Save some weekend hours for this street market where you can bargain for a wide variety of already reasonably priced souvenirs, crafts, used books, Russian memorabilia and various types of nesting dolls.

The largest department store in Russia, dating back to the days of the tsars, is located opposite the Kremlin in Red Square.

A $10 billion complex comprised of skyscrapers, offices, apartments, hotels, stores, restaurants and entertainment venues.

If you're in the market for tacky souvenirs, stroll down this cobblestone street, which retains elements of its once elegant past, but is now mostly souvenir stalls, performing artists and outdoor cafes.

Luxuriate in, or simply view, the baths at this beautifully tiled spa built in the late 19th century, where you can relax, unwind and beat your body with birch twigs to enhance circulation.

This is a covered market place dating back to the early 19th century. Nowdays, after reconstruction, it has emerged as a major trade and exhibition centre.

Lined with huge apartment buildings, this shoppers' thoroughfare is filled with elegant boutiques, fashionable bars and shopping malls.

Tourists and Muscovites alike flock to this three-level underground shopping center near Red square comprising over 100 stores.

You'll find mostly fiction and literature in the largest bookstore in Moscow as well as an audio and video section that includes old Soviet children's films.

By far the very best banya in Moscow! The downstairs banya is about 600 rubles for 2 hours, which is plenty of time to have 3 rounds in the banya and time to rest and chat in between. The advantage of