Sheremetyevo -
The Moscow Kremlin (26 min)
Immense, fortified compound of churches & palaces, with museums of Russian state regalia & art. Kolomenskoye (11 min)
Architecture from different eras in an open-air museum on former royal estate, with tours & events. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (26 min)
Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink. Armoury Chamber (29 min)
Armory museum in a Kremlin-style building with exhibits ranging from weapons to jewellery. Sparrow Hills (20 min)
Hilltop view point with panoramas of the city skyline, Moskva River & Olympic stadium. St. Basil's Cathedral (33 min)
Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church. Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve (16 min)
Huge, lavish 18th-century royal palace with formal gardens, plus museum of fine arts & antiquities. The State Tretyakov Gallery (25 min)
Art museum with a collection of over 180,000 Russian works spanning multiple centuries. Bolshoi Theatre (34 min)
Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera. Red Square (32 min)
Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum. Novodevichy Convent (19 min)
Riverside 1520s monastery known for its fresco-lined 5-domed cathedral & ornate soaring bell tower. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (26 min)
Classical building with antiquities, sculpture & painting collections, plus temporary exhibitions. Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (32 min)
Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. State Historical Museum (27 min)
Imposing neo-Russian building of 1881, displaying prehistoric relics, Romanov dynasty art & more. Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (27 min)
Gleaming domes top this Orthodox edifice, rebuilt in the 1990s, with ornate, fresco-lined interior. | 
