Private Art Nouveau Architecture Tour in Moscow with Local Expert Guide
About This Tour
Discover Moscow’s Art Nouveau heritage on a private 3-hour walking tour led by a local expert guide. Stroll through elegant central streets including Prechisten...
Duration: 3 Hours · Tour type: Private · Activity level: Moderate · Accommodation: Included · Transport: Not included · Wheelchair access: No · City: Moscow · Languages: English
Know before you go: STROLLER OR PRAM ACCESSIBLE; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY; Not wheelchair accessible; Not suitable for pets; Infants must not sit on laps; Infant seats unavailable; Lobby of your hotel. Please provide the exact name and address of your hotel.; Your guide will meet you at your centrally-located hotel, hostel or vacation rental; You don't need to call to confirm the tour. The local supplier will contact you via email
About Moscow
Moscow
The epicenter of modern Russia, Moscow booms with shiny new skyscrapers, the bulbous onion domes of the tsars and politically-rich Red Square. Explore the metropolis with a local guide.
What's Included
- All Fees and Taxes
- Customizable itinerary
- Friendly local guide
- Private walking tour
- Multiple start times available
- Expert advice where to go and what to do after the tou
- Must see and off the beaten path
- Iconic places for photoshoot
- Meeting in the hotel lobby
Not Included
- Entrance fees
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities (optional)
Itinerary
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1Day 01
Start from the magnificent Derozhinskaya Mansion, built by one of the most prominent masters of Modern, Shechtel. Be awed by its beauty and mellowness and pay your attention to every detail, a ‘nervous’ fence, a long time-worked stucco, a risalita, crowned with a powerful decorative finish and manifested with an attic with a pair of heavy cylinders. Keeping in mind the principles of modern that focuses mainly on the interior, its grandiose exterior is really surprising.See the Medyntsev Mansion, which was built more than a hundred years ago. Enjoy a fascinating mix of bright and colorful yet mellow and gentle exterior of this building. Various décor, in different shapes and colors, or shaped balustrade and elegant undulating attic, balconies and arcs of this grandiose building will amaze you with the unique style of the Moscow Art Nouveau. Visit the Meletiny Apartment House and witness the other side of Modernism architecture, as this building present a modest and serene style accompanied by dainty details, such as columns and arcs. Admire the unusual color combinations and rare artistic skill of putting together different details to complete the splendid composition.Arrive at the Loskov Apartment House, a unique example of northern Modernism. You won’t see any plant ornaments or decorative mosaics there, but you will definitely be surprised with its shape. It has a shape of a small asymmetric castle with its turret above the shaped ledge of the wall. This spilling, waving and still elegant style will catch your eyes immediately.The next stop is 28, Prechistenka Street where you will find the house that is considered to be one of the most impressive examples of Art Nouveau in Moscow. The decoration of the front facade is truly luxurious, made with a high artistic level and includes a large number of both large and small elements. The combination of convex and concave surfaces, strong plasticity of the main vertical elements of the façade, the central section with loggias and side bay windows and expressive bend of the cornice make the overall composition of the façade look extremely superb.Walking towards the center of the city and see majestic Kekusheva Apartment House. The elongated façade of the building was compensated with an asymmetric, accentuated right part of the building with a pleasant arch-niche, a stone balcony and a semicircular attic with a cartouche.The house on 21, Ostozhenka Street is built in authentic and traditional Art Nouveau style. Touch the unique Moscow architecture and marvel at the massive windows with stucco panels and stucco columns with a glorious pinnacle and asymmetric roof. Various stucco decors create an impressive sophisticated architecture masterpiece.Witness the Broido Apartment House with is serene romantic décor made with delicate and refined details without any sharp or catchy ones, but. Examine an interesting way to make a gorgeous composition without an abundance of sharp and flashy details.Observe the Yakunchikova Mansion, which design was influenced by British architecture, with heavy presence of laconic and slightly prim forms. Proceed to the Gutkheil Mansion and witness the splendid unorthodox symmetric shape of the main façade. Take a look at these two Art Nouveau masterpieces and admire the incomparable blend of the foreign roots and traditional Russian Modernism details.In the end of your fascinating journey you will visit the very first Art Nouveau style building in Moscow, the List Mansion. See the unique combination of traditional modernism details with various statues and mosaics. Learn about the history of Russian Art Nouveau style and appreciate the scrumptious scenery of this place.
Meeting Point
Meeting point: Pickup service provided in Moscow. · Tour start: Pickup service provided in Moscow. — Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
