Yaroslavl (Ярославль) is the capital city of Yaroslavl Oblast in Russia and a point on Golden Ring itinerary.
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With a population of 600,000 people, Yaroslavl is the second-largest city in Central Russia after Moscow. Its 1000-year history and location in the middle of Golden Ring make Yaroslavl a good point for a day or weekend trip from Moscow.
Rides on public transport, which operate during the day and late at night and include buses, marshrutkas, and trolleybuses, costs 23-26 руб. The most useful trolleybus is trolleybus #1, which starts at the train station, and goes all the way down Svobody, through Volkovo to Yaroslavl Red Square.
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, ☏ +7 485 230-40-72. Comprises six churches and three museums. (updated Nov 2020) 1 Museum of the Yaroslavl City History (Музей истории города Ярославля), Volzhskaya Naberezhnaya 17. (updated Nov 2020) 2 Museum of Fine Arts (Ярославский художественный музей), Volzhskaya Naberezhnaya, 23. Entrance 450 руб. (updated Nov 2020) Private Museum: Music and Time, Volzhskaya Naberezhnaya d33A.
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.
The best place to eat out is the Volga promenade but there is a bunch of curious restaurants: 1 Farfor (Доставка еды Farfor), Dzerzhinsky Avenue, 2d, ☏ +7-905-63-11-888. 11:00-23:00. Pizza, rolls, sushi, assorted sets, Japanese soups, salads, desserts, main dishes and drinks. ~500 руб per person. (updated Aug 2023) Ioann Vasilyevich (Иоанн Васильевич), 34 Revolutsionnaya st, ☏ +7 4852 91-47-07. Ancient Russian cuisine. DudkiBar, 33 Sobinova St, ☏ +7 4852 33-09-33, dudkibar@dudkibar.ru. European, Japanese and grill menus. For more standard Russian fare, visit one of the modern 'stolovaya's' (buffets) of the Bazar chain, found all around the city. Priced very competitively.
For a dark, smoky atmosphere, you could do worse than Bar Beer, which is on the main street, just off Ploshad Volkovo, heading towards the monastery. They only sell beer: if you're looking for anything other than beer, you would be better off heading to Ars Café, which is inside a theatre next to the Bear's Corner hotel. There are three main sections to Ars Café, an upstairs, with comfortable sofas, which is often busy, a downstairs section, with dance floor and a big long table for larger groups, and a back room, which you have to pay to get into, but is very comfortable, and is primarily supposed to be used to smoke Kalyan (Shisha).
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In Jul, Yaroslavl typically sees ~26°C daytime highs and 10 rainy days.
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