Cruise excursion program Cheboksary - Bolgar - Samara - Elabuga - Kazan - Makaryevo - Gorodets - Rybinsk - Moscow (NRT) from 23.05.17 to 31.05.17, Ship «Ivan Krylov»
| Port | Excursions | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgar |
Excursion package: Walking tour of the Bolgar Museum-Reserve. Visit the Bulgarian Civilization Museum, the Quran Museum, the Congressional Mosque, the Northern Mausoleum, the Eastern Chamber and Black Chamber. Tour length – 3 hours.
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Samara |
Excursion package of you choice
1.Bus tour “Getting to know Samara” with a visit to the “Stalin’s bunker” (Samara). Tour length – 3 hours.
2. Bus tour “Samara churches” with stops at Iversky Monastery, Pokrov Cathedral. Group size: 35+. Tour length: 3 hours.
3. Getting to Know Samara Bus Tour with a stop at the Art Museum. The largest art collection of the Volga region includes paintings by Repin, Surikov, Polenov and other prominent Russian painters. Group size: 35+. Tour length: 3 hours.
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Beer Brewing in Samara bus tour. Visit the brewery and taste beer at Maximillian’s, a Bavarian restaurant.
Tour length – 3 hours. | Group from 15 pax: 1900 rub. per person | |
| Elabuga |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
1) City bus tour with a tour of the Bekhterev Museum of local medicine, the Shishkin House Museum and the Museum-Estate of the cavalry-girl Nadezhda Durova.
Tour length – 3-4 hours.
2) City bus tour “Tsvetaeva’s Elabuga» with a visit to the literary museum of Tsvetaeva, the Memorial of Tsvetaeva, the “Portomoynya” Museum (lit. “trouser washing”), and Pokrov Church. Tour length – 3-4 hours. (Group size: 35+).
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Kazan |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
1) Historic downtown bus tour: The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Kaban Lake, Tatar Sloboda, Kazan Kremlin (The Annunciation Cathedral, Kul Sharif Mosque, Tower of Soyembika). Tour length – 3½ hours.
2) Sport in Kazan city bus tour with a stop at the Kremlin. During the tour you can visit the sports venues of the 2013 Universiade, the 2015 World Aquatics Championship and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Group size: 35+. Tour length – 3½ hours.
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
City bus tour. Tatar Cuisine Secrets (master class and tasting). Tour duration – 3 hours.
| Group from 5 pax: 3000 rub. per person Group from 8 pax: 2000 rub. per person Group from 11 pax: 1700 rub. per person Group from 15 pax: 1500 rub. per person Group from 19 pax: 1700 rub. per person Group from 25 pax: 1500 rub. per person Group from 35 pax: 1300 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
City bus tour with a stop at Chak-chak Museum (excursion and tasting of chak-chak, a Tatar fried honey cake). Tour duration – 4 hours.
| Group from 35 pax: 800 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to the nature reserve “Sviyazhsk Island”. Sviyazhsk is a fortress, built in 1552 as a military base during the siege of Kazan by the troops of Ivan the Terrible. Tour length - 6 hours. Travel time - 3 hours.
| Group from 5 pax: 4300 rub. per person Group from 8 pax: 2700 rub. per person Group from 11 pax: 2000 rub. per person Group from 15 pax: 1600 rub. per person Group from 25 pax: 1200 rub. per person Group from 35 pax: 900 rub. per person | |
| Makaryevo |
Excursion package: Excursion to the Holy-Trinity Makaryev Gheltovodsky Convent. Tour of the architectural ensemble of the 17th century and an introduction to the monastery’s history.
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Nizhny Novgorod |
Excursion package
Bus tour to Gorodets. Trip to Feodorovsky Monastery and the fortifications. Tour to the Holy “Nicholas’ Spring”, where you will discover the history of popular beliefs, rites and celebrations.
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Departure for the guided tour from Nizhny Novgorod. Bus tour "Semenov-the Capital of Golden Khokhloma". Visit to the "Khokhloma Painting" factory". Return to Gorodets by ship after the tour. Tour length - 7 hours.
| Group from 10 pax: 4900 rub. per person Group from 15 pax: 3450 rub. per person Group from 30 pax: 2500 rub. per person | |
| Rybinsk |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
1)Historic downtown walking excursion with a tour of the Monument to the Barge Hauler, Spaso-Preobrazhensky (Transfiguration of the Saviour) Cathedral, monument to Russian poet Lev Oshanin. Tour length - 1.5 hours.
2) Historic downtown walking excursion with a stop at Admiral Fyodor Ushakov Museum (the unconquerable Russian naval commander). The first exposition is dedicated to the Ushakovs family lineage, Fyodor’s childhood, his training at the Russian Marine Cadet Corps, his first combat experience, battles (none of which was lost), last years of his life. The exposition Memory and canonization is an overview of the landmarks and memorials dedicated to Admiral Ushakov, ships named in his honour, his military decorations. Life size figures, weapons, clothes, model of a sailing ship bridge, a ship bell are exhibited at the Sailor, Naval Cadet, Fleet Officer of the 17th century and At the flagship bridge exhibitions. (Group size: 25+). Tour length – 2.5 hours.
3) People Who Made the Great Cities Great Tour. During the walking tour, tourists will learn more about the history of the Nobel family in Russia and in Rybinsk, in particular. Find out about the relations between the Nobels and Rybinsk manufacturers and merchants, the Ludvig Nobel Monument, and the construction of the Nobel Boulevard in Rybinsk. (Group Size: 25+). Tour length: 2½ hours.
| Included in the price of cruise |