THE GOLDEN RING-SUZDAL UPPON YOUR ARRIVAL IN SUZDAL YOU WILL FIND YORSELF IN A VERITABLE FAIRY-TALE WORLD.
YOU WILL SEE ANCIENT WHITE-STONE CHURCHES DECORATED WITH FANCIFUL CARVINGS,THE UNFADING COLOURS OF OLD ICONS AT THE EXHIBITION OF “EARLY RUSSIAN PAINTING”
IT IS BEST OF ALL TO START THE TOUR OF SUZDAL FROM THE KREMLIN WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN THE BEND OF THE KAMENKA RIVER .
THE PRESENT DAY KREMLIN WAS THE ORIGINAL CORE ARROUND WHICH THE MEDIAEVAL ENSEMBLE OF SUZDAL ARCITECTURE- THE WHITE STONE CATHEDRAL OF THE NATIVITY OF THE VIRGIN WAS BUILT OR THE SITE OF TWO EARLIER CHURCHES IN THE KREMLIN OPPOSITE THE CATHEDRAL OF THE NATIVITY OF THE VIRGIN STANDS IT’S BELL-TOWER DATING FROM 1635
THERE WHERE FIFTEEN MONASTERIES AND COVENTS IN SUZDAL SOMEDAY,BUT ONLY FIVE OF THEM THE COVENT OF ST.ALEXANDER AND THE COVENT OF ST.BASIL THE COVENT OF ST.ALEXANDER WAS FOUND BY ALEXANDER NEVSKY