SEAGULL (CHAIKA) POOL

Address: 1/3 Turchaninov pereulok (Metro Park Kultury). Phone: +7 (495) 246-13-44.

Opening time: 7.00-22.00 (7 am-10pm) Mon-Sun.

Cover fee: US$4 per hour, additional US$4 for the mandatory medical examination (unless you have procured a medical certificate earlier).

Notes: Large public swimming pool. Gays are frequent visitors here.

OLYMPIC (OLYMPYISKY) POOL

Address: bldg. 2, 16 Olympyisky prospekt (Metro Prospekt Mira). Phone: +7 (495) 288-13-33, 288-83-33.

Opening time: 7.00-22.00 (7 am-10 pm) Mon-Sun.

Cover fee: US$4 per hour, additional charges for the mandatory medical examination may apply (unless you have procured a medical certificate earlier).

Notes: Large Olympic-type swimming pool. Not a gay place, although gays come often.

LUZHNIKI POOL

Address: 24 Luzhenetskaya naberezhnaya (Metro Sportivnaya). Phone: +7 (495) 201-07-64, 201-07-95. Medical examination: +7 (495) 201-14-56.

Opening time: 8.30-19.00 (8.30 am-7 pm) Mon-Fri, 8.30-18.00 (8.30 am-6 pm)Sat, 10.00-16.00 (10 am-4 pm) Sun.

Cover fee: US$2 per hour, additional charges for a medical certificate may apply Notes: Public swimming pool in the Luzhniki sport facility center. Gays come here to watch young and cute swimmers.

LEBYAJKA GAY BEACH

Getting there: Metro Shchukinskaya, take the exit from the first car of the train, turn right in the underground passage. Take any bus and get off at the Stroginsky brigde. Cross the bridge and take the left spiral staircase in the middle of the bridge downstairs. Then go straight ahead along the waterline for about 15 minutes. Go past the boat rental station. When you see the fence made from a metallic net, take the path along the fence and after the end of the fence continue straight to the waterfront. Turn right and again follow the waterline. The gay beach is the last in a row of sandy spots sheltered by bushes and trees. Map >>

Notes: Very popular summer hang-out. Feel free to cruise, to swim and tan in the nude. Sex action is going in the neighbouring bushes.

SEREBRYANY BOR I NUDE BEACH

Getting there: Metro Polezhayevskaya. Take trolleybuses 20, 21, 65, 86 or a shuttle bus to the end stop. On foot follow the concrete way until you reach the waterfront, then turn right and go along the water. The right wing of the nude beach is gay.

Notes: This beach is not exclusively gay, it also doubles as a straight nude beach. The best cruising area is the neighbouring forest.