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Individual tour of the legendary Moscow metro

Palace Dungeons

Individual tour of the legendary Moscow metro

From the Prechistensky Gate to Triumphal Square underground
Walking tour
2 hours 30 minutes
From 7 000 

Excursion to the most beautiful stations of the Moscow metro. A journey into the world of amazing underground palaces for everyday use. Stations on the route: “Revolution Square”, “Arbatskaya”, “Kievskaya”, “Belorusskaya”, “Novoslobodskaya”, “Komsomolskaya”, “Paveletskaya”, “Avtozavodskaya”, “Novokuznetskaya”, “Mayakovskaya”.

Background

A tour of the Moscow metro is a walk through the oldest metro in the country; it was inaugurated in 1935 and then consisted of only one line. You will see “Kievskaya” decorated with marble and decorated with mosaic panels, “Mayakovskaya” decorated in the Art Deco style, amazing stained glass windows and luxurious chandeliers of “Novoslobodskaya” and stucco moldings of “Komsomolskaya”.

The Moscow Metro is a real museum, which some people visit every day, but do not always pay attention to its enormous artistic value.

Let's meet

In front of the ground lobby of the Ploshchad Revolyutsii and Teatralnaya metro stations.

HEAD OF "RADIUS", TOUR GUIDE latigin

Anton Latynin Moscow expert, theater and literary critic, author and leader of dozens of thematic excursions around Moscow in Russian, German and English. He received higher education in Russia and Germany. Graduate of the National Research University Higher School of Economics with a degree in journalism and media communications. A native Muscovite.

Video excerpt from the excursion

Reviews

  1. Thank you for the interesting tour! It gave me a lot to explore!!!
    Note: Review of the excursion Zamoskvorechye with guide Maria
    Eugene December 7, 2025
  2. I'd like to express my gratitude on behalf of our team! Thank you for keeping to our scheduled schedule despite our lack of organization. Our colleagues appreciated your preparation for the tour! It was informative.

    Note: Review of the tour "Modern Residential Complexes, Factory Past, and Avant-Garde" around the ZILART residential complex with guide Maria. prepared and conducted a tour based on an individual request for employees of the development company GC "Samolet"
    Team of the Samolet Group December 7, 2025
  3. Thank you! You have great talent. Good luck! ☺️ You are a wonderful guide! Thank you again!

    Note: Review on corporate excursion "The Heart of the Capital" with guide Maria
    Dmitriy December 7, 2025
  4. Thank you for a wonderful day today!!))
    Note: Review of the excursion "The Soul of Moscow" with guide Maria
    Natalia December 7, 2025
  5. Let me thank you on behalf of my whole family for a very educational and interesting walk!
    Note: Review of the excursion Palace Dungeons with guide Maria
    Eugene December 7, 2025
  6. Good afternoon
    I'd like to express my gratitude and that of my supervisor for organizing the tour! We were very pleased.
    We would like to repeat this in October, but on a different route – ZIL.

    Note: This is about a tour for developers of the Samolet Group of Companies, conducted by guide Maria.
    Elya September 27, 2025
  7. Thanks to Alexander for the bar tour Baumanka! Fun, exciting and we discovered so many new places! Cool! New heights!
    Kira August 9, 2025
  8. Good afternoon
    Was on excursions along Sukharevskaya Square - we reached Tsvetnoy Boulevard, I didn’t expect it to be so interesting!
    For those who are in doubt whether to go or not - go, it really has become one of the cool summer memories!!!
    Kirill August 4, 2025
  9. Anastasia, good morning!
    Thank you and Masha for yesterday!
    The speakers are happy. The connection in the headphones often failed, especially at the checkpoint, but this is our current life situation. It was audible if they were standing close, no further than 1.5 meters. Colleagues have already asked for your contacts. I will gladly share and will be glad to have a new opportunity to work with you. Special thanks to the Director for the Bureau
    Note: excursion "Heart of the capital» for participants of the Moscow Oncology Forum 2025. Guides - Anastasia and Maria
    Tina July 8, 2025
  10. We would like to express our gratitude to Anton and Alexander for the conduct of the excursion!
    It was very interesting to hear how the Krasnaya district developed. Presni, how Prokhorov's figure influenced the development of our city. A pleasant dive into a quiet, previously unexplored area!
    Dmitriy July 8, 2025
  11. Good afternoon, thank you very much Anastasia, the excursion "Uncle Gilyai" just fire. Although we are Muscovites and know a lot about Moscow, the impressions were amazing, a lot of new and interesting, we will definitely contact you again.
    Victoria July 8, 2025
  12. Thank you for the excursions "The Heart of Moscow" And "Khamovniki". Anton, a man who knows and loves Moscow, took me around. A good storyteller, smart, well-read, able to captivate. You opened up my Moscow for me!!!! I will definitely come back next summer and walk around Moscow with you. I will recommend your wonderful excursion and walking program to all my friends!
    Julia July 1, 2025
  13. Excursions with the travel agency "Radius" are always positive emotions for you, if you have chosen this agency. On your next visit, you planned an excursion to Zamoskvorechye. This is not the first time we have met with the guide Anton. We definitely recommend him to all our friends. The tour is educational, not overloaded with dates, the information is voluminous, but easy to perceive, because it is presented not like in a history textbook, dryly and academically, but in a light narrative manner. Thank you for this approach. We will contact the Radius bureau more than once on our next visit to Moscow.
    Tatiana June 23, 2025
  14. Thank you so much for the tour ZamoskvorechyeDespite the weather, it was very interesting and educational!

    Note: we are talking about the excursion with the guide Anton
    Tatiana May 6, 2025
  15. Many thanks to Anastasia.
    There was a great tour of the area. Patricks.
    We learned a lot of new things. Anastasia is a master of her craft. The tour was exciting, not boring at all, lively and interesting. Everyone was satisfied. Full of new impressions. I definitely recommend it. You will be satisfied!
    Anna May 6, 2025
  16. Studied together with relatives and Radius The soul of Moscow on my birthday. Everyone enjoyed the walk immensely! Anton told us many interesting facts about the capital and its history, led us into such spiritual depths that no one present suspected. Although among us there were mainly those who either from birth or have been living in Moscow for a very long time and walk around it a lot. It was educational, soulful and unforgettable 🙂

    Overall, this wasn’t the first time I’ve walked around Moscow with Anton, and each time it was a real adventure!
    Olga May 4, 2025
  17. Anastasia, good afternoon!
    I wanted to express my gratitude once again for the wonderful excursion on Saturday - we really enjoyed the walk, the information and the communication with you, then we discussed for a long time what everyone remembered and what struck them. It would seem that you have lived in Moscow all your life, there was Moscow studies at school, but it turns out that you still don’t know so much!! In general, thank you very much, my mother said it was the best gift for her birthday!
    Note: this is about the excursion "Soul of Moscow«
    Arina January 13, 2025
  18. Good day to all! I would like to share my impressions of the excursion "Journey to Christmas". Our guide was Anastasia. So! Everything was just magical: a slight frost of -4, snow, numerous Christmas trees, decorations, lights, garlands and all this to the interesting educational story of Anastasia. Despite the fact that we knew something about the New Year, there was a lot that was new, unexpected and interesting. And all this to the music of Tchaikovsky. In general, we are delighted. Thank you for the New Year mood you gave us. It is priceless!!!! Thank you!
    Victoria January 5, 2025
  19. Thank you for the tour! Guide - Maria and driver Georgy. I liked everything very much! It was interesting, exciting! Good luck!
    Irina January 4, 2025
  20. Many thanks to Anton, who gave us a tour of VDNKh and the heart of the capital. There were many fascinating stories, practical advice and interesting facts. Excellent organization. Time flew by. I recommend!
    Tatiana December 25, 2024
  21. Our mixed-age company (from 16 to 80 years old) walked with Alexander along the alleys of Arbat... It was interesting for EVERYONE! There is still much to be surprised by in your hometown! Alexander opened up to us curious, touching, beautiful, poetic, historical, ... places. Thank you very much!!!
    I will definitely recommend this company to my friends and we will use its services ourselves.
    Excellent organization of excursions, all wishes were taken into account, punctuality at the highest level
    Olga December 11, 2024
  22. On my birthday, I went on an excursion with my friends. "Sinister Places". Excellent entertainment for a company. Professional guide Anton - special thanks to him for an interesting story and route. All recommended places and drinks were a hit with everyone. Lots of interesting, curious and funny facts. Thanks to this agency and of course to the tour guide Anton.
    Vyacheslav December 9, 2024
  23. The excursion is unusual, unconventional, I really liked it. The involvement of a girl in the role of Nina from "The Seagull" harmoniously fit into the narrative. I recommend developing in this direction. "Apartment 44" came in handy exactly at the moment when it was most needed. My wife is very pleased with both the excursion and the painting.

    Note: Review of the excursion-performance, which the guide Alexander specially developed as part of the order "Dream Tour".
    Alexei October 29, 2024
  24. We were on the excursion "Sinful Places", our group was small, three people, one of whom had a birthday, which we told the guide Alexander, and the format of the excursion turned into a real holiday! In addition to the walk and very interesting facts on the topic of the excursion, we went to incredibly creative establishments with delicious drinks and unusual serving, a cheerful contingent and a cool unusual interior, our guide Sasha took into account all our little wishes, conducted the excursion very cheerfully and sincerely! Thank you very much for a wonderful holiday! Very cool, we are delighted!
    Maria October 26, 2024
  25. This is the second time I've been walking and wandering around Moscow with the private excursion bureau Radius. The founder, native Muscovite Anton Latynin, a theater and art critic, leads the excursions himself and out of love.

    "Theater capital" - an author's route through the places of Meyerhold, Stanislavsky, Nemirovich-Danchenko, Tairov (undeservedly forgotten, it was he who created the current Pushkin Theatre on Tverskoy Boulevard).

    Two and a half hours of fascinating stories and urban theatre legends. I'll tell you one:

    The great composer Sergei Prokofiev lived in Kamergersky Lane. And he managed to die on the same day as Stalin. There was a terrible crush in Moscow, everything was blocked off, the entire capital wanted to say goodbye to the leader. So, to see Prokofiev off, the coffin was carried out from Kamergersky Lane on the roofs. I can vividly imagine this picture.

    Review from Alexandra's tg channel.
    Alexandra Tsvetkova, musician, singer-songwriter, finalist of the "New Wave" September 30, 2024

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Benefits of individual excursions

  • Choose a convenient time for guided walks - It's your right.
  • Your interests come first - the tour route is adapted to you.
  • The guide answers all your questions and shares exclusive information.
  • You can calmly explore the sights - no one will rush you.
  • The guide's full attention is focused on you, which reduces the strain on your hearing and attention.
  • No unnecessary stops at shops or noisy jokes.
  • Discuss personal impressions and emotions with the guide during the excursion.
  • You can take a break at any time for rest or photo session.
  • An individual excursion can be either educational or easy - it all depends on your wishes.
  • Your photos will be without strangers in the background.
  • Possibility to visit places closed to large groups.
  • The atmosphere of tranquility and privacy creates special moments that will be remembered for a long time.
  • The immersion into the atmosphere and history of the place becomes deeper.

How much more expensive are personal tours than mass tours?

If you are alone or in pairs, then a sum of several thousand for a walking tour of Moscow or twenty thousand for a car trip is significant.

However, if you go with family or friends, the cost for each participant becomes comparable to the price for a group excursion.

For a group of 8 people or more, the price for an individual excursion is reduced even more, making it accessible and attractive.

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A mass excursion is tourism, an individual excursion is a journey through the city’s secrets with a personal guide.

Our excursion bureau "Radius" offers a variety of individual and corporate excursions around Moscow, including a unique excursion around the Moscow metro. We create routes for every taste: from a walking tour to a sightseeing program by car. In our arsenal there is only live speech and atypical routes that will be interesting even to Muscovites.

We work with corporate clients such as Yandex, Faberlic, Uniqlo, Russian Railways. We also offer gift certificates for our excursions, which will be an original gift.

Tours are conducted in Russian, English, German, Spanish and Hebrew. Our guides are stylish intellectuals who know and love their city very well!

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