Sheremetyevo -
Bolshoi Theatre (42 min) Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera. Novodevichy Convent (33 min) Riverside 1520s monastery known for its fresco-lined 5-domed cathedral & ornate soaring bell tower. State Historical Museum (37 min) Imposing neo-Russian building of 1881, displaying prehistoric relics, Romanov dynasty art & more. Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve (23 min) Huge, lavish 18th-century royal palace with formal gardens, plus museum of fine arts & antiquities. Armoury Chamber (36 min) Armory museum in a Kremlin-style building with exhibits ranging from weapons to jewellery. The State Tretyakov Gallery (37 min) Art museum with a collection of over 180,000 Russian works spanning multiple centuries. St. Basil's Cathedral (40 min) Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church. Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (40 min) Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (37 min) Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink. Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (36 min) Gleaming domes top this Orthodox edifice, rebuilt in the 1990s, with ornate, fresco-lined interior. Red Square (40 min) Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (35 min) Classical building with antiquities, sculpture & painting collections, plus temporary exhibitions. Sparrow Hills (34 min) Hilltop view point with panoramas of the city skyline, Moskva River & Olympic stadium. Kolomenskoye (20 min) Architecture from different eras in an open-air museum on former royal estate, with tours & events. The Moscow Kremlin (36 min) Immense, fortified compound of churches & palaces, with museums of Russian state regalia & art. |