Fabulously ancient and wonderfully adorned, the town of Suzdal occupies a special place among the other Russian towns. The entire town is a museum where over one hundred monuments, dating from different periods, are clustered. Suzdal meets its guests with obelisks of the Vladimir Gate (late 18th century). Right from here begins the main street of the town which, stretching throughout Suzdal, ends at the opposite gate, the Yaroslavl one. Alongside the roadway to the center you will first pass many small dwelling houses, most of them with carved window surrounds, as well as orchards and vegetable gardens behind timber fences. And then you will see the first points of historical and architectural interest. The oldest architectural ensemble of the town is the Kremlin, which consists of the ancient white stone Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin (1225), decorated with carvings, the vast complex of the Archbishop's Palace (15th-17th centuries), and the belfry (1635), connected to the Palace by a gallery. Not far from the Kremlin there is the posad with a well-integrated complex of church and secular buildings of different epochs and styles.

Visiting the Kremlin you should not miss a chance to walk around its earth ramparts. They offer a fascinating view of the Kamenka River, the settlements behind the river, the monasteries, convents and individual landmarks that you are supposed to reach during your father exploration of the town. From the western rampart the singled cupolas of the wooden 18th century Church of the Transfiguration and the seals of a windmill nearby are visible through the foliage of trees. The windmills, the church and several wooden houses, barns, bath-houses and other structures brought from different villages of Vladimir Region, make up the Museum of Wooden Architecture and Peasant Life. In some houses domestic utensils have been collected to completely imitate living home, seemingly just left by its dwellers for a while. In 1960, when a special place had not yet been allotted for the museum, a wooden church built in 1766 was brought from the next village. It was assembled right in the Kremlin and remains there to the present day. This church, similar to a common wooden dwelling, is a typical example of local rural churches.

Around the town on the banks of the quiet Kamenka several monasteries form a ring of fortresses. Actually there were fifteen monasteries and convents in Suzdal some day, but only five of them have survived. The most popular among them is the austere and expressive Monastery of Our Saviour and St.Euphymius founded in 1352 that is situated in the northern part of the town, on a high bank of the Kamenka. Behind the high wall of the monastery punctuated with twelve towers is the Cathedral of the Transfiguration (1594) with murals, in a very good state; the monastery's bell-tower with three arched bays (16th - 17th century); the gate Church of the Annunciation; the house of the archimandrite, father superior of the monastery, with the tent-shaped Church of the Assumption (1525); the Church of St.Nicholas with a hospital block (1669) and, last, a large building of monks' dormitory (17th and 19th centuries). All the buildings have been restored and used for museum exhibitions.