Sheremetyevo -
The Moscow Kremlin (35 min) Immense, fortified compound of churches & palaces, with museums of Russian state regalia & art. Armoury Chamber (40 min) Armory museum in a Kremlin-style building with exhibits ranging from weapons to jewellery. St. Basil's Cathedral (36 min) Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church. Sparrow Hills (33 min) Hilltop view point with panoramas of the city skyline, Moskva River & Olympic stadium. Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (36 min) Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. The State Tretyakov Gallery (40 min) Art museum with a collection of over 180,000 Russian works spanning multiple centuries. Museum of Cosmonautics (33 min) Extensive space museum within a titanium monument honoring the launch of Sputnik 1 & the space age. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (37 min) Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (35 min) Classical building with antiquities, sculpture & painting collections, plus temporary exhibitions. Novodevichy Convent (32 min) Riverside 1520s monastery known for its fresco-lined 5-domed cathedral & ornate soaring bell tower. State Historical Museum (33 min) Imposing neo-Russian building of 1881, displaying prehistoric relics, Romanov dynasty art & more. All-Russian Exhibition Center (34 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. Ostankino Television Tower (33 min) Rocket-like TV tower with 45 levels & an open-air observation deck accessible by guided tour only. Bolshoi Theatre (36 min) Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera. |