Thais in Moscow: A Journey Through the Ages
Yesterday, an individual excursion took place for guests from sunny Thailand. Tour guide Maria took a couple of guys on foot and by metro to the most interesting places in Moscow, starting from the Continental Hotel opposite the English Club.
Business partners of the Thais from Rostelecom reached an agreement with the art director of Radius, Anton, so that their colleagues from Southeast Asia could get acquainted with the culture and history of Russia.
The excursionists showed a keen interest in our history, family relationships and everyday life, asking many questions, even to the point of what we usually eat, and what we eat more often, meat or chicken, what we buy and cook…
From the hotel, the participants went to the Moscow metro, visiting the stations "Tverskaya", "Teatralnaya", "Ploshchad Revolyutsii" and "Arbatskaya". The guests were impressed by the beauty of the interiors and the depth of the stations, and were also interested in the question of whether our stations can be a refuge... Therefore, during the story about the history of the blue line, built in the 1930s, the guide told about its conversion into a deeper metro line after the bombing of Moscow during the Great Patriotic War.
By the way, the guests noticed that the escalators of the Bangkok metro move slower than those in Moscow.
Next, the excursionists went to the Kremlin, where Maria, a graduate student in architecture, spoke about the history of its construction and the features of each of the Orthodox churches on its territory, about the layout, paintings and various specialized questions that only an architect can answer.
One of the guests shared his previous experience of visiting the Kremlin, noting that now he learned much more, because his previous guide was... a Thai woman, with whom they, unfortunately, quickly went to the food court, and then to GUM for ice cream. As a result, the episode with ice cream and the food court was at the top of the jokes of this excursion.
Much was said about the Patriotic War of 1812, Napoleon and the influence of those events on architecture and monuments.
Kremlin and Alexander Garden. The guests were chilly in early November, and they joked that the frosts drove Napoleon out of Russia, but not them. After a walk through the Alexander Garden and watching the changing of the guard, the tourists asked whether Rus' originated from Kyiv.
The deep interest of the guests inspired the guide too! After a warming tea at the Bosco Cafe, the participants went to Zaryadye.
The guests liked the author's excursion so much that they invited Maria to dinner. They couldn't get into the Thai restaurant, so Maria offered them an alternative - the restaurant "Ryba Moya" on the Old Square. There the guys continued to talk about the country, education, travel, and family life.
An interesting observation was voiced by one of the guests: Thai food in Moscow is too sweet.
Great communication with sincere and interesting people took place during and after the private excursion. The excursionists sent photos and left warm words of gratitude, and their Russian business partner noted that the guests were imbued with Moscow. We are pleased to receive such feedback on personal excursions and share our love for our city and country.
You can also book excursions "Heart of the capital", "Palace Dungeons" and others.
Note: Review of the excursion Zamoskvorechye with guide Maria
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"
Note: Review on corporate excursion "The Heart of the Capital" with guide Maria
Note: Review of the excursion "The Soul of Moscow" with guide Maria
Note: Review of the excursion Palace Dungeons with guide Maria
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.
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!!!
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
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!
Note: we are talking about the excursion with the guide Anton
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!
Overall, this wasn’t the first time I’ve walked around Moscow with Anton, and each time it was a real adventure!
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«
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
Note: Review of the excursion-performance, which the guide Alexander specially developed as part of the order "Dream Tour".
"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.