Moscow boasts an underground system that is unique in the world as to architectural and artistic value: many of the stations an platforms seem to be small elegant “palaces” gleaming with sumptuous lighting fixtures and chandeliers that illuminate the stuccowork, mosaics, bas-reliefs, statues and paintings. The most recommended to visit are: on the Circle Line: Belorusskaya, Novoslobodskaya, Prospect Mira, Komsomolskaya, Taganskaya and Kievskaya; on the radial lines: Ploshchad Revolutsii, Teatralnaya (both near the Red Square), Barrikadnaya, Mayakovskaya, Novokuznetskaya.

Open: 5:30am - 1am
Tickets: available at all stations; price from 17 Rubles per one trip regardless of distance and duration

Moscow Metro Map