Suzdal' Things to Do

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Within the walls of the Pokrowskij-Monastery / Pokrowskij Monastyr / Mariä - Schutz - Kloster you can still see the wooden houses that had been built there for the tourists. Our tourguide told us that just a few days before we had come to Suzdal, these houses were also given back to the nuns. So now the question is, will this stay a hotel or not.
In enjoyed to see these houses a lot , also in combination with the old monastery-walls.

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Pokrowskij-Monastery / Pokrowskij Monastyr / Mariä - Schutz - Kloster was built in 1364 and during communiste times the whole monastery was used as an Intourist-hotel. A few years ago the monastery was given back to the Russian Othodox Church and now there are nuns again there, but tourists are still welcome to take a look at the great buildings from outside. All buildings will be closed except for a small museum, but you can walk through the monastery-park and take some photographs, BUT it is forbidden to take pics of the nuns !

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There are lots of lovely wooden houses in Suzdal all over the village, many of them are perfectly restored and will show great decorations, mainly around the frames of the windows.
Also when taking a bustour from Ples, like I did, or from Moscow you will pass by hundredes of such interesting wooden buildings, the typical country-houses of the old part of Russia.

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Lazarus-church / Zerkow Lasarja and its winterchurch are dating back to the year 1667 and they were a donation by the local merchants. The belfry of the Lazarus-winter-church is quite unique with its red and white decorations and tiles, it is considdered to be one of the most beautiful belfries of the churches of the "Golden Ring"
Unfortunately also these 2 churches are closed for tourists !

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It is a pity that most of the churches in Suzdal are closed for tourists, many of them might have not yet been restored from the inside like Zerkow Woskressenija Christowa / resurrection-church / Christi-Auferstehungskirche, that was built next to the shopping-arcades and dates back to 1720. (see my pics 1 & 2)
On my pics 3-5 : Kirche des Einzugs Christi in Jerusalem and Paraskewa-Pjatniza-church

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Like in many other old cities of Russia all shops had to be inside the old shopping-arcade during the former centuries. That way it was easy to controll the taxes that had to be payed to the city of Suzdal. Nowadays that is a bit different, but mostly the shopping-arcades are restored again and used for shops and other services.

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Get inside the museum of wooden houses in Suzdal and you will step back into the "good old times" of Russia. Wooden architecture can be seen still in many places in the countryside of Russia but more and more these houses are taken down in order to build new buildings by concrete.
Inside of this museum you will have to pay a "Photo & Video-fee" , in 2008 it was 100 Rubles for ALL sights in Suzdal (also the churches, where photography was allowed).
In case that will go to Vladimir as well you can get a special permit there for 150 Rubles including also the Photo- & Videofee for Suzdal & Vladimir.

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There are 2 large tiles-ovens like on my main photograph inside the big hall of the archibishop's palace in Suzdal plus various precious paintings and ancient icons.
In order to take some photographs there you will need to have the general permit of photography for the city of Suzdal - the price oif it is 100 Rubles or 150 Rubles, in carse that it includes also the sights of the city of Vladimir, about 40 km from Suzdal.