The capital of Russia Moscow offers a huge number of options for organizing children's recreation. These are numerous museums, theaters, parks and entertainment complexes.
Rest for the little ones
There are many options for organizing leisure time for preschoolers in Moscow. Your child will love:
- Moscow Zoo;
- Park "Fun Jungle";
- Roll Hall Center;
- Museum of Animation.
It is difficult to find a more interesting place for children in the capital than the Moscow Zoo, where you can always discover something new and interesting. The zoo has collected over 7000 species of animals from all over the world. It is simply impossible to see all of them at once, so you can visit the institution many, many times. In the zoo, located at 1 Bolshaya Gruzinskaya Street, children can watch the feeding of animals, take part in one of the ecological holidays with contests and quizzes, as well as go through biological quests and ride ponies.
Merry Jungle is an active recreation and entertainment park covering over 3,500 m². Here children can jump and run, ride exotic slides and feel like an explorer of the impassable jungle. The park has turnstiles and certified European equipment. There are also professional instructors who look after the children. The park is located in the city of Krasnogorsk near Moscow at the address: street Znamenskaya, house 5.
If you want to have a cheap and cheerful holiday, you should visit the Roll Hall entertainment center - 5000 m² of pleasure, where entertainment for the whole family is collected. Every day, exciting attractions, playrooms, numerous cafes and toy departments await children and their parents. You can find the center at 3 Kholodilny Lane.
A fascinating place for children can be safely called the Museum of Animation with exhibits and sections on the theme of Soviet and Russian animation. The guides will tell you how all the famous cartoons were filmed, show collections of time-lapse cameras, images of cartoon characters. And especially for children, interesting master classes are held where you can create your own cartoon. Museum address: Izmailovskoe highway, 73zh.
Rest for younger students
Children of primary and secondary school age will also not be bored in Moscow. They should be advised:
- Izmailovo Kremlin;
- Oceanarium;
- Great Moscow Circus.
While the majestic Moscow Kremlin on Red Square is a must-visit for virtually every visitor to the capital, the more modern Izmailovsky Kremlin is often forgotten. This is a large park with a variety of entertainments, decorated in a colorful old Russian style. It is a pleasure to walk through the carved palaces and towers. It also houses the Museum of Bread, the Museum of Russian Toys, and various creative workshops. Children will be happy to take part in fascinating master classes on pottery and blacksmithing, soap making and sewing soft toys. Izmailovsky Kremlin is located at: Izmailovskoe highway, 73zh.
The largest aquarium of the capital is located in the Rio shopping and entertainment center. Here are collected aquatic inhabitants from different parts of the world - from bright tropical fish and alligators to penguins and seals. The aquarium has a whole system of underwater tunnels behind glass, from which it will be interesting to observe the life of moray eels, sharks and other large underwater inhabitants. The institution is located at the address: Dmitrovskoe highway, 163A.
Bolshoi Moskovsky is the largest stationary circus in the world, which hosts fascinating performances with the participation of the best circus artists, as well as water and ice shows, performances with trained predators, including the famous Zapashny brothers. Address: Vernadsky Avenue, 7.
Vacation for teenagers
Middle-aged and older children also have something to do in Moscow. For example, you can visit:
- Moscow Planetarium;
- Experimentanium Museum;
- Darwin Museum.
The Moscow Planetarium is the best place to explore the mysteries of the universe. Here, in two spacious halls, the most remote corners of space are demonstrated. In addition, children will be able to conduct unusual space experiments, participate in interactive programs and performances, and a unique 4D cinema will allow them to take a virtual excursion to the very center of a hurricane, the depths of the sea or an active volcano. Of course, it is also envisaged to observe the planets of the solar system through a telescope. The planetarium is located at Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Street, 5, Building 1.
Experimentanium is a museum of entertaining sciences, where you can see how crystals are grown, how lightning is formed, what types of plastic are there. Also, young visitors will be able to conduct various chemical experiments by participating in scientific shows and master classes. Address: Leningradsky Prospect, 80.
Visiting the Darwin Museum, schoolchildren will be able to gain the missing knowledge about the stages of the evolution of life on Earth, from ancient trilobites and sea mollusks to humans. The guides will show unique exhibits in the form of dinosaurs and mammoths, as well as other inhabitants of the equatorial forests and ocean depths. The address of the institution: Vavilova street, house 57.
Places for family vacations
If not only children, but also their parents wish to spend time in Moscow with interest and benefit, you can find various places for family vacations. These include:
- Our Favorite Island Park;
- Water park "Kva-Kva";
- Theater "Grandfather Durov's Corner".
Our Favorite Island is a family park where all family members can enjoy exciting rides, boats and kayaks, play mini golf, shoot a crossbow shooting range and climb in a rope town. There is also a mini-zoo with tame animals that you can pet and feed. The park is located 15 km from the city of Kimry, you can go there from Moscow by purchasing tickets at the address: Leninsky Prospekt, 72/2.
In the water park "Kva-Kva" exciting attractions, water cannons, waterfalls and pools with fountains await children and their parents. The water temperature is constantly maintained here. There are also truly extreme water slides 12 meters high. The water temperature is maintained at 33 degrees, and each young visitor is provided with a life jacket free of charge. Address: Mytishchi, Kommunisticheskaya street, building 1.
Theater "Grandpa Durov's Corner" is a place where you can see funny and instructive performances, the main roles in which are played not by people, but by trained animals. There is also an amazing "Myshgorod", where unusually intelligent white mice live. There is also a museum dedicated to the history and work of the famous Durov circus family. You can visit the theater at 4 Durov Street.
