Sheremetyevo -
Park Pobedy Na Poklonnoy Gore (28 min) Sprawling war memorial park with fountains & forest, plus a museum & soaring obelisk. Bolshoi Theatre (33 min) Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera. Apothecary Garden (31 min) Botanic gardens, founded in 1706, with greenhouses holding global plant species. Moskvarium (36 min) Enormous aquarium featuring fish & sea mammals, elaborate performances & swims with dolphins. Space Conquerors Monument (30 min) Towering sculpture depicting a rocket launch commemorating achievements of Soviet space exploration. Museum of Cosmonautics (30 min) Extensive space museum within a titanium monument honoring the launch of Sputnik 1 & the space age. Worker and Kolkhoz Woman (30 min) Museum & exhibition center in the pedestal of a 24m-tall Soviet-era sculpture by Vera Mukhina. Museum-Estate Arkhangelskoye (23 min) Grand classical manor packed with historic paintings & artworks, with rolling landscaped grounds. Victory Museum (29 min) Set in Victory Park, a huge museum dedicated to Russia's role in WWII, with dioramas & memorabilia. Moscow Zoo (26 min) Conservation & educational institute with 8,000 animals including gorillas, polar bears & elephants. Ostankino Television Tower (31 min) Rocket-like TV tower with 45 levels & an open-air observation deck accessible by guided tour only. Poklonnaya Hill (27 min) One of Moscow's highest points, home to the Victory Park with World War II displays & a war museum. All-Russian Exhibition Center (32 min) High profile exhibition, fair & congress center opened in 1939 with halls for up to 500 people Moskovskiy Tsirk Nikulina (33 min) Glavnyy Botanicheskiy Sad Ran Im. N.v. Tsitsina (24 min) 1000s of plant & tree species, plus enormous greenhouses on a vast site with rivers & ponds. |