This three-hour walking tour will take you around the historic centre, ending with a gastronomic surprise in the city’s new Zaryadye Park, next to the Kremlin.
Throughout the excursion you will have numerous opportunities to discover different aspects of Moscow’s rich and varied culinary heritage.
In this excursion you will:
Learn about Moscow’s restaurant scene, past and present
Visit an art-space and picture gallery to see how artists have been inspired by food
Learn about references to food in well-known works of literature and music
Take part in a unique outdoor “Hunger Games” quest
Work up an appetite, by exploring one of the Europe’s newest and most exciting parks, listed by Time Magazine as one of the World’s Greatest Places 2018
Enjoy a fine meal and learn as you eat
You will find out:
What the phrase “Na pososhok” means
About the differences between aristocratic and bourgeois cooking in pre-Revolutionary Russia
Who, according to one of Moscow’s top hotels, rank among the greatest gourmands, or “foodies” of the 20th Century
Where, and how, menus come to life
Which of the restaurants on the excursion can boast of Moscow’s only Caviar Show
Which shop used to be known, in Soviet times, as “Gastronom No. 1”, and why.
Who was known as the King of Moscow’s Bakers
What two letters serve as a guarantee of fine-quality food, and where you will see them
The Quest
In this exciting gastronomical quest around the historic centre of Moscow you will have to solve a range of different challenges, using the clues provided, which will lead you to the restaurant where you will dine, and also reveal a tasty surprise!
The cost of an excursion with a personal guide for 1 person
$855 group of 1 per |
$428 group of 2 per |
$285 group of 3 per |
$214 group of 4 per |
$214 group of 5 per |
$178 group of 6 per |
$153 group of 7 per |
$134 group of 8 per |
$119 group of 9 per |
$43 group of 10 per |
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Meeting point
We'll pick you up at your hotel -
Sytinsky Lane
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Tverskaya Street
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Red Square
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Zaryadye Park
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End of the tour