"the Golden Ring" a Russia Travel Page by muttleymilano

After our days in Moscow, we started a one-week trip in "Golden Ring" by many buses.
The "golden ring" includes some old russian towns in north-east country from Moscow.
We have been in Vladimir, Suzdal, Nizhniy Novgorod, Kostromà, Jaroslav, Rostov.
Do this trip if you like to discover more the Russian life-style out of the big cities.
You can visit many old churchs and monasteries; i think this is not a trip for young people; it's a little bit boring to see so many religious places and nothing else. In my group everyone did'nt like a one-week trip in this area; it is better to visit for example Sergiyev Posad, just 70 km from Moscow, if you want to have an idea of what "Golden Ring" is.

this are the typical buses and cars that you will find while you are travelling inRussia; even the roads are not so good; forget the typical highways!!!!

this was a little village we found during our trip on Volga River (7 hours from Nizhniy Novgorod to Kostromà). Small shops, a little market and an old church.

this was one of the best monasteries we found in Golden ring; it's very famous in Russia and there are many tourists who come here; outside there are many russians who sell linen table-cloths, typical of these countries.

I was very surprised to see so many married couples walking around the city with their parents and friends; in Italy we have a party at the restaurant after the marriage but in Russia is typical to go to some famous places in your city; we were in Nizhniy Novgorod; many coples came to this square leaving some flowers at the unknown soldier monumet;
it was a funny moment to see so many people happy in the same place!

i took this photo from a boat trip on Volga river; look at this great sky!!!
during our Volga trip the sky was changing many times and it was really interesting to see it!

Rostov is a small town not far from Jaroslav; there is nothing interestin but this old monastery where you can also sleep inside: there is a guest-house inside.

This town is close to
Moscow; it takes just 1 hour to reach it.
This was the best place i have seen in "Golden ring" trip. There is a big monastery and some churches around it; this place is very famous in Russia; there are many russian pilgrims coming here.