Understand
[edit]Get in
[edit]By car
[edit]Take the Volokolamsk Shosse (Highway) from Moscow.
By train
[edit]By elektrichkas from Moscow's Rizhsky train station to Pavshino station.
By bus
[edit]The fastest way to get to Arkhangelskoye Estate is to take a bus 549 or 541 to "Arhangelskoye" stop or minibus 151 to "Sanatorii" stop from Tushino metro station. From Pavshino train station you can take buses 524 or minibus 24 to stop "Sanatorii".
Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- Znamenskoye-Gubailovo Estate (near the city center). A beautiful 18th-century classical estate that is undergoing restoration, which was regularly visited by Moscow literati, including the great Russian writer, Andrey Bely. At its center is the 17th-century Znamenskoye Church and to the north, landscaped parks.
- Arkhangelskoye Estate (2 km to the southwest of the city), ☏ +7 495 797-54-09, [email protected]. 10:00–17:00 daily. A 17th-century estate, which belonged to the fabulously wealthy Yusupov family, is now a popular estate-museum, which hosts classical and jazz music concerts in the summer
Do
[edit]- Le Meridien Moscow Country Club Resort, 1 Nakhabino Prospekt, ☏ +7 495 626-5911, fax: +7 495 626-5921, [email protected]. A very ritzy country club resort with luxury dachas, a hotel, and 18 holes.
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- Chez Vero, 123 Tsentralnaya ul., ☏ +7 495 775-1011. European, Russian, and seafood, has a bar and dancing.
- Family Gastrobar, Molodezhnaya Ulitsa, 4, ☏ +7 495 640-57-47, [email protected]. Some solid standbys here.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]The most popular places to sleep might be at the Arkhangelskoye Estate and Le Meridien, but of course Krasnogorsk has hotels of its own:
- Hotel "Little Raccoon", Vokzal'naya Ulitsa, 21, ☏ +7 495 562-34-45. Well-kept hotel with cafe.
- Kroshka Yenot, Volokolamskoye Shosse, 6, ☏ +7 916 766-83-33. Complimentary breakfast and comfortable rooms.
But there are loads of better options in Moscow and Krasnogorsk makes an easy day trip.
Go next
[edit]- Consider heading onwards from Moscow to historic Volokolamsk.