There are few churches in a little Pereslavl where Russian national hero – prince Alexander Nevski was born. But the real highlights of this town are old monasteries spread -out around the town. There are 5 of them. Some have museum status – the other are working – you will find there the monks, people praying. You are expected to pay for entry to the museums and there are different prices for the locals and foreigners. Foreign tourists pay more – like 120 roubles each place. It is very profitable to know the Russian to pay less – I use this way to save some money… I visited 3 monasteries walking about 8 kilometers and the nice 40 Saints church on the lake… Lovely, sunny weather and very few tourists – good time to enjoy the serenity, the landscape of old russian wooden houses along the dusty roads. They officialy do not allow to take pictures in the working monasteries. But is you are the only person in the church – who cares?
In the afternoon I took a bus to Yaroslavl on a Volga river – just 100 m down from the bus station there is inexpensive Kolos Hotel where they charge 450 roubles for single room with shared facilities…
