Sheremetyevo -
Ostankino Television Tower (36 min) Rocket-like TV tower with 45 levels & an open-air observation deck accessible by guided tour only. Armoury Chamber (35 min) Armory museum in a Kremlin-style building with exhibits ranging from weapons to jewellery. St. Basil's Cathedral (35 min) Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church. All-Russian Exhibition Center (37 min) High profile exhibition, fair & congress center opened in 1939 with halls for up to 500 people Red Square (35 min) Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum. Novodevichy Convent (26 min) Riverside 1520s monastery known for its fresco-lined 5-domed cathedral & ornate soaring bell tower. The Moscow Kremlin (28 min) Immense, fortified compound of churches & palaces, with museums of Russian state regalia & art. Bolshoi Theatre (37 min) Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera. Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (34 min) Gleaming domes top this Orthodox edifice, rebuilt in the 1990s, with ornate, fresco-lined interior. The State Tretyakov Gallery (33 min) Art museum with a collection of over 180,000 Russian works spanning multiple centuries. Sparrow Hills (28 min) Hilltop view point with panoramas of the city skyline, Moskva River & Olympic stadium. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (30 min) Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink. Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (35 min) Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (28 min) Classical building with antiquities, sculpture & painting collections, plus temporary exhibitions. State Historical Museum (30 min) Imposing neo-Russian building of 1881, displaying prehistoric relics, Romanov dynasty art & more. |