Middle Museum Mikhail Svavina under Zvenigorod
For connoisseurs of Russian literature and history
Under Zvenigorod, about 40 minutes (without traffic jams) from Moscow, there is one of the most picturesque areas of the region, which is also called the Swiss Moscow region. It was there, in the village of Dunino, a house-museum of the writer Mikhail Svavina is located.
The house has a significant part of the original furniture and accessories: for example, a buffet, painted by masters from Sergiyev Posad, the table, behind which Svain drinking tea with guests, a rare camera, with which the writer imprinted not one picturesque landscape. Before you go to visit the writer, do not forget to read our full material about the house-museum.
Alpaca and active holidays in the hotel "Emerald Forest"
For those who want to spend the weekend in nature
If you are not frightened by February frosts and drifts and you will be happy to spend weekends in nature, then book the number in the Eco-Emerald Forest. The road will take 1.5-2 hours by car, but the full shutdown from the outside world and work is guaranteed.
The hotel is famous for its safari park, where you can watch animals in the habitat, as close as possible to natural. In the park live 18 species of animals: guests can feed fish, see fox and raccoon and treat cute alpaca carrots.
In the "Emerald Forest" you can get out of your family, and so that the parents have time to stay together (and maybe go on a date one of two hotel restaurants), there is a separate children's center with educational and entertainment activities.
SPA at the hotel "Rodniki" and a walk in Sergiev Posad
For those who want to relax truly
Want to escape away from the city? Go to Spa Hotel "Rodniki", located about two hours from Moscow in the Vladimir region. When designing the hotel, the architects of the Atrium Bureau tried to arrange the numbers so as to provide residents with maximum privacy, even if the numbers are in the same cottage house (their six in the territory of the "Rodnikov"). And Michael and Dmitry Ganevichi, who tried to recreate the feeling that this is not just a hotel, but a real country house, answered the interiors.
The hotel has a spa, offering guests a wide range of services: you can go to one of the ten massages or stounterepia or order a whole ritual with a sacking in a cedar barrel and tea ceremony. By the way, in the "springs" there is an aerotransfer service. The helicopter will deliver you to the hotel in 30 minutes - is it not the perfect option for a romantic journey for the weekend?
On the way back to the capital, you can call in Sergiev Posad (30 minutes from the hotel "Rodniki" by car) to try Landrines (candy caramel) and look at the vintage wooden houses. Be sure to walk past the Trinity-Sergius Lavra of the XIV century, which rightfully hit the UNESCO World Heritage List, "more than 50 buildings were combined in the architectural ensemble, erected into different era.