Seven kilometres from Nevyansk, the lovely Byngi is the perfect place to experience Russian life in an Old Believers’ village. Here an entrepreneurial German and his Russian wife have converted an izba (log house) into a guesthouse in the main building and erected four summer yurts in the yard.
Elektrichki (R142, 1½ to 2½ hours, nine daily) serve Nevyansk.
Excursions are available, and on a visit you will be very much integrated eclectically into local life in and around the village.