Sheremetyevo -
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (23 min) Gleaming domes top this Orthodox edifice, rebuilt in the 1990s, with ornate, fresco-lined interior. Kolomenskoye (12 min) Architecture from different eras in an open-air museum on former royal estate, with tours & events. The State Tretyakov Gallery (21 min) Art museum with a collection of over 180,000 Russian works spanning multiple centuries. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (23 min) Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink. Granovitaya Palata (29 min) The main banquet hall of the Russian tsars is found within this impressive 15th century building. The Moscow Kremlin (22 min) Immense, fortified compound of churches & palaces, with museums of Russian state regalia & art. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (23 min) Classical building with antiquities, sculpture & painting collections, plus temporary exhibitions. Bolshoi Theatre (30 min) Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera. Sparrow Hills (17 min) Hilltop view point with panoramas of the city skyline, Moskva River & Olympic stadium. St. Basil's Cathedral (27 min) Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church. Armoury Chamber (28 min) Armory museum in a Kremlin-style building with exhibits ranging from weapons to jewellery. Red Square (28 min) Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum. State Historical Museum (24 min) Imposing neo-Russian building of 1881, displaying prehistoric relics, Romanov dynasty art & more. Novodevichy Convent (16 min) Riverside 1520s monastery known for its fresco-lined 5-domed cathedral & ornate soaring bell tower. Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (28 min) Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. |