The Classic Golden Ring is the eight cities that are remarkable for their monuments of history and culture and located on the virtual circle to the northeast of Moscow. Clockwise from the nearest city to the capital are Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov the Great and Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Ivanovo, Suzdal and Vladimir. Sergiev Posad - the starting point for excursions around the Golden Ring, is located at a distance of 52 km from the capital, and the most remote point of the tourist "oval" - Kostroma - is 306 km away from Moscow.

In addition to the classic "eight-part" route, there are also extended - depending on the imagination of tour operators including neighboring cities (by the way, no less remarkable in terms of landscapes, traditions and culture): Kalyazin, Murom, Plyos, Rybinsk, Uglich, Gus-Khrustalny, Palekh, Aleksandrov and T . d . Let us forgive them such a confusion of thoughts: on t The territory of the central regions of Russia really has something to see, and in spirit these settlements are perfectly within the Golden Ring - cozy towns, crowned with glowing domes in the sun, expansive Central Russian landscapes around and magnificent examples of applied art as a visiting card - take at least Gusev crystal or lacquer miniature of Palekh .