DAY

PROGRAMME

1-st

Arrival at the airport. Transfer to a hotel. Accommodation in a hotel.

2-nd

Breakfast in a hotel. Departure to Vladimir. Lunch. Excursion in Vladimir (Uspenskiy and Dmitrievskiy cathedrals, Golden Gates, craft museum). Transfer to Suzdal. Accommodation in a hotel 1 class (“Kuchkov’s home”/ “GTK-Rizalit”). Dinner.

3-rd

Breakfast. Excursion in Suzdal (Kremlin with Krestoviy palace, Spasso-Evfimievskiy monastery, museum of wood craft). Lunch. Departure to Kostroma. Accommodation in a hotel 1 class  (“Volga”/ Motel “Intourist- Kostroma”). Dinner.

4-th

Breakfast. Excursion in Kostroma (Voskreseniya-na-Debre church, Ipatievskiy monastery (Troizkiy cathedral)). Departure to Yaroslavl. Lunch. Excursion in Yaroslavl Spasso-Preobrajenskiy monastery and Iliya Prorok church (in summer) or icon museum in Mitropolichiy residence (in winter). Accommodation in a hotel 1 class (“Yubileinaya”/ “Sport”). Dinner.

5-th

Breakfast. Departure to Rostov the Great. Kremlin excursion (“finifti” museum). Transfer to Sergiev Posad. Lunch. Excursion in Sergieva-Lavra. Departure to Moscow. Accommodation in a hotel.

6-th

Breakfast in a hotel. City tour (4 hours). Kremlin excursion + cathedral + Armory (3 hours). Return to a hotel. Dinner in a hotel. Opera or ballet in the Bolshoi theatre  (extra charge).

7-th

Breakfast in a hotel. Excursion in Kolomenskoe (2 hours). Tretiakov gallery excursion (2 hours). Return to a hotel.  “Russian night”: folk-lore evening with national Russian cup of tea (2 hours) with walking tour in Moscow Metro.

8-th

Breakfast in a hotel. Transfer to the airport.