Ivanovo Airport 2 hr 12
Zolotyye Vorota (14 min) 12th-century landmark known as Golden Gate, featuring exhibits on the Mongol invasion of Russia. Bogoroditse-Rozhdestvenskiy Monastyr' (15 min) Vladimir Central Prison (18 min) Patriarshiy Sad (15 min) A garden growing flowers, trees, fruit & vegetables for children's natural science education. Vodonapornaya Bashnya (15 min) Dobroselsky, recreation park (23 min) Dmitriyevskiy Sobor (14 min) Monumental 12th-c. cathedral noted for its white stone exterior with intricate relief sculptures. Staryy Vladimir (15 min) Viewing platform & museum exploring the history of Vladimir in a converted 1912 water tower. Sobornaya Square (16 min) History and architecture Park 850-Letiya (17 min) Tserkov' Pokrova Na Nerli (34 min) This important symbol of the Orthodox religion sits in a spectacular spot overlooking the river. Uspenskiy Sobor (13 min) Consecrated in 1160, this cathedral was the center of Russian Orthodoxy for hundreds of years. Svyato-Bogolyubskiy Zhenskiy Monastyr' (27 min) Monastery and convent Vladimir-Suzdal Museum-Reserve (14 min) Museum including many historical architectural monuments dating from the 12th to the 20th centuries. |