Sheremetyevo -
Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (29 min) Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve (14 min) Huge, lavish 18th-century royal palace with formal gardens, plus museum of fine arts & antiquities. Red Square (29 min) Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (23 min) Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink. State Historical Museum (24 min) Imposing neo-Russian building of 1881, displaying prehistoric relics, Romanov dynasty art & more. Bolshoi Theatre (30 min) Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (23 min) Classical building with antiquities, sculpture & painting collections, plus temporary exhibitions. Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (24 min) Gleaming domes top this Orthodox edifice, rebuilt in the 1990s, with ornate, fresco-lined interior. St. Basil's Cathedral (30 min) Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church. Sparrow Hills (17 min) Hilltop view point with panoramas of the city skyline, Moskva River & Olympic stadium. The State Tretyakov Gallery (22 min) Art museum with a collection of over 180,000 Russian works spanning multiple centuries. The Moscow Kremlin (23 min) Immense, fortified compound of churches & palaces, with museums of Russian state regalia & art. Kolomenskoye (7 min) Architecture from different eras in an open-air museum on former royal estate, with tours & events. Armoury Chamber (26 min) Armory museum in a Kremlin-style building with exhibits ranging from weapons to jewellery. Novodevichy Convent (16 min) Riverside 1520s monastery known for its fresco-lined 5-domed cathedral & ornate soaring bell tower. |