Sheremetyevo -
Aleksandrovskiy Sad (11 min) Park with lawns, summer blooms & several monuments including one to Marshal Georgy Zhukov. Bolshoi Theatre (14 min) Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera. Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (15 min) Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. St. Basil's Cathedral (15 min) Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church. The State Tretyakov Gallery (13 min) Art museum with a collection of over 180,000 Russian works spanning multiple centuries. Novodevichy Convent (10 min) Riverside 1520s monastery known for its fresco-lined 5-domed cathedral & ornate soaring bell tower. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (14 min) Classical building with antiquities, sculpture & painting collections, plus temporary exhibitions. Red Square (15 min) Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum. Sparrow Hills (15 min) Hilltop view point with panoramas of the city skyline, Moskva River & Olympic stadium. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (9 min) Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink. Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (13 min) Gleaming domes top this Orthodox edifice, rebuilt in the 1990s, with ornate, fresco-lined interior. Granovitaya Palata (11 min) The main banquet hall of the Russian tsars is found within this impressive 15th century building. State Historical Museum (10 min) Imposing neo-Russian building of 1881, displaying prehistoric relics, Romanov dynasty art & more. Armoury Chamber (10 min) Armory museum in a Kremlin-style building with exhibits ranging from weapons to jewellery. The Moscow Kremlin (8 min) Immense, fortified compound of churches & palaces, with museums of Russian state regalia & art. |