Sheremetyevo -
Kolomenskoye (24 min) Architecture from different eras in an open-air museum on former royal estate, with tours & events. Bol'shoy Dvorets (17 min) Palace and history Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve (12 min) Huge, lavish 18th-century royal palace with formal gardens, plus museum of fine arts & antiquities. Novodevichy Cemetery (38 min) Prominent 19th-century burial ground including the graves of Chekhov, Prokofiev & Khrushchev. Dvorets Tsarya Alekseya Mikhaylovicha V Kolomenskom (23 min) Re-creation of a wooden 17th-century tsar's palace, with turrets, gilded interiors & guided tours. Bitsa Park (25 min) Park with dense forest, rivers & ravines, plus medieval burial mounds & pre-revolutionary mansions. Neskuchnyy Sad (34 min) Park and garden Sparrow Hills (37 min) Hilltop view point with panoramas of the city skyline, Moskva River & Olympic stadium. Музей современного искусства «Гараж» (43 min) Cultural center used for contemporary art exhibitions & research on Russian & international culture. Darwin Museum (36 min) Animatronic dinosaurs & high-tech displays in natural history/evolution museum dedicated to Darwin. Novodevichy Convent (36 min) Riverside 1520s monastery known for its fresco-lined 5-domed cathedral & ornate soaring bell tower. ХК 'Остров мечты' (30 min) Character-themed thrill rides, plus indoor streets replicating cities like London & Barcelona. Muzeon Park of Arts (38 min) Sculpture park with monuments from the Soviet era depicting leaders & laborers, plus modern works. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (43 min) Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink. Tserkov' Vozneseniya Gospodnya (25 min) White stone church built in a tent-like style in 1532 to commemorate Ivan the Terrible's birth. |