Sheremetyevo -
Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve (37 min) Huge, lavish 18th-century royal palace with formal gardens, plus museum of fine arts & antiquities. Izmailovo Kremlin (28 min) Cultural center with Russian Revival-style edifices, costumed workers, museums, workshops & markets. The State Tretyakov Gallery (49 min) Art museum with a collection of over 180,000 Russian works spanning multiple centuries. Kuskovo Summer Palace (25 min) Grand country estate with a majestic 18th-c. palace, landscaped gardens & a ceramics museum. Dormition Cathedral (45 min) Russian Orthodox cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin, dating back to the 14th century with golden domes. Red Square (51 min) Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum. Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (51 min) Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. Ivan the Great Bell-Tower (48 min) Gleaming onion domes top this whitewashed, octagonal bell tower, the Kremlin's tallest structure. Tsar Bell (48 min) Completed in 1735, this 6-m.-tall cracked bronze bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin. St. Basil's Cathedral (52 min) Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church. Sokolniki Park (42 min) Park created by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, who flew falcons here, with wildlife including hares. Granovitaya Palata (47 min) The main banquet hall of the Russian tsars is found within this impressive 15th century building. Izmailovsky Park (26 min) Extensive wooded green space with a big wheel & fairground rides, play areas, skate & bike rental. Kolomenskoye (41 min) Architecture from different eras in an open-air museum on former royal estate, with tours & events. The Moscow Kremlin (46 min) Immense, fortified compound of churches & palaces, with museums of Russian state regalia & art. |