Golden RingShopping

Shopping in Golden Ring

  1. A

    Yarmarka Remesyol

    Suzdal’s Torgovaya pl (Trade Sq) is dominated by the pillared Trading Arcades (built 1806–11) along its western side. The arcades now house a variety of shops and cafés, as well as the excellent Yarmarka Remesyol, a shop specialising in arts and crafts made in Suzdal.

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  2. Gift Shop

    Rostov is an arts-and-crafts centre, so don’t leave without stopping at the gift shop in the kremlin to shop for finift (enamel) souvenirs and to sample the home-brewed medovukha (mead).

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  3. Tvorcheskaya Masterskaya

    On the lake shore east of the kremlin, Tvorcheskaya Masterskaya features landscapes and still lifes by painter Oleg Yenin, as well as more interesting work by other local and regional artists.

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  4. Dom Remyosol

    On the lake shore east of the kremlin, Dom Remyosol has craft and souvenir-type items, such as dolls, ceramics, watercolours and prints.

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  5. B

    Russian Flax

    Sells fine linen tablecloths, napkins and bedclothes at remarkably low prices; you can also have items made to order.

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