This 1.5 hour walking tour will take you around Moscow’s most spectacular Soviet-era metro stations. Often considered to be the most beautiful metro system in the world, it is also one of the busiest. The first Metro line, the Red line, was opened in 1935. It had just 13 stations, and ran between Gorky Park and Sokolniky Park. The Moscow Metro now has more than 210 stations.
An expert guide will tell you how the Moscow Metro was built as a palace for the people, and show you how this new form of underground architecture was designed to express a bright, optimistic and bold new Soviet future. During the Great Patriotic War the stations served as air raid shelters, and the new, even grander, stations built after 1945 celebrated different aspects of the Soviet victory in the war.
Admire the extravagant décor of the stations - the chandeliers, gold and marble, the giant bronze sculptures in Revolution Square station, the stained glass in Novoslobodskaya station and the iconic mosaics and futuristic steel arches in Mayakovskaya station. You will also hear about the sinister Metro-2, a secret tunnel network that is said to run parallel to the main system. Moscow metro tours don’t come any better than this!
What you can expect:
- A 1.5-hour tour of Moscow metro stations with an expert local guide
- Learn about Stalin’s rule and see how his vision was reflected in the architecture he commissioned
- Visit four of the most intriguing Moscow stations: Revolution Square, Novoslobodskaya, Kievskaya and Mayakovskaya
- Look for the hidden entrance to Metro-2 - a secret government line that is said to link the Kremlin to KGB outposts
See iconic Soviet-era architecture alongside lavish mosaics, sculptures and stained glass.
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Meeting point. We'll pick you up at your hotel
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Ploschad Revolyutsii metro station
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Arbatskaya metro station
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Kropotkinskaya metro station
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Kievskaya metro station
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Novoslobodskaya metro station
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Mayakovskaya metro station
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Novokuznetskaya metro station
