Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located 250 kilometers (160 mi) northeast of Moscow.
The historic part of the city is a World Heritage Site, and is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl rivers. It is part of the Golden Ring, a group of historic cities northeast of Moscow that have played an important role in Russian history. The population of the city at the 2021 census was 577,279.
Getting to Yaroslavl
Train timetables and fares can be found on the RZD website.
- 01Yaroslavl Glavny
The main railway station, located at the western end of ulitsa Svobody.
- 02Yaroslavl-Moskovsky
- 03Tunoshna Airport
Worth seeing
The historical center of the city is found at the river confluence which is also a UNESCO World Heritage site. Architecture is mostly Classicism era of Catherine the Great. Yaroslavl Architectural Historical and Art Museum Preserve, Bogojavlenskaja pl. 25,. Comprises six churches and three museums.
- 01Museum of the Yaroslavl City History
- 02Museum of Fine Arts
Things to do
Cruise over Volga. Tours of Smaller Golden Ring (Uglich-Myshkin-Tutayev-Rybinsk) that takes 3 days and even smaller excursions to neighboring towns. Be a guest of Baba-Yaga on her birthday, 26 June. Jazz over Volga (Джаз над Волгой), the international festival of jazz taking place every odd year since 1979 in March.
Where to eat
The best place to eat out is the Volga promenade but there is a bunch of curious restaurants:
- 01Farfor
Getting around Yaroslavl the local way
- Get aroundRides on public transport, which operate during the day and late at night and include buses, marshrutkas, and trolleybuses, costs .
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