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Side Trips from Moscow

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Rybinsk Rybinsk

Kostroma Kostroma

Bezhkek Bezhkek

Yaroslavl Yaroslavl A113

Rostov Rostov

Veliky

Rostov
Veliky Veliky

Ivanovo Ivanovo

M8

Tver Tver Kimry Kimry

Pereslavl Pereslavl

Zalessky

Pereslavl
Zalessky Zalessky

A113

Suzdal Suzdal

Kovrov Kovrov

M10

Sergiev Sergiev

Posad

Sergiev
Posad Posad

Vladimir Vladimir

Sheremetevo Sheremetevo
International Airport International Airport

Sheremetevo
International Airport M7

Russian Air Force Russian Air Force

Museum

Russian Air Force
Museum Museum

Arkhangelskoye Arkhangelskoye

MOSCOW MOSCOW

Murom Murom

M1

Peredelkino Peredelkino

Domodedovo Domodedovo
International Airport International Airport

Domodedovo
International Airport

M3

M4

Obninsk Obninsk

Kolomna Kolomna M2

Stupino Stupino

Serpukhov Serpukhov

Oka Oka

M5

Ryazan Ryazan

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Tula Tula

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at 134 Prospekt Krasnoi Armii, with traditional Russian fare for about 500 rubles per
person per meal. Café Posadskoye is a cheaper, simpler version, opposite the monastery
at 22 Prospekt Krasnoi Armii. Large groups prefer the neighboring Russkaya Skazka,
with overpriced but passable Russian standards and a spacious dining hall. Kovcheg
Hotel has a comfortable dining hall offering fairly flavorless food. There's even a McDon-
ald's if nothing else suits you.

2 SUZDAL & VLADIMIR

Suzdal is 215km (134 miles) NE of Moscow; Vladimir is 175km (109 miles) NE of Moscow
Suzdal's conservative, tranquil beauty complements Vladimir's grand heritage, and
together they form an ideal weekend trip away from Moscow's madness. Vladimir was a
major political, religious, and cultural center when Moscow was still an unremarkable
provincial capital. Suzdal houses a fortress and a collection of riverside convents and
monasteries that date back to the town's heyday in the 11th to 13th centuries. Its populace