TOUR PROGRAM
1 day.
07-45. Meeting group in Moscow, the metro station "Komsomolskaya", (plaque "Star of Russia").
Departure to Kolomna. Track information on the track.
Sightseeing tour of the old part of the city. Kolomna Kremlin - the main architectural ensemble of the city, which preserved the walls and towers of the XVI century. This is one of the most powerful and large fortresses in Russia. In the Kremlin there are several streets, 2 monasteries, museums. All buildings are restored and create a feeling of complete immersion in the atmosphere of the XIX century.
Dinner.
Transfer to Ryazan.
Sightseeing tour of the city with a visit to the Ryazan Kremlin - an ancient fortress and one of the main attractions of the city. It is an open-air museum with ancient temples and a prince's court. Assumption Cathedral, ramparts, Archangel Cathedral, Oleg's Palace.
Accommodation in the Hotel Forum (Ryazan)
2 day.
Breakfast. The release of rooms in the hotel.
Moving to Gus-Khrustalny. Its history began in the XVIII century. At that time, the authorities banned the placement in the Moscow region of glass production due to deforestation and ordered to move all the manufactories for a distance of not less than 200 versts. In 1756, Akim Maltsov founded a settlement in this locality. Here he found everything necessary for the production of glass - wood, sand and clean water.
Visiting the Crystal Museum in the Church of St. George the Victorious.
Moving to Murom - home of the hero Ilya of Murom. The city is sung in legends and legends, it is called nothing but glorious and is considered one of the most ancient cities in Russia.
Dinner.
Sightseeing tour of the city with a visit to the Oksky Park and operating monasteries. Troitsky female, where the relics of Peter and Fevronia of Murom are stored, in honor of which the "Day of Family, Love and Faithfulness" is celebrated. Survey of the Transfiguration Monastery - the oldest monastery of the Holy Orthodox Russia. Older than him only Kiev-Pechersk Lavra!
Departure to Nizhny Novgorod.
Accommodation in hotel "Azimut-Hotel" (Nizhny Novgorod).
3 day.
Breakfast. The release of rooms in the hotel.
A sightseeing tour of Nizhny Novgorod with a tour of the Kremlin - built in 1515, it was considered one of the most advanced structures of Russian military fortification architecture.
Chkalovskaya staircase - the main architectural masterpiece of Nizhny Novgorod. It has 560 steps, the cascade of the staircase is made in the form of two huge rings, and the difference in lifting levels is almost three times higher than that of the famous Potemkin Stairs in Odessa.
Christmas (Stroganov) church, Annunciation monastery.
Walk along Bolshaya Pokrovskaya street.
Dinner.
Transfer to Gorokhovets. A city in which many temples and monasteries of the XVII-XVIII centuries are perfectly preserved. But the main thing is that this city is a storehouse of ancient civil buildings: the chambers of merchants of the 17th century, the cottages of ordinary villagers, decorated with tiles and carvings.
Sightseeing tour of the city, architectural ensemble of the city-museum of civil architecture, Russian Art Nouveau. Photo-stop on Bald Mountain. From a height of 100 meters above Klyazma you will see a delightful natural landscape - a boundless taiga-like forest, the smooth surface of a meandering river, wide, wide open to the wind, the plain, meadows and lakes.
Moving to Vladimir.
Accommodation in the hotel "Golden Ring" (Vladimir).
4 day.
Breakfast.
Departure to Bogolyubovo.
Grand ducal residence of Andrei Bogolyubsky, architectural ensemble of the Bogolyubsky Monastery. Walk to the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl (in the summer, a distance of 1.5 km.).
Return to Vladimir.
Vladimir - one of the largest cities of the Golden Ring of Russia, is located on the high bank of the Klyazma River. The main property of the Vladimir land is the most beautiful examples of white stone architecture, included in the UNESCO list.
Sightseeing tour of Vladimir with a tour of the Golden Gate - a unique monument of military engineering and architectural art of ancient Russia, the symbol of Vladimir and the entire Golden Ring of Russia. Walk along the pedestrian street. Cathedral Square, white-stone cathedrals of the XII century: Dmitrievsky and Uspensky.
Dinner.
Folklore program (when recruiting a group of 30 people). The combination of folk songs, playing musical instruments and national costumes will make the festive dinner magical and unforgettable.
Return to the hotel.
5 day.
Breakfast.
A trip to Suzdal. Suzdal is a city-museum, since there are no such places of history in Russia as well as the ancient buildings that have survived to the present and are intact, unique churches and objects of wooden architecture. It is interesting that at the same time there is not a single industrial enterprise in Suzdal, which makes it an ecologically clean place.
A sightseeing tour of Suzdal with an inspection of the architecture of the majestic Suzdal Kremlin, the construction of which was begun in the 10th century, an amazing Christmas cathedral.
Spaso-Evfimiev Monastery, founded in 1350, the Transfiguration Cathedral with frescoes by Guria Nikitin.
Architecture of the Intercession Monastery. The monastery is located on the bank of the picturesque Kamenka River and was the place of exile of the disgraced Russian tsarinas and representatives of noble families (the wife of Basil III Solomonii Saburova, wife of Peter I Evdokia Lopukhina).Dinner.
Free time.
Return to the hotel.
6 day.
Breakfast. The release of rooms in the hotel.
Departure to Plyos (in the summer). Plyos is a tiny quiet town on the high bank of the great Volga. The town, popular and beloved by tourists, famous for its outstanding artist Isaac Levitan.
Excursion program with a visit to the Cathedral Mountain, from where you can admire the magnificent views of the Volga and the beautiful Volga Embankment. Hour boat trip along the Volga.
Moving to Kostroma.
The city, supposedly founded in 1152, had an advantageous location: from here went the way to the Volga Bulgaria and the countries of the East, and through the upper Oka region connected with Kievan Rus. By the beginning of the XIII century. Kostroma became a significant city of the Grand Duchy of Vladimir.
Dinner.
Excursion program: a complex of Trade Rows, the central square, a monument to Ivan Susanin, a fire tower, AN Ostrovsky's gazebo and much more.
We will see the Ipatiev Monastery. We will examine the picturesque territory of the monastery, look at the Trinity Cathedral - the main temple of the Ipatiev Monastery. Originally wooden, the cathedral was rebuilt in stone in the middle of the XVI century with the funds of the Boyuns of the Godunovs, therefore it is sometimes called "godunov". Let's approach the Romanov boyars. It was here that for a time Tsar Mikhail Romanov lived with his mother. And it is from here that the reign of the Romanov family begins on the throne.
An excursion to the "Kostroma Sloboda" is one of the few open-air museums specializing in the demonstration of monuments of wooden architecture. Here you can see a variety of various wooden structures, including a windmill, pile saunas and a peasant hut built in the XIX century, a church in 1552 from the village of Holm in the Galich region, a church from 1628 from the village of Spas-Vezhi and a cave church of the early 18th century. You will learn about why in olden times you never used a saw, which means actually "to cut down a hut", what other natural materials builders used and many other things
Moving to Yaroslavl.
Accommodation in the hotel "Jubilee" (Yaroslavl).
7 day.
Breakfast. Release of rooms.
Sightseeing tour of Yaroslavl - the capital of the Golden Ring of Russia. The Volga embankment, the oldest part - the arrow of the rivers of the Volga and Kotorosli, a monument to Yaroslav the Wise - the founder of the city. Visiting the Savior's Transfiguration Monastery, where the famous "The Lay of Igor's Host" was discovered. Department of Old Russian Art.
Dinner.
Moving to Rostov the Great. It is a cozy city, in which there are unique historical and architectural monuments of the past centuries on a small square (6 km long). Also the city is famous for its crafts, of which the most famous, perhaps, is enamel enamel paintings. Rostov enamel is a truly unique phenomenon. One of the largest in Russia collections of enamel, numbering about 2,5 thousand miniatures of the XVIII-XX centuries, is located in the territory of the Rostov Kremlin.
The Rostov Kremlin is the former residence of the Metropolitan of the Rostov diocese. Inspection of the architectural ensemble of the Kremlin and one of the numerous expositions of the museum.
Departure to Pereslavl-Zalessky.
Accommodation in the hotel "Pereslavl" (Pereslavl).
8 day.
Breakfast. The release of rooms in the hotel.
Excursion program for Pereslavl-Zalessky. In 1220 Prince Alexander Nevsky was born here.
Sightseeing tour of the city with a visit to the Red Square and St. Nicholas Monastery.
Excursion to the Museum-Estate "Botik Peter I".
Moving to Sergiev Posad is an old town located 52 km from Moscow. The city is known for its main attraction - the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Excursion program for the monastery, with a visit to the temples.
Lunch. Departure to Moscow. Arrival in the evening, the time of arrival depends on the traffic situation. (Estimated time of arrival is 22-00).