Sheremetyevo -
Red Square (52 min) Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum. Izmailovsky Park (27 min) Extensive wooded green space with a big wheel & fairground rides, play areas, skate & bike rental. Sokolniki Park (42 min) Park created by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, who flew falcons here, with wildlife including hares. Kolomenskoye (43 min) Architecture from different eras in an open-air museum on former royal estate, with tours & events. National Park «Elk Island» (36 min) Island national park with forests, wetlands, grasslands & ponds known for thriving moose population. Usad'ba Izmaylovo (30 min) Former country estate of the Romanov tsars, with imposing manor houses & a church in leafy parkland. Izmailovo Kremlin (31 min) Cultural center with Russian Revival-style edifices, costumed workers, museums, workshops & markets. Kuskovo Summer Palace (21 min) Grand country estate with a majestic 18th-c. palace, landscaped gardens & a ceramics museum. Apothecary Garden (44 min) Botanic gardens, founded in 1706, with greenhouses holding global plant species. Clean Ponds (48 min) Tranquil 17th-century reservoir with a hopping restaurant, walking trail & winter ice skating. The State Tretyakov Gallery (51 min) Art museum with a collection of over 180,000 Russian works spanning multiple centuries. St. Basil's Cathedral (53 min) Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church. Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (52 min) Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. Monument to Minin and Pozharsky (53 min) Bronze statue dedicated to military leaders unveiled in 1818 & once located in Red Square. Spasskaya Bashnya (53 min) Built in 1491, this historic 10-story clock tower at the Kremlin overlooks Red Square. |