Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post
I'm guessing that Maria lives there, so that could be a good reason to visit - get a guided tour from a friendly local person.

I don't enjoy places that are crowded with souvenir sellers and tourists. But I really enjoy visiting orthodox churches, and I think there are some really pretty ones in Suzdal right? Where else to go for Church sightseeing?
Suzdal has a very tiny population: about 10 000 people os something like that, so I doubt she lives there. Besides her location says "Moscow" and Suzdal is about 250 km or so to the North-East from it. It has a very impressive XII century monastery, a small historical downtown, a dozen of old churches and a museum of wooden architecture (rather small one comparing to one in Kostroma, for example). "Museum" means several wooden churches brought there from different Russian places and assembled in one place there. That's pretty much all I can remember. Maybe i forgot something, last time I was there 15 years ago or so. For tourists in Moscow I would recommend to visit: Sergiev Posad, Kolomna, Rostov Velikiy, Pereyaslavl Zalessky, Vladimir, Yaroslavl, Zvenigorod, Aleksandrov. All these towns can also offer many historical buildings, churches, museums. Most has kremlins. And all of them not that far from Moscow too: from 1 to 2-3 hours driving.