Near Moscow direction number one, which provided a stable inflow of the Intourist currency into the state treasury even in the days of socialism, the Golden Ring on the map resembles the calligraphic uppercase "O", tending to break away from the noisy Moscow and to escape into the misty distance of the glorious history of Russia and the blessed silence of the remote place. br>
Eight ancient cities with majestic monasteries and golden-domed churches, merchant chambers of the Volga merchants and workshops of famous folk crafts - a brilliant crown of the capital, and not to visit them - means to miss a lot of interesting and important things from the rich to the events of the Russian past .But do not think that apart from walking on religious and secular architectural complexes there is nothing to do - on the contrary! For example, in Yaroslavl you can almost eat the most delicious donuts in the central region (five per piece, by the way), and from Kostroma take away a couple of cheese heads in Kostroma birch bark tea; Suzdal will cheer up the International holiday of a cucumber, and Pereslavl-Zalessky will charm the blue expanses of Pleshcheeva Lake .Among other things, the path to this fairy kingdom is not far off: just a couple of hours from Moscow, and the tourist infrastructure is quite developed - and you can eat and sleep with taste and for reasonable money..
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What is the Golden Ring?
First, let's define the terminology .The classical Golden Ring is the eight cities that are remarkable for their historical and cultural monuments and located on a virtual circle to the northeast of Moscow..Clockwise from the nearest city to the capital are Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov the Great and Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Ivanovo, Suzdal and Vladimir .Sergiev Posad - the starting point for excursions around the Golden Ring, is at a distance of 52 km from the capital, and the most distant point of the tourist "oval" - Kostroma - is 306 km from Moscow..
Along with the classic "eight-part" itinerary, there are also extended tours, depending on the imagination of the tour operators, including neighboring cities (by the way, no less remarkable in terms of landscapes, traditions and culture): Kalyazin, Murom, Plyos, Rybinsk, Uglich, Gus-Khrustalny, Palekh, Alexandrov and t .д .Forgive them such a confusion of thoughts: on the territory of the central regions of Russia there really is something to see, and in spirit these settlements fit perfectly within the Golden Ring - cozy towns, crowned with glowing domes, expansive Central Russian landscapes around and magnificent examples of applied art as a visiting card - take at least Gusev crystal or a varnish miniature of Palekh .
Routes
Options for sightseeing programs on the Golden Ring are many. In addition to the classic "eight" mentioned above, the extended route with a loop through the Yaroslavl region enjoys popularity - with visits to Uglich, Myshkin, Rybinsk and Tutayev. Its length is about a thousand kilometers.
In addition, you can travel around the Golden Ring not only in a circle, but also radially: for example, from Rostov the Great to the Borisoglebsky Monastery, from Yaroslavl to Tutayev, from Kostroma to Plyos and Shchelykovo, from Ivanovo to Shuya and the Palekh Folk Crafts , Kholui and Mstyoru. Most often such mini-programs include visiting only 4-7 cities.
For the duration of the same trip can be calculated as for 2-3 days (the so-called "weekend tours"), and for a full 9-10 days, necessary to inspect the main "eight" and other "cherub". The most popular options are from 2 to 5 days, although there are a lot of people who want to embrace the immense, especially in the summer.
- What excursions are conducted on the Golden Ring
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The most convenient way to travel on the Golden Ring is an organized excursion .Despite the inevitable "gallop on Europeans" in such cases, the advantages of this option are obvious: they will bring-take away on schedule, settle, feed and tell .Travelers themselves should rely on personal vehicles (ideal) or intercity buses .The railway is more suitable for individual visits to the cities of the Golden Ring, since it connects only the regional centers (which is convenient, say, for Yaroslavl or Vladimir) .In many small places, the stations are located in tens of kilometers from the tourist spots .To quickly get to the opposite side of the "ring", you can use an airplane: for example, flights to Moscow from Kostroma twice a week send $ ±$.Travel time - only 1 h 20 min .
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Where to stay
Fortunately, the times when a trip to the Russian heartland was invariably fraught with difficulties in finding a suitable hotel (more precisely, with a complete lack of decent housing options) have sunk into oblivion. Today in any city of the Golden Ring there are at least a couple of nice hotels, as well as many options in the private sector: from cozy mini-hotels with home furnishings to apartments and even cottages for rent. There are also business hotels "imprisoned" for rich foreigners.
Pleasant zest and, if you want, exotic even for us, the inhabitants of large cities - accommodation in old houses in the countryside or the most real village huts. Prices for accommodation range from 700-1000 RUR per room in a private sector, a sanatorium or in a hostel up to 2000-3000 RUR for a well-furnished room in a modern hotel or a well-kept private hotel. Business accommodation will cost 5000-7000 RUR for a double room with breakfast.
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Thanks to the unrelenting tourist interest, to a great extent on the part of foreigners, there are no problems with the nutritional establishments on the Golden Ring: from sandwiches and wine-glasses (and you say, exotic - abroad!), Where for 100-200 RUR you can freeze a worm, say, meat and potatoes in a pot and skip a glass of "for sightseeing" to the restaurants of Russian haute cuisine in the spirit of the famous Moscow "Cafe Pushkin" .It is worth noting that in low-cost institutions they are fed in their own way: fresh foods, impressive portions, democratic prices - the soulful Russian backwoods are still not shameless shavermishchiki megacities - $ .Buffet in hotels is rarely offered: breakfasts are usually continental, and dinner can be ordered à la carte at the hotel restaurant a la carte .In the cities of the Golden Ring one should definitely try the local gastronomic delights: in Yaroslavl - donuts, in Kostroma - cheese, in Suzdal - mead and cucumbers in all kinds - from fresh to pickle, in Rostov the Great - dishes from pike .
What to Buy
Products of folk crafts and souvenirs of the cities of the Golden Ring are hardly more attractive for travelers than monasteries, temples and museums..In addition to the standard assortment - all sorts of things with the image of local architectural monuments, almost every town is famous for exceptional products of its craftsmen .In Kostroma, for example, they produce magnificent birch bark items - chestnuts and boxes, boxes and bowls .Also from here they bring linen clothes and home textiles - ordinary and with embroidery .From Pereslavl-Zalessky it's worth taking wonderful interior and kitchen items from a carved wood .Vladimir is known for patchwork, enamel and embellishments of semiprecious stones, and Suzdal - tapestries .In Ivanovo, be sure to pay attention to the products of local weavers - cotton and printed fabrics, home and bedroom textiles .The places of the "big" Golden Ring - Kholui, Mstera, Palekh - are famous all over the world for the art of lacquer miniatures .
What to see
In Sergiev Posad - the Trinity-Sergius Lavra with a wealth of magnificent monuments of religious architecture and a museum-reserve, churches, chapels, monasteries, bell towers, chambers and palaces, and the Toy Museum.
In Pereslavl-Zalessky - the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior, the Church of Alexander Nevsky and Simeon Stylite, Goritsky, Nikitsky and Trinity-Danilov Monasteries, the Museum-Estate "Botik Peter the Great", the Museum of Iron and the Museum of Steam Locomotions.
In Rostov Veliky there is the Rostov Kremlin Museum-Reserve, the Church of Our Savior on Sands, Tolga Mother of God and the Ascension of Our Lord, Christmas, Spaso-Yakovlevsky and Borisoglebsky monasteries, as well as the Museum of Enamel.
In Yaroslavl - the Transfiguration Monastery, the Church of the Epiphany, Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas Nadein, and many secondary churches, the Gostiny Dvor, the Metropolitan Chambers, etc. - $
In Kostroma - Shopping arcades, the Church of the Resurrection on the Debre, the Ipatiev Monastery and the Trinity Cathedral, the Bogoyavlensky Anastasin Monastery, numerous churches, as well as the Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Nature and even the Ivan Susanin Museum of achievement!
In Ivanovo - Vvedensky, Ilinsky and Kazan churches, the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin, the Ivanovo Regional Art Museum, the Ivanovo Museum of Local History, the Ivanovo Chintz Museum, the Tsvetaeva family home museum.
In Suzdal - the Suzdal Kremlin, the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin, Bishops' Chambers and the bell tower, Pokrovsky and Spaso-Evfimeev monasteries, the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin, Borisoglebsky Cathedral, the Museum of Wooden Architecture in the Open.
In Vladimir - the Golden Gate and the Water Tower, the Assumption and Dmitrievsky Cathedrals, the museum complex of Chambers, the Christmas and Knyaginin monasteries, the Assumption Church of the Virgin, Nikita the Martyr, the Intercession on the Nerl and the Troitskaya, and the priceless frescos of Andrei Rublev. Photo of the Golden Ring (71)