Here are Ksenia's recommendations for Moscow, Russia 🇷🇺
Places to eat:
- Severyane (so so so so so good!) - https://goo.gl/maps/9fNyKVLaMhGvjR8C9
- Culinary Shop Karavaevs Brothers - chain of restaurants offering russian dishes, very affordable and good https://goo.gl/maps/REgZCVxhuQa7aUR49
- Lepim i varim (Лепим и Варим) - chain, most central location https://goo.gl/maps/fizQbAYsMN82
- Art Lebedev Cafe (Лавка и Кафе Студии Артемия Лебедева) https://goo.gl/maps/PLLd8nZ5KaT2
- Strana kotoroi net (Страна Которой Нет) https://goo.gl/maps/Nq3qoAdkscL2
- White Rabbit (Белый Кролик) - very upscale, featured in Netflix's Chef's Table https://goo.gl/maps/JYhDihX4dry
- Cafe Pushkin (Пушкинъ) https://goo.gl/maps/C9REhTMuPcm
If it's your first time in Moscow (and it is relatively warm), I highly recommend doing a river boat cruise http://new.radisson-cruise.ru/?lang=en
Food to try:
- Pelmeni https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelmeni
- Borscht https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borscht
- Blini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blini
- Pirozhki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirozhki
- Cabbage rolls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage_roll#Russia
- Buckwheat porridge/kasha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasha
- Okroshka soup (recommended in the summer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okroshka
- Solyanka soup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solyanka
- Fish soup (ukha) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukha
- Syrniki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrniki
- Venegret "salad" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinegret
- Kvass (drink) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvass
- Vatrushka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatrushka
- Honey Cake, here is a recipe because there isn't a Wikipedia entry on this (there should be, this cake is amazing when prepared right) https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019089-russian-honey-cake
Places to visit:
- Museums:
- State Historical Museum https://goo.gl/maps/xZnADn1ndiq
- Kremlin (there are several museums/exhibitions to see at Kremlin, check hours/admission info on the main website https://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/museums-moscow-kremlin/) https://goo.gl/maps/a7qTy4jACT32
- Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts https://goo.gl/maps/KQ1X2zQ8NTG2
- Tretyakov Gallery https://goo.gl/maps/FAryytf5Hd92
- Moscow Museum of Modern Art https://goo.gl/maps/NuR3BLnkgHq
- Bulgakov Museum (if you have read Master and Margarita) https://goo.gl/maps/YwtVgYf4fGv
- I also recommend visiting houses/museums of your favorite Russian authors (such as Pushkin's apartment, Gogol or Tolstoy houses)
- Museum/interactive:
- Museum of Soviet arcade machines (Музей советских игровых автоматов) https://goo.gl/maps/U73jT7BeCpt
- Churches:
- St Basil's Cathedral https://goo.gl/maps/TDTokVmMzrM2
- Cathedral of Christ the Savior https://goo.gl/maps/PHu448BsQ2A2
- Novodevichy Convent https://goo.gl/maps/kdaHRKGTYqC2
- Parks:
- Alexandrovsky Garden https://goo.gl/maps/j7KNXcfzz9w
- Clean Ponds https://goo.gl/maps/FzYnvNXZqDm
- Patriarch's Ponds https://goo.gl/maps/TPbFioFzbN22
- Sparrow Hill (Воробьевы Горы) - amazing views of Moscow https://goo.gl/maps/CwKbzBxD48z
- Gorky Park https://goo.gl/maps/3VPYXCvMm562
- Victory Park (Парк Победы) https://goo.gl/maps/RMpU2LiuP2v and Poklonnaya Hill (Поклонная Гора) https://goo.gl/maps/YwsFsq7jn372
- Misc:
- Walk on Arbat street, which is filled with artists and touristy shops: https://goo.gl/maps/tKouJWbK9kK2
- Eliseyevskiy Shop (Елисеевский Магазин) - a supermarket, but it is very ornate inside & has good selection of traditional Russian food/delicatessen https://goo.gl/maps/9vy6kFAgReo
- GUM (ГУМ) - a luxury mall, but it has amazing architecture and is worth checking out https://goo.gl/maps/LtPECYsTMsG2