I went on a tour of Pashkov’s house - I was disappointed to the core. The guide talks about some nonsense from Wikipedia for an hour, standing on the street in front of Pashkov’s house, and then the group is taken on a standard tour of the Russian State Library (of which Pashkov’s house is a part). This excursion costs 900 rubles and can be purchased directly on the library website. And the remaining 1,100 rubles to “Moscow through the eyes of an engineer” are simply not worth paying for. The name of the excursion “Avant-garde of the Age of Enlightenment” is just a name: not a word about any architecture or any unique engineering solutions. The guide's microphone was constantly turned off, which is why she simply could not be heard on the noisy Mokhovaya and Znamenka streets. In general, I would like a refund minus the cost of the RSL excursion - their guide did an excellent job.

We bought tickets for an excursion to the Central Telegraph. After a certain number of days, you receive a notification that the excursion is cancelled. They offer to either take the money or choose another excursion. Well, OK. We are choosing an excursion to the House on the Embankment for October 27th. The day before you receive a notification that the excursion is postponed to 12:00 on November 2. Well, I think it’s unpleasant, of course, because all the plans for Sunday are down the drain. Yes, okay, so be it. And late in the evening I suddenly find a reminder in my mail that the excursion will take place on October 27th. Accordingly, on the morning of the 27th I start calling their office phone to find out which of the two notifications to believe. I have difficulty dialing, not the first time. The employee says that the excursion has been postponed to November 2, and the reminder about October 27 is an automatic reminder mailing, saying that it happens, they forgot to turn it off. Well, ok, because somehow a new life schedule for this day has already been drawn up, which does not include the excursion for October 27th. And then, an hour and a half before the start of the excursion that was canceled on October 27, the employees of this unfortunate office called and, as if nothing had happened, reminded that the excursion would take place today at 14:00. I'm starting to figure it out. At first they say that the transfer is some kind of glitch. Then they abruptly change the version - this is, they say, a notification for another excursion. But what other excursion when there was only one?! I explain that this cannot be done, since all plans have already been changed, and we will no longer be able to go on any excursion in an hour and a half. As a result - weak attempts to apologize, an offer to provide another excursion for free as compensation (well, like, if we now give up everything on this one and run). They refused such a “generous” offer. As a result, we are waiting for a refund. I definitely rate this sharashka office as the most disgusting, with incompetent and deceitful staff. And I will never use their services again. I don't recommend it to others either.

We attended excursions with the company “through the eyes of an engineer” several times, two of which were in Moscow. In terms of interest and educational level, the Moscow ones (bakery factory and Lenin's library) lag far behind the St. Petersburg ones. But the crowning glory of the experience was the company’s attitude towards its visitors. The rules indicate that if you are late for an excursion, you can reschedule to a later time or another date (and this comment is not about a 12-hour warning, as they tried to convince us). Today it so happened that there was a transport collapse in the Moscow region (stuck trucks closed the main exits from the city), electric trains were very late on the road and it was also very difficult to get to them. We tried to explain this situation to the manager on duty by phone, but he refused to reschedule the excursion (for which we paid 8 thousand to give our friend a trip for her birthday!), despite the fact that the library always has a lot of free tickets for the excursion even today a real force majeure. By some miracle, we eventually managed to get to the train and were 20 minutes late (and we also had a pregnant girl with us, who was not advised to ride public transport). So keep in mind, if you have force majeure, this company doesn’t care about you, they only want your money. This is despite the fact that the excursions here are not the most interesting and there are many more interesting alternatives in Moscow for less money. We will not contact this company again and will dissuade all our acquaintances. Upd. The response and intonation of “Moscow through the eyes of an engineer” to the review only confirms their level of customer focus and the principle “they are only interested in money,” especially when the excursion is very expensive. Not all excursion visitors live in Moscow; we left the Moscow region in three hours and during this exact period the trucks got stuck. It was the first day! heavy snowfall. But Moscow, through the eyes of an engineer, responds only with veiled rudeness. It is written in the description of the excursion “call if you are late”, but no, they only write about 12 o’clock. Based on the attendance, it was obvious that the excursion could easily be rescheduled.

I went on an excursion to the Narkomfin house and to atypical residential buildings, I highly recommend both! Wonderful guides, passionate about Moscow architecture and knowing it down to the smallest detail. It will be interesting, even if you are “in the know” and know a lot about the city. I wish the project to grow and continue to delight us with new trips to our hometown)

Airat Bagautdinov and his team have designed and refined a great number of tours for architecture lovers, historians and the common tourist alike. If you have the chance, I warmly recommend to book his bicycle tour. A guided bicycle tour is a unique format connecting the pace of the city with the communicability of the bicycle. Thank you for the greatest tours! Looking forward to Shukhov-cycle-tours all over Russia!

We use the services of this travel project. Everyone is happy. We went on an excursion to the Kievsky railway station and saw ceramics on the buildings! Interesting, professional!

Airat (founder) and the team are great guys. They make excursions for city residents, not for foreigners. These are excursions for those who know the city in general, but want to understand how it happened, why these houses look this way and these look different, why the Shukhov Tower cannot be dismantled, and how to fall in love with shabby gray modernism.

It’s a great idea to rate the places you’ve visited.

Dmitry Kopysov is simply an amazing storyteller!! Two hours flew by like five minutes. The listeners were open-mouthed throughout the entire excursion. Thank you! (16.09.18 Dangauerovka)

I truly love this project. We had great pleasure on many outings in Moscow and even in St. Petersburg. We are always glad to have the opportunity to meet again.

We were surprised and delighted! Chic, modern, convenient service for reasonable money! Good luck

For a year now they have been freezing refunds for canceled excursions. Be careful with prepayments.

Come on an excursion to the School of Contemporary Play to catch the past: not just look into a vintage mirror and mentally catch the gaze of Maxim Gorky or Fyodor Chaliapin, but find yourself in the former Hermitage restaurant and, with the help of an erudite and artistic guide Victoria Frolkova, look for touches of genuine antiquity and skillfully distinguish them from copies. We were even lucky: we touched a fragment of a mosaic, most likely made by Mikhail Vrubel. But the immersion in the past with Victoria was gaining momentum: in the white columned hall we seemed to find nobles who ordered here “the same dinners that Olivier did in the mansions of the nobles. For these dinners, delicacies from abroad and the best wines with a certificate were also ordered, that this cognac is from the cellars of the palace of Louis XVI, and with the inscription “Trianon” (from Gilyarovsky). Watching others feast is always difficult. Therefore, the excursion agency “Moscow through the eyes of an engineer” prepared a pleasant treat for us - each excursionist tasted an original mocktail at the recently opened Soma restaurant. The path to the restaurant (former outbuildings of the Hermitage) went through the backstage - along those passages where spectators who come to the performances of the School of Contemporary Play do not get. Thank you, Victoria, your excursions are always exciting and informative!

(Translated by Google) Favorite excursion company (Original) Самая любимая экскурсионная компания

(Translated by Google) guys great fellows, all from the heart, I recommend (Original) ребята огромные молодцы, все от души, рекомендую

(Translated by Google) You can buy posters, books, book a tour of the city. Very nice guys (Original) Можно купить плакаты, книги, заказать экскурсию по городу. Очень приятные ребята

(Translated by Google) Cool (Original) Круто

(Translated by Google) Was on 24.02.19 at the lecture of Art Deco vs. Historicism. A wonderful lecturer, an interesting program and an amazing presentation of the material. (Original) Был 24.02.19 на лекции Ар деко vs. Историзм. Прекрасный лектор, интересная программа и изумительная подача материала.

(Translated by Google) Interesting excursions and material are skillfully served by the guide. I learned a lot about Moscow buildings, I am waiting for the expansion of the program and fresh topics. (Original) Интересные экскурсии и материал умело подается экскурсоводом. Много нового узнал о московских постройках, жду расширения программы и свежих тем.

(Translated by Google) Great team, very interesting excursions (Original) Отличная команда, очень интересные экскурсии

(Translated by Google) Excursion to the factory buildings with a rise to the roof. Irresponsible attitude towards people. Lost people on the roof by closing the door with a key. (Original) Экскурсия по фабричным корпусам с подъемом на крышу. Безответственное отношение к людям. Забыли людей на крыше, закрыв дверь на ключ.

(Translated by Google) Always unique interesting excursions, high-quality conduct (Original) Всегда уникальные интересные экскурсии, качественное проведение