Sheremetyevo -
Paleontologicheskiy Muzey Im. Yu.a. Orlova (17 min) Large natural history museum charting Earth's evolution, with dinosaur skeleton exhibits. Muzeĭ-usadʹba Ostafʹevo (23 min) Museum and architecture Tserkov' Vozneseniya Gospodnya (41 min) White stone church built in a tent-like style in 1532 to commemorate Ivan the Terrible's birth. Darwin Museum (37 min) Animatronic dinosaurs & high-tech displays in natural history/evolution museum dedicated to Darwin. Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve (36 min) Huge, lavish 18th-century royal palace with formal gardens, plus museum of fine arts & antiquities. Moreon (24 min) Huge indoor park with wave pools, water slides, gym & fitness classes, bowling, restaurants & bars. Bol'shoy Dvorets (41 min) Palace and history Manor 'Dubrovitsy' (40 min) Sparrow Hills (40 min) Hilltop view point with panoramas of the city skyline, Moskva River & Olympic stadium. Vorontsovo (32 min) Tserkov' Znameniya Presvyatoy Bogoroditsy V Dubrovitsakh (40 min) This famous white-stone baroque Russian Orthodox church completed in 1704 is covered in carvings. Dvorets Tsarya Alekseya Mikhaylovicha V Kolomenskom (45 min) Re-creation of a wooden 17th-century tsar's palace, with turrets, gilded interiors & guided tours. Bitsa Park (23 min) Park with dense forest, rivers & ravines, plus medieval burial mounds & pre-revolutionary mansions. Большой Московский Цирк (35 min) Featuring animals, clowns & acrobat performances, this is the largest circus in Europe. Kolomenskoye (40 min) Architecture from different eras in an open-air museum on former royal estate, with tours & events. |