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Travel Sale Expo 2023 soars high in tourism scene debut

• BusinessMirror
• October 9, 2023
• 3 minute read

Mandaluyong City – Travelers planning on local and foreign trips now have one more annual event to look forward to, with the successful launch of the Travel Sale Expo, organized by the Global Tourism Business Association and One Klik Events Management.

The travel fair, happening from September 29 to October 1 at the SM Megatrade Hall, featured thematic tour packages and new offerings from travel agencies, tour operators, hotels, airlines, and other tourism groups. “This endeavor is a product started from falling in love and committed to the beauty of what I love to do, and that is promoting tourism to create a business that will bring jobs to many people that would help them to make a living,” Taylan said.

Some 200 booths and more than 100 exhibitors participated in the three-day event with around 60,000 foot traffic. Travel Sale Expo 2023 Chairperson Michelle Taylan led the opening of the event, with the goal of providing consumers with yet another option for their travel needs.

“[We are] here at the SM Megatrade Hall for the launch of something new – a passion project of mine that has been years in the making… All great things come from small beginnings and I am ultimately eager to see this project grow and prosper further,” said Taylan, a former PTAA President and now the President of the Global Tourism Business Association (GTBA).

The Department of Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco also supported the event and welcomed the organizers’ effort to promote travel in the Philippines, and boost tourism in general. Frasco, who was the event’s keynote speaker, said the recoup of the country’s tourism industry is attainable this year, regaining huge tourism sales made during the pre-pandemic stage in 2019, which was at 8.3 million tourists (including non-resident OFs), largely from Korea, China, the United States, Japan, and Taiwan.

These comprised 70 percent of the year’s tourist arrivals.Travel receipts reached $9.3 billion in 2019, up by 20.8 percent from the tourist receipts of $7.7 billion in 2018.

Frasco also outlined the programs and projects that are currently being implemented such as the establishment of Tourist Rest Areas across the country, the enhancement of airports and seaports,  and the incorporation of the Filipino brand piloted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2, as well as the provision of internet connection to at least 94 tourism destinations as part of the Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Tourism and the Department of Information and Communications Technology.

She also relayed projects in the pipeline such as the creation of a Tourist Lifecycle App, the establishment of a Tourist Call Center, and the anticipated signing of an agreement with the Department of National Defense and the Department of the Interior Labor and Government recognizing the necessity of ensuring peace and security in tourist sites.

The Travel Sale Expo now joins other travel trade shows mounted by other seasoned travel and tourism groups and associations in the country.

Taylan, who is no stranger to organizing travel fairs as a longtime professional in the field, is hoping to expand operations and the activity’s reach soon.

“…the work does not stop here. We are aiming to make things bigger – bigger deals, bigger venue, and bigger travel opportunities for everyone,” she said.

The Travel Sale Expo is co-presented by UnionBank, in partnership with the Tourism Congress of the Philippines, Israel Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines and the Global Tourism Business Association.

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Travel Sale Expo 2023: An unstoppable growth for travel

With much optimism, the tourism industry is riding high with more than 2 million international visitor arrivals recorded from January 1 to May 12, 2023. This latest data is most welcomed by the Department of Tourism (DOT) as it aims to surpass this year’s foreign tourist arrivals target of 4.8 million visitors by the end of the year. Thus, this is the most exciting and opportune time to kick off a new travel sale expo that aggressively pursues the growing demands of the traveling public.

The Travel Sale Expo 2023 recently had it grand launch at the Marco Polo Hotel with no less than the former PTAA President Michelle Taylan  at the helm as the Chairperson of the Travel Sale Expo 2023. Special guests are the ff: Mandaluyong Mayor Benjamin Abalos Sr.; Melany Sy and Vishal Kadian of Unionbank; , Hotel 101 Director of Sales & Marketing Gel Gomez; Malaysia Ambassador H.E. Abdul Malik Melvin Castelino; Egypt Ambassador H.E. Ahmed Shehabeldin; Israel Ambassador H.E. Ilan Flus; Qatar Ambassador H.E. Ahmed Saad N.A. Al-Homidi; Spanish Ambassador Miguel Utray Delgado; Vietnam Ambassador Huang Huy Chung; Czech Republic Charge de Affairs Mr. Dalibor Micka; Consul Ms. Ivone Gomes Embassy of Brazil; KTO Director Hyung Joon Kim; Romy Go of Guam Visitors Bureau; Malaysia Tourism Anna Oraiza T. Aban; OneKlik General Manager Raj Joshua Bangi; Megaworld’s Director of Sales & Marketing Cleo Albiso; TCP President Bob Zozobrado; Department of Tourism Undersecretary Ms. Myra Paz V. Abubakar; Starlux Country Manager James Huang; Airswift’s Fely Anne Salvador; Pam Navarro of United Airlines; Turkish Airline Joan Marie Pagdanganan; Cebu Pacific Angela Andrea C. Velez  and Donald J. Morris of Cathay Pacific Airways . Various National Tourism Organizations, Airlines, Hotels, Insurance, Theme parks and other guests from the travel and tourism sector were also be present.

The launching of the OneKlik’s Travel Sale Expo 2023 with the theme  “Travel Is On and It’s Unstoppable”  is very timely as the travel market is growing and the demand for travel-related products and services is at an all-time high. “I organized the Travel Sale Expo 2023 because I wanted to help promote tourism in the country by encouraging more people to travel. Now that the travel industry is picking up, I wanted to bring back the volume of tourism business during the pre-pandemic levels and even go beyond that”, said Ms. Michelle Taylan. 

On September 29, 2023, the Travel Sale Expo 2023, to be held at the Megatrade Halls in SM Megamall, in Ortigas, Mandaluyong City, will open its doors and present a wide array of travel-related products or services at huge discounts under one roof. 

As the Travel Sale Expo opens in a few months from now, it will have more offerings that will easily be made available to the traveling public.  Furthermore, access to this whole variety of travel services will be more frequent.  Before there were only a few travel expos that you can visit in a year but with the launching of the Travel Sale Expo 2023, special travel packages are now readily available almost the whole year round.  

This upcoming travel expo promises to be distinct from the rest, in terms of offering more value by welcoming more and varied stakeholders such as travel agencies, hotels, airlines, resorts, tour operators, travel insurance, and travel accessories retailers among others. Taylan shares, “We are doing the Travel Sale Expo a little different.  We are open to anybody who wants to join our expo. You don’t have to affiliate yourself with a specific travel association to qualify to join. As long as you are a stakeholder in the tourism industry (and a legitimate one), you can join us.  As a come on, we offer a hefty discount to possible exhibitors to make it easier for them to join.” 

The new Travel Sale Expo is certain to perk up the travel industry, Taylan believes “there’s enough room for everyone to participate and enough room for a healthy competition.” She adds, “Let me put it this way, the travel or tourism industry is a huge market and it is even expanding especially now that business is picking up. In the end, it is the traveling public who benefits from this thru more choices, more suppliers, and lower prices.”

Among the new offerings of the Travel Sale Expo 2023 includes thematic tour packages involving honeymoon packages, sports tourism, health and wellness themes, as well as travel tours in emerging local and international destinations. In addition, several amusement parks and museums will also be participating in the event. 

On the expo day, guests can expect a venue jampacked with activities that can enhance their experience like never before in a travel expo. There will be game shows, entertainment numbers like cultural shows from different local government units and presentations from participating schools.  Also, business conferences will be organized featuring the best speakers in the country. 

To add thrill and excitement for the public, a boatload of cash prizes and trips to local and international destinations are to be given away to lucky guests. On-the-spot gifts, gift checks, raffle prizes, and freebies will also be allotted to lucky visitors. And the most exciting part are the various travel fares and tour packages on sale that they can avail of during the three day expo event.

The Travel Sale Expo 2023 with a theme  “Travel is On and It’s Unstoppable”  is organized by OneKlik Events and Co-presented by Unionbank in partnership with Tourism Congress of the Philippines and Global Tourism Business Association.

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Travel Sale Expo 2023: An unstoppable growth for travel

WITH much optimism, the tourism industry is riding high with more than 2 million international visitor arrivals recorded from January 1 to May 12, 2023. This latest data is most welcomed by the Department of Tourism ( DOT ) as it aims to surpass this year’s foreign tourist arrivals target of 4.8 million visitors by the end of the year. Thus, this is the most exciting and opportune time to kick off a new travel sale expo that aggressively pursues the growing demands of the traveling public.

The Travel Sale Expo 2023 recently had it grand launch at the Marco Polo Hotel with no less than the former PTAA President Michelle Taylan at the helm as the Chairperson of the Travel Sale Expo 2023. Special guests are the ff: Mandaluyong Mayor Benjamin Abalos Sr.; Melany Sy and Vishal Kadian of Unionbank; , Hotel 101 Director of Sales & Marketing Gel Gomez; Malaysia Ambassador H.E. Abdul Malik Melvin Castelino; Egypt Ambassador H.E. Ahmed Shehabeldin; Israel Ambassador H.E. Ilan Flus; Qatar Ambassador H.E. Ahmed Saad N.A. Al-Homidi; Spanish Ambassador Miguel Utray Delgado; Vietnam Ambassador Huang Huy Chung; Czech Republic Charge de Affairs Mr. Dalibor Micka; Consul Ms. Ivone Gomes Embassy of Brazil; KTO Director Hyung Joon Kim; Romy Go of Guam Visitors Bureau; Malaysia Tourism Anna Oraiza T. Aban; OneKlik General Manager Raj Joshua Bangi; Megaworld’s Director of Sales & Marketing Cleo Albiso; TCP President Bob Zozobrado; Department of Tourism Undersecretary Ms. Myra Paz V. Abubakar; Starlux Country Manager James Huang; Airswift’s Fely Anne Salvador; Pam Navarro of United Airlines; Turkish Airline Joan Marie Pagdanganan; Cebu Pacific Angela Andrea C. Velez and Donald J. Morris of Cathay Pacific Airways . Various National Tourism Organizations, Airlines, Hotels, Insurance, Theme parks and other guests from the travel and tourism sector were also be present.

The launching of the OneKlik’s Travel Sale Expo 2023 with the theme “Travel Is On and It’s Unstoppable” is very timely as the travel market is growing and the demand for travel-related products and services is at an all-time high. “I organized the Travel Sale Expo 2023 because I wanted to help promote tourism in the country by encouraging more people to travel. Now that the travel industry is picking up, I wanted to bring back the volume of tourism business during the pre-pandemic levels and even go beyond that”, said Ms. Michelle Taylan.

On September 29, 2023, the Travel Sale Expo 2023, to be held at the Megatrade Halls in SM Megamall, in Ortigas, Mandaluyong City, will open its doors and present a wide array of travel-related products or services at huge discounts under one roof.

As the Travel Sale Expo opens in a few months from now, it will have more offerings that will easily be made available to the traveling public. Furthermore, access to this whole variety of travel services will be more frequent. Before there were only a few travel expos that you can visit in a year but with the launching of the Travel Sale Expo 2023, special travel packages are now readily available almost the whole year round.

This upcoming travel expo promises to be distinct from the rest, in terms of offering more value by welcoming more and varied stakeholders such as travel agencies, hotels, airlines, resorts, tour operators, travel insurance, and travel accessories retailers among others. Taylan shares, “We are doing the Travel Sale Expo a little different. We are open to anybody who wants to join our expo. You don’t have to affiliate yourself with a specific travel association to qualify to join. As long as you are a stakeholder in the tourism industry (and a legitimate one), you can join us. As a come on, we offer a hefty discount to possible exhibitors to make it easier for them to join.”

The new Travel Sale Expo is certain to perk up the travel industry, Taylan believes “there’s enough room for everyone to participate and enough room for a healthy competition.” She adds, “Let me put it this way, the travel or tourism industry is a huge market and it is even expanding especially now that business is picking up. In the end, it is the traveling public who benefits from this thru more choices, more suppliers, and lower prices.”

Among the new offerings of the Travel Sale Expo 2023 includes thematic tour packages involving honeymoon packages, sports tourism, health and wellness themes, as well as travel tours in emerging local and international destinations. In addition, several amusement parks and museums will also be participating in the event.

On the expo day, guests can expect a venue jampacked with activities that can enhance their experience like never before in a travel expo. There will be game shows, entertainment numbers like cultural shows from different local government units and presentations from participating schools. Also, business conferences will be organized featuring the best speakers in the country.

To add thrill and excitement for the public, a boatload of cash prizes and trips to local and international destinations are to be given away to lucky guests. On-the-spot gifts, gift checks, raffle prizes, and freebies will also be allotted to lucky visitors. And the most exciting part are the various travel fares and tour packages on sale that they can avail of during the three day expo event.

The Travel Sale Expo 2023 with a theme “Travel is On and It’s Unstoppable” is organized by OneKlik Events and Co-presented by Unionbank in partnership with Tourism Congress of the Philippines and Global Tourism Business Association.

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UnionBank signs up as co-presentor for Travel Sale Expo 2023

One Klik Events recently signed a partnership agreement with Union Bank of the Philippines as co-presentor for the Travel Sale Expo 2023 scheduled on Sept. 29, 2023 to Oct. 1, 2023 at the Megatrade Hall, SM Megamall. One Klik Events is the organizer of Travel Sale Expo 2023.

The Travel Sale Expo 2023 will host about 150 exhibitors from the different stakeholders of the travel industry like travel agencies, airlines, hotels, resorts, tour operators, cruise liners, tour operators, travel insurance, amusement parks, museums and retailers of travel-related products. They will have the opportunity to showcase their various travel services to the public at special and discounted rates.

At the Travel Sale Expo 2023, Union Bank of the Philippines will provide the financial support needed at the travel event. “We at UnionBank are very excited to co-present the first-ever Travel Sale Expo 2023 by One Klik Events. So we will see you on Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 at the Megatrade Hall, SM Megamall,” Mellany Sy, senior vice-president-Cards Portfolio Usage head, Union Bank of the Philippines, explained.

Travel Sale Expo 2023 can be a good venue in promoting event sponsor’s services. “We are very honored that Union Bank of the Philippines can join us in this event and hope we can work together in making Travel Sale Expo 2023 a success,” Michelle Taylan, Travel Sale Expo 2023 chairperson, said.

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Embassy of Egypt and PAL joins Travel Sale Expo 2023

One Klik Events recently had a contract signing with the Embassy of Egypt and Philippine Airlines for its participation in the Travel Sale Expo 2023. The event is scheduled on September 29, 2023 to October 1, 2023 at the Megatrade Hall, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City. One Klik Events is the organizer of Travel Sale Expo 2023 which is co-presented by Unionbank. 

The Travel Sale Expo 2023 will host about 150 exhibitors from the different stakeholders of the travel industry like travel agencies, airlines, hotel, resorts, tour operators, cruise liners, tour operators, travel insurance, amusement parks, museums and retailers of travel-related products. They will be given the opportunity to showcase their various travel services to the public at special and discounted rates. At the Travel Sale Expo 2023, the Embassy of Egypt will have the chance to promote its rich historical and cultural heritage plus its numerous popular tourist sites. “We are honored to be part of the Travel Sale Expo 2023 and hope that we can encourage more Filipinos to visit Egypt”, said H.E. Ambassador Ahmed Shehabeldin of Embassy of Egypt Likewise, Philippine Airlines will have the opportunity to promote its current services and new flight destinations at the Travel Sale Expo 2023. “ We were very thankful that we were invited to join the Travel Sale Expo 2023 and given the chance to promote our services”, Ms. Marissa Dimaano, AVP-Passenger Sales, PAL has explained.

The preparation for the Travel Sale Expo 2023 is right on track. “We are very grateful for the Ambassador of Embassy of Egypt and Philippine Airline for joining us in this event and we look forward to are more enduring partnership”, Ms. Michelle Taylan said. 

Photo above shows (L-R) H.E. Ambassador Ahmed Shehabeldin of Embassy of Egypt; Ms. Michelle Taylan, Chairperson, Travel Sale Expo 2023; Ms. Marissa Dimaano, AVP-Passenger Sales, PAL during the contract signing.

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Travel Sale Expo 2023 All Set to Open on Sept. 29, 2023

Bravo Filipino  | Travel Sale Expo 2023 All Set to Open on Sept. 29, 2023 | Organizers of The Travel Sale Expo 2023 has shifted into high gear the preparations for a successful opening on September 29, 2023. One Klik Events, the organizer of Travel Sale Expo 2023 is leaving no stone unturned to ensure a grand and unforgettable 3-day travel sale expo.  

For the exhibit area, it is almost 100% full despite having one more month to go. Organizers are excited that come opening day, they can welcome guests and visitors to a full house.  This guarantees the public that they have more than enough exhibitors that will offer a wide range of choices on travel services, special package tours and budget travel fares. 

The Travel Sale Expo 2023 is organized by seasoned practitioners in the travel industry.  They have decades of experience working in different sectors of travel industry and most importantly they have successfully managed several travel expos in the past.  Thus, it is no surprise they readily got the support of several stakeholders in the tourism industry such as Union Bank of the Philippines, Hotel 101, United Airlines,  Airswift, Philippine Airlines, Guam Visitors Bureau, Tourism Malaysia, Indochina Unique Tourist-Vietnam, BSL International, Philippine Amusement Entertainment & Corporation (PAEC) Tourism Congress of the Philippines (TCP), Global Tourism  Business Association (GTBA), Israel Ministry of Tourism, Israeli Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ICCP), Travelution, Converge ICT Solutions Inc., Uniqlo, Annapoorna Phils., Mix Caricature, Klik n’ Fly Travel and Tours, Soandos Travel Egypt, Resorts World Cruises  and Megaworld  Corporation.

With an exciting theme of “Travel is on and It is Unstoppable”, the Travel Sale Expo 2023 will invest its time and effort on special programs it will steadily pursue.  It aims to provide the travel needs of the public as well to help the government promote the tourism industry in general.  “We want to support the programs of the Tourism Department of the Philippines to generate more business for the industry and help achieve the projected tourist arrivals of 4.8 million for this year”, Ms. Michelle Taylan, Chairperson of the Travel Sale Expo 2023 explained.

The Travel Sale Expo 2023 is scheduled to open its doors to the general public on September 29, 2023 to October 1, 2023 at the Megatrade Hall, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City.  It will host about 150 exhibitors from the travel industry like travel agencies, tour operators, airlines, hotels, resorts, cruise liners, insurance companies, amusement parks, museums and retailers of travel-related products.  Each exhibitors will have the chance to showcase its travel services to the public while visitors will be busy bargain-hunting for low travel fares and special tour packages.  It is estimated that about 50,000 attendees will visit the three-day travel expo. 

The Travel Sale Expo 2023 is green and go!  For budget-conscious travelers, this is the place to be.

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Travel Advisor Conference 2024 Officially Sold Out

ASTA reimagined its annual flagship event for 2024 to place greater emphasis on educational opportunities, and the travel industry has responded by selling out the event and its trade show.

Alexandria, VA, April 22, 2024 — The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) is pleased to announce that its annual flagship event, the Travel Advisor Conference, has sold out for 2024. The highly anticipated event, scheduled for May 29-31 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas, has generated an unprecedented level of interest from travel professionals worldwide.

"We are thrilled to announce that the Travel Advisor Conference 2024 is officially sold out," said Zane Kerby, ASTA President & CEO. "The overwhelming response from the travel community as a whole underscores the importance of education and ongoing professionalization for the travel industry. We truly believe this event will improve the business of everyone who attends and puts the lessons they learn into practice."

Rebranded this year, the Travel Advisor Conference was formerly known as ASTA Global Convention (and, before that, as The Trade Show and ASTA World Congress). The reimagining was more than just a name change. The organization took the opportunity to lean into educational opportunities for attendees—attracting speakers ranging from best-selling authors to C-suite travel executives and Ivy League professors; developing education tracks based on an advisor’s goals and time in the industry; and providing onsite certification for ASTA’s Verified Travel Advisor program .

New also to this year’s Travel Advisor Conference is a record number of evening networking events curated for all attendees and the organization’s largest trade show in recent memory, including a separate session for 1:1 matched meeting.

“We’re excited about the response to this year’s event,” said Sarah Little, ASTA’s Vice President of Business Development. “Every year, the travel industry calendar gets more and more crowded with quality events and we’re proud to have a conference that resonates with our membership and Proud Partner organizations.”

Travel Advisor Conference selling out comes just a month after ASTA held a sold-out River Cruise Expo in Amsterdam and sold-out next year’s River Cruise Expo in Vienna in under 24 hours. ASTA’s upcoming 2024 Caribbean Showcase is also sold out, while attendance for ASTA’s Legislative Day is still open but expected to reach capacity shortly.

Although attendance for this year’s Travel Advisor Conference is no longer available, individuals interested in attending are encouraged to join the waitlist at traveladvisorconference.org . Those on the waitlist may be accommodated as space becomes available for 2024 and will receive first right of refusal on registration for ASTA Travel Advisor Conference 2025. More details about next year will be released onsite in Dallas.

For more information about the Travel Advisor Conference, please visit traveladvisorconference.org .

ABOUT ASTA Rebranded in 2018 as the American Society of Travel Advisors, ASTA is the leading global advocate for travel advisors, the travel industry and the traveling public. Its members represent 80 percent of all travel sold in the United States through the travel agency distribution channel. Together with hundreds of internationally-based members, ASTA’s history of industry advocacy traces back to its founding in 1931 when it launched with the mission to facilitate the business of selling travel through effective representation, shared knowledge and the enhancement of professionalism. For more information about the Society, visit our mission statement .  

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T he 25th edition of the Travel Expo Cyprus, held from April 19th to 21st at the Cyprus state fair grounds, welcomed more than 10,000 visitors , both local and international, who were keen to explore the array of travel packages on offer.

Organised by the Association of Cyprus Travel Agents (ACTA) and Display Art Plc, the exhibition proved to be a success, bringing together both tourism industry stakeholders and people interested in finding out more about the sector.

According to a press release from the association, attendees had the opportunity to peruse a diverse range of travel offerings, gathering valuable insights and information on holiday destinations, tour packages, and travel experiences.

Expressing their satisfaction with the event’s success, exhibitors lauded the Travel Expo Cyprus 2024 as a triumph, with many already expressing interest in participating in next year’s exhibition.

The positive feedback underscores the significance of such events in fostering connections between travel industry stakeholders and holidaymakers , facilitating the exchange of ideas and promoting tourism growth.

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There are few times one can claim having been on the subway all afternoon and loving it, but the Moscow Metro provides just that opportunity.  While many cities boast famous public transport systems—New York’s subway, London’s underground, San Salvador’s chicken buses—few warrant hours of exploration.  Moscow is different: Take one ride on the Metro, and you’ll find out that this network of railways can be so much more than point A to B drudgery.

The Metro began operating in 1935 with just thirteen stations, covering less than seven miles, but it has since grown into the world’s third busiest transit system ( Tokyo is first ), spanning about 200 miles and offering over 180 stops along the way.  The construction of the Metro began under Joseph Stalin’s command, and being one of the USSR’s most ambitious building projects, the iron-fisted leader instructed designers to create a place full of svet (radiance) and svetloe budushchee (a radiant future), a palace for the people and a tribute to the Mother nation.

Consequently, the Metro is among the most memorable attractions in Moscow.  The stations provide a unique collection of public art, comparable to anything the city’s galleries have to offer and providing a sense of the Soviet era, which is absent from the State National History Museum.  Even better, touring the Metro delivers palpable, experiential moments, which many of us don’t get standing in front of painting or a case of coins.

Though tours are available , discovering the Moscow Metro on your own provides a much more comprehensive, truer experience, something much less sterile than following a guide.  What better place is there to see the “real” Moscow than on mass transit: A few hours will expose you to characters and caricatures you’ll be hard-pressed to find dining near the Bolshoi Theater.  You become part of the attraction, hear it in the screech of the train, feel it as hurried commuters brush by: The Metro sucks you beneath the city and churns you into the mix.

With the recommendations of our born-and-bred Muscovite students, my wife Emma and I have just taken a self-guided tour of what some locals consider the top ten stations of the Moscow Metro. What most satisfied me about our Metro tour was the sense of adventure .  I loved following our route on the maps of the wagon walls as we circled the city, plotting out the course to the subsequent stops; having the weird sensation of being underground for nearly four hours; and discovering the next cavern of treasures, playing Indiana Jones for the afternoon, piecing together fragments of Russia’s mysterious history.  It’s the ultimate interactive museum.

Top Ten Stations (In order of appearance)

Kievskaya station.

Kievskaya Station went public in March of 1937, the rails between it and Park Kultury Station being the first to cross the Moscow River.  Kievskaya is full of mosaics depicting aristocratic scenes of Russian life, with great cameo appearances by Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin.  Each work has a Cyrillic title/explanation etched in the marble beneath it; however, if your Russian is rusty, you can just appreciate seeing familiar revolutionary dates like 1905 ( the Russian Revolution ) and 1917 ( the October Revolution ).

Mayakovskaya Station

Mayakovskaya Station ranks in my top three most notable Metro stations. Mayakovskaya just feels right, done Art Deco but no sense of gaudiness or pretention.  The arches are adorned with rounded chrome piping and create feeling of being in a jukebox, but the roof’s expansive mosaics of the sky are the real showstopper.  Subjects cleverly range from looking up at a high jumper, workers atop a building, spires of Orthodox cathedrals, to nimble aircraft humming by, a fleet of prop planes spelling out CCCP in the bluest of skies.

Novoslobodskaya Station

Novoslobodskaya is the Metro’s unique stained glass station.  Each column has its own distinctive panels of colorful glass, most of them with a floral theme, some of them capturing the odd sailor, musician, artist, gardener, or stenographer in action.  The glass is framed in Art Deco metalwork, and there is the lovely aspect of discovering panels in the less frequented haunches of the hall (on the trackside, between the incoming staircases).  Novosblod is, I’ve been told, the favorite amongst out-of-town visitors.

Komsomolskaya Station

Komsomolskaya Station is one of palatial grandeur.  It seems both magnificent and obligatory, like the presidential palace of a colonial city.  The yellow ceiling has leafy, white concrete garland and a series of golden military mosaics accenting the tile mosaics of glorified Russian life.  Switching lines here, the hallway has an Alice-in-Wonderland feel, impossibly long with decorative tile walls, culminating in a very old station left in a remarkable state of disrepair, offering a really tangible glimpse behind the palace walls.

Dostoevskaya Station

Dostoevskaya is a tribute to the late, great hero of Russian literature .  The station at first glance seems bare and unimpressive, a stark marble platform without a whiff of reassembled chips of tile.  However, two columns have eerie stone inlay collages of scenes from Dostoevsky’s work, including The Idiot , The Brothers Karamazov , and Crime and Punishment.   Then, standing at the center of the platform, the marble creates a kaleidoscope of reflections.  At the entrance, there is a large, inlay portrait of the author.

Chkalovskaya Station

Chkalovskaya does space Art Deco style (yet again).  Chrome borders all.  Passageways with curvy overhangs create the illusion of walking through the belly of a chic, new-age spacecraft.  There are two (kos)mosaics, one at each end, with planetary subjects.  Transferring here brings you above ground, where some rather elaborate metalwork is on display.  By name similarity only, I’d expected Komsolskaya Station to deliver some kosmonaut décor; instead, it was Chkalovskaya that took us up to the space station.

Elektrozavodskaya Station

Elektrozavodskaya is full of marble reliefs of workers, men and women, laboring through the different stages of industry.  The superhuman figures are round with muscles, Hollywood fit, and seemingly undeterred by each Herculean task they respectively perform.  The station is chocked with brass, from hammer and sickle light fixtures to beautiful, angular framework up the innards of the columns.  The station’s art pieces are less clever or extravagant than others, but identifying the different stages of industry is entertaining.

Baumanskaya Statio

Baumanskaya Station is the only stop that wasn’t suggested by the students.  Pulling in, the network of statues was just too enticing: Out of half-circle depressions in the platform’s columns, the USSR’s proud and powerful labor force again flaunts its success.  Pilots, blacksmiths, politicians, and artists have all congregated, posing amongst more Art Deco framing.  At the far end, a massive Soviet flag dons the face of Lenin and banners for ’05, ’17, and ‘45.  Standing in front of the flag, you can play with the echoing roof.

Ploshchad Revolutsii Station

Novokuznetskaya Station

Novokuznetskaya Station finishes off this tour, more or less, where it started: beautiful mosaics.  This station recalls the skyward-facing pieces from Mayakovskaya (Station #2), only with a little larger pictures in a more cramped, very trafficked area.  Due to a line of street lamps in the center of the platform, it has the atmosphere of a bustling market.  The more inventive sky scenes include a man on a ladder, women picking fruit, and a tank-dozer being craned in.  The station’s also has a handsome black-and-white stone mural.

Here is a map and a brief description of our route:

Start at (1)Kievskaya on the “ring line” (look for the squares at the bottom of the platform signs to help you navigate—the ring line is #5, brown line) and go north to Belorusskaya, make a quick switch to the Dark Green/#2 line, and go south one stop to (2)Mayakovskaya.  Backtrack to the ring line—Brown/#5—and continue north, getting off at (3)Novosblodskaya and (4)Komsolskaya.  At Komsolskaya Station, transfer to the Red/#1 line, go south for two stops to Chistye Prudy, and get on the Light Green/#10 line going north.  Take a look at (5)Dostoevskaya Station on the northern segment of Light Green/#10 line then change directions and head south to (6)Chkalovskaya, which offers a transfer to the Dark Blue/#3 line, going west, away from the city center.  Have a look (7)Elektroskaya Station before backtracking into the center of Moscow, stopping off at (8)Baumskaya, getting off the Dark Blue/#3 line at (9)Ploschad Revolyutsii.  Change to the Dark Green/#2 line and go south one stop to see (10)Novokuznetskaya Station.

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Jonathon Engels, formerly a patron saint of misadventure, has been stumbling his way across cultural borders since 2005 and is currently volunteering in the mountains outside of Antigua, Guatemala.  For more of his work, visit his website and blog .

Photo credits:   SergeyRod , all others courtesy of the author and may not be used without permission

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