Tverskaya can seem like a street to walk along quickly: broad pavements, long facades and a clear line through central Moscow. Slow down, however, and it
A walk from the Bolshoi Theatre to Kamergersky Lane offers a compact introduction to theatrical Moscow. Its interest comes from the changing city around the theatres:
Varvarka is a good place to explore old Moscow at the scale of a street rather than a grand square. Start at its western end near
Grant Park is easy to underestimate if you think of Chicago's central green space mainly through Cloud Gate. Farther south, the experience becomes broader
A couple of hours in central Moscow are enough for a satisfying change of scene: the broad space of Red Square, the colourful outline of St
The best Moscow walk for today depends on the kind of day you want. Choose the historic centre for recognisable landmarks, Chistye Prudy and Myasnitskaya for
For three full days in Tokyo, give each day a different main experience: Asakusa and a central-city walk, Meiji Jingu and Shibuya, then a substantial
On a second visit to Moscow, spend three days discovering different scales of the city: the brick architecture of Krutitsy and Novospassky Monastery, the old and
Five days in Moscow give you something a weekend rarely allows: a change of scale. You can start among the central squares, slow down in an
Three days in Moscow work well as three different experiences: the historic centre, an art collection with a nearby neighbourhood, and the open spaces of VDNKh.
Quai du Mont-Blanc introduces Geneva from the right bank, where memorials sit beside everyday leisure and harbour views gradually open towards the lake. Begin at
Cloud Gate is often the reason people enter Millennium Park. It does not have to be the reason they leave immediately afterwards. Within one compact area,
