Anyone been to Moscow lately?
Jul 15, 2010, 1:41 pm
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/15/fa...5sex.html?_r=1
Didn't have a chance to read the article, but it looked somewhat applicable.
Didn't have a chance to read the article, but it looked somewhat applicable.
Jul 22, 2010, 9:02 am
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It's mostly at nights when we walked around town. I had that feeling. We got on a cab to go to three monkeys and we pointed out on the map to go to the metro station nearby. The cab driver took us out of town and kept driving so I freaked out and asked him where we were going. Apparently he misunderstood and he ended up yelled at us. So that was scary! 
Jul 25, 2010, 1:02 pm
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I had a great time in Moscow on business and on leisure. Arrrived early Saturday morning (flight scheduled and not my choice). However, I did pre-arrange with about a week's notice for a gay travel guide (with his own car shuttle me around) I found over the internet.
It was great as the travel firm had a few standard tours and I asked for a couple of modification for my interest so it was really a customised tour. The day tours were standard tourist sights (I did two day tours). The night one was a quick whizz of Moscow's night lights follows by a visit to a cafe, bar (with drag acts still big in Moscow) and a disco (which I declined to go to bed).
Best way to get the most out of Moscow (both tourist and gay bits)
It was great as the travel firm had a few standard tours and I asked for a couple of modification for my interest so it was really a customised tour. The day tours were standard tourist sights (I did two day tours). The night one was a quick whizz of Moscow's night lights follows by a visit to a cafe, bar (with drag acts still big in Moscow) and a disco (which I declined to go to bed).
Best way to get the most out of Moscow (both tourist and gay bits)
Sep 7, 2010, 8:53 am
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Can anyone recommend any nice bars in Moscow (not necessarily gay, casual yet not clubby -- unless you mean gentlemen's club rather than scantily clad women clubby -- and certainly no Russian-style velvet rope "face control")?
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Sep 11, 2010, 7:54 am
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Both O2(on top of the Ritz) and GQ are cool mainstream places, with gay clientele.
If you wanted exclusively gay, you have several options, including "Numbers 911" (a bar which becomes a club, just off Tverskaya Street) and Body & Soul (harder to get to if you don't speak Russian, so take a cab).
Enjoy!
If you wanted exclusively gay, you have several options, including "Numbers 911" (a bar which becomes a club, just off Tverskaya Street) and Body & Soul (harder to get to if you don't speak Russian, so take a cab).
Enjoy!
Sep 11, 2010, 10:11 am
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I'm travelling with my sister as well as my partner, so exclusively gay is out this time. Thanks for these recommendations. I'll try both the O2 and GQ.
Sep 12, 2010, 10:48 am
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http://strelkainstitute.com/en/projects/bar/
I would also check out Mayak on Bol. Nikitskaya. Fun area, great place.