Things to Do in Pereslavl-Zalessky

Top Things to Do in Pereslavl-Zalessky

Things to Do in Pereslavl-Zalessky


Top Attractions in Pereslavl-Zalessky

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  • annatchikova
    Chicago, IL3 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    you should definitely go there. It is so funny and interesting that you will stay satisfied exactly. Good place
    Written January 27, 2018
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  • Simonpee17
    Vienna, Austria2,297 contributions
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    The most interesting monastery in Pereslavl. It worth to stop by for some minutes to enjoy the beauty of this beautiful complex, especially from outside.
    Written July 22, 2018
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  • Jeong M
    Moscow, Russia12 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    went during spring on may 2016,the weather was perfect..clearly nothing much but just to sit on the bench and enjoy the view :)
    Written January 26, 2017
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  • _0Alexey0_
    Nizhny Novgorod, Russia82 contributions
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    Many other travelers have already reported how magnificent the church looks inside and from outside. I’m not going to repeat all what was said and can only reconfirm everything written before: this church is definitely the place you must visit.

    A sign at the church entrance says that usage of mobile phones and cameras “is not blessed” inside. I’m convinced we must heed this recommendation. So scrutinize the iconostasis and other icons with your eyes and inner senses, wander on the embankment around the church, sit on a bench observing the Plescheyevo Lake. Like another information sign says, such repose on the bench is to promote thinking about soul and eternity.

    I beg you to take my advice: leave your auto at the hotel and walk to the church instead. The first reason for abandoning your car is that the road is pretty narrow near the church and almost there is no place for parking vehicles. So respect real churchgoers and don’t block passage for other individuals. Secondly, if you go there on foot you’ll be rewarded with a great opportunity to see picturesque Trubezh River and its charming neigbourhood.

    If you are absolutely addicted to your car, I still can recommend one tradeoff for you. There is a parking area 350 meters (1150 feet) short of the church. It’s located on the same Levaya Neberezhnaya Street (Left Bank of the River), right after the pedestrian bridge across the river. Don’t worry you won’t miss it.

    Enjoy your visit to this place and think about making small donation to the church: I think they need funds to maintain all this beauty.
    Written August 2, 2015
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  • Takarasina
    2,101 contributions
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    We first tried to visit this monastery some fifteen year ago. No chance! The place looked like vandalized by barbarians or bombed by Nazis - though it naturally were our "heroic" communists who've made the most of it.
    This time it looked remarkably different though it still was a lot to be done. One could step in - observing a dress code. Hats off for men, head coverings and wrap around skirts for women. Some buildings are decently restored, other places are still prohibited to visit including the walls.
    To my mind, the best panoramic view of the complex is, so to say, from behind. Pass it by, drive several hundred meters further, reach an elevation and then look around. It will unfold in front of you in all its glory.
    Summing up, well worth a visit.
    Take this opportunity to proceed to the Blue Rock, by the way (see my corresponding review). It's not far away from there.
    Written July 28, 2020
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  • Takarasina
    2,101 contributions
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    This Russian architerture masterpice of pre-Mongolian period is to be admired mostly from the outside. My favourite angle is from an ancient and still existing earth mound behind it but, naturally, tastes differ. In any case, do not try to step in and especially waste money on an entry ticket - there's absolutely nothing inside, just bare white walls.
    It's really hard to find a parking place nearby but there's a typical Russian trick. If you drive Pereslavl's thoroughfare from Yaroslavl to Moscow look right and when you see the green mound and a blue traffic sign "drive straight forward" turn immediately to the right, to that mound, and you'll most probably find a place for your car. Sounds like breaking traffic rules? C'mon, you're in Russia!
    Written July 28, 2020
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  • Steven W
    Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia36 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Unlike most people who comment, I'm not a visitor to Pereslavl, I live here, actually I live in the building next door ! As such I have seen most of the museums here (and there are a lot !!!). This museum is not one you will accidentally walk past, it's not an area a visitor would be in, but it is signposted in Russian and English from the main road in the centre of town.

    The actual building is of interest as its a medieval replica. Yes it's not all museum, but what is there is interesting, not expensive, and I haven't heard anything negative about it since it opened (unlike a lot of others).

    By the way, while I live next door, i don't know the owners, I am just writing the review because I think it's a place worth a visit.
    Written January 10, 2019
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  • Takarasina
    2,101 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    While "tzar's herring" is the way the locals call vendice.
    I drove past that big bronze ring with two vendices inside many times. Moreover, we often have lunch in the restaurant behind it called Fisch Herberg Seld Tsarskiy Posol (see my reviews).
    The restaurant is good, the monument is hogwash.
    Don't waste your time.
    Written January 2, 2024
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  • Александр
    15 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    The visit was amazing. The collection is strikingly impressive. The guided tour is the one of a fairy tale indeed. The masks are available to all the visitors and are always worn by the guides. Sanitizers are everywhere. Everything is clean shining. You cannot but fall in love and want to come back.
    Written January 9, 2022
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  • Takarasina
    2,101 contributions
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    This monastery was bult on the place where an army of Moscow princedom defeated their rivals from the princedom of Tver' in 1304. It happened on Theodore Stratelatos' day, a saint much revered by the Russian Orthodox Church which calls him Feodor Stratilat. Hence the name of the convent.
    Since its consecration it was a friary, Ivan the Terrible used to visit and pray here and when his first son Feodor was born he ordered that an eponymous cathedral be constructed there.
    In 1667 it was turned into a nunnery and functioned as such till 1923 when communists turned it into a juvenile detention centre, then into a care house, then into a hostel and finally into a military installation (?!). In 1937 its former father superiour (yes! not mother superior) was murdered in a gulag.
    The property was returned to the church in 1998 in appaling condition and since then restoration works have been perpetual. Currently it's still a nunnery and it's vividly seen - colourful flowerbeds everywhere, footpaths swept clean, an exellent refectory selling pirozhki, honey, herbs, herbal teas and other blessed products.
    We visited the place in the pouring rain and in the midst of covid hysteria so the refectory was closed, the cathedral locked and all in all the territory looked rather desolated. This did not blur the impression, though which was positive, pious and kinda sunny.
    Recommended.
    Written July 28, 2020
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