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Fitness, ice-skating, snowboarding, yoga, gyms and all kinds of
sports in Moscow, Russia
Contents: russian banya
bathhouse - horseriding - paintball - new: rock
climbing - ski & snowboarding
- ice skating - swimming - gyms, fitness clubs - yoga classes
Russian Banya - Bathhouse
Banya
is a traditional Russian steam bath, where people go to wash,
relax, and socialize. Sandunovskie Banya or
"Sanduny" is
one of the oldest and favourite public banya in
Moscow. It is located in
the very center of the city, has separate men and women sections,
as well as private rooms, beauty shops, massage rooms, and
laundry.
Sandunovskie Banya has unique interior: there's a general hall
and 13 rooms (for three to eight persons) all decorated in a distinct
style reminiscent of Russian, Greek and Turkish architecture.
The entrance price is from 350 R to 700 R ($12-$25) per person
(the whole day ticket), it is also possible to rent a private
room for
about 1000R ($30) per hour for two or more people.
Address: Neglinnaya st, 14/3-7. Location:
downtown Moscow, metro Kuznetsky Most (purple) - View
Map. Internet: www.sanduny.ru
Open Hours: Tue-Sun 8:00-22:00 (ticket office
opened until 20.00).
Horse Riding
This
horseriding center is located in the forest-park "Bitzevsky",
which is located in the south part of Moscow. This park is quite
large
and there
are many
different trails available,
the park is a nice place to walk too.
Address: Balaklavsky prospekt, 33.
Location: South Moscow, metro Kaluzhskaya (orange), Tchertanovskaya
(grey). Directions: after
you go out
from
the either metro station take the 28 or 671 bus to the direction
of "Bitzevsky Park" - Bitza.
Open Hours: mon-fri 9:00-21:00,
sat-sun 9:00-18:00.
Prices: 200-300 R ($8-10) an hour
Ethno-Practices: Martial Arts, Capoeira, Drums
Daily classes in all kinds of ethno-practices:
capoeira, martial arts, yoga, ethnic drums, etc. Almost all teachers
can
speak English. First visit is free, regular visits are about $50
per month. Also: a shop and a tea ceremony place.
Address: Borby Square, #13A.
Location: metro Novoslobodskaya, walk along Palikha street (along
tram ways) and then into the square
and to the left - View
Map.
Contacts: Tel: (095) 202-81-98, 284-41-17 Website: www.inbi.ru
Paintball
This
club has two location: one is in the center of the city, in a
covered pavilion, and another
is an open-air place 10 kilometers out of Moscow. In the second
location
they have "vietnamese" and "american" villages
as a part of the 'war' scene.
Address: Kalashniy pereulok, 10 Area: Arbat, metro Arbatskaya
Open Hours: mon-fri 9:00-19:00 (booking the game) the game itself
is at any time of the day.
Prices: entrance ticket and equipment
$20, 100 paintballs $7.
Rock Climbing
The first specialized rock climbing club in Moscow. The walls are up
to
12
meters
high, the routes are 4 to 8a level difficulty, 60% of slopes are vertical, 40%
of slopes have negative slope.
All
equipment
(shoes,
insurance,
powder,
gri-gri) is provided and you can also ask one of the instructors to help you
climbing or insure you. There is a sauna, a changing room with lockers,
a good restaraunt upstairs ($10 for a meal), and a fully equipped gym. There's
also an outdoor equipment shop by AlpIndustria on the ground floor.
Address: Kutusovskii
prospekt, #36/3 Location: Kutuzovsky Prospekt metro (blue
line, West Moscow), walk along Kutuzovsky Prospekt towards the
Arch and the
center is to your right. Follow the signs. See the map on the center's
website for directions
Contacts: (095) 980-72-39, general@skala-city.ru
Web: www.skala-city.ru
Open Hours: mon-sun 15:00-23:00.
Prices: ask for a "trial pass" which costs 350
R ($12) and includes full equipment rental - this is the cheapest
option
It's a comfortable place with well developed
infrastructure to ride mountain ski or to snowboard 60 kilometers
outside of Moscow (1h20m by car or by a local train).
Usually there's good snow in Moscow area from mid December until
mid March. Volen park has about 6 slopes up to 400 meters long and
elevators.
You can rent the equipment right there (mountain ski or snowboards),
for that you'll need to pay around $13 for the first 2 hours and
to deposit your driving license or a passport. There are also guesthouses
available for $70 / night for a person, restaurant, cafe and equipment
store. In any case, the entrance is free, so If you have your own
equipment you might only need to pay for the car parking (30 R -
$1) and the elevators (50 R - $2) for 10 lifts.
This park works 24 hours a day.
Address: This
park is located in Moscow region, Yakhroma town,
How to get there and back by car from Moscow: take
Dmitrovskoy Shosse (to the north of Moscow), go up to the 63th
kilometer, make a left
turn and then go to Yahroma town (there are signs) - about 5 mins
by car. If you use a taxi one way ride from Moscow will cost around
900 R ($30).
How to get there by train from Moscow: Go to Savelovsky vokzal
(railway station), then take any train with "Dmitrov" town as a
final destination - those trains depart every 20-30 minutes. Then
get out on the 20th station (or one station before Dmitrov) - it's
"`Yakhro`ma" station and it's about
1 hour 15 minutes ride, it costs around 20 R (< $1) one way.
Buy the ticket for a return trip in advance. When you're at the
station, cross the bridge over the railway and walk to the bus station.
Don't take a bus, take a car to "Volen park" and pay
around 60-100 R ($2-3). In 5 minutes you're there.
Getting back: The last train from this station
('Yahroma" station)
goes back to Moscow at around 23:00, but it might take long to
catch
a car from the park, so give it around 1 hour to get to the station
from the park (it'll take 30-60 mins walking if there's no car.
You can also make a deal with a driver when he drives you to the
park, so he would come back to get you at a specific time. Otherwise,
you can try to go to the parking lot at the park and ask people
who have cars to drive you back to Moscow (I did that), it's gonna
be free and interesting too. And also, as you're a foreigner people
will be interested, so really, give it a try.
Contacts: Tel: (095) 578-3502, Internet: www.volen.ru
Open Hours: Volen park is opened 24 hours a day.
Prices: the rent of snowboard or mountain ski equipment (that is
snowboard and the boots) is 400 R ($13) for the first 2 hours, then
200 R ($7) for every consecutive hour. You should also leave your
passport or driving license and 400 roubles as a deposit for the
equipment you rent. The price of the elevators is 50 R ($1.7) for
10 rides on weekdays and 200 R ($7) - on weekends, so better go
to this park on weekdays, besides there're less people that time
there.
Iceskating
(Young
Pioneers' Stadium). A big place for skating lighted in evenings.
Address: Leningradski
prospekt, #31. Area: a bit to the north of Tverskaya area, metro:
Dinamo (green), exit to the
stadium, almost next to the metro.
Contacts: Tel. (095) 213-6905.
Open Hours: 10.00-24.00
Gyms, Fitness Clubs
Usually one visit to a gym costs from 60 to 150 roubles, but
there are also quite expensive places like Gold's Gym and Planet
Fitness,
which charge more and offer only membership schemes. The memebership
is usually $800-$1000 for a year.
However, if you need only one visit you can talk the managers into
a free visit by telling them something like you're a representative
of a big company and that you want to check their gym out to find
out if it's good for a corporate membership or something like that.
It works, really, and you've got a chance to visit a decent place
also. Only don't go to the same place twice (anyway, it's not possible
for free, so...).
An
expensive elite sportclub, quite big and impressive with all the
newest equipment and additional services (trainers, swimming
pools,
saunas, bar etc.).
Address: Leningradsky
Prospekt, 31, bld. 30. Area: a bit to the north of Tverskaya,
near Dinamo stadium
Contacts: Tel: (095) 931-9616, fax: 931-9625, internet:
http://www.goldsgym.com/
A
chain of fitness clubs throughout Moscow. Offer all kinds of
services
(gyms, martial arts, yoga, swimming pools, saunas, bars), the
only
problem is that there are no one-time visits. But you can talk
managers into a free trial visit. It's easy, just dial the phone
number and
talk.
Contacts: Tel.
(095) 933-7100 (Area: Tverskaya, Bolshoi Kislovsky pereulok, #9);
Tel. 723-7326, ask Olga Kotis (Area:
South Moscow,
near Moscow State University, behind the Poklonnaya Gora, near
Setun' settlement); tel. 299-7353 (Area: Tverskaya, Malaya Dmitrovka
street,
#6); internet: http://www.fitness.ru/
A local moderately priced sport club in the
center of Moscow. Easy to talk into a trial visit. If not free,
then about $3-$4.
Address: 1st Shchipkovsky Per,
#1. Area: Zamoskvorechie, metro: Serpukhovskaya (grey).
Contacts: Tel: 974-2469, Fax: 974-2463.
Yoga Classes in Moscow
Yoga is becoming more and more popular in Moscow.
Only a few years ago it would be hard to find a yoga center, now,
there are quite a few. Here are the most popular ones:
The
official yoga center, has many classes throughout the week, for
all kinds
of students, three
different locations in central Moscow. English classes!
Addresses: Pyatnitskaya
St., #43 / 5 (same entrance as Restaurant "Iosif"), metro:
Tretyakovskaya, Novokuznetskaya,
Contacts: Tel.: (095) 953-6410, Internet: www.yoga.ru,
Timetable: English classes: Tue & Fri @ 10.30am with Mary Weden,
Prices: $10 for a session,
$40
per
month
Central locations both in Moscow
and St. Petersburg, different practices, English classes.
Address: Stary Tolmachevsky per., #7, metro
Novokuznetskaya, Tretyakovskaya.
Contacts: Tel.: (095) 951-5996
or (095) 183-4634 (instructors), internet:
www.yoga108.com ,
Timetable: classes daily, 4 times a day,
Prices: $7 for a session (2 hrs),
$40 per
month
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