An unfinished page to be overhauled

 

 

 

The Golden Ring of Russia

Khotkovo ~ Sergiev Posad~Pereslavl-Zalessky~Vladimir

~Suzdal ~Yaroslavl~Kostroma~Ivanovo

 

This established tourist route includes Khotkovo, Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Vladimir, Suzdal, Rostov-the-Great, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Ivanovo...  

Being in the traveller rip-o...oops, support business I have no choice but to get into the trough by offering myself as a personal driver/fixer and a bit of a guide to those wishing to "do" the Golden Ring, thus this page.

Also I'm trying to develop an "itinerary" through Sergiev Posad, which is definitely a Golden Ring city, then Dimitrov, which wants to become one, then Klin made into a tourist attraction by the fact that Tchaikovsky lived and worked there, on to Tver and then Staritsa, where I keep my "dacha" and on to St. Petersburg though small towns and villages. I market this exercise in self-inflicted misery under the slogan of "let me show you the authentic and un-touristy Russia". The nature of my interest is to get you to hire me as your personal guide and driver but that's another story...

Tours and programs related to the Golden Ring as a whole:

  • Bicycle Tours of the Golden Ring by Russian Cycle Touring Club - www.rctc.ru
     

  • Marriage agency that specializes in women from the Golden Ring cities: www.lifetimepartners.com
     

  • Russian brides for those who wish to combine Golden Ring travel with meeting women. With apologies - I'm writing this in the midst of the dead season.

Most information is on individual Golden Ring pages:

Khotkovo, Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Vladimir, Suzdal, Rostov-the-Great, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Ivanovo etc.

 

 

[Sketch of the Golden Ring]

 

 

 

From Pasha, the webmaster and dacha owner:

I've partly tested an itinerary through Golden Ring cities of Khotkovo, Sergiev Posad, and Dmitrov, by which time you'll start getting bored of golden domes, then turning to Klin and Tver, a couple of days' stayover at my dacha near Staritsa, which is basically where I wanted to herd you from the start, and then returning to Moscow through Rzhev, Volokolamsk, and New Jerusalem, which are kind of different, and then progressing to the center of Moscow via the famous Kutuzovsky, build for military parades..