Sheremetyevo -
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (36 min) Gleaming domes top this Orthodox edifice, rebuilt in the 1990s, with ornate, fresco-lined interior. Novodevichy Convent (34 min) Riverside 1520s monastery known for its fresco-lined 5-domed cathedral & ornate soaring bell tower. Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (42 min) Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. Red Square (42 min) Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum. The State Tretyakov Gallery (39 min) Art museum with a collection of over 180,000 Russian works spanning multiple centuries. Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve (27 min) Huge, lavish 18th-century royal palace with formal gardens, plus museum of fine arts & antiquities. State Historical Museum (38 min) Imposing neo-Russian building of 1881, displaying prehistoric relics, Romanov dynasty art & more. St. Basil's Cathedral (43 min) Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church. Kuskovo Summer Palace (18 min) Grand country estate with a majestic 18th-c. palace, landscaped gardens & a ceramics museum. The Moscow Kremlin (36 min) Immense, fortified compound of churches & palaces, with museums of Russian state regalia & art. Armoury Chamber (36 min) Armory museum in a Kremlin-style building with exhibits ranging from weapons to jewellery. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (36 min) Classical building with antiquities, sculpture & painting collections, plus temporary exhibitions. Bolshoi Theatre (43 min) Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (39 min) Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink. Kolomenskoye (32 min) Architecture from different eras in an open-air museum on former royal estate, with tours & events. |