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Estates of the Moscow region

A good option for a one-day route is a trip to a country estate. Listed below are well-preserved and, most importantly, open to the public complexes located within an hour's drive from the capital.

Ostafyevo

Distance from MKAD: 15 km

Photo: © Sonic_off

The ancient Ostafyevo estate, located in the village of the same name in the Moscow region, is one of the most popular attractions of this kind. More than 100 thousand people visit it annually.

Here, the interiors of the palace, interior decorations and objects of the garden and park complex were recreated with special care.

Performances by creative groups, festivals, holidays, concerts, and conferences are regularly held on the territory of Ostafyevo.

Valuevo

Distance from MKAD: 15 km

One of the most preserved and beautiful estates of the 19th century near Moscow. Here you can walk through a huge landscape park with linden alleys, cascading ponds and park pavilions.

Serednikovo

Distance from MKAD: 20 km

Photo: © Maxim Yashkin

The Serednikovo estate is associated with the name of the Russian writer Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov. The complex includes a main house with a belvedere, four two-story outbuildings, cattle and horse yards, a carriage house, and an arena. A visit to the front house is only with a guided tour, but you can walk around the grounds on your own.

By the way, a 10-minute walk from the estate is the film city of Piligrim Porto with the scenery of 18th-century England.

Bykovo

Distance from MKAD: 20 km

Photo: © Roman Kondrakov

The Bykovo (Maryino) estate is a famous architectural monument of the 18th century, built in the French Renaissance style, and one of the most recognizable estates near Moscow. The main house-palace, a landscape park with two ponds and a rotunda have survived to this day. The Orthodox church located right there is very unusual, pseudo-Gothic, with an oval at the base, and this is not at all typical for Orthodox churches.

Ivanovskoe

Distance from MKAD: 20 km

The Ivanovskoye estate complex, located on the banks of the Pakhra River near Podolsk, is a museum and cultural heritage site. In addition to walking through the well-groomed grounds, here you can get acquainted with the museum collection dedicated to professional education in Russia in the 18th-21st centuries, folk arts and crafts and the history of the estate itself.

Dubrovitsy

Distance from MKAD: 25 km

Photo: © Vladimir Oleynik

You can come to the Dubrovitsy estate on the banks of the Pakhra and Desna rivers and admire the palace and park ensemble and the surrounding nature completely free of charge. But access to the building itself is limited, since the Institute of Animal Husbandry is located there. Sightseeing tours of the Church of the Sign and the estate complex are conducted by the pilgrimage service.

Bolshie Vyazyomy

Distance from MKAD: 30 km

Photo: © vladkonst

Bolshiye Vyazemy is an estate with almost 500 years of history, which has changed several owners in its lifetime. One of them was Prince Golitsyn. It was at a ball organized by Golitsyn in his estate that Pushkin met his future wife Natalya Goncharova.

Not far from the estate is the estate of Pushkin’s grandmother Marina Alekseevna - Zakharovo .

Muranovo

Distance from MKAD: 40 km

The Muranovo Estate Museum is based on the site of the family nest of the great poet and lyricist Fyodor Tyutchev. The owners of the estate were the families of Engelhardt, Baratynsky, Putyatov and Tyutchev, related by kinship ties.

The main attraction of Muranovo is the central manor house, which is open to visitors. It's also nice to stroll through the well-kept grounds.

Read more: Muranovo Museum-Reserve named after F.I. Tyutchev

Abramtsevo

Distance from MKAD: 55 km

The first owner of the estate was the writer Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov. Outstanding people of their time often visited here: Gogol, Turgenev, Vasnetsov, Vrubel, Chaliapin and others.

Read more: Museum-Estate “Abramtsevo”

Shakhmatovo

Distance from MKAD: 75 km

The modest Shakhmatovo estate complex once belonged to the botanist, rector of the Imperial St. Petersburg University Andrei Nikolaevich Beketov, the grandfather of Alexander Blok. Actually, the museum’s exhibitions introduce the life and work of the outstanding poet of the Silver Age.

Country hotels in the Moscow region

Perhaps some are not interested in ancient Russian cities, noble estates, or nature reserves - others just want to relax away from the hustle and bustle of the metropolis. And better with all the amenities. Below we offer our selection of hotels in the Moscow region: on the lake, with separate houses, glampings, with a swimming pool, unusual, for families with children, etc.

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