Sheremetyevo -
Paleontologicheskiy Muzey Im. Yu.a. Orlova (10 min) Large natural history museum charting Earth's evolution, with dinosaur skeleton exhibits. Dvorets Tsarya Alekseya Mikhaylovicha V Kolomenskom (42 min) Re-creation of a wooden 17th-century tsar's palace, with turrets, gilded interiors & guided tours. Park Pobedy Na Poklonnoy Gore (29 min) Sprawling war memorial park with fountains & forest, plus a museum & soaring obelisk. Kolomenskoye (37 min) Architecture from different eras in an open-air museum on former royal estate, with tours & events. Poklonnaya Hill (28 min) One of Moscow's highest points, home to the Victory Park with World War II displays & a war museum. Victory Museum (30 min) Set in Victory Park, a huge museum dedicated to Russia's role in WWII, with dioramas & memorabilia. Tserkov' Vozneseniya Gospodnya (38 min) White stone church built in a tent-like style in 1532 to commemorate Ivan the Terrible's birth. Sparrow Hills (32 min) Hilltop view point with panoramas of the city skyline, Moskva River & Olympic stadium. Bitsa Park (16 min) Park with dense forest, rivers & ravines, plus medieval burial mounds & pre-revolutionary mansions. Novodevichy Cemetery (35 min) Prominent 19th-century burial ground including the graves of Chekhov, Prokofiev & Khrushchev. Neskuchnyy Sad (34 min) Park and garden Darwin Museum (30 min) Animatronic dinosaurs & high-tech displays in natural history/evolution museum dedicated to Darwin. Novodevichy Convent (36 min) Riverside 1520s monastery known for its fresco-lined 5-domed cathedral & ornate soaring bell tower. Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve (34 min) Huge, lavish 18th-century royal palace with formal gardens, plus museum of fine arts & antiquities. Большой Московский Цирк (27 min) Featuring animals, clowns & acrobat performances, this is the largest circus in Europe. |