How to get out Eight Days in the Heart of Russia
The Golden Ring: Unless you're on a group tour or have a friend in Russia with a car, it's incredibly expensive to sightsee with any kind of efficiency along this ancient route about a four-hour drive from Moscow. That said, consider an overnight excursion to Suzdal, the prettiest and most pastoral of the Golden Ring's sacred medieval towns. En route to Suzdal, stop in Russia's ancient capital of Vladimir to visit the 12th-century Assumption Cathedral, once a mother church of Russia and home to the country's most famous icon, the Virgin Mary of Vladimir, before it was moved to Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery. After lunch, continue on to Suzdal, stay at the Hot Springs Hotel, and see if your guide can arrange a home-cooked dinner for you in a local farmhouse. The next day, swing through Sergiev Posad to see Russian Orthodoxy's most sacred monastery en route back to Moscow. Be aware that because you are responsible for your guide and drivers expenses and must pay for their night at the hotel, the two-day excursion can be very expensive.
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