If you traveled all the sights of the Golden Ring, we recommend that you look at a small town in the Moscow region. Founded in the XII century Kolomna is an excellent option for a trip to the weekend or holidays.
In winter, here you can inspect the Kremlin, running into the ancient temples. In the spring – walk around the posad and museums, in the summer – to enjoy theatrical performances on open verandas, and in the fall – to drink hot tea with pastille at the book festival.
They prepared a guide from a local resident of Nadezhda Doroshenko, in which they collected popular tourist places of Kolomna and non -obvious leisure options at different times of the year.
How to get from Moscow
Kolomna is 115 km from the capital. Depending on the transport, the road takes from 1.5 to 3.5 hours. You can get by train, bus or car (consider traffic jams).
Electric train
They depart from the Kazan station (Komsomolskaya metro) every day from morning to evening.
- The usual train With all the stops – the most budget, the cost of 390 rubles, on the way 2-2.5 hours.
- Express “Rax” – An electric train of increased comfort, it is more expensive and slightly faster than usual. In my opinion, this is the best option.
- Express “Ryazan” – The most expensive, indicating the places and two classes of service. Tickets cost from 550 rubles, on the way – 1.5 hours.
At the checkout, specify which train you need a ticket for. In Kolomna there are two stations where the electric trains stop – “Kolomna” and “Golutvin”. It is better to go out on the first: from it 10 minutes to the old part of the city and attractions.
Bus
Flight buses No. 460 to Kolomna depart from the bus station at the Kotelniki metro station. The ticket can be bought online or at the station, the approximate travel time without traffic jams is two hours. The final stop of the bus is Golutvin’s bus station, but it is better to go out at the Old City station.
Car, taxi
If you are driving a company, take a car for rent. Or you can order a taxi, the cost starts from 2,500 rubles and goes into infinity.
Your own car is a convenient option if you are driving in the warm season for several days. So you can visit more places and enjoy nature in the vicinity of Kolomna.
Useful information
Two districts that are useful to know to a tourist are old Kolomna (old city) and Golutvin. In the first, all cultural attractions are concentrated, in the second- there are auto and railway station and the large shopping center “Rio”.
You can move around the city on a tram, bus, minibus and taxi. By the way, Kolomna is the only city in the suburbs where trams go.
Old town
This is a tourist Mecca of the city, which stores legends, traditions and centuries -old history of Kolomna. Here, part of the Kremlin, erected in the 16th century, Kolomensky Posad (territory adjacent to the Kremlin), cathedrals and temples, have been preserved here. The entrance there is free.
The main merit of this part of the city is the atmosphere. Here you will not find a high -rise building or new development, each building has retained its original appearance and charm. Just walking around the Kremlin and Posad, you will enjoy looking at the old merchant estates and houses with carved wooden platbands.
You can look at the old Kolomna, rising to the current bell tower of the Church of John the Theologian. The entrance is 150 rubles, and the view of the city is invaluable.
Where to stop
Hotel “40th Meridian Yacht Club” (score 9.7)-from 4,000 rubles per day*.
Hotel “Citizen” (estimate 8.8) – from 4,200 rubles per day*.
Hotel “40th Meridian Arbat” (score 9.9)-from 4,800 rubles per day*.
Cultural program
- Kolomenskaya Pastil, st. Posadskaya, 13a.
The first museum of pastille in Kolomna. Visit and theatrical excursions are possible by prior recording. Without it, you can go to the lobby and buy pastille, as well as look into the cozy garden, where in the warm season they offer tea and conduct performances.
- Museum Factory of Pastila, st. Polyanskaya, 4.
Another museum with the production of pastille using ancient technologies, its own theater, excursion actors, called breakfasts and dinners. All events need to be recorded in advance. Without an excursion, you can visit a cafe, confectionery and a shop of colonial goods.
- Kalakaya, st. Zaitseva, 14.
Here they bake kalachi according to the technology of the XIV century. The museum in theatrical form will tell everything about the fist in Kolomna and treats tea with pastries. The entrance is only as part of a group tour. Without it, you can buy delicious kalachi and bread in the “Kalachi for Remand” shop.
- Arthomnalka, st. October Revolution, 205.
Here you will plunge into the Soviet Kolomna of the 60s and feel the spirit of the era of the Khrushchev thaw. All objects of communal life are real. The museum offers theatrical quests “for sociability” and even a tour of the retro mottocylic in the places of the city, where buildings in the style of constructivism have been preserved.
To determine the excursions and plan the route on the spot will help in the museum-navigator near the Pyatnitsky Gate. And many more options can be found on onetwotrip:
- Holy sources of Kolomna
- A tour of the Kolomensky Kremlin for children and adults
- Kolomna is the merchant-gastronomic
- Creative Kolomna – literature, painting, music
- Kolomensky Posad – the charm of the old city
Literary heritage
The author of the first historical novels and contemporary Pushkin was born in Kolomna I. I. Lazhechnikov. In the estate of Lazhechnikov merchants, you will be told about the writer, his family and Kolomensk merchants. And in the literary cafe “Lazhechniki” will be offered a menu based on his works.
In the center of the Kremlin, next to Cathedral Square, there is a home sister’s house A.I. KuprinWhere the writer loved to visit. The building is restored, but has retained its original appearance and is now used as a mini-hotel.
About seven years in Kolomna was spent by the writer Boris Pilnyak (Vogau). The house where he lived with his first wife is located at ul. Arbat, 7. The museum is not there. Nearby you can find a bench where you sat Anna Akhmatova. In 1936, she came to the city and looked for the writer’s house. Pilnyak and Akhmatov were connected by a warm relationship. There are rumors that Boris has repeatedly made an offer to the poetess.
Venedikt Erofeev He studied at the Kolomensky Pedagogical Institute and worked as a loader in the store building, where the art compliance is now located. By the way, the art compliance is also the residence of modern writers and artists.
In September, the annual apple-reduced festival “Antonov apples” takes place in Kolomna. The organizers invite modern authors, conduct lectures of historians and writers and arrange music concerts.
Artfonk art office
In the old part of the city, in walking distance from the Kremlin, there is a creative cluster of the “pavement”. In different years, there were a silk -coat factory, a patterfonal and textile plants.
Now, creative and yoga studios, galleries and workshops have settled on the territory of former production workshops. Residents of the art space regularly conduct exhibitions, master classes in pottery, drawing and weaving. Immediately there is a private honeygulator Sergey Pupynin, where you can taste and buy old -Russian hops (mead).
The art quarter lives a rich cultural life, there are fairs, festivals, concerts and city celebrations. Check the program of events on the official website.
The former plant has its own hostel and camping, as well as coworking for remote work. You can eat on the “Patterophone” in the gastrobar “NOT WINE COMINA”, a bar with cheese and wine “Malevich” or a cafe “neighbor”.
Active rest
Skates and not only
In winter, in the old city you can find several small open -air rollers. One of them is located next to the Kolomna skate center. By the way, there is a large covered ice arena where professional athletes from all over Russia train and compete.
There is another skating rink with skating rolling through the bridge from the bridge. In winter, you can ride tubing, banana and skis there. Also, two cozy rinks in the open air are poured in the artfold art apartment.
Sapa and wake
In the Old City, a wake park is located through the bridge from the Kremlin. In the warm season, you can ride on sappers there, do wakeboarding or just relax by the river.
The guys from KolomnaFornia offer to ride a surf in the Bochmanovo area or arrange a sap ruling in the city.
Camping at the Kremlin
At 400 m from the Kremlin walls there is a campsite with autodomas sites, guest houses and places for tents. There is a rental of tourist equipment and all domestic amenities for living.
Parachute jumping
A 20 -minute drive from the city center (Korobcheevo village) is one of the largest airfields in the Moscow Region – Aerograd Kolomna. There you can jump with a parachute or make a trial flight by plane with an instructor. Aerograd offers gift certificates for jumping with an air video.
Where to stop
Hotel “Aerograd” (estimate 10) – from 3,100 rubles per night*.
Hotel “Kolomna” (rating 8.9) – from 4,200 rubles per day*.
Apart-hotel “My Year” (estimate 9.1)-from 5,000 rubles per night*.
A plane flight
At 14 km from Kolomna there is a private airfield “Severs” with walking and excursion flights over Kolomna. The route runs over the Kremlin, the monasteries of the old city and the rivers of Kolomenka, Oka and Moscow.
Balloon
Another option to see the city down is to fly in a balloon. A great option for a gift or surprise to a loved one.
Restaurants and cafes
Below the place where you can warm up during a walk, have dinner tightly after excursions or just have a bite.
Old town
Most of the restaurants and cafes worthy of attention are concentrated in the tourist part of the city near the Kremlin. Be prepared for the fact that some of them may not have free tables, especially during the holidays. I advise you to call and book in advance.
- House with mezzanine. Restaurant of Russian cuisine, coffee shop and confectionery. St. Lazhechnikova, 4.
- Herberg of the 1st number. Russian noble cuisine and 33 types of tinctures. St. Lazhechnikova, 10.
- Hints. Art Kafe is a project of the Kolomensky artist. St. Lazhechnikova, 5.
- Marfa Solomonov. Russian and Israeli cuisine. Author’s dishes at home. St. Pushkin, 2.
- Fair on Zhitnaya Square. Street cafes with food is a manner. St. Zaitseva, 34.
- Good cake. Family cafe and confectionery, there are burgers. St. Zaitseva, 13.
- Lotos. A small Vietnamese cafe with large portions of CH Bo. St. Zaitseva, 17.
- Sails up. Beer bistro: shanks, dumplings and not only. St. Krasnogvardeiskaya, 3.
- Sibasovlas. Fish restaurant and wine bar. St. Yana soil, 24.
- Viva La Krendel. European cafe and bakery, breakfast from 8 in the morning. St. October Revolution, 209.
- Restaurant in the house of Kupchikha Morozova. Roman pizza, pasta, hot, wine cellar. St. October Revolution, 210.
Golutvin
If you were not able to find a free table in the old city, or you are not far from the bus station and railway station in the Golutvin area, I offer several more places where you can eat.
- Sails up. English version. A pub with shanks, steaks and burgers. St. October Revolution, 366/2.
- Lounge Cafe Pastila. European cuisine in copyright. St. October Revolution, 301.
- Dadis Pizza. A small pizzeria with wood stove, paste and soups. St. October Revolution, 301.
- Without pathos. Cozy coffee shop with breakfast, waffles and baylakes. St. October Revolution, 340.
Fast food and self -service
If you need to eat quickly, here is a list of fast service cafes in different areas of Kolomna.
- Mix point. St. Lenin, 80a.
- Dodo Pizza. Sovetskaya Square, 7.
- Food Cort With a variety of everything in the Rio shopping center. St. October Revolution, 362.
*Prices are relevant at the time of publication.
