Picnics, accompanied by cooking on coals, have become something of a national sport for Russians. Barbecue competitions are held in the warm season in almost every green zone of the capital, even where it is prohibited.

The site has selected 10 best picnic spots where you can have a barbecue legally and, most importantly, comfortably.

1

Kuzminsky forest park

Nearest metro stations: "Volzhskaya", "Kuzminki"

On the natural territory "Kuzminki-Lublino" there are four picnic towns where you can fry a shish kebab without breaking the law. In addition to freshly painted wooden tables and benches, all picnic spots have new barbecues and barrels for used coal, specially dug into the ground to prevent fires, large garbage containers and modules with bins for separate collection of waste.

In addition, stands with rules and a map of all towns are installed at each point.

For several years now Kuzminsky Park has been operating a paid service "Ordering a Picnic Point" for those who want to get a guaranteed place for a picnic. The cost of renting a brazier with skewers and a grill for three hours is 1950 rubles. The same is the cost of a three-hour rental of a set of furniture for six vacationers. You can also rent a tent for 5 thousand rubles for three hours.

If there is a desire to stay more than three hours and eat another portion of the barbecue, the payment will be more sparing: for each additional hour, you need to pay 10 percent of the total cost of equipment rental.

"A whole clearing with benches and tables"

Evgenia Fedorova

Muscovite

Kuzminki is a paradise for barbecues. There is a whole clearing with benches and tables. If there are no free free sitting places, you can rent chairs - 500 rubles for four pieces per day. Sheds are also available for rent.

And with ready-made food in a basket, you can land wherever your heart desires: on the shore of a pond, in a forest thicket, on a bench or a clearing.

2

Serebryany Bor

Nearest metro stations: Schukinskaya, Polezhaevskaya, Oktyabrskoye Pole

On the territory of Serebryany Bor, free picnic spots have been created, equipped with stationary barbecue grills, anti-vandal tables, benches and bins for collecting garbage.

"Piknikovaya Dolina" is located in the area of ​​the sand base and has 25 points. Between meals, vacationers can play table tennis on the equipped grounds, as well as volleyball, basketball and football. In addition, Serebryany Bor offers rental of bicycles and sports equipment.

3

Natural and historical park "Moskvoretsky"

Nearest metro stations: "Strogino", Myakinino"

The park includes 22 independent natural areas, including the Kirovskaya and Stroginskaya floodplains - favorite places for recreation of citizens on the banks of the Moscow River.

On the territory of the Kirov floodplain, 14 picnic spots are waiting for barbecue people, located in the area of ​​houses 2–6 along Isakovskogo Street. There are children's and sports grounds, including those with special cardio equipment for people suffering from heart disease.

In the Stroginskaya floodplain, three picnic spots have been opened on the Cape of Chisty Bay, as well as two spots near house number 1 on Odintsovskaya Street.

Visitors can enjoy a beautiful view of the water surface, see live pheasants by visiting the Pheasantry complex on Tvardovsky Street, and go in for sports on the designated area. Children will also have something to do: there are several playgrounds on the territory of the floodplain.

This year, 23 recreation areas and more than 300 picnic spots equipped with pavilions, barbecues, trash cans, benches, tables, as well as a fire safety system are operating in the capital's parks.

4

Biryulevsky arboretum

Nearest metro stations: Orekhovo, Tsaritsyno, Domodedovskaya

This arboretum is part of the natural and historical park "Tsaritsyno". There are nine places for cooking shish kebab and other dishes on fire on the territory. Each picnic spot consists of a shed, a table, two benches, a brazier and an urn and is designed for about 8-10 people. As for the address binding, the barbecue zones are located opposite houses 28–32 along Lipetskaya Street.

Barbecue people should be careful with fire - Biryulevsky arboretum ranks second among the capital's parks after the Botanical Garden in terms of the number of rare species of trees and shrubs.

Can I bring my own barbecue?

As the site was explained in the press service of the directorate of natural areas "Izmailovo" and "Kosinsky", you can use your barbecue in the territory of the natural and historical parks of the capital, but only in specially designated places. “If there are no free barbecues, you can use your own, but only in special picnic areas. That is, put your barbecue next to the official one, fry the barbecue and eat it anywhere,” the press service explained.

5

Landscape reserve "Troparevsky"

Nearest metro station: "Troparevo"

Picnic lovers in Troparevo this year are waiting for 20 equipped points. In the summer, visitors can enjoy a beach with changing rooms and showers, playgrounds and attractions, a stage where variety performances take place, and beach volleyball.

Boats and catamarans can be rented at the boat station. If during a walk in the Troparevsky forest you meet a muskrat, a marten or a trotter hare, do not be surprised: nine species of mammals and 93 species of birds live in this natural zone. There is also the Apothecary Garden, where 49 species of medicinal plants, including those listed in the Red Book, have been planted to date.

6

Natural and historical park "Izmailovo"

Nearest metro station: "Izmailovskaya"

This is not about the Izmailovsky Park of Culture and Leisure, where only "European" picnics with baskets and sandwiches are allowed. Nevertheless, visitors to the Izmailovo Natural and Historical Park, where 15 picnic spots are located this year, can always easily move to the territory of the neighboring PKIO and continue their recreation in a cultural way.

Izmailovsky forest is famous for its old broad-leaved forests - linden and oak groves. Here you can also enjoy the singing of dozens of bird species, including corncrake and thrush.

Picnic spots in Izmailovo are located in the Terletsky Forest Park at the corner of Metallurgov Street and Terletsky Proyezd, along the Main Alley on the banks of the Oleny Pond, as well as along 16th Parkovaya Street (between Izmailovsky Boulevard and Pervomaiskaya Street) and along Chechulin Street. All picnic spots have barbecues and large oak tables with benches.

7

Forest park "Kuskovo"

Nearest metro stations: "Perovo", "Novogireevo"

In the center of the forest park there is a round glade, from which eight walking alleys diverge in different directions. The park, unlike the Kuskovo estate, is open for free visits at any time of the day. Three picnic areas are equipped here.

Free points (two sites, each of which has five tables with benches and barbecues) are equipped along Dawn Alley Street in the northwestern part of the forest park. In the central part of the park behind the Bolshoi Palace Pond in a fenced area (3rd Museum Street, house 40) there are seven houses equipped with barbecues for family holidays. Renting a house costs 1000 rubles per hour.

In Kuskovo, lovers of botany will find a lot of interesting things for themselves: plants listed in the Red Book of Moscow grow in the forest park, including common leucanthemum, May lily of the valley and broad-leaved bluebell. More than ten lindens and oaks aged 200–250 years also grow here.

Stella Rybnikova, Muscovite

"One of the most interesting places for a picnic in the city is Kuskovo. This combination of beautiful nature and historical heritage is food for the mind and body."

8

Borisov Ponds

Nearest metro station: "Borisovo"

The park on the banks of the largest pond in Moscow was transformed several years ago into a landscaped recreation area with 19 pavilions with barbecues, 20 pavilions for quiet relaxation, football fields, ping-pong tables, children's and sports grounds and tennis courts.

Eco-parking for 750 places and a bike path were built here, as well as more than 500 benches were installed. At the same time, there are zones in the park that belong to specially protected natural areas: springs, streams and swamps. Plantings of fruit crops have been preserved here, as well as rare plants - walnut, hazel, and so on.

9

Mitinsky (Novogorsky) forest park

Nearest metro stations: "Pyatnitskoe shosse", "Mitino"

There are 11 picnic spots here. You should look for them in the forest from the Pyatnitskoye highway. Keep in mind that on "Yandex-maps" the Mitinsky forest park is designated as "Novogorsky".

Vacationers are waiting for old spruce forests interspersed with oaks and birches, as well as beautiful views of the Skhodnya River valley, which flows along the eastern outskirts of the forest park.

Not far from the forest park is the landscape park "Mitino". Those who wish can walk along the shore of the Penyaginsky Pond, which looks like a dog, relax on the mini-beach, ride a bike, play volleyball or work out on the gym. There are also ancient burial mounds on the territory of the landscape park, so this place is perfect for history buffs.

10

Natural and historical park "Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo"

Nearest metro stations: "Troparevo": "Voykovskaya", Shchukinskaya"

This huge park with an area of ​​237 hectares, located in the north-west of the capital, is very popular among lovers of quiet and relaxing outdoor recreation.

On the territory of the park there is the Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo noble estate of the same name, several ponds, a spring with the purest spring water. There are many pines, oaks and larches in the park and there is almost no annoying poplar fluff. There are seven picnic spots for barbecuers.

"Sunshine and Peace"

Svetlana Kirillina

Muscovite

If you want peace and quiet, and you live nearby - Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo. Near the ponds, as far as I remember, there are official places for barbecues, beautiful sunny meadows, and in the depths of the park there are also special gazebos (albeit without barbecues).

How much are fines for making fires in the wrong place?

It is forbidden to make a fire and use barbecues in all forest park areas of Moscow, with the exception of specially designated places. Violators face a fine of 3 to 5 thousand rubles.

Even if barbecue cooking is allowed, this does not mean that nearby trees can be used for firewood - only coal is allowed to be used as fuel, and a fine of 5 to 200 thousand rubles is provided for illegal logging.

In addition, you need to remember that the park is a public place, so you can’t drink alcohol here - a drunk bottle of beer can cost 300 rubles, and for addiction to stronger alcohol you will have to pay up to 700 rubles to the state. For garbage thrown in the wrong place, you will have to pay a fine of 500 rubles.