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[2025 Moscow Attraction] Travel Guide for Arbat Street (Updated Mar)

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Arbat Street is a famous pedestrian street in Moscow. It is close to the Moscow River and is divided into New Arbat Street and Old Arbat Street. Old Arbat is a folk pedestrian street with a strong artistic temperament, while New Arbat is a modern commercial street with shops lined up. The reason why Arbat Street attracts tourists to discover the footprints of famous people is not only the colorful cultural landscape of the Moscow River, but also because of its rich artistic atmosphere. Since Arbat Street was once a haven for entertainers and painters, there are many quaint buildings preserved here. Pushkin, Tolstoy, Lermontov, Gogol and other well-known writers and poets, as well as composer Rachmaninoff, etc., all lived on Arbat Street, and walking on the street, you can often see A nameplate is nailed to the wall of the building, indicating that a certain celebrity lived here from a certain year to a certain year. For example, the poet Pushkin has lived on this street since 1830, and his former residence is located at 53 Arbat Street. Arbat Street is still very lively, whether it is a dazzling array of souvenir shops, street performers that attract onlookers, or cafés and bookstores full of literature and art, all of which are full of Moscow-style style.

Address:
Arbat St, Moskva, Russia
Recommended sightseeing time:
1-2 hours
Ticket Price
Free entry
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