Moscow Sights

Izmaylovsky Park & Royal Estate

#8 of 579 things to do in Moscow

#13 of 2693 things to do in Russia

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  • Address
    • Izmaylovskoe sh E of City Centre
  • Transport
    • Partizanskaya
  • Phone
    • 499 166 5881
  • Price
    • admission free
  • Hours
    • 11.30am-5pm Wed-Sun

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Lonely Planet review for Izmaylovsky Park & Royal Estate

Izmaylovo is best known for its extensive arts and crafts market, held every weekend beside the royal estate. After shopping, Izmaylovsky Park and the crumbling royal estate are nice for a picnic or more serious outdoor activity. A former royal hunting reserve 10km east of the Kremlin, Izmaylovsky Park is the nearest large tract of undeveloped land to central Moscow. Its 15 sq km contain a recreation park at the western end and a much larger expanse of woodland (Izmaylovsky Lesopark) east of Glavnaya alleya, the road that cuts north–south across the park. Trails wind around this park, making it a good place to escape the city for hiking or biking. From Partizanskaya metro station, take bus 7 or 131 and get off at the third stop. The royal estate is on a small, moated island to the northwest of the park. Tsar Alexey had an experimental farm here in the 17th century, where Western farming methods and cottage industries were sampled. It was on the farm ponds that his son Peter learned to sail in a little boat; he came to be called the ‘Grandfather of the Russian Navy’. Past an extensive 18th-century barracks (now partly occupied by the police) is the beautiful five-domed 1679 Intercession Cathedral, an early example of Moscow baroque. The nearby triple-arched, tent-roofed Ceremonial Gates (1682) and the squat brick bridge tower (1671) are the only other original buildings remaining.

 

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    Trinkets and music!

    makscross recommends this,

    I can only recommend the market at Izmalovo (metro Partizanskaya, dark blue line) but it's great. 10rubles to get in (paid to the ladies at the gate) and you can wander around buying all sorts of touristy things, including music boxes that play 'Podmoskovniye Vechera' which will haunt you for a while after, even if you've never heard it before, among other touristy items. If you go upstairs, it's more of a flea market where they sell everything from icons to old crosses broken by the Soviets, a lot of Soviet regalia and some really cool old Russian money. I recommend the shashlik that you'll smell being cooked down by the touristy section, any type is extremely tasty and the gents that serve it are lovely too! NB: check out Arbat first, as some things you might find there for cheaper, but if you're looking for Russian babushka style scarves, avoid Arbat at all costs (they want over 1000rubles for one!) and go to Izmaylovo where you can get them for 650rub and up.

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