About 600m up the road from St George's Monastery is Vitoslavlitsy, an evocative open-air museum of 22 beautiful wooden peasant houses and churches. Some of the structures date back to the 16th century, the highlight being the soaring Church of the Nativity of Our Lady (1531). What makes these buildings all the more remarkable is that they were all constructed without nails. Bring a picnic; otherwise, there's a cafe on the grounds, plus a good souvenir shop and craft sellers.
Opposite Vitoslavlitsy is the rustic, charming 16-room hotel Yurevskoe Podvore . The attached restaurant prepares traditional Russian food (meals R500 to R1000).
Buses 7 and 7A (R16) from opposite the Novgorod tourist office run here. The bus route goes in a loop; it first stops at the monastery and then outside the museum before returning to town.
