Sheremetyevo -
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (37 min) Classical building with antiquities, sculpture & painting collections, plus temporary exhibitions. Kolomenskoye (43 min) Architecture from different eras in an open-air museum on former royal estate, with tours & events. Poklonnaya Hill (27 min) One of Moscow's highest points, home to the Victory Park with World War II displays & a war museum. Park Pobedy Na Poklonnoy Gore (28 min) Sprawling war memorial park with fountains & forest, plus a museum & soaring obelisk. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (39 min) Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink. Peter the Great Statue (45 min) Commemorative statue honoring Tsar Peter the Great & the 300th anniversary of the Russian Navy. Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (40 min) Gleaming domes top this Orthodox edifice, rebuilt in the 1990s, with ornate, fresco-lined interior. Sparrow Hills (30 min) Hilltop view point with panoramas of the city skyline, Moskva River & Olympic stadium. Novodevichy Convent (34 min) Riverside 1520s monastery known for its fresco-lined 5-domed cathedral & ornate soaring bell tower. Victory Museum (29 min) Set in Victory Park, a huge museum dedicated to Russia's role in WWII, with dioramas & memorabilia. Музей современного искусства «Гараж» (41 min) Cultural center used for contemporary art exhibitions & research on Russian & international culture. Neskuchnyy Sad (32 min) Park and garden Bitsa Park (24 min) Park with dense forest, rivers & ravines, plus medieval burial mounds & pre-revolutionary mansions. Novodevichy Cemetery (33 min) Prominent 19th-century burial ground including the graves of Chekhov, Prokofiev & Khrushchev. Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve (39 min) Huge, lavish 18th-century royal palace with formal gardens, plus museum of fine arts & antiquities. |