day out. For a forest without leaving the city — Meshchersky Park and Sokolniki.
Food and evenings
Moscow has a strong restaurant scene, from new chef-led places to coffee shops that roast their own beans. CitiGit's guides to coffee shops, breakfasts, wine bars and pizza help you choose without a long search.
What's on now
Exhibitions, concerts and performances this week are in Events. The monthly "Where to go in Moscow" guide is updated in the Journal.