In the historical center of Russia, there are a number of ancient cities that are included in the Golden Ring route. Some of them, like Moscow, were founded by Yuri Dolgoruky, for example, in 1152 - Pereslavl-Zalessky. With a small population, it contains a significant number of attractions. This article will figure out how to get to Pereslavl-Zalessky from Moscow.
Bus ride
This city differs from Rostov the Great in that rail does not go to it, so there are fewer options. How to get to Pereslavl-Zalessky from Moscow by bus? You need to leave from the bus station near the VDNH metro station or from the bus station near the Shchelkovskaya metro station. Buses run every hour or more often from 7am to 11pm. A ticket costs from 300 rubles, two hours to go. Not all of these flights follow precisely to Pereslavl-Zalessky, some go further to Yaroslavl, Kostroma and Cherepovets. This is important to consider when planning a route.
The bus station in Pereslavl-Zalessky is located on the southern outskirts of the city, on Moscow highway d.113. From it you need to walk a couple of kilometers to the historical center.
In the opposite direction, buses on the route Pereslavl-Zalessky-Moscow run even at night, these are passing flights from Kostroma. Thus, you can leave at any time from 10 am to 3 am.
Combined Option
How to get to Pereslavl-Zalessky from Moscow by rail? Since there are no direct trains and trains, it is worth looking for a ticket to the nearest station - in the ancient city of Rostov, and there you can already catch a bus. A good option for those who want to leave Moscow in the morning, take a walk around Rostov in the afternoon, and in the evening arrive in Pereslavl, where you can stop for the night, and in the morning to inspect the city and return to the capital. Thus, you get a good weekend trip.
At 07:35 a company express leaves Moscow for Rostov. It has sedentary cars with tickets for 690 rubles. The train arrives in Rostov at 10:15. Buses between Rostov and Pereslavl run around the clock, they leave from the bus station near the railway station. The trip takes 1-1.5 hours. A ticket costs from 200 rubles.
Car trip
How to get from Moscow to Pereslavl-Zalessky by car. Very simple, you need to go through Mytishchi on the highway E-115 and move north through Sergiev Posad.
This route is also a bypass of Pereslavl, you can enter the city from the southern and eastern sides.
What to see along the way?
The distance from Moscow to Pereslavl is small, but along the way you can call in several interesting places:
Ivanteevka. There are two beautiful churches in this city - the mid-18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries, a moderately interesting local history museum, a leisure park and various monuments, for example, on the theme of the Second World War.
Pushkino. In this city there is also a local history museum in the building of the estate of the beginning of the XX century.
The Abramtsevo Museum-Reserve, which contains various buildings, for example, a miniature church in the Neo-Russian style, a bathhouse and a hut on chicken legs.
Sergiev Posad. The city with the famous Trinity-Sergius Lavra (one of five), as well as interesting museums: toys, Russian soap, local history. It is worth admiring the religious buildings and taking a walk in the Chernigov Sket on the banks of the pond.
Spring Gremyachiy key. You can go there if you turn off the highway E-115. Beautiful wooden buildings and holy water.
What to visit in Pereslavl and its environs?
The city stands on the shores of Lake Pleshcheyev, if you go to its eastern shore, you can find a 12-ton pagan boulder - Blue Stone.
If you go the other way to the northeast corner of the lake, then in the village of Talitsy you can find a unique museum of narrow-gauge railway.
The city itself is old and attractive, six monasteries, several churches and the oldest cathedral in the region, which was built in the middle of the XII century, are scattered in a small area. It is 200 years older than the oldest stone buildings in Moscow.
There are about 10 museums in Pereslavl; you can walk around them all day.