Sheremetyevo -
Kuskovo Summer Palace (22 min) Grand country estate with a majestic 18th-c. palace, landscaped gardens & a ceramics museum. Novodevichy Convent (30 min) Riverside 1520s monastery known for its fresco-lined 5-domed cathedral & ornate soaring bell tower. St. Basil's Cathedral (38 min) Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church. The State Tretyakov Gallery (35 min) Art museum with a collection of over 180,000 Russian works spanning multiple centuries. Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (34 min) Gleaming domes top this Orthodox edifice, rebuilt in the 1990s, with ornate, fresco-lined interior. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (34 min) Classical building with antiquities, sculpture & painting collections, plus temporary exhibitions. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (35 min) Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink. Bolshoi Theatre (42 min) Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera. Red Square (38 min) Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum. Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve (24 min) Huge, lavish 18th-century royal palace with formal gardens, plus museum of fine arts & antiquities. Kolomenskoye (27 min) Architecture from different eras in an open-air museum on former royal estate, with tours & events. The Moscow Kremlin (34 min) Immense, fortified compound of churches & palaces, with museums of Russian state regalia & art. Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (38 min) Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. State Historical Museum (35 min) Imposing neo-Russian building of 1881, displaying prehistoric relics, Romanov dynasty art & more. Armoury Chamber (34 min) Armory museum in a Kremlin-style building with exhibits ranging from weapons to jewellery. |