Sheremetyevo -
Sparrow Hills (35 min) Hilltop view point with panoramas of the city skyline, Moskva River & Olympic stadium. Museum-Estate Arkhangelskoye (33 min) Grand classical manor packed with historic paintings & artworks, with rolling landscaped grounds. Darwin Museum (39 min) Animatronic dinosaurs & high-tech displays in natural history/evolution museum dedicated to Darwin. Serebryany Bor (37 min) Island of pine forests, marshes & lakes, popular for hiking, cycling & swimming, plus skiing. Paleontologicheskiy Muzey Im. Yu.a. Orlova (28 min) Large natural history museum charting Earth's evolution, with dinosaur skeleton exhibits. Victory Museum (26 min) Set in Victory Park, a huge museum dedicated to Russia's role in WWII, with dioramas & memorabilia. Park Pobedy Na Poklonnoy Gore (25 min) Sprawling war memorial park with fountains & forest, plus a museum & soaring obelisk. Poklonnaya Hill (24 min) One of Moscow's highest points, home to the Victory Park with World War II displays & a war museum. Большой Московский Цирк (35 min) Featuring animals, clowns & acrobat performances, this is the largest circus in Europe. Meschersky park (27 min) 465-hectare forested park with playgrounds, hiking/biking trails & cross-country skiing tracks. Zhivopisniy Bridge (33 min) Large S-shaped traffic bridge & pedestrian sidewalk with a striking red arch suspended by cables. Battle of Borodino Museum-panorama (34 min) Large circular museum focusing on the Russian victory over Napoleon at Borodino in 1812. Novodevichy Cemetery (32 min) Prominent 19th-century burial ground including the graves of Chekhov, Prokofiev & Khrushchev. Bitsa Park (34 min) Park with dense forest, rivers & ravines, plus medieval burial mounds & pre-revolutionary mansions. Triumfal'naya Arka (24 min) Oldest surviving triumphal arch that was built to commemorate Russia's victory over Napoleon. |