Shopping

In the present era, you can possibly shop for anything in Moscow. While you are strolling about the streets downtown, you are bound to come across many fancy shops and boutiques scattered around the street. There are many shops that are highly priced. You should check out the world famous department store named Gum situated on the Red Square.

This shopping mall is an elegant and striking building with a glass roof. You can shop for souvenirs; sip some coffee in the café while enjoying the visual beauty of the fountains, old style walls, colorfully decorated boutiques.

If you have visited Moscow before you will find a drastic change as you are bound to see many big hypermarkets, grocery stores and shopping malls, which have mushroomed up in due course of time. This includes Auchan, Ramstor, Ikea, Mega Mall, Seven Continent, and Eldorado, which have become very popular with Muscovites.

In Moscow, you can surely shop for all your necessities and luxury items. You can visit the shopping malls, which are huge and consist of all the products. In Moscow you will also come across many outdoor flea markets where you can negotiate and obtain a good deal.

Ohotniy Riad

Type: Shopping centers and malls

Url: www.okhot-ryad.ru

Address: Manegnaya square, 1

This is one of the most famous and fashionable shopping center, which is situated in the center of the city. After a hard day at shopping you can simply order some refreshments and chill out in a café. You could also go bowling and just have a good time window-shopping. The brands available include Benetton, Mexx, TJ Collection, Nike, Reebok, Calvin Klein, Mango, Sisley, BGN, Casadei, Vicini.

Smolenskiy passage

Type: Shopping centers and malls

Address: Smolenskaya square, 3-5

This is a huge shopping center, where you can find everything from clothes brands such as Escada, Diesel, Hugo Boss, Inwear, MaxMara, Esprit and other electronic items and also offers a supermarket.

Petrovskiy passage

Open: Monday -saturday 10:00 - 20:00, sunday 10:00 - 18:00.

Type: Shopping centers and malls

Address: Kytyzovskiy prospekt, 3

This is an elite shopping center that features world renowned brands such as Moschino, Marina Rinaldi, Max Mara, La Perla, Nina Ricci, Mandarina Duck, Kenzo, Etro, Pomellato, Ermanno Scervino, Etro (Alfa), Bosco Women, Bosco Men, Bosco Scarpa, Bosco Children.

Vernisazh market

You can shop for Russian linen that is sold for absolutely reasonable prices and is of top quality. You can choose to buy Tablecloths, runners, napkins, tea towels and along with that all sorts of napery is also available in large range of sizes, colors (subtle as well as natural tones) and designs.

Price: $20 for a medium-sized (2mx1.5m) tablecloth, $2 for a tea towel.