Published on: 2026-10-03
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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While autumn in Moscow is still warm, it’s the perfect time to stroll through parks and stop by museums, greenhouses, and historic pavilions along the way. We’ve gathered spots where a walk turns into a little journey—from tropics and ancient plants to palace interiors and archaeology.
Florarium at Zaryadye: green regardless of the weather
In the center of Zaryadye Park, an unusual thing is hidden experimental greenhouse in the form of a funnel. Plants here are grown without soil: nutrients are delivered directly to the roots in the form of an aerosol. The main exhibition is called the “Russia Route.” On a small area, more than 300 species of plants from all 89 regions of the country— from Kaliningrad to Sakhalin—are gathered. The collection includes medicinal, rare, economically valuable, and heraldic plants.
“Tsaritsyno”: see how coffee and papaya grow
In Tsaritsyn greenhouses autumn stays behind the glass: here, palm trees, hibiscus, pineapples, and spices grow all year round. Among the exotic plants are coffee bushes, bananas, papaya, and oleander.
Some of the plants here are not accidental guests: rosemary, myrtle, laurel, and ginger were grown in Tsaritsyno 250 years ago, during the time of Catherine II. So the greenhouses continue the history of the local garden that began back in the 18th century.
“Kolomenskoye”: step inside one of Moscow’s symbols
At the Kolomenskoye museum-reserve, you can combine a walk through the apple orchard and the historical area with a visit to the church Ascension of the Lord — one of the first tent-roofed churches of Rus’, built in 1532. In 1994, the church was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
After the restoration in 2026, the church was reopened to visitors both as an active place of worship and as a museum space. Inside, one can see an exhibition dedicated to the history of this architectural masterpiece and its iconostases (from 1532 to 1920, six different iconostases were successively installed here).
Ostankino: to attend a reception hosted by Count Sheremetev
An exhibition is presented at the Ostankino Palace “Visiting Count Sheremetev” She talks about the festive culture of the estate and literally recreates the grand reception of the 18th century.
In the Egyptian Pavilion, a composition of a festive table was restored based on the 1793 blueprint — with a mirrored tray, porcelain, crystal, and glass. The exhibition itself occupies more than 700 square meters of restored premises and includes over 370 museum items.
Wedgwood faience, crystal, bronze vases: let’s go to a reception at Count Sheremetev’sInside the shells of twisted shells. How the ‘Grotto’ in Kuskovo was built and decorated
Kuskovo: see the “underwater” interior of the 18th century
Pavilion “Grotto” — one of the most unusual buildings of Kuskovo. It is the only pavilion in Russia that has preserved the unique Gothic decoration of the 18th century.
The walls and ceilings are decorated with shells, tuff, glass, and pieces of mirrors. For decoration, 24 types of shells brought from different seas were used. And in the niches stand unusual life-sized figures covered with sea and river shells — Count Pyotr Sheremetev specifically acquired them in 1775. Even the lighting here was part of the design: through the dormer windows in the 18th century, a greenish light passed, creating the feeling of a real underwater cave.
“Fili”: a walk with archaeology
In the park “Fili” You can combine a regular walk with a journey almost 2,500 years back in time. Here is the Kuntsevskoye settlement — an archaeological site of the early Iron Age, dated to the 8th–6th centuries BCE.
Archaeologists discovered the remains of three earthen ramparts with a palisade and two ditches surrounding a small area with dwellings. The people who lived here engaged in agriculture, animal husbandry, hunting, and fishing, and they knew how to weave and work with metal. Then the story continues in the 18th century — at that time, the Naryshkin estates, a manor park, and ponds were nearby. Today, historical routes run through the area, turning an ordinary walk around “Fili” into a journey through several eras at once.
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