Sheremetyevo -
Ostankino Television Tower (29 min) Rocket-like TV tower with 45 levels & an open-air observation deck accessible by guided tour only. St. Basil's Cathedral (42 min) Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church. All-Russian Exhibition Center (24 min) High profile exhibition, fair & congress center opened in 1939 with halls for up to 500 people Red Square (42 min) Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum. State Historical Museum (41 min) Imposing neo-Russian building of 1881, displaying prehistoric relics, Romanov dynasty art & more. Museum of Cosmonautics (22 min) Extensive space museum within a titanium monument honoring the launch of Sputnik 1 & the space age. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (40 min) Classical building with antiquities, sculpture & painting collections, plus temporary exhibitions. Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (42 min) Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. The Moscow Kremlin (40 min) Immense, fortified compound of churches & palaces, with museums of Russian state regalia & art. Bolshoi Theatre (40 min) Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera. Izmailovo Kremlin (22 min) Cultural center with Russian Revival-style edifices, costumed workers, museums, workshops & markets. Armoury Chamber (40 min) Armory museum in a Kremlin-style building with exhibits ranging from weapons to jewellery. Kuskovo Summer Palace (20 min) Grand country estate with a majestic 18th-c. palace, landscaped gardens & a ceramics museum. The State Tretyakov Gallery (43 min) Art museum with a collection of over 180,000 Russian works spanning multiple centuries. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (44 min) Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink. |