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Stand-up comedian and television presenter Dara Ó Briain is best known in the UK for hosting Mock the Week, Blockbusters, Robot Wars, Stargazing Live, Dara and Ed’s Great Big Adventure and Dara Ó Briain’s Go 8Bit.

His latest show So… Where Were We? was winner of Best Tour at the 2023 Chortle Awards and has been performed across the globe, touring in the UK, Ireland, Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, the Middle East and North America.

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After 150+ sell-out shows across the UK, Ireland, Europe and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the Irish superstar stand-up DARA Ó BRIAIN brings his award-winning tour to the US. 

Dara has been Ireland’s finest comedy export for more than 20 years. Among his many television credits, he hosted BBC’s Mock The Week for 17 years, and the Irish version of “The PANEL” on RTE.  He is also the greatest points scorer in the history of the UK’s much-loved TV show Taskmaster , and has appeared on BBC’s Live at the Apollo numerous times.

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Dara O'Briain tour dates 2024

Dara O'Briain is currently touring across 1 country and has 4 upcoming concerts.

Their next tour date is at Queen Square in Bristol, after that they'll be at Preston Park in Brighton.

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Class as usual and amazing how dara can incorporates audience interaction and local things into the full set as though it was written beforehand.

2 hours of great entertainment and non stop laughing. Can't wait for his return

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• Jun 16 Sun Bristol, Queen Square Bristol Comedy Garden 2024 Dara Ó Briain, Stephen Bailey, Dan Tiernan, Laura Smyth, Thanyia Moore View Tickets
• Jul 03 Wed Brighton, Preston Park Dara Ó Briain Josh Pugh, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Laura Smyth, Maisie Adam View Tickets
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• Jul 21 Sun Cambridge, Parkers Piece Cambridge Comedy Garden 2024 Dara Ó Briain, Josh Pugh, Janine Harouni, Suzi Ruffell, Thanyia Moore View Tickets
• Jul 24 Wed St. Albans, Verulamium Park St Albans Comedy Garden 2024 Dara Ó Briain, Laura Smyth, Jin Hao Li, Rhys James, Kiri Pritchard-McLean View Tickets

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DARA Ó BRIAIN: ‘SO… WHERE WERE WE?’

BRAND NEW 2023 CANADIAN TOUR 

September 5-16, 2023, tickets on sale friday, may 5, 2023.

“The most memorable show of a winning career “ – The Times

“... ever-affable, every-quick O Briain ... flaunting his lightening quick wit” – Chortle

“... brilliant show … master story-teller - a triumph.”   – 5 stars The Arts Desk

“Pure, undiluted comic genius” – Evening Standard

“His set is a masterclass in intelligent, no-frills stand-up” – The Guardian

“If you want a comic who can hold an audience in the palm of his hand for two hours, here’s your man” – The Times

May 2, 2023 - Following his incredibly successful 2022 Canadian tour, Just For Laughs is thrilled to announce that Dara Ó Briain is returning to Canada with a brand-new, live stand-up show: ‘So… Where Were We?’ .

At the end of his highly successful last tour ‘Voice Of Reason’, Dara had performed the show 180 times over 2 years and across 20 countries, from Auckland to Reykjavik, from Moscow to New York; and by March 2020 he was ready for a break!  He would now like to apologise for saying that and will never wish for anything like that again.

Ó Briain’s last tour of Canada was originally scheduled for March 2020, then 2021 and it finally happened in 2022, where he received standing ovations every night and left audiences clamouring for more!  So, we listened, and are excited to bring you this master storyteller with an all-new show!

Yes, he's back on tour, and he will never stop again, because that's clearly what caused all this trouble, oh, and he ate a bat.  Instead, in his new show 'So…Where Were We?’, Dara will hardly mention the last year and a half, because “Jesus, who wants to hear about that?” but will instead fire out the usual mix of stories, one-liners, audience messing, while tripping over his words because he is talking too quickly as he's so giddy to be back in front of a crowd. 

Tickets for ‘So…Where Were We?’ go on-sale this Friday, May 5 at www.hahaha.com . 

About Dara Ó Briain

Dara has made a name for himself as one of the most recognisable faces on British TV, as host of BBC Two’s long running hit panel show ‘Mock The Week’, ‘Stargazing Live’, ‘Robot Wars’, Dave’s ‘Go8Bit’ and Comedy Central’s re-boot of the classic quiz show ‘Blockbusters’. 

In 2022, Dara hosted Channel 4’s newest daytime quiz, ‘One & Six Zeros’, where contestants compete to win a grand prize of £1,000,000.

Dara has previously released five classic stand-up DVDs with Universal Pictures (UK); ‘Crowd Tickler’ (2015), 'Craic Dealer' (2012), ‘This Is The Show’ (2010), ‘Dara Ó Briain Talks Funny Live In London’ (2008) and ‘Dara Ó Briain Live at the Theatre Royal’ (2006) – and 2018’s Voice of Reason filmed exclusively for the BBC. 

Dara has also put pen to paper with the release of three best selling non-fiction children’s books all released by Scholastic UK:  Beyond The Sky: You and the Universe’ (2017), ‘Secret Science: The Amazing World Beyond Your Eyes’ (2018), and most recently in October 2020, ‘Is There Anybody Out There?’

In January 2023, Dara won the Best Tour award for ‘So... Where Were We?’ at the Chortle Comedy Awards.

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Dara Ó Briain is back on tour, with a brand new show!

At the end of his last tour, Dara had performed the show "Voice Of Reason" 180 times, over 2 years across 20 countries, from Auckland to Reykjavik, from Moscow to New York; and by March 2020 he was ready for a break!

He would now like to apologise for saying that and will never wish for anything like that again.

Yes, he's back on tour, and he will never stop again, because that's clearly what caused all this trouble. Instead, in his new show 'So, Where Were We?" Dara will hardly mention the last year and a half, because, Jesus, who wants to hear about that? Instead, Dara will fire out the usual mix of stories, one-liners, audience messing and tripping over his words by talking too quickly because he's so giddy to be back in front of a crowd.

“Pure, undiluted comic genius” Evening Standard

“His set is a masterclass in intelligent, no-frills stand-up” The Guardian

“If you want a comic who can hold an audience in the palm of his hand for two hours, here’s your man” The Times

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After 150+ sell-out shows across the UK, Ireland, Europe and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the Irish superstar stand-up DARA O BRIAIN brin

After 150+ sell-out shows across the UK, Ireland, Europe and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the Irish superstar stand-up DARA O BRIAIN brings his award-winning tour to the US.

Dara has been Ireland’s finest comedy export for more than 20 years. Among his many television credits, he hosted BBC’s Mock The Week for 17 years, and the Irish version of “The PANEL” on RTE. He is also the greatest points scorer in the history of the UK’s much-loved TV show Taskmaster, and has appeared on BBC’s Live at the Apollo numerous times.

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Dara O Briain  is back on tour with a brand new live stand-up show.   ‘ So… Where Were We? ’ will see Dara travel across the UK in 2022, kicking off in March with dates right through until December, including London’s Eventim Apollo on Saturday 15 th  October. 

At the end of his highly successful last tour ‘ Voice Of Reason’ , Dara had performed the show 180 times over 2 years and across 20 countries, from Auckland to Reykjavik, from Moscow to New York; and by March 2020 he was ready for a break! 

He would now like to apologise for saying that and will never wish for anything like that again.

Yes, he's back on tour, and he will never stop again, because that's clearly what caused all this trouble, oh, and he ate a bat.   Instead, in his new show  'So…Where Were We?’ , Dara will hardly mention the last year and a half, because, Jesus, who wants to hear about that, but will instead fire out the usual mix of stories, one-liners, audience messing, and tripping over his words because he is talking too quickly, because he's so giddy to be back in front of a crowd. 

Tickets for ‘ So…Where Were We?’  go on general sale from Friday 29 th October at the link below with a pre-sale from Wednesday October 27 . More dates will be added at a later date.

Dara has made a name for himself as one of the most recognisable faces on British TV, as host of BBC Two’s long running hit panel show ‘ Mock The Week’ ,  ‘Stargazing Live’ , ‘ Robot Wars’ , Dave’s  ‘Go8Bit’  and Comedy Central’s re-boot of the classic quiz show ‘ Blockbusters ’.

It has recently been announced that Dara will host Channel 4’s newest daytime quiz,  ‘One & Six Zeros’ , where contestants will compete to win a grand prize of £1,000,000.

Dara has previously released five classic stand-up DVDs with Universal Pictures (UK);   ‘Crowd Tickler’  (2015),   'Craic Dealer'  (2012),  ‘ This Is The Show’  (2010), ‘ Dara  Ó   Briain  Talks Funny Live In London’  (2008) and ‘ Dara  Ó  Briain  Live at the Theatre Royal’  (2006) – and 2018’s  Voice of Reason  filmed exclusively for the BBC.

Dara has also put pen to paper with the release of three best selling non-fiction children’s books all released by Scholastic UK:   Beyond The Sky: You and the Universe’  (2017), ‘ Secret Science: The Amazing World Beyond Your Eyes’  (2018), and most recently in October 2020 , ‘Is There Anybody Out There?’

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Following his incredibly successul 2022 Canadian Tour, Just For Laughs is thrilled to announce that  Dara Ó Briain is returning  to Canada with a brand new live stand-up show.  ‘ So… Where Were We? ’.

At the end of his highly successful last tour ‘ Voice Of Reason’ , Dara had performed the show 180 times over 2 years and across 20 countries, from Auckland to Reykjavik, from Moscow to New York; and by March 2020 he was ready for a break!  He would now like to apologise for saying that and will never wish for anything like that again.

Ó Briain’s last tour of Canada was originally scheduled for March 2020, then 2021 and it finally happened in 2022, where he received standing ovations every night and left audiences clammoring for more!  So we listened, and are excited to bring you this master storyteller with an all new show!

Yes, he’s back on tour, and he will never stop again, because that’s clearly what caused all this trouble, oh, and he ate a bat.  Instead, in his new show ‘So…Where Were We?’ , Dara will hardly mention the last year and a half, because, Jesus, who wants to hear about that, but will instead fire out the usual mix of stories, one-liners, audience messing, and tripping over his words because he is talking too quickly, because he’s so giddy to be back in front of a crowd.

About Dara Ó Briain

Dara has made a name for himself as one of the most recognisable faces on British TV, as host of BBC Two’s long running hit panel show ‘ Mock The Week’ , ‘Stargazing Live’ , ‘ Robot Wars’ , Dave’s ‘Go8Bit’ and Comedy Central’s re-boot of the classic quiz show ‘ Blockbusters ’.

In 2022, Dara hosted Channel 4’s newest daytime quiz, ‘One & Six Zeros’ , where contestants compete to win a grand prize of £1,000,000.

Dara has previously released five classic stand-up DVDs with Universal Pictures (UK); ‘Crowd Tickler’ (2015), ‘Craic Dealer’ (2012),  ‘ This Is The Show’ (2010), ‘ Dara Ó Briain Talks Funny Live In London’ (2008) and ‘ Dara Ó Briain Live at the Theatre Royal’ (2006) – and 2018’s Voice of Reason filmed exclusively for the BBC.

Dara has also put pen to paper with the release of three best selling non-fiction children’s books all released by Scholastic UK:  Beyond The Sky: You and the Universe’ (2017), ‘ Secret Science: The Amazing World Beyond Your Eyes’ (2018), and most recently in October 2020 , ‘Is There Anybody Out There?’

In January 2023, Dara won the Best Tour award for ‘ So… Where Were We?’ at the Chortle Comedy Awards

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Dara Ó Briain says comedy show exposes the 'light and dark' of finding birth family as he wraps up tour in the US

The Co Wicklow comedian will perform in New York, Chicago, Washington DC, and Boston in January and February

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Dara Ó Briain says his comedy show exposes the "light and dark" of finding his birth family as he looks to rap up his two-year-long tour in the US. The Co Wicklow comedian will take the So… Where Were We? tour to New York City on January 26 before heading to Chicago January 30, Washington DC on February 2 and Boston on February 5.

The 51-year-old was inspired to search for his birth mother after watching the 2013 Oscar-nominated film Philomena, based on the true story of Irishwoman Philomena Lee, played by Judi Dench , and her 50-year search for the son she was forced to give up for adoption. The London-based comic met his biological mother in Dublin in 2020.

The experience led Ó Briain to pen material about uncovering his family history - his extended birth family includes sisters and a brother - which he reveals has prompted audience members to share their own adoption stories with him. Dara told IrishStar.com : "The show touches on a big family story which has been interesting to tell. It's a confessional and sincere account of finding your roots, and the dark and light moments that come with that.

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"The subject matter is universal and timeless. People, mainly men my own age, often come up to me at the stage door to say the show has inspired them to search for their birth family before they're too old, which is touching."

Irish adoptees had no automatic right to see their own birth certificates or to know their biological parents' identities until October 2022 when The Birth Information and Tracing Act was introduced. The Irish law was created to end the secrecy in Ireland's 70-year-old adoption system and give adoptees the right to access birth records.

Dara went on: "At the time I was searching for my birth family, the laws in Ireland were very restricted. There were bureaucratic interventions, doors were shut and information was redacted. Now, the funny thing is you can do the entire search in 10 minutes. You spit in a cup and six weeks later, the information appears on an app on your phone.

"I'm occasionally aware I talk about my birth family more than I talk to them. I'm banging on about them during the show then I think to myself, 'I haven't seem them in a while, I must give them a call!'"

The father-of-three last performed in the US just three days before the Covid lockdown . Despite his many jaunts across the Atlantic, the author and TV presenter, who has performed comedy shows all over the world and hosted topical panel shows like Mock the Week and The Apprentice: You're Fired! said performing in the States is "disorientating" but "weirdly liberating" as everything he's done in his career so far "counts for nothing" in the US.

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"I still get very nervous about performing in these US venues," Dara continued. " US audiences all different to all others . It's like there is a glass dome over America. It's so referential and enclosed so for stuff that occurs outside of it to get in is incredibly rare. It's a tougher sell. I have to go door to door like a salesman to get people to my shows.

"Unless you're a comedy nerd, no one knows what Mock the Week is and it's not like I can go on Joe Rogan's podcast to promote myself. The American comedy world is amazingly oblivious. People think I'm an open spot when I've been doing comedy for 30 years. It's fun that no one has seen anything I've done, though.

"I walk out at comedy clubs in the US completely unknown with 20 hours of material. None of us at this age are trying to break America. It's a bucket list thing to do. I come to the US to relive my career to a certain extent."

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Dara will spend the rest of the year writing a new show but will return to the US on April 8 for a Channel 5 documentary about the sun. The expedition will take him to Dallas, Texas to view a special vertical eclipse.

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This St Patrick’s Day weekend, join the star of Mock The Week and Stargazing Live DARA Ó BRIAIN as he hosts a very special line-up of Irish comedians.

Joining Dara will be the award-winning comedian, actress, and host of her own talk-show DEIRDRE O’KANE, Live At The Apollo and I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here favourite ANDREW MAXWELL, and star of Father Ted, Death In Paradise and My Hero, ARDAL O’HANLON.

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Komsomolskaya metro station looks like a museum. It has vaulted ceilings and baroque decor.

Hidden underground, in the heart of Moscow, are historical and architectural treasures of Russia. These are Soviet-era creations – the metro stations of Moscow.

Our guide Maria introduced these elaborate metro stations as “the palaces for the people.” Built between 1937 and 1955, each station holds its own history and stories. Stalin had the idea of building beautiful underground spaces that the masses could enjoy. They would look like museums, art centers, concert halls, palaces and churches. Each would have a different theme. None would be alike.

The two-hour private tour was with a former Intourist tour guide named Maria. Maria lived in Moscow all her life and through the communist era of 60s to 90s. She has been a tour guide for more than 30 years. Being in her 60s, she moved rather quickly for her age. We traveled and crammed with Maria and other Muscovites on the metro to visit 10 different metro stations.

Arrow showing the direction of metro line 1 and 2

Moscow subways are very clean

To Maria, every street, metro and building told a story. I couldn’t keep up with her stories. I don’t remember most of what she said because I was just thrilled being in Moscow.   Added to that, she spilled out so many Russian words and names, which to one who can’t read Cyrillic, sounded so foreign and could be easily forgotten.

The metro tour was the first part of our all day tour of Moscow with Maria. Here are the stations we visited:

1. Komsomolskaya Metro Station  is the most beautiful of them all. Painted yellow and decorated with chandeliers, gold leaves and semi precious stones, the station looks like a stately museum. And possibly decorated like a palace. I saw Komsomolskaya first, before the rest of the stations upon arrival in Moscow by train from St. Petersburg.

2. Revolution Square Metro Station (Ploshchad Revolyutsii) has marble arches and 72 bronze sculptures designed by Alexey Dushkin. The marble arches are flanked by the bronze sculptures. If you look closely you will see passersby touching the bronze dog's nose. Legend has it that good luck comes to those who touch the dog's nose.

Touch the dog's nose for good luck. At the Revolution Square station

Revolution Square Metro Station

3. Arbatskaya Metro Station served as a shelter during the Soviet-era. It is one of the largest and the deepest metro stations in Moscow.

Arbatskaya Metro Station

4. Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station was built in 1935 and named after the Russian State Library. It is located near the library and has a big mosaic portrait of Lenin and yellow ceramic tiles on the track walls.

Lenin's portrait at the Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station

5. Kievskaya Metro Station was one of the first to be completed in Moscow. Named after the capital city of Ukraine by Kiev-born, Nikita Khruschev, Stalin's successor.

Kievskaya Metro Station

6. Novoslobodskaya Metro Station  was built in 1952. It has 32 stained glass murals with brass borders.

Novoslobodskaya metro station

7. Kurskaya Metro Station was one of the first few to be built in Moscow in 1938. It has ceiling panels and artwork showing Soviet leadership, Soviet lifestyle and political power. It has a dome with patriotic slogans decorated with red stars representing the Soviet's World War II Hall of Fame. Kurskaya Metro Station is a must-visit station in Moscow.

Ceiling panel and artworks at Kurskaya Metro Station

8. Mayakovskaya Metro Station built in 1938. It was named after Russian poet Vladmir Mayakovsky. This is one of the most beautiful metro stations in the world with 34 mosaics painted by Alexander Deyneka.

Mayakovskaya station

One of the over 30 ceiling mosaics in Mayakovskaya metro station

9. Belorusskaya Metro Station is named after the people of Belarus. In the picture below, there are statues of 3 members of the Partisan Resistance in Belarus during World War II. The statues were sculpted by Sergei Orlov, S. Rabinovich and I. Slonim.

10. Teatralnaya Metro Station (Theatre Metro Station) is located near the Bolshoi Theatre.

Teatralnaya Metro Station decorated with porcelain figures .

Taking the metro's escalator at the end of the tour with Maria the tour guide.

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January 15, 2017 at 8:17 am

An excellent read! Thanks for much for sharing the Russian metro system with us. We're heading to Moscow in April and exploring the metro stations were on our list and after reading your post, I'm even more excited to go visit them. Thanks again 🙂

December 6, 2017 at 10:45 pm

Hi, do you remember which tour company you contacted for this tour?

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Moscow metro private tours.

• 2-hour tour $87:  10 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with hotel pick-up and drop-off
• 3-hour tour $137:  20 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with Russian lunch in beautifully-decorated Metro Diner + hotel pick-up and drop off. 
• Metro pass is included in the price of both tours.

Highlight of Metro Tour

• Visit 10 must-see stations of Moscow metro on 2-hr tour and 20 Metro stations on 3-hr tour, including grand Komsomolskaya station with its distinctive Baroque décor, aristocratic Mayakovskaya station with Soviet mosaics, legendary Revolution Square station with 72 bronze sculptures and more!
• Explore Museum of Moscow Metro and learn a ton of technical and historical facts;
• Listen to the secrets about the Metro-2, a secret line supposedly used by the government and KGB;
• Experience a selection of most striking features of Moscow Metro hidden from most tourists and even locals;
• Discover the underground treasure of Russian Soviet past – from mosaics to bronzes, paintings, marble arches, stained glass and even paleontological elements;
• Learn fun stories and myths about Coffee Ring, Zodiac signs of Moscow Metro and more;
• Admire Soviet-era architecture of pre- and post- World War II perious;
• Enjoy panoramic views of Sparrow Hills from Luzhniki Metro Bridge – MetroMost, the only station of Moscow Metro located over water and the highest station above ground level;
• If lucky, catch a unique «Aquarelle Train» – a wheeled picture gallery, brightly painted with images of peony, chrysanthemums, daisies, sunflowers and each car unit is unique;
• Become an expert at navigating the legendary Moscow Metro system;
• Have fun time with a very friendly local;
• + Atmospheric Metro lunch in Moscow’s the only Metro Diner (included in a 3-hr tour)

Hotel Pick-up

Metro stations:.

Komsomolskaya

Novoslobodskaya

Prospekt Mira

Belorusskaya

Mayakovskaya

Novokuznetskaya

Revolution Square

Sparrow Hills

+ for 3-hour tour

Victory Park

Slavic Boulevard

Vystavochnaya

Dostoevskaya

Elektrozavodskaya

Partizanskaya

Museum of Moscow Metro

• Drop-off  at your hotel, Novodevichy Convent, Sparrow Hills or any place you wish
• + Russian lunch  in Metro Diner with artistic metro-style interior for 3-hour tour

Fun facts from our Moscow Metro Tours:

From the very first days of its existence, the Moscow Metro was the object of civil defense, used as a bomb shelter, and designed as a defense for a possible attack on the Soviet Union.

At a depth of 50 to 120 meters lies the second, the coded system of Metro-2 of Moscow subway, which is equipped with everything you need, from food storage to the nuclear button.

According to some sources, the total length of Metro-2 reaches over 150 kilometers.

The Museum was opened on Sportivnaya metro station on November 6, 1967. It features the most interesting models of trains and stations.

Coffee Ring

The first scheme of Moscow Metro looked like a bunch of separate lines. Listen to a myth about Joseph Stalin and the main brown line of Moscow Metro.

Zodiac Metro

According to some astrologers, each of the 12 stops of the Moscow Ring Line corresponds to a particular sign of the zodiac and divides the city into astrological sector.

Astrologers believe that being in a particular zadiac sector of Moscow for a long time, you attract certain energy and events into your life.

Paleontological finds 

Red marble walls of some of the Metro stations hide in themselves petrified inhabitants of ancient seas. Try and find some!

• Every day each car in  Moscow metro passes  more than 600 km, which is the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
• Moscow subway system is the  5th in the intensity  of use (after the subways of Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai).
• The interval in the movement of trains in rush hour is  90 seconds .

What you get:

• + A friend in Moscow.
• + Private & customized Moscow tour.
• + An exciting pastime, not just boring history lessons.
• + An authentic experience of local life.
• + Flexibility during the walking tour: changes can be made at any time to suit individual preferences.
• + Amazing deals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the very best cafes & restaurants. Discounts on weekdays (Mon-Fri).
• + A photo session amongst spectacular Moscow scenery that can be treasured for a lifetime.
• + Good value for souvenirs, taxis, and hotels.
• + Expert advice on what to do, where to go, and how to make the most of your time in Moscow.

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