Sheremetyevo -
Aleksandrovskiy Sad (9 min) Park with lawns, summer blooms & several monuments including one to Marshal Georgy Zhukov. The Moscow Kremlin (7 min) Immense, fortified compound of churches & palaces, with museums of Russian state regalia & art. The State Tretyakov Gallery (17 min) Art museum with a collection of over 180,000 Russian works spanning multiple centuries. St. Basil's Cathedral (17 min) Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church. Sparrow Hills (16 min) Hilltop view point with panoramas of the city skyline, Moskva River & Olympic stadium. Armoury Chamber (11 min) Armory museum in a Kremlin-style building with exhibits ranging from weapons to jewellery. Novodevichy Convent (13 min) Riverside 1520s monastery known for its fresco-lined 5-domed cathedral & ornate soaring bell tower. Red Square (16 min) Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum. Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (15 min) Gleaming domes top this Orthodox edifice, rebuilt in the 1990s, with ornate, fresco-lined interior. State Historical Museum (12 min) Imposing neo-Russian building of 1881, displaying prehistoric relics, Romanov dynasty art & more. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (14 min) Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (12 min) Classical building with antiquities, sculpture & painting collections, plus temporary exhibitions. Bolshoi Theatre (13 min) Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera. Granovitaya Palata (14 min) The main banquet hall of the Russian tsars is found within this impressive 15th century building. Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (16 min) Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. |