Sheremetyevo -
Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve (33 min) Huge, lavish 18th-century royal palace with formal gardens, plus museum of fine arts & antiquities. Park Pobedy Na Poklonnoy Gore (22 min) Sprawling war memorial park with fountains & forest, plus a museum & soaring obelisk. Sparrow Hills (24 min) Hilltop view point with panoramas of the city skyline, Moskva River & Olympic stadium. The State Tretyakov Gallery (33 min) Art museum with a collection of over 180,000 Russian works spanning multiple centuries. Armoury Chamber (35 min) Armory museum in a Kremlin-style building with exhibits ranging from weapons to jewellery. Novodevichy Convent (28 min) Riverside 1520s monastery known for its fresco-lined 5-domed cathedral & ornate soaring bell tower. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (31 min) Classical building with antiquities, sculpture & painting collections, plus temporary exhibitions. Victory Museum (23 min) Set in Victory Park, a huge museum dedicated to Russia's role in WWII, with dioramas & memorabilia. Kolomenskoye (37 min) Architecture from different eras in an open-air museum on former royal estate, with tours & events. Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (34 min) Gleaming domes top this Orthodox edifice, rebuilt in the 1990s, with ornate, fresco-lined interior. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (33 min) Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink. Novodevichy Cemetery (27 min) Prominent 19th-century burial ground including the graves of Chekhov, Prokofiev & Khrushchev. Peter the Great Statue (39 min) Commemorative statue honoring Tsar Peter the Great & the 300th anniversary of the Russian Navy. Moscow Zoo (31 min) Conservation & educational institute with 8,000 animals including gorillas, polar bears & elephants. Poklonnaya Hill (21 min) One of Moscow's highest points, home to the Victory Park with World War II displays & a war museum. |