The Golden Ring is a symbolic ring of ancient Russian towns situated to the North-East from Moscow . It keeps unique monuments of ancient Russian architecture of the 12-17th centuries: Moscow itself, Sergiev Posad and Alexandrov, Kostroma and Pereslavl-Zalessky, Uglich and Ivanovo, Yaroslavl and Rostov the Great, Suzdal and Vladimir, each of these towns is a real pearl of Russia . Nowadays they are often called 'museums in the open air'. Cathedrals and churches, convents and fine art museums strike by their beauty. A tour of the Golden Ring will give you a wonderful possibility to make acquaintance of the history of ancient Russians towns, their culture and their traditions.

Rising at cock crow, easy lifestyle, nature and fresh air – these are the intrinsic charms of agritourism. Rural tourism or agrotourism is becoming more and more popular in Karelia, the Altai, the Leningrad region, the Kaliningrad region and some other regions of Russia. The visitors are offered the traditional Russian meals: honey, kvass, kasha (Russian porridge) and borsch made of organic food products. The tourists are happy to be engaged in farm activities ranging from picking berries and vegetables or feeding animals, getting acquainted with the traditions of a Russian village. During their vacation they are learning crafts and are engaged in lots of other farm activities: milking cows, weaving willow baskets, riding a horse or driving a field tractor.

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The Center of preservation and development of folk’s traditions “Berendey’s House”. Folklore entertaining programs “Christmas meetings”, “Shrovetide”, “Trinity”, “St. John Baptist's Day”, “Honey holiday”, “Berendey’s precepts” (old Russian ceremony), “Golden autumn in Berendey’s house” and others.

Join us for a life changing experience. Create your own Matryoshka doll at the Berendey’s house art studio and take it home with you.