If you want to see some of the surrounding countryside and villages, then a leisurely boat trip on the Volga is a good way to do it.

These run mainly during the summer and one of the most popular trips is to Tolga, taking about an hour each way.

There are also somewhat faster hydrofoil services to Kostroma, an hour and a half each way.

Trips are from the river station on Pervomayskaya Ulitsa.

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This is probably the most beautiful of the churches in the city. It’s worth walking all the way round, especially if you want to photograph it, as the pleasing collection of domes move around each other as you walk, offering sometimes surprising perspectives.

There is a warning that the church will be closed during wet spells, but I’m not sure if this is to help preserve the interior or whether it has a leaky roof. If you do venture inside you’ll find some of the best frescoes on the Golden Ring circuit.

Sovetskaya Square

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Feodor Volkov, son of a local wealthy merchant, founded the theatre in 1750. It was the first professional public theatre in Russia and went on to become an important centre for the development of actors, which it remains to this day. The current building, on the original site, was constructed in 1911 in the neo-classical style.

Volkov Square

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This is the centrepiece of Yaroslavl, a 16th century monastery which as well as an impressive cathedral and bell-tower also now houses a museum of local history. They also give impressive bell ringing demonstrations, the bells are hung from a free standing frame and worked by an impossible looking set of strings.

25, Bogoyavlenskaya square

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