City by the Lake

A small sightseeing tour of Pereslavl-Zalessky.

The story of how Prince Yuri Dolgoruky built a new city on Lake Pleshcheyevo and named that city Pereyaslavl and how the glorious Prince Alexander Nevsky was born in that city.

We will walk with you through the territory of the Pereslavl Kremlin, look at the ancient Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral - the same age as our city, study the ancient Russian graffiti on the walls of the cathedral, climb the city defensive ramparts surrounding ancient Pereslavl, talk about our main countryman - Alexander Nevsky, visit the picturesque Fisherman's Sloboda on the banks of the Trubezh River, learn how the Pereslavl fishermen lived, go to the territory of St. Nicholas Convent and see the Krusantine type of Korizantine.

The tour is car-pedestrian, carried out on your transport with a place for a guide. If desired, this tour can be made pedestrian in the summer.

There are no additional costs.

• The Transfiguration Cathedral of the 12th century and ancient Russian graffiti, earthen defensive ramparts,
• Church of Alexander Nevsky, monument to Alexander Nevsky, Church of Peter Metropolitan,
• the mansion of the merchant Pavlov, the male gymnasium and the parish school,
• St. Nicholas convent, Korsun cross,
• Lake Pleshcheyevo, Trubezh River, Fisherman's Sloboda.