Sheremetyevo -
Park Druzhby (25 min) Worker and Kolkhoz Woman (26 min) Museum & exhibition center in the pedestal of a 24m-tall Soviet-era sculpture by Vera Mukhina. Moskovskiy Muzey-Usad'ba 'Ostankino' (33 min) Built in 1798, this opulent wooden palace with neoclassical flair features a theater, museum & park. Park Ostankino (36 min) Vast urban green space with walking paths, a playground & an opulent 18th-century manor. Lianozovskiy Park (17 min) Ostankino Television Tower (31 min) Rocket-like TV tower with 45 levels & an open-air observation deck accessible by guided tour only. Fontan 'Druzhba Narodov' (32 min) Oval fountain erected in 1954 with 16 gilded figures representing the former Soviet Union republics. Museum of Cosmonautics (26 min) Extensive space museum within a titanium monument honoring the launch of Sputnik 1 & the space age. All-Russian Exhibition Center (28 min) High profile exhibition, fair & congress center opened in 1939 with halls for up to 500 people Glavnyy Botanicheskiy Sad Ran Im. N.v. Tsitsina (25 min) 1000s of plant & tree species, plus enormous greenhouses on a vast site with rivers & ponds. Space Conquerors Monument (26 min) Towering sculpture depicting a rocket launch commemorating achievements of Soviet space exploration. Moskvarium (36 min) Enormous aquarium featuring fish & sea mammals, elaborate performances & swims with dolphins. Oceanarium (11 min) Aquarium with coral reefs & fish in tropical ecosystem & penguins in polar habitat, plus reptiles. Klyaz'minskoye Vodokhranilishche (17 min) Popular waterfront recreation area & boating spot with a small zoo & sandy beaches. Muzey Sovetskikh Igrovykh Avtomatov (35 min) Interactive museum showcasing Soviet-era arcade games from the 1970s, with tours & a cafe. |