The tour begins at the Western end of this famous street (Metro station Smolenskaya) and we meet in front of McDonald's. Cold but sunny, we start into Dieneshni Street and see the backside of one of Stalin's 7 sisters (the skyscrapers he started to build in September 1947). This one is the ministry of external affairs.
Number 51 was one of the first apartment buildings (for rental).
The famous round house built by Melnikov cannot be accessed by the Arbat anymore. The access that we found is via Plotnikov 14 and Krivoarbatski 12.
The statue of Pushkin and his wife stands opposite the house number 42, where they spent the first three months of their marriage.
On the corner with Nikolo Pisoksi stands a wall decorated by graffitti artists and dedicated to the singer Victor Tsoi.
On house number 35, a knight in armour guards the walls.
Just before arriving at the hotel Prague and the metro station Arbatskaya, take a left to go to the parallel street (Novi Arbat) and here you can see Moscow's biggest book store across the street (Moskovski Dom kKigi).
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