Boat excursions offer a unique opportunity to view the city from a new angle: the Kremlin, Gorkiy Park, Luzhniki Stadium, the Vorobevy Hills, the beautiful embankments of the city can all be seen on a three-hour tour which costs about $6.
A two hour cruise on one of the boats on the Moscow River is truely a nice way to spend a hot summer day in Moscow. There is an open air top deck and an enclosed bottom deck with a snack bar. You can embark and disembark from any number of docks along the way.
Piers are located at: Moscow State University, Gorkiy Park (both sides of the river), Bolshoy Karmenyy Most (by the Estrada Theater opposite the Kremlin), Hotel Rossiya, Bolshoy Krasnoholmskiy Most and the Novospasskiy Monastery (monastery side). Hours: 10 a.m.- 8p.m. daily at 30 minute intervals.