Sheremetyevo -
Ostankino Television Tower (26 min) Rocket-like TV tower with 45 levels & an open-air observation deck accessible by guided tour only. Usad'ba Izmaylovo (35 min) Former country estate of the Romanov tsars, with imposing manor houses & a church in leafy parkland. Izmailovsky Park (32 min) Extensive wooded green space with a big wheel & fairground rides, play areas, skate & bike rental. Izmailovo Kremlin (34 min) Cultural center with Russian Revival-style edifices, costumed workers, museums, workshops & markets. Worker and Kolkhoz Woman (19 min) Museum & exhibition center in the pedestal of a 24m-tall Soviet-era sculpture by Vera Mukhina. All-Russian Exhibition Center (21 min) High profile exhibition, fair & congress center opened in 1939 with halls for up to 500 people Museum of Cosmonautics (20 min) Extensive space museum within a titanium monument honoring the launch of Sputnik 1 & the space age. Fontan 'Druzhba Narodov' (26 min) Oval fountain erected in 1954 with 16 gilded figures representing the former Soviet Union republics. Sokolniki Park (33 min) Park created by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, who flew falcons here, with wildlife including hares. Space Conquerors Monument (20 min) Towering sculpture depicting a rocket launch commemorating achievements of Soviet space exploration. Apothecary Garden (27 min) Botanic gardens, founded in 1706, with greenhouses holding global plant species. Moskvarium (29 min) Enormous aquarium featuring fish & sea mammals, elaborate performances & swims with dolphins. Glavnyy Botanicheskiy Sad Ran Im. N.v. Tsitsina (33 min) 1000s of plant & tree species, plus enormous greenhouses on a vast site with rivers & ponds. Muzey Sovetskikh Igrovykh Avtomatov (28 min) Interactive museum showcasing Soviet-era arcade games from the 1970s, with tours & a cafe. National Park «Elk Island» (20 min) Island national park with forests, wetlands, grasslands & ponds known for thriving moose population. |