Cruise excursion program Moscow (NRT) - Kazan - Elabuga - Moscow (NRT) from 12.08.12 to 24.08.12, Ship «Nikolay Karamzin»
| Port | Excursions | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Сосенки |
Зеленая стоянка | Included in the price of cruise |
| Kostroma |
Your choice:
1) City Bus Tour with a visit to Ipatiev Monastery and the functioning Epiphany Convent of St. Anastasia. Tour length – 3 hours.
2) The Blessed City of Kostroma Bus Tour. Stop at the shops, farmer’s market, cheese stores, textile, linen and jewelry studios and the functioning Epiphany Convent of St. Anastasia which is known as the location of the ancient Feodorovskaya Icon of God’s Mother, a miraculous Icon of Mother of God worshiped by the Russian Orthodox Church, one of the House of Romanovs relics. Tour length – 3 hours (Group size: 35+).
3) City Bus Tour with a stop at the City Mayor Botnikov History Museum. You will find out about the remarkable person who made a difference in his city. The first city power plant, a fire station, a public library, and several educational facilities were all built during Botnikov’s time as mayor. He also introduced a mandatory house numbering system and installed telephone lines. Botnikov made personal contributions to urban improvements. The museum recreates the atmosphere of a residence of an affluent person at the beginning of the 20th century. Tour length: 3 hours. (Group Size: 35+).
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Автобусная экскурсия в старинный поселок Некрасовское. (40 км. от Костромы). История посада Большие Соли, посещение «Музея-солеварни», храма Рождества Пресвятой Богородицы. Продолжительность экскурсии 5 часов.
| Group from 15 pax: 1700 rub. per person Group from 25 pax: 1250 rub. per person Group from 35 pax: 1050 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Автобусная экскурсия в г. Нерехта на фабрику Деда Мороза. Продолжительность экскурсии 5 часов.
| Group from 25 pax: 1700 rub. per person | |
| Nizhny Novgorod |
Your choice:
1) Bus tour "City over the Volga and Oka"- story of the city in the 13th to 21st centuries.
2) City bus tour with a visit to the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin and a stop at Maxim Gorky Museum House. Group size: 35+. Tour length - 3 hours.
3) Bus tour "Russian Orthodox Cathedrals and Monasteries" with a visit to Stroganov church, Saviour (Old Fair) Cathedral, Spassky Staroyarmarochny Cathedral, and Blagoveshchensky and Pechersky Ascension monasteries. (Group size: 35+). Tour length - 3 hours.
4) Industrial Nizhny Bus tour with a visit to the Museum of City Transport. Nizhny Novgorod is one of the first cities of Russia that launched a railway tram, doing so in 1869. Rare trams of Nizhny Novgorod are exhibited in the Museum of Electric Transport. Don’t miss wagons VDN-82, RV, HDP-6, and a replica of a pre-revolutionary open platform wagon at depot № 1. Hop into the operator’s cab and try the tram driver’s seat for yourself. Group size: 35+. Tour length - 3 hours.
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Kazan |
Your choice: 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 |
| Elabuga |
Your choice: 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 – 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 – 4 hours. (Group size: 35+).
3) City bus tour “Elabuga’s Merchant Traditions” with a tour of the city history museum, the restaurant “Elabuga” with a tasting menu and a lecture about the history of beer brewing and the traditions of Elabuga’s merchants and brewers. Tour length –4 hours. (Group size: 35+).
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Chistopol |
Your choice: 1) City walking tour with a visit to the Pasternak Museum (Travel to the city by public transportation. Travel time 5-7 minutes.) Tour length - 3 hours.
2) City walking tour with a visit to the city history museum.(Travel to the city by public transportation. Travel time 5-7 minutes.) (Group size: 20+.) Tour length - 3 hours. | Included in the price of cruise |
| Cheboksary |
Your choice: 1) Bus tour to 2 capitals Cheboksary- Yoshkar-Ola. Tour length - 8 hours.
2) Bus tour Cheboksary in Russia’s History. Tour length - 3 hours. (Group size: 35+).
3) City bus tour with a visit to the unique Russian Tractor History Museum. Tour length - 3 hours. (Group size: 35+).
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Фольклорная программа «Пусть блаженствует душа» с посещением музея истории пивоварения и дегустацией пива. Продолжительность программы 1,5 часа.
| Group from 15 pax: 900 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Tikhvin Bogoroditsky (Mother of God) Women’s Monastery. Tour length - 3,5 hours.
| Group from 12 pax: 2100 rub. per person | |
| Kozmodemyansk |
Your choice: 1) Guided city walking tour with a stop at the Art and History Museum.
2) Guided city walking tour with a stop at the ethnographic museum. (Group size: 20+).
3) Guided city walking tour with a stop at the Museum of the Merchant Household. (Group size: 20+)
4) Guided city walking tour with a stop at the Bender Satire and Humor Museum. (Group size: 20+) | Included in the price of cruise |
| Gorodets |
Автобусная экскурсия по городу с посещением музея "Городецкий пряник" и музея частной коллекции самоваров. Экскурсия на Святой источник "Николин ключ", где Вас ознакомят с историей народных верований, обрядов и праздников.
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Ples |
At your choice: 1) City walking tour with a stop at The Landscape Museum.
2)Walking City Tour along the embankment, no uphill walking required. Stop at the Landscape Museum. Group size: 20+ people. Tour duration – 1 ½ hour.
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Yaroslavl |
Your choice: 1) Bus tour "Yaroslavl’s Jubilee" to the Spaso-Preobrazhensky (Transfiguration of the Saviour) Monastery. Tour length - 3 hours.
2)Historical Center Bus Tour with a stop at the Emalis Enamel Art Museum. The three halls of the museum display exhibits made in the following techniques: painted enamel, cloisonné enamel, champlevé enamel, filigree enamel, jewelry enamel. During the excursion the visitors will find out about the evolution of the “hot enamel” technique and will admire the best works of the world’s leading artisans. Each visitor has an opportunity to create his own art work under the supervision of master craftsmen. The program also involves the tour of the art gallery with a great selection of exclusive paintings, jewelry and souvenirs made with the use of hot enamel technique.
Tour length – 3 hours (group size: 35+). | Included in the price of cruise |
| Rybinsk |
Your choice:
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 |
| Myshkin |
Your choice:
1) Walking tour “Visit to the mice at the old mill” with an excursion to the old mill, the Museum of Russian Valenki, the artisans' house and Uspensky (Assumption) Cathedral. Tour length - 2-2.5 hours.
2)Walking Tour for Kids and Their Parents. Visit to the Mouse Palace. (group size: 25+). Tour length – 1.5-2 hours.
3)Provincial Kaleidoscope Walking Tour. A city sightseeing excursion, including a tour of some interesting wooden houses (Shipbuilder’s Thomson House, Myshkin Sheremetyev’s Station), visit to the old mill house with the Barn Mice display, the Victory Memorial, the Dormition Cathedral. (group size: 25+). Tour length – 2.5 hours. | Included in the price of cruise |
| Uglich |
На выбор: 1) Пешеходная экскурсия с посещением церкви царевича Димитрия "на крови" и Cпасо-Преображенского собора.
2) "Знакомство со старым городом" с посещением музея "Библиотека русской водки". (группа от 20 чел.)
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Экскурсия с посещением гончарной мастерской. Во время экскурсии Вам расскажут о древнем ремесле и покажут работу мастера. (группа от 20 чел.)
| Group from 20 pax: 140 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Walking tour to the Hydroelectric Power Museum. (Group size: 15+.)
| Group from 5 pax: 1200 rub. per person Group from 10 pax: 600 rub. per person Group from 15 pax: 400 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Visit to museum “History of Russian Vodka”. You will hear the story of Peter Smirnoff, view different types of alcohol stills and see a display of antique bottles. Tour length - 30 minutes.
| Group from 5 pax: 450 rub. per person |