Cruise excursion program Nizhny Novgorod - Kazan - Elabuga - Chistopol - Cheboksary - Nizhny Novgorod - Yaroslavl - Dubna - Moscow (NRT) from 17.06.16 to 25.06.16, Ship «Princess Anastasia»
Port | Excursions | Price |
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Kazan |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
1)Historic downtown bus tour: Peter and Paul Cathedral, Kaban (lit. Boar) lake, Tatar Sloboda (city center), and The Kazan kremlin (The Blagoveshchensky [Annunciation] Cathedral, Kul Sharif Mosque, and Soyembika Tower). Length of the tour - 3 hours.
2) Bus tour to the Raifa Monastery. You will find six functioning churches, the miraculous icon of the Georgian Mother of God, a holy spring and a secluded lake. Length of the tour - 4 hours (Group size: 35+).
| Included in the price of cruise |
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 – 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 of shore excursion packages:
1) Bus and Pedestrian Tour to Chistopol's Historic Downtown with a stop at the Boris Pasternak Museum. Tour length – 3 hours.
2) Bus and Pedestrian Tour to Chistopol’s Historic Downtown with a stop at the city History Museum (Group Size: 20+) Tour length – 3 hours. | Included in the price of cruise |
Cheboksary |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
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
Folk program Let Your Soul Rejoice followed by a beer tasting. Tour length – 1-1.5 hours.
| Group from 15 pax: 1100 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 | |
Optional excursion
Walking tour to the Embroidery Museum. Chuvash embroidery is a unique phenomenon of world culture, and a hallmark of this people. A requirement for authentic folk costumes, embroidery served as a symbol of ethnic origin, age group, and social class. The exhibit displays the history of the traditional embroidery up to the 19th century. There is also a hall at the museum called Silver Pantry where women's silver jewelry is exhibited. Tour length – 2.5 hours.
| Group from 5 pax: 1500 rub. per person Group from 10 pax: 800 rub. per person Group from 20 pax: 600 rub. per person Group from 30 pax: 400 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to the Chapaev Museum. The exhibitions of the museum introduce visitors to the life and work of the legendary division commander, tell tourists about Chapaev’s studies at the General Staff Academy, his participation in wars, his battles against Kolchak, and his struggle for the establishment of the Soviet regime, and display his military decorations. The horse-drawn Machine-gun platform tachanka, Chapaev’s burka (traditional men’s coat), his sword, saber, revolver, pistol, rifle, Maxim machine gun , and horse saddles allow visitors to take an imaginary time machine back to the era of the Civil War.
Among the exhibits of great interest are genuine documents and photographs, four crosses and a medal of St. George, an Order of the Red Banner and a questionnaire personally filled by Chapaev.
After visiting the museum tourists are transported to the Akkond confectionery shop where they will participate in a candy tasting, as well as shopping at the Hosiery and Knitwear Factory. After completion of the itinerary, tourists will return to the River Terminal.
Tour length - 3 hours.
| Group from 8 pax: 2200 rub. per person Group from 12 pax: 1600 rub. per person Group from 18 pax: 1400 rub. per person Group from 25 pax: 1100 rub. per person Group from 36 pax: 900 rub. per person | |
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 |
Yaroslavl |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
1) Bus tour "Yaroslavl’s Jubilee" to the Spaso-Preobrazhensky (Transfiguration of the Saviour) Monastery. Tour length - 3 hours.
2) Bus tour "Yaroslavl’s Jubilee" with a visit to the art museum. (Group size: 35+.) Tour length - 3 hours.
3)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 |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Rostov Velikiy (Rostov the Great) – one of the oldest cities of our country. This tour walks you through the city’s evolution. Don’t miss the Rostov Kremlin. (56 km from Yaroslavl). Tour length - 5 hours.
| Group from 19 pax: 1600 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Vyatskoe village. Enjoy your walk and take a look at the unique mansions of merchants on the banks of the Ukhtomka river. You will love Vyatskoye’s pickles and a nice cup of tea. (30 km from Yaroslavl). Tour length - 4.5 hours.
| Group from 5 pax: 4000 rub. per person Group from 10 pax: 3000 rub. per person Group from 19 pax: 2600 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to the Holy Vvedensky Tolga monastery. Tour length - 3 hours.
| Group from 10 pax: 1600 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus excursion to the center of Yaroslavl City with a visit to the city zoo. The zoo area is more than 120 hectares – one of the largest in the world. The zoo is presented as a landscape park. The excursion time is 3 hours.
| Group from 10 pax: 2900 rub. per person Group from 19 pax: 2450 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to the Karabikha Estate. You will learn about the history of the estate and its owners. You will be transported to the past and feel like a nobleman in a house where everything preserves the memory of the great Russian poet Nekrasov.
Tour length - 3 hours. | Group from 15 pax: 2600 rub. per person Group from 25 pax: 2200 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Tour of the Dolphinarium. You can observe the Arctic whales and bottlenose dolphins from the viewing gallery. During the tour you will learn about different animals and their lives. You will have a chance to play with the dolphins and have a nice cup of aromatic tea at the “Golden Sands” café with a great view to the swimming pool with the dolphins. Tour length - 3 hours
| Group from 10 pax: 1500 rub. per person Group from 15 pax: 1400 rub. per person Group from 20 pax: 1300 rub. per person | |
Dubna |
Excursion packages:
Walk through the old city. You will tour a residential area especially built for nuclear physicists (Flerov, Meshcheryakov, Pontekorvo, Dzhelepov, Vysotsky) and visit their memorial.
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Dubna city tour. Tour length - 3,5 hours.
| Group from 15 pax: 1400 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Ginseng plantation tour. Tour length - 3 hours.
| Group from 15 pax: 1200 rub. per person |