Although the Milan Hotel is a fair distance from Moscow's main visitor attractions, it is reasonably close to two former royal estates that are now among the most beautiful public parks in the city.
Tsaritsyno, the eastern borders of which are only around 10 minutes' walk from the Milan, is a 700-hectare park and landscape garden laid out in the late 18th century for Catherine the Great, and centered on a spectacular neo-gothic palace. After several decades of restoration, the park was officially reopened in 2007.
Slightly further north, Kolomenskoe was also a royal park, although it dates from a much earlier era, its oldest building being the spectacular Church of the Ascension built in 1532 to commemorate the birth of the future Ivan the Terrible. The large park contains several more historic churches, as well as a museum of old wooden buildings, including Peter the Great's cabin from Arkhangelsk.
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| Distance: | 20 km |
| Taxi: | It takes around 30 minutes to drive to the Kremlin, or considerably more at peak times. Show driving route |
| Public transport: | By public transport, this trip takes around 45 minutes. Walk to Domodedovskaya Metro Station and take the dark-green line north nine stops to Teatralnaya. Transfer here to the red line and continue one more stop west to Biblioteka im. Lenina. Upon exiting the station, follow signs leading straight to the Kremlin entrance. Show transit route |
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| Distance: | 18 km |
| Taxi: | Travel time to Red Square and St. Basil’s Cathedral is around 30 minutes. Show driving route |
| Public transport: | It is possible to reach Red Square in around 40 minutes by public transport. From the Domodedovskaya Metro Station (just over ten minutes' walk from the hotel), get the northbound dark-green line and travel nine stops to Teatralnaya. Exit the station via the interchange station Ploshchad Revolyutsii, and you emerge around 100 meters from the north end of Red Square. Show transit route |
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| Distance: | 20 kilometers |
| Taxi: | By taxi, this trip will require 30 minutes in reasonable traffic, but guests should allow much more at peak times Show driving route |
| Public transport: | A 40-minute metro ride will bring you to the Bolshoi Theatre. Walk to Domodedovskaya Metro Station (around a kilometer from the Milan Hotel) and travel north on the dark-green line nine stops to Teatralnaya. Exit the metro onto Teatralnaya Ploshchad ("Theatre Square"), and you will see the Bolshoi across the square. Show transit route |
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