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1 : Photo walk ''Heart of Moscow'' - 1 day2 : Individual Moscow photo walk - 1 day
3 : 'From Christ the Saviour Cathedral to Red Square - 1 day
4 : Photo walk - ''The best of Moscow Metro'' - 1 day
5 : Russian cooking master class - 1 day
6 : Photo walk - ''Izmailovo Flea Market and Kremlin'' - 1 day
Explore Moscow and get photographed
But it's hard to get a picture of yourself when you travel solo. Even for 2-3 people taking photos can be difficult - one person hides behind the camera and the group is never together. Low level of light can be a problem for compact cameras which tourists mostly use, and to travel with heavy professional equipment is uncomfortable.
I offer you a variety of photo walks to the most beautiful areas of Moscow. You don't need to think about the technical side. Just enjoy and get more than 150 professional images within few hours (images from my camera can be uploaded to your computer right after the tour + I send you postprocessed in 1-2 weeks via file hosting). During photo walks I use camera Canon 5D mark II, Canon ''L'' lenses and flash Canon Speedlite 430ex II.
If you prefer to take pictures yourself I'll show you the best places during cultural tours.
About the guide
Activities
Cultural tour guide
Speaking languages
English, Russian Activity started in
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Interests centers
Exploring places with a camera, meeting people of different cultures, cooking and photographing food, interior design and impressionism.
Diploma, references, agreements
Moscow Photoacademy, professional adverticement and art photographer, 2008.Moscow State Linguistic University. English-Russian interpreter, 2000.
Services
Car, Boat, Family / Children, Culture, Unusual, Gastronomy
Contact
Contact - Get a quoteAddress : Moscow Moscow RUSSIA (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
Mobile : +7(916)938-64-10
Tours
Duration : 1 day
Level :
Easy
Level :
Easy
During this tour you'll enjoy visiting and being photographed in the very heart of Moscow - it's historical centre. You'll get your images against the famous backgrounds of Red Square, the Kremlin wall, Alexander's garden and inside the GUM department store. You'll see the most beautiful station of Moscow metro and try authentic Russian food.
We meet in your hotel lobby, take some photos of you there, then leave for downtown. Depending on your hotel location we walk or take the metro. The metro is a unique Moscow landmark, so we go down to Revolution Square metro station located by the Kremlin wall and take some interesting shots there. Then we go to Red Square which has several famous views - of Saint Basil's Cathedral, Lenin's Mausoleum, the Historical Museum and the Towers either side of the square (including The Saviour Tower with Kremlin clock). Next stops are the GUM and Alexander's garden. The whole tour takes about 4 hours, with a lunch in a Russian restaurant, where you try the most typical dishes of local cuisine.
We meet in your hotel lobby, take some photos of you there, then leave for downtown. Depending on your hotel location we walk or take the metro. The metro is a unique Moscow landmark, so we go down to Revolution Square metro station located by the Kremlin wall and take some interesting shots there. Then we go to Red Square which has several famous views - of Saint Basil's Cathedral, Lenin's Mausoleum, the Historical Museum and the Towers either side of the square (including The Saviour Tower with Kremlin clock). Next stops are the GUM and Alexander's garden. The whole tour takes about 4 hours, with a lunch in a Russian restaurant, where you try the most typical dishes of local cuisine.
Activities, services on this tour:
Family / Children, Culture, Unusual, Gastronomy
Family / Children, Culture, Unusual, Gastronomy
Duration : 1 day
Level : Easy
Level :
Easy
This option is perfect for independent individuals who like to do everything according to their personal wishes. You will be able to create your own tour consisting of the best photographic spots in Moscow. Make your photo walk unique and be as flexible as you can. Bad weather? No problem, we shoot indoors. Found an interesting place not mentioned in either tour? We include it. Red Square is closed because of parade or demonstration? We take it's pictures from another side. Have your own concept of photo walk in mind? Perfect! Only the duration of the tour is fixed, the rest is up to you.
To arrange such a tour you need to message me through ToursByLocals with your ideas before or after the booking. I check the possibilities and help you make the planning.
To arrange such a tour you need to message me through ToursByLocals with your ideas before or after the booking. I check the possibilities and help you make the planning.
Activities, services on this tour:
Family / Children, Culture, Unusual, Gastronomy, Fair tourism
Family / Children, Culture, Unusual, Gastronomy, Fair tourism
Duration : 1 day
Level :
Medium
Level :
Medium
Explore Moscow and get photographed in the most beautiful places.
We start the tour near Christ the Saviour Cathedral. Destroyed by communists and rebuilt at Yeltsin's time it has became a new symbol of Moscow. Then we go down the oldest line of Moscow metro and move to the very heart of Moscow, the Kremlin. There you'll see: Red Square, Lenin's Mausoleum, iconic St. Basil's Cathedral, Alexander's garden, the Tomb of Unknown Soldier, Moscow Zero Kilometre and historical department store The GUM where we stop for a snack in a Soviet style canteen.
As the result of this photowalk you get more than 150 professionally edited photos about your Moscow adventures.
We start the tour near Christ the Saviour Cathedral. Destroyed by communists and rebuilt at Yeltsin's time it has became a new symbol of Moscow. Then we go down the oldest line of Moscow metro and move to the very heart of Moscow, the Kremlin. There you'll see: Red Square, Lenin's Mausoleum, iconic St. Basil's Cathedral, Alexander's garden, the Tomb of Unknown Soldier, Moscow Zero Kilometre and historical department store The GUM where we stop for a snack in a Soviet style canteen.
As the result of this photowalk you get more than 150 professionally edited photos about your Moscow adventures.
Activities, services on this tour:
Family / Children, Culture, Unusual, Gastronomy
Family / Children, Culture, Unusual, Gastronomy
Duration : 1 day
Level : Medium
Level :
Medium
Get professionally photographed in ''underground palaces'' of Moscow metro.
Metro in Moscow is more than just transport. It's a huge underground museum where you can enjoy the best samples of Soviet art and architecture. During this tour we visit the most remarkable stations built in Stalin Empire style: Mayakovskaya, Kievskaya, Novoslobodskaya, Komsomolskaya and Revolution Square, then go deeper into the history exploring vintage trains in Moscow Metro museum. As the result ofthe photo walk you carry home a set of professional photos with you travelling by Moscow Metro.
Metro in Moscow is more than just transport. It's a huge underground museum where you can enjoy the best samples of Soviet art and architecture. During this tour we visit the most remarkable stations built in Stalin Empire style: Mayakovskaya, Kievskaya, Novoslobodskaya, Komsomolskaya and Revolution Square, then go deeper into the history exploring vintage trains in Moscow Metro museum. As the result ofthe photo walk you carry home a set of professional photos with you travelling by Moscow Metro.
Activities, services on this tour:
Culture
Culture
Duration : 1 day
Level : Medium
Level :
Medium
Want to try something different? What about Russian cooking?
During your Moscow trip you will for sure visit some local restaurants. But what about going deeper into Russian culture and life style understanding? What about entering the real people’s homes and trying to cook the traditional Russian dishes with your own hands? Within 2-3 hours you’ll be able to create a 100% authentic dinner and feel the true taste of being a Muscovite. Hotel pick up service and all ingredients included.
Please, choose the dishes you want to cook from the list below:
Borsch - the most famous Russian soup of reddish-purple color, consisting of beetroot, potatoes, cabbage, carrot, meat, onions and tomatoes. It's usually served hot, with sour-cream and bread. There is also a vegetarian variation of this dish.
Schi — a second popular soup in Russia with cabbage (fresh or sour) as main ingredient. In fact it's very similar to borsch, but it doesn't contain beetroot and the amount of tomatoes in it is smaller, which makes the broth clear with almost no color. Meat is not a must.
Chanterelle mushroom soup - as you can guess by its name contains the beloved by Russians chanterelle mushroom as main ingredient. Other ingredients are potatoes, carrots, onions and dill or parsley for fragrance. This transparent soup is usually served with squared pieced of dried bread and sometimes with sour-cream.
Pelmeni are the dumplings of meat wrapped in thin dough. The origin of this dish is Siberia. The dough is made of flour, water and egg (not obligatory). Sometimes mushrooms are used instead of meat. Pelmeni can be boiled, fried or baked. They are served with sour-cream, mustard, black pepper and sometimes vinegar.
Varenyki as well as pelmeni are stuffed dumplings, but there is a difference. Pelmeni are smaller than vareniki and they are taken as a main course. Vareniki are served as a dessert. The filling can be mashed potato, cheese, sauerkraut or various berries. Possible dressings: sour-cream, melted butter or fried onions sauce.
Pirozki are stuffed buns, fried or baked, of individual size. The dough can be yeast or unleavened, the stuff almost any: meat, fish, mushrooms, fruit or berries, boiled eggs, rice… I recommend you to cook the pirozki with mashed potato fried on a dry pan. They have a flat shape, taste incredibly delicious and served with melted butter.
Russian blini are thin fried pancakes of a round shape. At pre-Christian times they symbolized Sun. Blini are traditionally cooked during Butter Week, but due to their wonderful taste are welcomed on everyday table. They can be served with different dressings: caviar, fish, meat, cheese, potatoes, mushroom, honey, jam, melted butter or fresh berries.
Russian salad (New Year Olivier) - the most traditional dish for the New Year celebration in Russia. Foreigners call it Russian Salad. Its home made version contains cold meat, potatoes, carrots, onions, eggs, cucumbers, green peas and mayonnaise.
Vinegret is a healthy salad of beetroot, carrots, potatoes, pickles, green peas and onions dressed with sunflower oil. It's an everyday dish which goes perfectly with boiled sausages.
Dressed herring under fur coat a layered salad with sliced herring as the main ingredient covered with «fur coat» of beetroot, carrots, onions, potatoes and mayonnaise. This is one the the favorite New Year dishes of Soviet housewives.
Mimosa is one of the most beautiful Russian salads and it's served in a transparent dish. As well as herring under fur it’s layered, but the ingredients are different. The main one is canned salmon which is placed on the bottom of a dish and topped with boiled egg whites, potatoes, frozen butter pieces, carrots, apple and onions. The final layer consists of egg yolks which makes the salad resemble the flower of mimosa. This dish is cooked for big family events. It's very juicy, tastes unusual and melts in the mouth.
Interested in
During your Moscow trip you will for sure visit some local restaurants. But what about going deeper into Russian culture and life style understanding? What about entering the real people’s homes and trying to cook the traditional Russian dishes with your own hands? Within 2-3 hours you’ll be able to create a 100% authentic dinner and feel the true taste of being a Muscovite. Hotel pick up service and all ingredients included.
Please, choose the dishes you want to cook from the list below:
Borsch - the most famous Russian soup of reddish-purple color, consisting of beetroot, potatoes, cabbage, carrot, meat, onions and tomatoes. It's usually served hot, with sour-cream and bread. There is also a vegetarian variation of this dish.
Schi — a second popular soup in Russia with cabbage (fresh or sour) as main ingredient. In fact it's very similar to borsch, but it doesn't contain beetroot and the amount of tomatoes in it is smaller, which makes the broth clear with almost no color. Meat is not a must.
Chanterelle mushroom soup - as you can guess by its name contains the beloved by Russians chanterelle mushroom as main ingredient. Other ingredients are potatoes, carrots, onions and dill or parsley for fragrance. This transparent soup is usually served with squared pieced of dried bread and sometimes with sour-cream.
Pelmeni are the dumplings of meat wrapped in thin dough. The origin of this dish is Siberia. The dough is made of flour, water and egg (not obligatory). Sometimes mushrooms are used instead of meat. Pelmeni can be boiled, fried or baked. They are served with sour-cream, mustard, black pepper and sometimes vinegar.
Varenyki as well as pelmeni are stuffed dumplings, but there is a difference. Pelmeni are smaller than vareniki and they are taken as a main course. Vareniki are served as a dessert. The filling can be mashed potato, cheese, sauerkraut or various berries. Possible dressings: sour-cream, melted butter or fried onions sauce.
Pirozki are stuffed buns, fried or baked, of individual size. The dough can be yeast or unleavened, the stuff almost any: meat, fish, mushrooms, fruit or berries, boiled eggs, rice… I recommend you to cook the pirozki with mashed potato fried on a dry pan. They have a flat shape, taste incredibly delicious and served with melted butter.
Russian blini are thin fried pancakes of a round shape. At pre-Christian times they symbolized Sun. Blini are traditionally cooked during Butter Week, but due to their wonderful taste are welcomed on everyday table. They can be served with different dressings: caviar, fish, meat, cheese, potatoes, mushroom, honey, jam, melted butter or fresh berries.
Russian salad (New Year Olivier) - the most traditional dish for the New Year celebration in Russia. Foreigners call it Russian Salad. Its home made version contains cold meat, potatoes, carrots, onions, eggs, cucumbers, green peas and mayonnaise.
Vinegret is a healthy salad of beetroot, carrots, potatoes, pickles, green peas and onions dressed with sunflower oil. It's an everyday dish which goes perfectly with boiled sausages.
Dressed herring under fur coat a layered salad with sliced herring as the main ingredient covered with «fur coat» of beetroot, carrots, onions, potatoes and mayonnaise. This is one the the favorite New Year dishes of Soviet housewives.
Mimosa is one of the most beautiful Russian salads and it's served in a transparent dish. As well as herring under fur it’s layered, but the ingredients are different. The main one is canned salmon which is placed on the bottom of a dish and topped with boiled egg whites, potatoes, frozen butter pieces, carrots, apple and onions. The final layer consists of egg yolks which makes the salad resemble the flower of mimosa. This dish is cooked for big family events. It's very juicy, tastes unusual and melts in the mouth.
Interested in
Activities, services on this tour:
Unusual, Gastronomy
Unusual, Gastronomy
Duration : 1 day
Level : Medium
Level :
Medium
Izmailivo Flea Market (often called Vernissage) is a famous one-stop souvenir venue in Moscow. If you want to take a piece of Russia to you country this place is the best to visit. You can find there everything – from matreshka dolls to Soviet life-style propaganda posters, from samovars to bears skin rugs, from oil paintings to school and military uniforms at best prices than elsewhere in Moscow. Even if you buy nothing it’s a fun place to watch and take photos. Izmailivo Kremlin is located near by. It was built just few years ago as a replica of traditional Russian Kremlin, but has become a popular entertainment place not just among tourists but among Muscovites, too. There is a typical Russian wooden church, a bunch of cafes and workshops on its territory. If you like to know the history of Russian vodka welcome to the Vodka museum.
Activities, services on this tour:
Culture, Unusual
Culture, Unusual
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Photo walk ''Heart of Moscow'' Individual Moscow photo walk 'From Christ the Saviour Cathedral to Red Square Photo walk - ''The best of Moscow Metro'' Russian cooking master class Photo walk - ''Izmailovo Flea Market and Kremlin''
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