The Swissotel Krasnye Holmy is just outside the main tourist centre of Moscow, and it's easier to reach top attractions like Red Square and the Kremlin by public transport. Within a short walk of the hotel, the most interesting sight is probably the Novospassky Monastery, which is just across the Moskva River from the hotel. One of the most impressive of the ring of fortified monasteries around the center of Moscow, the Novospassky Monastery was patronized by two of the greatest noble families of medieval Russia, the Sheremetevs and the Romanovs, and thanks to the latter was fully rebuilt in the 1640s when Mikhail Fyodorovich became the first Romanov Tsar. Nearly all the structures of the monastery date from this era, including the fine cathedral church and the Palace of Patriarch Filaret, while a major later addition is the huge 18th century tiered bell tower.
In a pavilion behind Pavelets Station, it is possible to see the steam engine that pulled Lenin's funeral train. On the north side of Paveletskaya Ploshchad, just before reaching the entrance to the metro, is an imposing neo-gothic mansion which is home to the Bakhrushin Theatre Museum. The largest of its kind in Russia, the museum's collections include a wealth of costumes, set designs, and playbills from the heydays of Russian Imperial and Soviet avant-garde theatre.
In a pavilion behind Pavelets Station, it is possible to see the steam engine that pulled Lenin's funeral train. On the north side of Paveletskaya Ploshchad, just before reaching the entrance to the metro, is an imposing neo-gothic mansion which is home to the Bakhrushin Theatre Museum. The largest of its kind in Russia, the museum's collections include a wealth of costumes, set designs, and playbills from the heydays of Russian Imperial and Soviet avant-garde theatre.
