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The Rough Guide to Moscow is the definitive guide to one of Europe’s most arousing and attention holding and rewarding cities. The full-colour introduction covers the awe-inspiring Kremlin and The Red Square and includes the necessary list of ‘what not to miss’. There are lively explorations of all the sights, from Moscow’s lavish palaces to world-class museums, as well as elaborate accounts of Russian history and politics that have formed this intriguing city. You’ll find two full-colour subsections that spotlight the New Moscow Style – contemporary art, design, fashion, galleries, boutiques, bars and clubs – and the splendid art-deco metro, famous for it is arts, murals, mosaics and ornate chandeliers. With modified and easy-to-use maps, expanded listings of nightlife, restaurants and hotels in Moscow for all budgets, The Rough Guide to Moscow is the must-have item to this colourful and spirited city.

Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Moscow.

About the AuthorJean Rhys was born in Dominica in 1894. Coming to England aged 16, she drifted into respective jobs before starting to write in Paris in the late ''20s. After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie was written in 1930. Her early novels, many times portraying women as underdogs out to exploit their sexualities, were in front of their time and only modestly successful. From 1939 onwards she lived reclusively, and was for the most part forgotten when she made a sensational comeback with Wide Sargasso Sea in 1966. She passed away in 1979.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
Skip This One
By Liberty 4
I'm only giving it 2 stars because the history and the neighborhood descriptions are very detailed. Otherwise, it's a terrible guide. It claims to be altered as of 2009 but:
1. the price for a visa in the US is listed as $100. It's been $130 for a little over a year
2. it says -like most guides- that you can't get rubles in the US. Tell that to Bank of America, who just sold me 3000 of them.
3. talks when it comes to buses from Sherm. airport to the city but makes no mention of the train from Sherm. airport into to the city which has been operational for a year +
4. just glances on the fact trains go to Vladimir (where I'm headed)and talks principally regarding the buses. Trains leave both Kursk and Yaraslov stations, express, commuter/local trains all day but you wouldn't recognise it from this guide
I could go on.
Also, it plugs sure websites, tour guides and even a laundromat, rather than giving a range of options.
The maps are few and not terribly helpful, esp. as all the (non major) streets are not labeled (this is where Lonely Planet is good)
Very few (budget)hotel and restaurant reviews. While it provides in regards to a dozen accommodation websites, don't use this book to find a hotel/hostel/B&B (again LP is the better guide book here)
While it lists the train destinations from the respective stations (as if you couldn't figure it out from the name of the station) it doesn't list stops along the way so you'll have to do a good deal of on-line exploration to find out which station you need to go to if you plan on taking a train out of the city.

Luckily I'm only in Moscow for a few days. I would have been super irritated if I planned on staying in Moscow longer and had purchased this book. Unfortunately, it's the most "updated" of the guides, which is why I purchased it. All in all, this guide is useless. If only Lonely Planet would update it is 2007 edition.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Still the Best!
By Bagelchip
I've been travelling to Russia regularly since 1979 & have read all the guidebooks. Edition after edition, I still find the Rough Guides the best overall. Yes, there are a few errors, like the cost of applying for a Russian visa, but any individual who is contemplating a non-escorted tour to Moscow genuinely ought to buy more than one guidebook. I will say that the Rough Guides offer more details when it comes to the cities than the 1st-time or casual traveller might be competent to absorb or appreciate. But for repeat visitors, Russian history lovers and off-the-beaten trackers, it's superb.

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