Sheremetyevo -
Bolshoi Theatre (21 min) Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera. Ostankino Television Tower (17 min) Rocket-like TV tower with 45 levels & an open-air observation deck accessible by guided tour only. All-Russian Exhibition Center (16 min) High profile exhibition, fair & congress center opened in 1939 with halls for up to 500 people Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (20 min) Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. Museum of Cosmonautics (14 min) Extensive space museum within a titanium monument honoring the launch of Sputnik 1 & the space age. Armoury Chamber (21 min) Armory museum in a Kremlin-style building with exhibits ranging from weapons to jewellery. State Historical Museum (22 min) Imposing neo-Russian building of 1881, displaying prehistoric relics, Romanov dynasty art & more. The State Tretyakov Gallery (24 min) Art museum with a collection of over 180,000 Russian works spanning multiple centuries. Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (21 min) Gleaming domes top this Orthodox edifice, rebuilt in the 1990s, with ornate, fresco-lined interior. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (25 min) Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink. The Moscow Kremlin (21 min) Immense, fortified compound of churches & palaces, with museums of Russian state regalia & art. St. Basil's Cathedral (20 min) Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church. Red Square (19 min) Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum. Sokolniki Park (16 min) Park created by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, who flew falcons here, with wildlife including hares. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (21 min) Classical building with antiquities, sculpture & painting collections, plus temporary exhibitions. |