Sheremetyevo -
Tserkov' Vozneseniya Gospodnya (30 min) White stone church built in a tent-like style in 1532 to commemorate Ivan the Terrible's birth. Kolomenskoye (26 min) Architecture from different eras in an open-air museum on former royal estate, with tours & events. Shukhov Tower (39 min) A 160m-high radio tower constructed from latticed steelwork & completed in 1922. Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve (21 min) Huge, lavish 18th-century royal palace with formal gardens, plus museum of fine arts & antiquities. Dvorets Tsarya Alekseya Mikhaylovicha V Kolomenskom (28 min) Re-creation of a wooden 17th-century tsar's palace, with turrets, gilded interiors & guided tours. ХК 'Остров мечты' (35 min) Character-themed thrill rides, plus indoor streets replicating cities like London & Barcelona. Kuskovo Summer Palace (32 min) Grand country estate with a majestic 18th-c. palace, landscaped gardens & a ceramics museum. Neskuchnyy Sad (39 min) Park and garden Darwin Museum (44 min) Animatronic dinosaurs & high-tech displays in natural history/evolution museum dedicated to Darwin. Bol'shoy Dvorets (27 min) Palace and history Музей современного искусства «Гараж» (48 min) Cultural center used for contemporary art exhibitions & research on Russian & international culture. Krutitskoye Patriarsheye Podvor'ye (36 min) Tours are offered of this 1600s estate of the Russian Orthodox Church, with two churches & mass. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (46 min) Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink. Nikolo-Ugreshsky Monastery (16 min) Izmailovsky Park (32 min) Extensive wooded green space with a big wheel & fairground rides, play areas, skate & bike rental. |