Russia’s capital Moscow is home to over 14 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area and is also the largest European city. Moscow owes its name to River Moskva which flows through the city.

Russia has given to the world names such as Puskin, Lermontov, Chaikovsky, Repin and other celebrated personalities.

Moscow is famous for its fur selection, spread throughout small boutiques, indoor markets, and large department stores. There are also many bookstores in these cities, which offer great bargains, especially on art books.

Moscow hotel has excellent views over the Neva river and the Aleksandr Nevsky monastery, with its graves of Tchaikovsky, Dostoyevsky, Rochmaninov and many other great Russians.

Moscow is a giant city, Europe’s largest in fact, and its traffic jams are just as big. In Moscow, it seems that all of the world’s black expensive cars are here. Just have a great itinerary so you can enjoy every moment of your stay in Moscow.

In most clubs in Moscow one has to pay an entrance fee on Fridays, Saturdays and concert days from about 100 roubles. Women often enter for free or pay a lower price. Moscow nightlife is cool.

Russia customs rules change frequently, there is a certain limit of money you are allowed to take out of the country free of charge, and if you exceed this limit Russian customs officers have the right to take your money from you.

Russian currency (roubles) is not widely available in the UK, although the Post Office can order it in (this takes up to three days). If you wish to purchase roubles in Russia, we advise that you take US dollars or Euros to change.

Russian is not a language you can just pick up after hearing it for a few days. Russian language is really difficult, besides having another type of alphabet, there are a lot of unusual and uncommon sounds in Russian language and some people never get to pronounce them correctly.

Moscow is a great place to travel, just read more about Russia and Moscow so you can enjoy your holiday in Moscow more.