Vologda

Worth seeing in and around Vologda

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Saint Sophia Cathedral

   Saint Sophia Cathedral is the oldest surviving building in the city of Vologda and the main church of the Vologda Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church. It was constructed between 1568 and 1570 at the behest of Ivan the Terrible who had made Vologda the centre of his personal demesne.

   1.3 km · cathedral in Vologda, Russia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery

   The Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery is a fortified Russian Orthodox monastery in the settlement of Priluki on the bank of the Vologda River near the city of Vologda. Its history goes back to the 14th-century missionary activities of St.

   5.1 km · monastery in Vologda, Russia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Museum of Diplomatic Corps

   The Museum of Diplomatic Corps was a private historical museum located in the Russian city of Vologda. It was situated in a wooden manor that belonged to a noble Pavel Puzan-Puzyrevsky where, in 1918, the American Embassy was quartered.

   600 m · museum in Vologda, Russia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Gorne-Uspensky Convent

   The Gorne-Uspensky Convent or simply Gorny Convent is a monastery in Vologda, Russia. It was active between 1590 and 1924.

   2.4 km · Russian monastery · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Vsegradsky cathedral (Vologda)

   The Vsegradsky cathedral was one of the main historical monuments in Vologda, Russia. It was rebuilt from a wooden church between 1688 and 1698, which was established after a severe plague outbreak in 1654.

   400 m · church in Vologda, Russia · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Vologda Kremlin
2. 02
   Saint Sophia Cathedral

   Constructed between 1568-70, it's the oldest standing building in Vologda.

From Wikivoyage: Vologda, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

There's a nice coffee shop near the Tourist Information centre. On Mira street (улица Мира), fast food and restaurants are not hard to find.

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Getting to Vologda

Airports

Golden Ring Yaroslavl (IAR), 185 km

Stations

Vologda Airport, 7.7 km · Vologda II railway station, 3.3 km

• Tunoshna → Vologda

  187 km · quickest by road, 4h 18m · ₽800–1,060
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• Moscow → Vologda

  409 km · quickest by road, 9h 3m · ₽1,680–2,250
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• Nizhny Novgorod → Vologda

  404 km · quickest by road, 11h 15m · ₽2,060–2,750
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