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Arbat - "The Shopper's Paradise"
With so many souvenir stalls and shopping malls, Arbat is the most touristic area in Moscow. However, together with Ostozhenka, it is also the most expensive residential area in Moscow, where flats can cost as much as $1,000,000.
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Arbat is one of the oldest areas in Moscow and it's the name of the most touristic street in the city. There are always many people wandering around, there are many cafes, restaurants, antiques and souvenir shops. The area around Arbat is much calmer, and if you go to Kropotkinskaya area (towards the south from Arbat) you have a chance to see some interesting houses, to wander in complete silence, and visit the Church of Christ the Saviour (the biggest cathedral in Russia) and Pushkinsky Museum, which boasts the great collection of European art and hosts interesting exhibitions regularly. metro: Arbatskaya (blue), Smolenskaya (blue), Kropotkinskaya (red) area: center south-west |
What to Find There:
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Walking Around Arbat:
Arbat and Kropotkinskaya are nice areas of old Moscow, it was the area where the nobles used to live, so stylish mansions and cathedrals are usual for this place. Besides there's the famous Church of Christ Saviour (next to Kropotkinskaya metro - red line), the biggest cathedral in Russia and the most expensive also. On the bank of Moscow river there's a controversial monument to Peter the Great, and a typical residential area (also close to Kropotkinskaya or Park Kultury - red line).
A green Gogolevsky boulevard, named after the famous Russian writer Gogol, leads from Kropotkinskaya to Arbat area.
In Arbat area there's the Arbat street itself (also called
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The 'Old' Arbat street was left untouched, however in the 80s it was paved and became a walking street and got the status of the most touristic street in Moscow.
