Botik museum

Botik museum Review

Pereslavl-Zalessky was the birthplace of the Russian navy. The Botik museum, 3 km (2 mi) outside of town, houses the only remaining boat of the more than 100 Peter the Great built for the fleet he sailed on Lake Pleshcheyevo. The botik, a small sailboat, usually single-mast, is often called the grandfather of the Russian fleet. The museum also displays several naval guns, a triumphal arch, and a monument to Peter the Great. To get to the museum, take a narrow-gauge train running south and west along the lake from the bus station, which is on ulitsa Kardovskovo, just below the Goritsky Monastery. It departs the bus station at 9 am, 1 pm, and 4:30 pm and returns from the museum at 12:30 pm, 4 pm, and 8:30 pm.