Cruise excursion program Moscow (NRT) - Uglich - Myshkin - Yaroslavl - Kostroma - Nizhny Novgorod - Pavlovo - Murom - Kasimov - Ryazan - Konstantinovo - Kolomna - Moscow (SRT) from 10.05.16 to 20.05.16, Ship «Alexander Grin»
| Port | Excursions | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Uglich |
Your choice:
2) Tour to the Leather Craft Workshop Museum. Learn about the history of one of the oldest crafts, the leathercraft of Uglich, the production of leather in Russia, the history of the legendary Russian calf leather. Visit an exhibition of antiques and see reconstructed ancient pieces, take a look at original models of leather making equipment of the 17-19th century. Learn about contemporary art: leather carving, embossing, sculptures. At the end of the tour, each of the visitors will be able to briefly become an artisan and create a magnet, take pics with the exhibits, or read his/her fortune on runes. Visit the Alexey Monastery. The tour lasts 2 hours (for groups of 15 people and more).
3) Walking tour to the Hydroelectric Power Museum. (Group size: 20+.)
4) Tour to the Vintage Scooter Bike Museum. Find out about the evolution of the bicycle. The museum displays the 19-20th century bicycles, sports bicycles and leisure bicycles, bikes for adults and kids, etc. Ride any of the museum exhibits! Visit to the Alexeevsky Monastery. Tour length 2 hours. (Group Size: 20+).
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Martynovo village. Tour length - 4 hours.
| Group from 10 pax: 2500 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 | |
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
Kremlin walking tour with a visit to the Сhurch of Prince Dmitry “On Blood”, the Palaces of the Princes (1st floors), and Spaso-Preobrazhensky (Transfiguration of the Saviour) Cathedral. Tour length - 1.5 hours. (alternative to the main excursion)
| Group from 10 pax: 650 rub. per person | |
| 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 |
Optional excursion
Visit to the ECO-RANCH (ostrich farm, petting zoo). Tour length - 20-40 minutes.
There are baby ostriches and ostrich families, miniature horses, cows and goats at the ECO-RANCH. Exotic animals are raised on this farm minutes away by car from Myshkin. You can find black African ostriches, tiny horses (the smallest is only 75 cm at the withers!), and cheerful pygmy goats. It’s a fun place for the whole family! | Group from 10 pax: 300 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Folk show “Visit to the Miller for Pancakes»”
(Group size: 5+.) | Group from 15 pax: 350 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Walking-tour “Myshkin People’s Museum” with a visit to the “Mice Museum”, the “Boat Pilot Museum”, (or “Smirnoff Vodka Museum”) and the museum of wooden architecture and open air exhibition of retro auto equipment. (Group size: 20+) Program length – 1.5 hours.
| Group from 20 pax: 500 rub. per person | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Your choice: 1) Bus tour “Industrial Nizhny” with a visit to GAZ history museum (famous car plant). The museum has a unique collection of cars and archives. It explores the traditions and history of the GAZ automobile culture. The main point of interest is the car collection. Collection vehicles are carefully selected and restored - they are all fully operational. Tour length - 4 hours.
2) Bus tour "Industrial Nizhny" 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 useum 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.
Ride on the Nizhny Novgorod Cable Car over the Volga. Tour length - 4 hours. | Included in the price of cruise | |
Optional excursion
Tour “Journey to the Underground Kingdom”. Bus tour to Peshelan village. Stunning museum opened at a depth of 70 meters in the mineshaft of the still-operating Peshelan gypsum plant. Enjoy the unique collection of minerals, awesome stone gifts, cave paintings, a stone age camp, an underground lake, and a waterfall.
Tour length - 8 hours. | ||
| Pavlovo |
City walking tour with a visit to Pavlovo Historical Museum.
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Murom |
Sightseeing bus tour with a visit to the Murom History & Art Museum, stop at Ilya Muromets Statue, monasteries: Svyato-Troitzky (Trinity) Monastery, Blagoveshensky (Annunciation) and Spaso-Preobraghensky (Transfuguration of the Saviour) Cathedrals. Tour length – 3 hours.
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Tour “The Story of Borodino Bread”. Tour program: several legends about the origin of the bread, dough making recipes, tasting of Borodino bread, gingerbread figures art workshop, and tea drinking. Length- 1 hour.
| Group from 7 pax: 1700 rub. per person Group from 13 pax: 1300 rub. per person Group from 26 pax: 1100 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Tour “Gingerbread Fairy Tale”. Tour program: the story of Russian gingerbread, secrets of gingerbread making, gingerbread figures art workshop, and tea drinking. Length - 1 hour.
| Group from 20 pax: 1500 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Seraphim-Diveyevo Monastery. Tour length - 9 hours.
| Group from 18 pax: 3700 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Vladimir. Don’t miss the landmarks of the 12th century (Assumption Cathedral, The Golden Gates) and a tour of 2 museums ("Crystal. Lacquer Miniatures. Embroidery", historic museum.) Tour length - 9 hours.
| Group from 7 pax: 5700 rub. per person Group from 12 pax: 3600 rub. per person Group from 19 pax: 3200 rub. per person Group from 25 pax: 2600 rub. per person Group from 35 pax: 2000 rub. per person | |
| Kasimov |
Your choice: 1) City walking tour will introduce you to monuments of Tatar architecture. Visit to the regional museum (Alyanchikov family house).
2) City walking tour will introduce you to monuments of Tatar architecture. Visit to Kasimov Bell Museum. The current collection contains hundreds of bells cast by Kasimov craftsmen, including ancient Chinese bells, Russian Orthodox church bells, Valdai coachmen’s bell, a Buddha wind chime and also a ship's bell and an Italian Campana bell. (Group size: 20+)
3)City walking tour. Visit to the Russian Samovar Museum. The museum houses more than 500 exhibits representing tea tasting traditions in Russia over the last 400 years. Some of the rare exhibits include the railway station samovar from the Siberian town Zanzur that was used by Alexander Kolchak (the so-called “sovereign leader” of the anti-communist government established in the 1920s in Siberia) and the samovar presented to Leonid Brezhnev in honor of his 75th anniversary. (Groups: 20+ people).
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Gus-Zhelezny settlement (lit. Iron Goose) "Secrets and Legends of the Batashovo Estate". Tour length - 2.5 hours.
| Group from 2 pax: 10400 rub. per person Group from 4 pax: 5200 rub. per person Group from 6 pax: 3500 rub. per person Group from 10 pax: 2100 rub. per person Group from 15 pax: 1650 rub. per person Group from 30 pax: 1100 rub. per person | |
| Ryazan |
City bus tour. Discover the history of a wonderful city hiding behind a magnetic ancient name. Ryazan. Tour the main city streets and squares. Marvel at the architecture of the city and its main attractions: the Shopping Arcades, the Merchant Yards (Gostiny Dvor), the first theater of Ryazan located near Cathedral Square, the former estate of Rumin and Saltykov-Shchedrin, the Noble Assembly, monuments to Evpatii Kolovrat and Prince Oleg of Ryazan and the Theater Square. Discover the symbol of Ryazan: the monument Mushrooms with Eyes. You will walk from the Cathedral square to Esenin’s statue on the embankment of Trubezh river and then to the historical heart of the city – the Ryazan Kremlin. Walk around the Assumption Cathedral and Birth of Christ Cathedral, the famous Bell Tower, the Palace of Prince Oleg, the Singing and Consistory Buildings and the former inn for ordinary folk. Tour length – 3 hours.
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion City bus tour with an extended excursion program at Ryazansky Kremlin. A tour of the historical exhibition From Rus to Russia at the Palace of Prince Oleg, viewing the diorama The Taking of Old Ryazan by Batu Khan. The Palace of Prince is an architectural monument of 17th to 19th centuries, the greatest civil building of the Kremlin. At different times it was a prince's residence, then the House of Ryazan bishops, and now an exhibition of the most valuable historical artifacts of the Ryazan region. Be ready for a visit to the Archangel Cathedral - a monument of ancient architecture of the 15th to 17th centuries, one of the oldest buildings of the Ryazan Kremlin (the former Prince’s house church, and at the same time - the tomb of the Ryazan bishops). You will also see the Uspensky (Assumption) Cathedral - the central building of the Kremlin. Tour length is 4-5 hours.
| Group from 7 pax: 2200 rub. per person Group from 10 pax: 1900 rub. per person Group from 16 pax: 1500 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion City bus tour with a visit to the Airborne Troops Museum. It is said that “Ryazan is the capital of airborne troops”, because it is the only city with an Airborne Troops Academy. At the Airborne Troops Museum you will learn about the unique features, history and glory of these units. This is a great place for a selfie with military equipment in the museum yard in the background. Tour length – 4 hours. | Group from 10 pax: 1700 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion City bus tour with stops at the Shoco Rua chocolate factory and the Gingerbread Gallery. Sweets in Russia are an important part of feasts and have always been considered a mood enhancer. You will hear about the traditions of sweet treats in Russia in the Gingerbread Gallery, learn about all of the constituents of gingerbread, and compare it with traditional European sweets. You will also visit the Shoco Rua Factory where you will learn more about another sweet indulgence – chocolate. Degustation of 5 chocolate products, hands-on experience in making a chocolate figure. Tour length is 5 hours. | Group from 7 pax: 2900 rub. per person Group from 10 pax: 2600 rub. per person Group from 16 pax: 2300 rub. per person | |
| Konstantinovo |
Walking tour in Konstantinovo village. Esenin Estate. The local school. 2021-2022 Пешеходная экскурсия в с. Константиново. Усадьба Есениных. Земская школа. Еще>>>
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Kolomna |
Tourists are welcome to one of the largest and most powerful fortresses of its time. Tour of the Brusensky monastery, and Cathedral Square, crowned by the outstanding Uspensky (Assumption) Cathedral, which preserves the memory of the reign of Dmitry Donskoy.
Tour length - 3 hours. | Included in the price of cruise |