Sheremetyevo -
Granovitaya Palata (43 min) The main banquet hall of the Russian tsars is found within this impressive 15th century building. St. Basil's Cathedral (46 min) Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church. Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve (25 min) Huge, lavish 18th-century royal palace with formal gardens, plus museum of fine arts & antiquities. The State Tretyakov Gallery (43 min) Art museum with a collection of over 180,000 Russian works spanning multiple centuries. Armoury Chamber (42 min) Armory museum in a Kremlin-style building with exhibits ranging from weapons to jewellery. State Historical Museum (43 min) Imposing neo-Russian building of 1881, displaying prehistoric relics, Romanov dynasty art & more. Bolshoi Theatre (50 min) Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (43 min) Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink. Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (42 min) Gleaming domes top this Orthodox edifice, rebuilt in the 1990s, with ornate, fresco-lined interior. Kolomenskoye (31 min) Architecture from different eras in an open-air museum on former royal estate, with tours & events. The Moscow Kremlin (42 min) Immense, fortified compound of churches & palaces, with museums of Russian state regalia & art. Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (46 min) Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. Red Square (45 min) Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (41 min) Classical building with antiquities, sculpture & painting collections, plus temporary exhibitions. Kuskovo Summer Palace (28 min) Grand country estate with a majestic 18th-c. palace, landscaped gardens & a ceramics museum. |