Moscow Off the Beaten Track: Museum of Cosmonautics, Ostankino Tower, Bunker-42

Itinerary
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Stop At: Moskovskiy Metropoliten, Moscow 119048 Russia

Meet you guide in your centrally located hotel and take your way towards the nearest metro station to begin your metro tour.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Bunker-42 Cold War Museum at Taganka, Kotelnicheskiy 5th Lane, 11, Moscow 115172 Russia

Metro tour will take you to the first stop: Bunker-42 Museum - a secret facility 75,000 square foot in area, built in the 1950s in the center of the city at a depth of 65 meters, on orders from Stalin. Initially, the bunker was designed as a shelter in case a nuclear war started. Up until the end of the 1980’s, this was the center 2,500 employees used to monitor nuclear security for the country.

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

Stop At: The Museum of Cosmonautics, Mira Ave., 111, Moscow 129515 Russia

Next, your journey will take you to the famous Museum of Cosmonautics, one of the largest science and technology museums in the world, here you may witness the blazing history of the Russian cosmonautics come to life, starting from first man-made satellites subsequently followed by the first manned space flight, first space walks, Moon exploration programs, Solar system exploration programs and international space research programs.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Ostankino TV Tower, Akademika Koroleva St., 15/2, Moscow 127427 Russia

Then visit Ostankino Teletower, one of the tallest buildings in Moscow with a height of 540 meters. During the tour you will learn about the history, architectural and technical features of the Ostankino TV Tower and admire the Russian capital from an observation deck. That is where your tour finishes. You can either get a taxi to proceed to your hotel or enjoy dinner (own expense) at Ostankino sky restaurant.

Duration: 1 hour