Location: Tverskaya
Top Things to do in Tverskaya
What to do and see in Tverskaya, Central Russia: The Best Historic Sites
The political, scientific, historical, architectural and business center of Russia, Moscow displays the country's contrasts at their most extreme. The ancient and modern are juxtaposed side by side in this city of 10 million. Catch a metro from one of the ornate stations to see Red Square, the Kremlin, the nine domes of St. Basil's Cathedral, Lenin's Mausoleum, the KGB Museum and other symbols of Moscow's great and terrible past, then lighten up and shop Boulevard Ring or people watch in Pushkin Square.
Restaurants in Moscow
1. Savvinskoye Podvorye
2. Russian Watches "Raketa"
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 16 reviews
The historic “Raketa” mechanical watches are produced in Russia and the shop is right in the center of Moscow. The Petrodvorets Watch Factory "Raketa", founded by the Emperor Peter the Great in 1721, is Russia’s oldest Factory. The Factory started producing Pobeda watches (which means in Russian “Victory”) in 1945 after World War II and Raketa watches (which means in Russian “Space Rocket”) in 1961 in honor of the first manned space flight by the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Today the Watch Factory “Raketa” is one of the very few watch manufacturers in the world producing its own mechanical movements from “A” to “Z”. The movement “Raketa – Avtomat” is considered to be one of the most reliable in the world.
Reviewed By Juss777
My Russian friend told me about this small stor near the Red square when I liked her unusual watch. We went with her to this store together and I bougt a completely amazing watch "Russian code". The hands of this watch reproduce the natural movement of the planets in the universe: like the planets, they turn anti-clockwise! I fell in love with this watch. The pleasant salesman told a lot of amazing facts about how watches are made in St. Petersburg from A to Z, preserving the traditions of the oldest manufactory in Russia.
3. Memorial Plaque to N.A. Ostrovskiy
4. Profitable House of the Moscow Mortgage Loan Partnership
5. Dom Nirnzeye
6. Salov's Revenue House
7. Zimin's House
8. Church of Fedor Studit at Nikitskye Gates
9. Russian Loan Treasury Building
10. Kamergerskiy Lane
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 59 reviews
Reviewed By saronic - Zurich, Switzerland
A stroll through the only about 250m long pedestrian lane between Tverskaya street and the Bolshoi theatre makes for a very pleasant experience. There might be some activity meant for visitors, like two young women putting on a duel show with sabres, when I was there, but in general the atmosphere here is much less touristy and commercialised than in the longer and better known pedestrian Arbat street. There are several restaurants and cafés, also with outdoor seating, such as the café 'Akademia' or a 'Shokoladnitsa' from the well known chain. As a historical street - the name means 'Chamberlain street' - there is also some interesting architecture from tsarist days to look at. Wit the pedestrianisation more than 20 years ago attractive retro style street lamps have been put up. Just next to a statue of Sergei Prokofiev, walking in the middle of the street with hat and raincoat, is a museum dedicated to the famous 20th century composer.
