River cruises along the Moscow River are a great leisure activity that is very popular with Muscovites and guests of the capital in the warm weather. The main navigation in Moscow opens in the middle of April and lasts until early November. In addition, there are winter river cruises in the capital, so the yachts of the Radisson Royal fleet cruise along the Moscow River all year round, and in winter there are also boat cruises on Maestro and Rio.

The routes of river cruises along the Moscow River are interesting and diverse. Five or seven years ago, there was only the central line from the Kiev railway station to the Novospassky bridge, as well as trips from the River station to the Moscow region and trips to Kolomenskoye and Strogino. In recent years, dozens of new routes for boats have appeared and a small or long cruise can be made from almost every pier in Moscow.

In the north, on the Khimki reservoir, the cruises start from the Northern River Station. There are both long cruises to the beaches of the Moscow reservoirs (Klyazminsky and Pestovo) and short hour trips. You can also go on a cruise from the pier of Northern Tushino, which is located on the opposite shore of the River station. Passenger boats named Moscow operate on the routes, and until 2015 the famous Raketa boats, high-speed hydrofoil boats developed by Rostislav Alekseev back in the 1950s, operated on the Moscow Canal. Unfortunately, nowadays tours on Raketa boats are no longer available.

In the water area between the eighth and ninth locks of the Moscow Canal, several lines are operating from the piers of Trinity-Lykovo, Strogino (Isakovsky Street) and Serebryany Bor-2. These are the most picturesque lines within the city limits. The main routes are the World Cruise around Serebryany Bor, the route from Troitsa-Lykovo to Strogino and back, and the three-hour Scenic North-West route, which covers the entire water area from the 9th lock to the beginning of the Moscow River navigation passage in the Myakinino district. On these routes, comfortable Moskvich motorboats operate under the direct control of our shipping company, Rivertickets.

Below the eighth lock of the Moscow Canal, the central water area of the city begins. The first pier where the trips start is the Fili pier, from where trips to the Moscow International Business Center Moscow City and the Bagration Bridge take place on weekends. Trips are conducted on a comfortable motorboat such as Moskvich, the famous river tram. Upstream, there are two more piers, Kuntsevo and Krylatskoye, but they have not been used for regular tours since the beginning of the 1990s because the riverbed of the Moscow River in this place does not undergo cleaning, and shipping in this area is difficult.

In the center of Moscow, cruisers depart from almost every pier. From numerous piers located on the Krasnopresnenskaya quay near the complex of Moscow-City skyscrapers (Moskva-City pier, Bagration Bridge, International Exhibition), boats of various shipping companies go to the center of Moscow, to Gorky Park, and the Kremlin. For almost all the trips of these companies, you can purchase electronic tickets with lunch or dinner included in the cost of a trip. In 2017, opposite the Krasnopresnenskaya quay, the Quay of Taras Shevchenko pier was put into operation, from where the boats Maestro and Riviera leave for long trips.

The yachts-restaurants of the Radisson Royal fleet depart from the Hotel Ukraina pier all year round. The second route of this company starts at the Park of Culture and goes all the way to the Moscow International Business Center Moscow-City.

A number of cruise boats depart from the Kievsky Station pier: the central line of the Capital Shipping Company to the Novospassky Bridge, the boats-restaurants River Palace and River Lounge, the yacht Palma De Sochi.