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Winchester Mystery House Opening September 12th

• September 9, 2020 September 9, 2020 By Jacob Gospodnetich
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WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE REOPENS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th WITH SELF-GUIDED MANSION TOURS

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SAN JOSE, CA (September 9, 2020)—The Winchester Mystery House announced today that on Saturday, September 12th, visitors will once again be able to explore the 160-room mansion on a new Self-Guided Mansion Tour. The touchless, self-guided experience allows guests to independently navigate the world’s most bizarre home and expansive estate. Tickets will be available today at winchestermysteryhouse.com/buy-tickets and also include access to the estate gardens.

Said Walter Magnuson, Winchester Mystery House General Manager: “We are so pleased to be able to once again reopen our doors – all 2,000 of them! We have been anxiously awaiting the opportunity to share this iconic attraction with the public, and the Self-Guided Mansion Tour will allow our visitors to explore the various rooms like never before. This experience leverages the house’s unique design elements and provides guests with ample time and space to engage with the estate’s history while remaining compliant with social distancing guidelines.”

Winchester Mystery House management and staff have worked extensively to prepare for reopening. The new self-guided tour has been designed to prioritize the safety of guests and staff and is compliant with all current county and state guidelines.

Tour Hosts will be positioned throughout the estate to assist guests as-needed, but the experience will be entirely self-guided with educational and engaging audio and signage. To ensure social distancing protocols can be followed, tour groups are restricted to members of the same household, tour capacity has been reduced to meet the state guidelines for indoor museums, and the tour route has been modified to focus on the largest rooms of the estate. Additional safety measures include mandatory masks for all guests and employees, timed ticketing, a one-way linear tour path, and sanitization stations throughout the estate. For a complete list of health and safety guidelines, visit winchestermysteryhouse.com/health-safety- guidelines

About Winchester Mystery House For nearly 100 years the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California, has stood as a testament to the ingenuity, singular vision and lore that surrounds its namesake, Sarah Pardee Winchester (heiress to the Winchester Repeating Arms fortune). Originally known as Llanada Villa, today it stands as an architectural wonder, a time capsule of a bygone era and one of America’s most celebrated haunted mansions. The estate is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a California Historic State Landmark, a San Jose City Landmark, and is one of the leading attractions in the Bay Area. Since tours began in 1923, more than 13 million people from around the world have toured the ornate rooms of the Winchester Mystery House. It has intrigued visitors, scholars, and media from throughout the United States, and around the globe, with its combination of the beautiful and the bizarre, its story of heartbreak, tenacity and invention and its legends of the paranormal. For tickets and additional information, visit www.winchestermysteryhouse.com.

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The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California, is one of the nation’s most curious landmarks. Built by a millionaire widow over the course of 36 years, the sprawling mansion features more than 200 rooms , 10,000 windows, trap doors, spy holes and a host of other architectural oddities.

A popular tourist attraction, the house, along with many other cultural institutions in the United States, has closed to help curb the spread of coronavirus. But as Michele Debczak reports for Mental Floss , you can now explore the Winchester House from afar via a detailed video tour posted on the mansion’s website.

The narrated video tour spans more than 40 minutes, providing insight into the property and the mysterious woman who built it: Sarah Winchester , wealthy and reclusive heiress to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, which manufactured an innovative rifle that became a fixture of Westward expansion.

Sarah Lockwood Pardee married into the Winchester family in 1862. Four years later, she gave birth to a daughter, Annie, who died about a month later. Her husband, William Wirt Winchester, died in 1881, leaving his widow with a vast fortune: 50 percent ownership in the Repeating Arms Company and a $20 million inheritance.

Winchester decided to leave her home in New Haven, Connecticut, and head to California, where two of her sisters lived. In San Jose, she purchased an eight-room farmhouse that she began to renovate in 1886. The construction project continued until Winchester’s death in 1922, producing an enormous, labyrinthine mansion filled with logic-defying features: staircases that end at the ceiling, indoor balconies, skylights built into floors, doors that open onto walls. The designs, wrote Pamela Haag for Zócalo Public Square in 2016, were Winchester’s; she sketched them onto napkins or pieces of brown paper, then handed them over to a team of carpenters. Sometimes, she would have features built and plastered over the next day.

Exactly why Winchester embarked on this dizzying cycle of building, undoing and rebuilding is impossible to say. Popular lore has it that she was a keen follower of the Spiritualist movement , which was rooted in the idea that dead souls can interact with the living, and consulted a medium who told her she had been cursed by victims of Winchester rifles . The medium reportedly instructed her to constantly build a house for these ghosts. If construction ever stopped, she would die.

But as Katie Dowd of SFGate points out, there is “scant proof” for this theory. Winchester could have been engaging in an eccentric brand of philanthropy, as she built her home during an economic depression, and the continuous construction project provided jobs for locals. When she died, in fact, the heiress left most of her money to charity.

“She had a social conscience and she did try to give back,” historian Janan Boehme told Robin Abcarian of the Los Angeles Times in 2017. “This house, in itself, was her biggest social work of all.”

The true nature of Winchester’s motivations is likely to remain a mystery. But as the video tour points out, the house she built was not only bizarre—it was innovative. Take, for example, the north conservatory. Winchester loved to garden, so the conservatory featured an indoor watering system and wooden floorboards that could be lifted up to water plants resting below.

Though visitors can watch the video tour for free, the Winchester Mystery House is asking visitors to consider purchasing a voucher for use at a later date.

“Like many other [Bay Area] businesses, closing our doors until April 7th will severely impact the employees who maintain the estate,” the website explains . “Come when you are ready, but please come!”

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Brigit Katz is a freelance writer based in Toronto. Her work has appeared in a number of publications, including NYmag.com, Flavorwire and Tina Brown Media's Women in the World.

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In 1884, Winchester rifle heiress Sarah L. Winchester began a construction project of such magnitude that it was to occupy hers, and the lives carpenters, and craftsmen until her death 38-years later. Mrs. Winchester built this 160-room Victorian-Era mansion on the advise of a Boston Medium believing continued construction would appease all those lost souls killed by the "Gun that Won the West". Today, the mansion is open to the general public 364-days a year (closed Christmas Day) to enjoy, and experience the fascinating story of the Winchester Mystery House.

Open Daily at 10 am. The last tour departs at 4 pm. Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

Mansion Tour includes - One Hour five minute Guided Tour

Guest admission includes a 65-minute guided tour of the sprawling interior of the mansion as they visit all four floors, and 110-rooms of this historic home. Guests are immersed in the myth, lore, and legend of the Winchester Mystery House. You must see it to believe it. Tickets not valid for special events or Flashlight Tours

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All tickets are non-refundable/non-returnable. We are unable to issue exchanges or refunds after a purchase has been made or for lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed tickets. Subject to availability. Please check availability with Winchester Mystery House prior to arriving, tours sell out. Ticket package and prices are subject to change without notice.

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Winchester Mystery House Tour Review – HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

Winchester Mystery House tours are a popular attraction among people who love paranormal activity, history, legends, well, all in all a bit of MYSTERY. Even Josh Gates of Discovery Channel’s “Expedition Unknown” visited the mansion and made a program about it. So if you travel to Bay Area, a visit to Winchester Mystery House is a great day trip from San Francisco .

A little history, a little mystery

Winchester Mystery House is a 135 year old mansion located in San Jose, California that was built by Sarah Winchester, the wife of the late firearms magnate, William Winchester, the inventor of the “gun that won the West”. The mansion is an architectural wonder consisting of 160 rooms, 47 fireplaces, over 10,000 panes of glass, 17 chimneys, 2 basement levels and 3 elevators. The whole property covers the whooping 4.5 acres!

There are lots of beautiful elements and oddities in its design but architecture is not the only thing Winchester Mystery House is famous for – it is also notorious for being haunted. Old records mention that Sarah believed in ghosts and even organized spiritual seances at Winchester Mystery House. Various incidents of paranormal activity have been spotted at the mansion over the years. All being said, this mansion became an inspiration for the Haunted Mansion attraction at Disney Parks. Do you need more of an intrigue?

When is the best time to do Winchester Mystery House Tour?

The best time to do Winchester Mystery House tour is, of course, when all spirits come to live – at Halloween time! During the months of September and October Winchester Mystery House is transformed into one of the best Halloween attractions in California . Winchester Mystery House’s almost 2 months’ long event is called “All Hallows’ Eve” and it definitely brings out the spirit of Halloween better than any other place, honestly. The whole event is a perfect combination of tastefully done decorations, spooky (but not too scary) experiences and an overall ambiance of mystery with a dash of supernatural.

What is there to do at Winchester Mystery House at Halloween time?

The All Hallows’ Eve event at Winchester Mystery House consists of three main parts:

PART 1 : The self-guided tour of the garden around the mansion. I think it is great to see all the decorations both at day time and when it is dark, when they are all lit, because they look totally different during the day vs. night. This part is suitable for all ages.

PART 2 : Winchester Mystery House tour with “paranormal activity” and lots of spooky surprises. This is a guided tour with theatrical components. My husband played along, my 14 year old was skeptical, my 8 year old loved it and I personally think it is worth experiencing, for sure, just keep an open mind and have fun! I have to caution you that it will probably be too scary for kids 6 and under and no kids 5 and under are officially allowed on the tour.

PART 3 : Movie projection on the front of Winchester Mystery House which tells a visually stunning story of a tour guest who got lost in the mansion. This was my absolute favorite part! I cannot explain it all with words, it is a MUST SEE! The movie is suitable for all ages and it is being played every 20 min or so when it gets dark (you can see the best portions of it in my video review below).

If you are not able to come visit in person, below is a fun video review of our visit. Photography and videography is not allowed during Winchester Mystery House Tour – but we were invited to the event as members of the press so we were allowed to film inside. The video below will show you what NO ONE ELSE will be able to show – see it for yourself! Our video covers all 3 parts of the All Hallows’ Eve event in detail:

How much time do I need for Winchester Mystery House Tour?

To experience everything that All Hallows’ Eve has to offer I suggest planning to spend a couple of hours at Winchester Mystery House. In addition to the outside and inside tour at Winchester Mystery House and the movie, don’t miss an opportunity to play with the famous Winchester pistols and rifles at an outdoor shooting range (additional fee).

You are not going to be shooting with real bullets, don’t be scared. You will be hitting targets with lasers, but it is no less fun, trust me. All three guys in my family were thrilled about this experience and I am thinking they loved it as much if not more than Winchester Mystery House tour itself 🙂

There is also axe throwing in the garden near the stables that you can practice (additional fee) but we did not try it. It involves a real axe so I wouldn’t recommend it for you kids but adults who tried it seemed to enjoy the activity.

Additional tips for visiting Winchester Mystery House

1.Winchester Mystery House is conveniently located right off HW-280. It has sufficient free parking on site but on weekend nights closer to Halloween it may get busy so I suggest coming early.

2. Winchester Mystery House offers regular day time tours as well. These are historic tours suitable for all ages.

3. If you have small kids and want to enjoy Halloween at All Hallows Eve event, you can buy cheaper tickets that do not include paranormal Winchester Mystery House tour, which basically will give you access to PART 1 and 3 of the event, as described above, but not PART 2.

We had a great time at All Hallows’ Eve at Winchester Mystery House. If I were to change anything I would love to have had a shorter tour of the house (there was lots of walking around) but instead have an ability to participate in an actual spiritual séance in the room where Sarah Winchester did it herself, rather than hearing the guide just briefly talking about it. I think it would have enhanced the whole experience so much more.

That said, may be Winchester Mystery House management is concerned about the liability: what if the spirits DO show up at the séance? The mansion IS haunted after all… 😉

If you found this Winchester Mystery House tour review useful, please, do me a small favor and share it with others as it may help them with their travel plans. Happy Haunting!

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Flashlight Tours return to Winchester Mystery House for limited time

Winchester Mystery House announced the return of their popular Flashlight Tours. Launching on Friday the 13th (January 13, 2023), the self-guided tours give guests the opportunity to roam through the halls of the Victorian mansion while hearing tales of its former inhabitants. Guests will guide themselves through the mansion that is famous for its dizzying floorplan and lack of formal blueprints. Tour Hosts will be stationed throughout the house to ensure guests don’t get lost.

To commemorate the kick-off of the Flashlight Tours, Winchester Mystery House will hold a bell ringing on Friday, January 13, 2023, where daytime tour guests will hear the iconic bell ring 13 times at the 13th hour (1 p.m. PST). Flashlight Tours will be offered every Friday after sunset beginning on January 13 and continuing through February 24, 2023.

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To tour the Winchester Mansion, general admission Winchester Mystery House Tickets cost $41.99 for adults ages 13 to 64, $34.99 for seniors 65 and up, and $19.99 for kids ages 5 to 12 plus a $3 fee per ticket. Kids 4 and below can tour Winchester Mansion for free.

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Winchester Mystery House

The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California has 160 rooms including 40 bedrooms, 40 staircases, 13 bathrooms, 6 kitchens, 10,000 window panes, 2,000 doors, 52 skylights, 47 fireplaces, three elevators, two basements, and just one shower.

Winchester Mansion Tour

The Winchester Mansion Tour is a guided tour through 110 of the Winchester Mystery House’s 160 rooms. Guests will be able to see the infamous rooms of Sarah’s stately mansion, known around the world as the Winchester Mystery House®, and see the bizarre attributes that give the mysterious mansion its name.

The Winchester Mansion Tour duration is 65 minutes long for the mansion tour. Alot 15 minutes for the gift shop and 15 minutes to tour Sarah Winchester’s Garden.

• 65 Minutes: The Mansion Tour includes 110 of the 160 rooms and showcases some of the most iconic areas of the mansion
• 15 Minutes: The Mansion Tour exits into the Mercantile Gift Shop, shop for souvenirs and purchase your photo with our partner, Mystery Pics.
• 15 Minutes:  Be sure to walk the Victorian Gardens on the Sarah Winchester Garden Tour.

Other Things to do at Winchester Mystery House

• The Explore More Tour – a hard hat tour of the mansion’s darker and mysterious ares including the basement and 3rd floor. $19.99 to $41.99
• Axe Throwing – $24.99 per person
• Escape Room – $19.99 per person
• Seasonal Tours like Febraury Flashlight Tour – $29.99 to $49.99

Winchester Mansion Hours

Winchester Mystery House is open daily except on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day from 10 AM to 5 PM on weekdays and 10 AM to 7 PM on weekends.

Winchester Mansion Parking

Winchester Mystery House® offers complimentary parking to guests. Due to nearby construction around Santana Row, parking is limited. Parking is available in the front lot, with an overflow lot across the street (Olsen). There is additional parking at the following:

• Winchester Garage – 350 S. Winchester Blvd, San Jose, CA 95128
• 1050 Olin Ave

There are also lockers onsite for guests to put valuables during their tour.

Winchester Mystery House Address

Winchester Mystery House is located at 525 S Winchester Blvd, San Jose, CA 95128.

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Classic Moscow

This is our most popular Moscow tour that includes all the most prominent sights. You will become acquainted with ancient Russia in the Kremlin, admire Russian art in the Tretyakov Gallery, listen to street musicians as you stroll along the Old Arbat street, and learn about Soviet times on the Moscow Metro tour.

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A Week in Moscow

This tour is a perfect choice for those who wish to get to know Moscow in depth. One of the highlights of this package is the KGB history tour which gives an interesting perspective on the Cold War. You will also have time for exploring the city on your own or doing extra sightseeing.

Weekend in Moscow

This tour is a great way to get acquainted with the capital of Russia if you are short of time. You will see all the main attractions of the city, the most important of which is the Kremlin - the heart of Russia. The tour starts on Friday and can be combined with a business trip.

Group Tour Moscow Break by Intourist

Russia's capital has so much to offer, from the Kremlin and the Metro to the Old Arbat street and the Tretyakov Gallery. Besides these sites, you will also visit a fascinating country estate which today is quite off the beaten path, Gorky Estate, where the Soviet leader Lenin spent the last months of his life.

Kolomenskoye Tour with transport

The history of Kolomenskoye stretches back for centuries. In 1380, Dmitri Donskoi’s army passed through Kolomenskoye on their way to the Kulikovo battlefield, and it was...

Tours by car

Kremlin, Red Sq., Cathedrals & Armory Tour

The Kremlin is truly a fascinating structure, at the same time it is an ancient tower, the city’s former military fortification, a palace, an armory, the sovereign treasury...

Walking tours

Kremlin, Red Sq., Cathedrals, Armory, Diamond Fund Tour

Old Arbat walking tour

You will be told of the street’s interesting history and view the street’s artisan culture. You will also have the opportunity to view and purchase souvenirs from the...

Tour to Sergiev Posad with transport

Considered by some to be the Russian Vatican, Sergiev Posad is the temporary residence of the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Trinity St. Sergius Monastery (Lavra)...

Tour to Kuskovo with transport

The Kuskovo Estate often called the Moscow Versailles due to its perfectly preserved French park, is an example of an 18th century, luxurious Moscow summer residence. Its history...

Tour to Tsaritsyno with transport

The Tsaritsyno Estate is located in the southern part of Moscow. The estate was constructed for Catherine the Great by the Russian architects Bazhenov and Kazakov in a romantic...

Moscow Metro and Old Arbat Tour

The Moscow Metro is one of the largest and most grandly built metro systems in the world. It was meant to be a showcase of the Soviet Union’s achievements for both the Russians...

Vodka Museum Tour with transport (excursion and vodka tasting)

Vodka is an important component of Russian life, an element of national identity and everyday culture. We invite you to visit the Vodka Museum and feel the atmosphere of long-gone...

Mikhail Bulgakov Apartment Museum

This apartment museum located close to Patriarch Ponds became the prototype of the "bad apartment" described in the novel "The Master and Margarita." Currently the museum's...

Kremlin, Red Sq., Cathedrals & Diamond Fund Tour

The State Museum of Lev Tolstoy Tour

Take this opportunity to learn more about the Russian writer Lev Tolstoy. During the visit to the museum you will see part of a vast collection of exhibits connected to Tolstoy...

Novodevichy Convent Tour with transport

Tour of the Novodevichy Monastery. Founded in 1524 by Grand Prince VasiliIoanovich, the original convent was enclosed by fortified walls and contained 12 towers. The structure...

City Tour with Visit to St. Basils & Red Sq. with transport

Panoramic City Tour. This Moscow tour is a great start to your trip and the best way to get acquainted with many of the city’s major highlights. Our professional guide will...

City Tour of Moscow

Head to the heart of Moscow with a professional guide on a 4-hour private walk through the city center. See Tverskaya and Old Arbat streets, Theatre Square with the world-famous...

Moscow Metro walking tour

Kremlin, Red Square and Cathedrals Tour

KGB Tour with transport

This is a very interesting and insightful tour. You will visit places connected with Stalin’s terror - a time of great repression and fear. You will be shown monuments to...

Soviet and Post-Soviet Moscow Tour

The tour begins with a drive or walk down Tverskaya Street – a Soviet masterpiece. In the years of Soviet power, Tverskaya began to undergo a transformation: it was widened...

Tretyakov State Gallery Tour

This world-famous gallery contains masterpieces of Russian art beginning in the 10th century up until today. You will view exquisite Russian icons and paintings from the 18th and...

Jewish Heritage of Moscow Tour

This tour offers a detailed look into the history and present-day life of the Jewish community of Moscow. On the tour, you will visit sites connected with the cultural and religious...

Vodka Museum Tour with transport (excursion only)

Lena, our guide in Moscow was excellent. She was very knowledgable and could answer any question we had for her. We liked that she could pick up on our interests and take us places we might not have thought of to go. When we realized that one of the places we had chosen to see would probably not be that interesting to us, she was able to arrange entry to the Diamond Fund and the Armoury for us. Riding the Metro with Lena was a real adventure and a lot of fun. In Saint Petersburg we found Anna well versed in the history of the Tsars and in the Hermitage collection. Arkady in Veliky Novgorod was a very good guide and answered all of our questions with ease. Novgorod was perhaps a long way to go for a day trip, but we did enjoy it. Vasily was a great driver to have and kept us safe with good humour and skill. We enjoyed ourselves so much, my daughter says she is already planning to return. We would both have no hesistation to recommend ExpresstoRussia to anyone we know.

Just wanted to let you know that My grandson Bruno and I couldn´t have been more pleased with our week in Moscow (6/15 - 6/21). We were absolutely enchanted with the whole experience, including getting lost a couple of times in the Metro during our free time. Although both our guides (both Eleanas) were excellent, I would particularly commend the first one (she took us to the Tatiakov, the KGB tour, and to that beautiful cemetery where so many great Russian artists, authors, composers, musicians, militarists, and politicians are buried). Her knowledge is encyclopedic; and her understanding of today´s Russia as a product of its past was, for us, truly enlightening. I will be taking another tour in Russia, with my wife, within the next two or three years. I will be in touch with you when the time comes. Meanwhile, I will refer you to other potential visitors to Russia as I meet them.

Tours to Moscow

Our Moscow tours are land only meaning that you arrange your own air travel to Russia and our expert staff meets you at the airport and handles everything else from there. Our online Airline Ticket booking system offers some of the most competitive rates to Russia available on the web so if you need tickets, please visit our Russian air ticket center . Rest assured that you will be taken great care of on one of our Moscow tours. Express to Russia has a fully staffed office in Moscow that will help to make your visit fun, informative and unforgettable. Please remember that of all these tours are private and can be adjusted to your taste. You can add, replace or skip some sights; you can add more days to the package or cut the tour short. Our specialists will be glad to help you create the tour of your dreams!

Moscow, a City Like No Other

Moscow is Russia’s largest city with a population of between 12 and 13 million. It is also Europe’s largest city and when you visit Moscow, you can feel it. The layout and architecture of the city is eclectic, ranging from crooked, ancient streets and alleyways to wide, bustling boulevards, from medieval churches to Stalin skyscrapers and to modern, glass buildings towering over everything and of course in the center of it all is the Kremlin and the magnificent Red Square. Moscow is also home to a fantastic, efficient and very beautiful metro system – each station having its own special design. In fact, Express to Russia’s Moscow metro tours and excursions are some of our most popular attractions that we offer. On our Moscow tours, you will see this and more.

Moscow Tours centering on Russian History

Moscow has a long and interesting history and has been the capital of Russia in many of its different iterations – capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow , the Russian Empire and of course the Soviet Union (who could ever forget the Soviet Union?). Moscow, was founded in the 12th century by Prince Yuri Dolgaruki (Yuri of the long arms – he really did have long arms!). From that time on, it was home to the Russian Tsars until Peter the Great moved the capital to St. Petersburg in 1703. The city has survived invasions and sieges from the Mongols, the Tartars, the Poles, Lithuanians and Napoleon but has always persevered. Our Moscow tours will enlighten you on this great history and give you insights into Muscovites and their unique culture. Our Moscow tours show you what the city is like today but also brings to life the past. Moscow never seems to sleep and is bursting with energy. A Moscow tour with Express to Russia is truly the best way of getting to know Russia’s largest and most vibrant city.

Frequently Asked Questions From Our Travelers

What is the best time to visit moscow.

Any time of year is fine depending on what you plan to do. Summertime is pleasantly warm, ideal for exploring the city and its vibrant atmosphere, but Moscow will be much busier and accommodation is more expensive. Winter can be quite cold but beautiful nonetheless, and this is unproblematic if you intend to spend most of your trip in museums and galleries. There are also various festivals and events organised throughout the year. For more information about the best time to visit, read our guide

How many days are enough in Moscow?

If you plan your itinerary strategically and aren’t averse to a packed schedule, you can cover Moscow’s main sights over a long weekend. Most popular attractions are in the city centre, and the Moscow Metro allows you to cover much ground in a small amount of time. Ensure that your accommodation is fairly central and book tickets in advance, so that you can make the most of your days. For an informative and well-organised day out, check out our Moscow day tours with options to suit all interests.

Do they speak English in Moscow?

As Russia’s capital city, tourists are well accommodated in Moscow. There should be English-speaking staff in restaurants, bars, hotels, shops and attractions in tourist hotspots, and there are also English-speaking tourist police. Transport services have English translations on their maps and English announcements via intercom; alternatively, order taxis from the Yandex Taxi app (Russian Uber), though it’s unlikely that your taxi driver will speak English. If you get stuck and cannot communicate, it’s fine to use Google Translate.

Is it safe to travel to Moscow?

It is no less safe to travel to Moscow than to any European city if you exercise common sense and look after your belongings. As with every city some regions can be more unsavoury than others, but no tourist attractions are located there. The traffic in Moscow is notorious, so exercise caution when crossing roads. Do not take unlicensed taxis; book in advance or take public transport, which is widespread and perfectly safe. If you encounter any problems, look for the special tourist police who can help you. For more information, read our guide about staying safe in Russia .

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