Moscow Day Trips

Moscow’s ultra-rich make camp in this high-priced, incredibly exclusive village of top-end restaurants, shops, and castle-sized private homes. This is your best bet to see the oil kingpins and metal magnates up close and personal.

Leo Tolstoy’s ancestral home, today a museum, is unfailingly preserved and located among a sprawling estate of forests, parks, and orchards. Here, the aristocrat churned out many towering classics of Western literature.

A collection of Russia’s most historically significant towns, the Golden Ring allows you to see the real Russia, away from Moscow’s hustle and bustle. Experience ancient kremlins and Volga port towns.

On September 7, 1812, the Grande Armée beat Russia on this rolling battlefield, allowing for the French advance on Moscow. A museum here preserves many artifacts from the battle, including Napolean’s field cot.