Pereslavl'-Zalesskiy Travel Guide

 Pablos_new Says:  Encyclopedia quote: "The boat was a small oak one-masted sail-rowing ship without a deck. It was assumed that the boat was made in England. The date of her construction is not known and it was delivered to Russia at 40-s of the 17th century. The boat of about 1.3 t... 

 Irinna Says:  This small museum maintained by enthusiasts is worth seeing. Here are old steam-engines, wagons, carriages, and other railroad vehicles, which names I often don't know. You are allowed to get into some exhibits and to drive a hand car.The museum is about 20 km from... 

 Irinna Says:  One of the oldest and most famuos monasterys in Pereslavl'-Zalesskyi. It's known as a place chosen by Tzar Ivan the Terrible to ask God to give him a son. After Ivan's elder son was born, the monastery got special patronage of Moscow throne. It helped to built Nikitskyi... 

 Irinna Says:  Red (i.e. Main) Square in Pereslavl'-Zalesskyi is the same age as the town. It was the place for popular assemblies, other official events. Here were all main buildings of the town. One of them you can see now - it's Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral, found by Yury Dolgorukyi... 

 Irinna Says:  Pereslavl'-Zalesskyi was found by Prince of Rostov and Suzdal' Yury Dolgorukyi in 1152 as a fortress, which was to defend Rostov and Suzdal' lands from Northern neighbours, especially from Novgorod the Great - the main Rostov's rival in this area. So it's defensive walls and... 

 Irinna Says:  It's the highest hill on the hilly north coast of Plescheevo Lake. The old its name is Yarylo's Hill - it was the place for feasts in the name of Yarylo, the Slaves' God of Sun. Later the name of the hill was changed in memory of Prince of Pereslavl' Aleksandr Nevskyi. 

 Irinna Says:  One of the oldest and most famous monasterys in Pereslavl's land (now it's Historical and Fine Arts Museum). According to the legend it was found in XIV cent. by the wife of prince Dmitryi Donskoy princess Evdokia in gratitude for her miraculous escape from Tatar army. In XV... 

 Irinna Says:  The Lake is the most ancient remarkable place of this land - it arised during the ice age and is about 30 thousands years old. It isn't very large - only about 9 km length and nearly round. Near the banks it's shallow, with even sandy bottom - a nice place for swimming.From... 

 Irinna Says:  This stright street has four parts with different names: in its beginning it's Moskovskaya street, in the middle - Kordovskogo street, then - Sovetskaya, and finally - Rostovskaya street.Going along this street you never lose your way. It's not only the main street of... 

 Irinna Says:  A clean and very cheap place. Simple food, nothing in particular. Self-service, not a large que. Nice for lunch and not very good for dinner - it seems tney cook everything only once a day, so in the evening food is just cold and may be not fresh. 

 Pablos_new Says:  The only way to get to the Steam-Engines museum is a car, better - 4x4 off-roader.There is no hard-surface road to the point, so one can get there in winter or dry summer day.Clickable map of is here: Interactive map It is illustrated with good and informative photos. 

 Irinna Says:  Very interesting small museum with a large collection of old kettles, teapots, coffee-pots, sugar-basins, sugar-tongs, and other things absolutely necessary for tea-drinking. Also you can see here a real Russian stove with the accessories (an oven fork, a poker, etc.) and... 

 Irinna Says:  In this small and picturesque village you can look at earthen walls left after Kleshchin town - the trade center of Slaves' settlements in this area until XII cent. - the time when Pereslavl' was founded.Go about 3-4 km along the north coast of Plescheevo lake.