🇷🇺✨ “Moscow on <$100: 2 Days of Icons, Metro Art & Cheap Eats”

#100usdchallenge 📍 Stay Netizen Hostel / Hostel Sputnik — dorms about $15/night. 2 nights = ~$30 🚇 Transport Buy a Troika card (refundable deposit ~$1). Metro/bus rides $0.70; a 90‑minute ticket lets you combine metro+bus for less. $5 for 2 days ⸻ 🏛 Day 1 — Red Square Classics & Free Views • Breakfast at a bakery: ~$3 • Red Square, GUM, St. Basil’s (outside), Lenin’s Mausoleum (free) — $0 • Zaryadye Park & Hovering Bridge — free skyline views • State Historical Museum — ~$6 (or skip to save) • Lunch in a stolovaya (canteen) — ~$4–5 • Moscow Metro “palaces” tour (Komsomolskaya, Mayakovskaya, Ploshchad Revolyutsii) — just your metro fare • Sparrow Hills viewpoint at sunset — free • Dinner at Teremok (blini + soup) — ~$6 Day 1 total: ~$20–22 ⸻ 🎨 Day 2 — Art, Parks & Arbat • Breakfast: coffee + pirozhok ~$3 • Tretyakov Gallery (Old Masters) — ~$7 • Cathedral of Christ the Savior — free • Gorky Park + Muzeon Sculpture Park — free, perfect for a picnic (~$5 from supermarket) • Old Arbat Street — free walk, street musicians, souvenirs (optional) • Dinner: budget Georgian (khachapuri + lemonade) ~$7–8 Day 2 total: ~$22–24 ⸻ ✅ 2-Day Grand Total (approx.) Stay $30 + Transport $5 + Food $25–28 + Attractions $6–7 = ~$66–70 — well under $100 ⸻ 💡 Trip Hack Use the Troika “90-minute” ticket to chain metro + bus/tram within 90 minutes for (roughly) the price of one extended ride — perfect for criss‑crossing huge distances cheaply. Pair it with free viewpoints (Zaryadye Hovering Bridge, Sparrow Hills) instead of pricey observation decks. ⸻ Quick Tips • Many top sights look amazing from the outside (free!). • Coffee standing at the bar is cheaper than sitting. • Carry a passport (sometimes needed for SIMs/tickets). • Plan long indoor stops (museums/metro) in winter; parks in summer. #BudgetCityBreak #WeekendGetaway #SoloSmartTravel #MoscowOnABudget #RedSquareViews #TroikaHack #MetroPalaces #ZaryadyePark #GorkyPark #BackpackingRussia #Under100Travel