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209 reviews 167 travel blogs 234 photos Attraction Type:
Architectural building, Religious site, Historic site, Landmark/point of interest
TravelPod Member ReviewsSt. Basil's Cathedral (Pokrovsky Sobor) Moscow
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Wicked.
whichwaynow2011 13 contributions United Kingdom Nov 30, 2011
Quite literally... or maybe 'Terrible' would be a better description bearing in mind the benefactor.... har har.
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Mostly neat because it's famous
stevengrimm 0 contribution United States Oct 14, 1993
It was fun to go inside this cathedral just because I'd seen it in pictures so many times. Equally interesting was to see an actual religious service being held there, since one usually sees it from afar. But honestly it looks nicer from the outside; the inside is pretty cramped and barebones compared to other Russian churches. Worth a visit but don't expect to spend too long there.
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction St. Basil's Cathedral (Pokrovsky Sobor) Moscow
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From Russia with...bemusement
Well, I've arrived! The visa presented no problems, although I lost count of how many times multiple serious officials in over-the-top outfits checked it whilst on the train. I took the sleeper service from Helsinki, which was an interesting experience (my first time at mobile slumber), and when I wasn't asleep I learnt some Russian culture and …
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A day in Moscow
We arrived in Moscow at 6.45am - or at least that's what we thought but... Hurrah, Moscow is three hours ahead of the Ukraine and it's a much more civilised 9.45 - which, most importantly means that breakfast places are about to open :-)
We gather our thoughts and shake off another train sleep amongst the many other Russians dozing in the … -
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Wicked
Entry containing 5 photos titled: The Kremlin, Cool Metro Station, NEC Moscow style!, GUM Shopping Centre, St. Basils Cathedral
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In Moscow
My first full day in Moscow, in both senses of the word. Awoke at 4:30 and read for several hours. Had breakfast with Olga and Anton -- coffee, toast, sausage, cheese, and breadsticks. No hot water today. It seems there are central water-heating plants and the hot water is piped to houses. Turns out our hot water pipe burst, flooding the ground …
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Moscow: Our final and fascinating city
By this point, getting back to England was becoming very real! We were half-excited and half-sad. We had had a good overview tour on our stop over so we had a good idea of what we wanted to see.
Like St. Petersburg, for anyone with even a passing interest in modern history, Moscow is a dreamland. Lisa had managed to find a free walking …
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Related BlogsSt. Basil's Cathedral (Pokrovsky Sobor) Moscow
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A week in Moscow
... city constantly impressed us, from the grey cobbled expanse of Red Square with its kaleidoscopic icon of Russia, St Basil's Cathedral, the imposing and awe-inspiring Kremlin, the Byzantine cathedrals scattered throughout the city, gold domes shining ...
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Europe..... A Retrospective
... 4 Hostel Mostel, Sofia 5 Nathan's Villa, Krakow Top 5 Impressive Sights 1 Fanfest, Frankfurt 2 Parliament Building, Budapest 3 St Basil's Cathedral, Moscow (credit where credit's due) 4 Old Town Square, Krakow 5 People's Palace, Bucharest (not ...
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Day 4
... opened and the Square filled. To the left was the GUM (think Harrods) and to the right the Kremlin. Directly ahead was St Basil's cathedral which is simply awesome. What the Kremlin has in might, St Basil's has in beauty. I walked around the back of the ...
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Life in a queue (+ other stories in the big smoke)
... now a very flashy boutique shopping mall in a similar vein to Queen Victoria Building in Sydney. Nice. Final stop was St Basil's cathedral, an awesome array of multi-coloured onion domes that house a maze of rooms ornately decorated with beautiful ...
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Domes, dead bodies and downpours
... , the Museums and churches were fantastic...and it was on such a large scale. However, we both felt that whilst St Basil's Cathedral was more impressive on the outside, St Petersburg's Church Built on Spilled Blood was much, much more beautiful on the ...
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KGB: Still Watching You
... and the Cold War. After the Museum we made our way to Red Square and had our first glimpses of the famous St Basil's Cathedral. As it was minus 30 degrees Celsius we quickly ducked inside the GUM State Department Store and grabbed a bite to eat ...
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Thrown out of Red Square
... wind blew it sprayed water right across the path, it was quite amusing watching people getting soaked. I then went inside St Basil's Cathedral, which made up for the outside. Inside was beatiful, if you could ignore the tacky souvenir stands at ...
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Magical Moscow
... soup and so now finally got to try Russian borsht) and visit the Red Square and the somewhat bizarre St Basil's Cathedral. Spectacular, but a little reminiscent of a cake decoration. The next day, after a frustrating and ultimately unsuccessful ...
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Must see Moscow
... people openly show their affection for all to see) leading to the Red Square, which is surrounded by the Kremlin, St. Basil's Cathedral, GUM Department Store (which is beautifully lit up at night), State History Museum, Resurrection Gate and Chapel of ...
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The letdown
... to say there isn't anything to see. Nope. There are the imposing redbrick walls of the Kremlin, the GUM department store, St. Basil's Cathedral and, right in the middle of the square, Lenin's mausoleum. All are impressive, world famous attractions. But I ...
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