Hotel Palisad

Northern European Russia


Right near the river, Hotel Palisad has compact, modern rooms, decked out in neutral tones, attentive personnel and a generous buffet breakfast featuring local produce. Proximity to the kremlin is either a boon or a bane, depending on how much you enjoy the sound of church bells.


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1. Lace Museum

0.07 MILES

The sparklingly modern Lace Museum, across the square from the kremlin, patches together some great examples of this archetypal Vologda craft, with…

2. Resurrection Cathedral

0.12 MILES

Just outside the kremlin enclosure, the amply domed 1776 Resurrection Cathedral adds photogenic foreground to kremlin views. It also houses an art gallery…

3. Art Department

0.12 MILES

On the eastern side of the main kremlin courtyard, Muppet-style wooden dolls, lacquered wood items and embroidery briefly grab your attention before the…

4. St John Chrysostom Church

0.13 MILES

This attractive 17th-century church is one of Vologda's oldest constructions and contains some 200-year-old frescoes. Located on the river bank opposite…

5. Bell Tower

0.14 MILES

Climbing the 288 steps of St Sofia’s Cathedral's separate 78.5m-high, gold-topped bell tower offers breathtaking views down upon the cathedral’s grand…

6. Kremlin

0.16 MILES

Vologda’s multidomed, attractive kremlin is the city’s historical centrepiece, a 17th-century fortified enclosure built as a church administrative centre…

7. St Sofia’s Cathedral

0.16 MILES

Powerful five-domed St Sofia’s Cathedral has a soaring interior smothered with beautiful 1680s frescoes. The astonishingly tall iconostasis is filled with…

8. Regional Studies Museum

0.18 MILES

The natural history section has clearly benefited from the untimely demise of numerous regional species of wildlife, such as the dramatically posed…