Kolomeskoye Estate Tour

Come with us to to Kolomenskoye and enjoy the peaceful beauty of its gardens, a majestic view of the steep banks of the Moscow River, and a unique collection of old Russian architecture.
 

The tour includes the historical territory with the Church of the Ascention (outside), UNESCO Heritage sight, the House of Peter I and the Church of our Lady of Kazan.

 
Many old churches are scattered around Kolomenskoye. The most amazing is the Church of the Ascension (also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Built in the first half of the 16^th century It's probably one of the most beautiful churches in the whole of Moscow. The French composer Hector Berlioz wrote about it: " Here in the mysterious silence, amid the harmonious beauty of the finished form, I beheld architecture of a new kind. I beheld man soaring on high. And I stood amazed."

During our tour you will also see the House of Peter I. It is the only Moscow memorial museum devoted to the famous Russian Tsar. It was built for Peter the Great in 1702 in the north of Russia when the Tsar spent several months there, controlling the construction of the Novodvinskaya fortress.