Zamoskvorechie - Moscow - page 277

Neighbourhood Walk
Zamoskvorechie
START CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE SAVIOUR
END NOVOANDREYEVSKY MOST
LENGTH 3KM; TWO HOURS
From the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour a pedestrian bridge leads across the Mo-
scow River to Bolotny Island, a slice of land south of the Kremlin. The 1 Patriiarsshy
most offers a fantastic panorama of the Kremlin towers and of the cathedral itself.
South of the bridge on Bolotny Island is the old 2 Red October chocolate factory ,
now housing a heaving art and entertainment cluster, as well as the centrepiece
3 Strelka Institute .
Detour north along Sofiyskaya nab to 4 Dom na Naberezhnoy , which was a presti-
gious residential building during Soviet times. It faces 5 Bolotnaya ploshchad , the
scene of anti-Putin protests in 2012.
Walk across the Maly Kamenny most. The 6 Tretyakov Gallery is a few blocks to
the east, but if you don't want to be sidetracked for the rest of the day, head south
along the embankment passing Zurab Tsereteli's monstrous sculpture of 7 Peter the
Great .
From the embankment, along the beautifully revamped Krymskaya Naberezhnaya,
enter the 8 Art Muzeon Sculpture Park , an art museum and history lesson all in one.
From here, you can enter the 9 New Tretyakov , dedicated to 20th-century art.
Head to a Gorky Park via the passage under Krymsky most and face numerous de-
tour choices - from a game of petanque at b Le Boule to browsing modern art ob-
jects at the c Garage Museum of Contemporary Art to sunbathing at d Olive Beach .
e Novoandreyevsky most (pedestrian bridge) will take you to Frunzenskaya metro
station.