Sheremetyevo -
State Historical Museum (37 min) Imposing neo-Russian building of 1881, displaying prehistoric relics, Romanov dynasty art & more. All-Russian Exhibition Center (27 min) High profile exhibition, fair & congress center opened in 1939 with halls for up to 500 people Space Conquerors Monument (25 min) Towering sculpture depicting a rocket launch commemorating achievements of Soviet space exploration. Sokolniki Park (37 min) Park created by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, who flew falcons here, with wildlife including hares. Aleksandrovskiy Sad (45 min) Park with lawns, summer blooms & several monuments including one to Marshal Georgy Zhukov. Ostankino Television Tower (30 min) Rocket-like TV tower with 45 levels & an open-air observation deck accessible by guided tour only. Bolshoi Theatre (38 min) Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera. Glavnyy Botanicheskiy Sad Ran Im. N.v. Tsitsina (24 min) 1000s of plant & tree species, plus enormous greenhouses on a vast site with rivers & ponds. Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (40 min) Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. Moscow Zoo (34 min) Conservation & educational institute with 8,000 animals including gorillas, polar bears & elephants. Kazan Cathedral (37 min) Pink-&-white 1993 replica of a destroyed 1600s Russian Orthodox church, topped with golden domes. Worker and Kolkhoz Woman (25 min) Museum & exhibition center in the pedestal of a 24m-tall Soviet-era sculpture by Vera Mukhina. Museum of Cosmonautics (25 min) Extensive space museum within a titanium monument honoring the launch of Sputnik 1 & the space age. Red Square (39 min) Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum. Moskvarium (35 min) Enormous aquarium featuring fish & sea mammals, elaborate performances & swims with dolphins. |