Moscow

Eyewitness Travel Guides

by Christopher Rice, Melanie Rice

The guide that shows you what other travel books only tell you!

A city of opulent architecture, striking art, and history of epic proportions, Russia's cultural showplace is vividly depicted in DK's Eyewitness Travel Moscow. The guide covers the city's five main sections with street-by-street maps and 3-D aerial illustrations that lead you to many magnificent sights. View major works of Renoir, Cezanne, Matisse, and Botticelli at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Examine art collected by the tsars and their families at the State Armory. Additional sections highlight the Bolshoy Theatre, St. Basil's Cathedral, and the Tretyakov Gallery. In the Beyond Moscow chapter explore the Novodevichiy Center, the elaborate gardens at the Kuskove Estate, and the village of Kolomenskoe. The guide also provides an enthralling overview to the city's turbulent history, outstanding cultural contributions, remarkable people, and regional cuisine.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Russia, Reference

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

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Reviews

[Mojca · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 - 4½ stars

[reveurdart · Rating 4 out of 5]

A visual treat, supported by short texts for each section, and helpful to my research.

Pushkin House-Museum:

[Anton Zubarev · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice travel guide, recommends to bring with you during travel

[Motivated Light · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just spent a few days in Moscow and found this a nice resource to have when touring the city. The photos are great to get an idea of what there is to see. They're also helpful after the trip if, for example, you've forgotten which of the many churches you took a photograph of. It's definitely not a complete guide, so you'll still have to do additional research to find hotels, etc. (although they do list some) and I think the brief historical overviews could be improved (for example, russia has a long history with several rulers with the same name and it was not always clear when reading the text which one was being referred to). But all in all a great book for deciding what to do with an afternoon.

I also visited a few towns of the "golden ring" near Moscow and the book included a small amount of information on a couple of those attractions.

[Joseph D'Aquisto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great travel guide. Lots of color pictures and details for the traveller. I reccommend any DK travel guide.

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Images very helpful