Izmailovo Park in Moscow

Izmailovsky Park of Culture and Recreation is one of the most environmentally friendly parks in Europe, a monument of landscape art, a specially protected natural area. It is located on 310 hectares of natural forest within the city. Its main advantages are a rich flora and fauna, clean air, accessible and diverse entertainment for visitors of any age.

This territory has a rich history, rooted in the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich. In the 17th century in the estate of the king were broken wonderful "Wonderful gardens" in the Italian style, built special "amusement" buildings - decorative "terem" with guilds, which were complemented by landscape paintings. In the park there was one of the largest menagerie in Europe, which served for the royal fun. It contained lions, tigers, leopards, lynxes, monkeys, outlandish birds.

The Park of Culture and Recreation was established in 1931, and until 1961 bore the name of Stalin. Among the attractions are the oldest in Moscow Big Ferris Wheel, Courage Square - open-air museum of military equipment, Round Pond of the XVII century and Musical gazebo.

Central part of Izmailovsky Park at the services of visitors: spacious eco-parking; 5 tennis courts with all necessary equipment, showers and changing rooms; three rental points; A round pond with a boat station; a beam-and-arbow shooting range; an amusement platform “Crumb”; a multi-platform for playing “Iistok”, “Novus”, “Kornhol” and several venues for major events.

There are a large number of sports grounds in the park. The largest and most popular area for outdoor activities is located in the Central part of the park, between the amusement platform “Crumb” and the chess and checker pavilion. In the immediate vicinity there is a site of simulators and a site Workout. 4 additional sites with simulators are located along the so-called health trail and two more in the park near the highway Enthusiasts, and the sites Workout - at the pavilion for playing "Isstock", and not far from the Square of Courage.

In the Central part of the park, just behind the rink "Silver Ice" there are 2 courts for playing volleyball, and one for basketball, streetball and badminton. You can play basketball and volleyball in the park near the highway Enthusiasts.

In the park there are two platforms for playing mini-football: one is in the park near the highway Enthusiasts, the other is near the pavilion for playing "Icestock": the court is equipped with additional sides and in winter is a hockey box.