Cruise excursion program Moscow (NRT) - Kazan - Elabuga - Perm - Tchaikovsky - Cheboksary - Nizhny Novgorod from 27.08.16 to 08.09.16, Ship «Alexander Grin»
| Port | Excursions | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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
Interactive entertainment program at the open-air museum of wooden architecture “Happy spirit” (with a guided tour of the museum). Tour length - 1.5 hours. (Group size: 15+)
| Group from 15 pax: 1400 rub. per person Group from 25 pax: 1100 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
City bus tour with a stop at “Snow Maiden's Fairy-Tale Mansion”. Tour length - 3 hours.
| Group from 15 pax: 1100 rub. per person Group from 25 pax: 800 rub. per person Group from 35 pax: 650 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Sumarokovo Reindeer Farm. Tour length - 3 hours.
| Group from 1 pax: 13900 rub. per person Group from 3 pax: 5500 rub. per person Group from 8 pax: 3000 rub. per person Group from 15 pax: 2300 rub. per person | |
| 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 |
| 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: Historic downtown bus tour: Peter and Paul Cathedral, Kaban (lit. Boar) lake, Tatar Sloboda (city center), and The Kazan Citadel (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+).
3) 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. During the trip tourists will visit St. Herman’s Сhurch in Uspensky (Assumption) Monastery, the Сathedral of the “Joy to All who Sorrow” icon, the stables, the forge, the kiln. (Group size: 35+). Tour length - 6 hours. Travel time - 3 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 – 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 |
| Tchaikovsky |
Your choice: 1) City guided bus tour with a stop at the architectural and ethnographical complex “Saygatka”. You will visit the house of a peasant Old Believer of the late 18th century. The log hut is unique, since its original layout and furniture have been completely preserved. Tour length - 2 hours.
2) Bus tour to Votkinsk-motherland of Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The Tchaikovsky family lived in the city for 11 years. Their four children were born in the town of Votkinsk. Pyotr Tchaikovsky was born in 1840, in the house № 1 on Gospodskaya street. Large-scale restoration began on the museum in 2013 and was completed in the anniversary year of 2015. The memorial house - birthplace of the composer, the archive room, and the exhibition hall were completely renovated, and the landscape was redone. A comfortable guest area, an interactive space for music lovers, a playground for children, and amenities for people with disabilities were added to the museum’s layout to meet the modern requirements of service and comfort. Today the ancient estate recreates the atmosphere of a nobleman’s life and introduces visitors to the childhood world of a genius composer.
Tour length - 4 hours. | Included in the price of cruise |
| Perm |
The Guided Bus tour takes you to the heart of the city, introducing the tourists to the mercantile, literary, theatrical, and military background of the city, as well as its modern life.
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
City bus tour to Belogorsky Orthodox Convent (Men’s Monastery). (120 km from Perm.) Tour length - 9 hours.
| Group from 21 pax: 2300 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
City bus tour, trip to the Kungur Ice Cave. (Travel time is about 2 hours. About 100 km from Perm. Get ready to hear the story of the Trans-Siberian Highway, learn about the beauty of the Ural region, and find out about the discovery of the Kungur Ice Cave. Total tour length - 9 hours. Please note! Don’t forget your warm clothes.
| Group from 10 pax: 7100 rub. per person Group from 15 pax: 5400 rub. per person Group from 20 pax: 5000 rub. per person Group from 25 pax: 4400 rub. per person Group from 30 pax: 4000 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
City bus tour to the Ethnographical Museum (Village of Khokhlovka). The outdoor museum exhibits 19 monuments of wooden architecture of the Perm region from the end of the 17th to the beginning of the 20th century). Tour length - 7 hours
| Group from 10 pax: 4700 rub. per person Group from 15 pax: 3400 rub. per person Group from 20 pax: 3000 rub. per person Group from 25 pax: 2500 rub. per person Group from 30 pax: 2100 rub. per person | |
| Tchaikovsky | Optional excursion
Bus tour to Izhevsk with a visit to the military museum of Mikhail Kalashnikov. The museum has created a showroom that includes a modern firearms shooting range, a display of various samples of historical and contemporary weapons, as well as an air-gun and crossbow shooting range, equipped with the latest multimedia programs. (Please note: you are welcome to firearm shooting at an extra charge. 2 documents are required: your passport and driver's license). Izhevsk is the second weapons capital of Russia, and proud of its industrial legacy. The main attractions of Izhevsk are the main building of the Arms Factory, built over 200 years ago, beautiful and striking temples of the city, such as St. Michael's Cathedral, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Svyato-Troitskaya (Holy Trinity) Church and The Izhevsk Kremlin-Arsenal. There are also quite a few original contemporary sculptures in the city: the Monument to the Dumpling (Pelmeni), the Monument to the Crocodile and the Monument to Izhik –mascot of Izhevsk.
| Group from 20 pax: 4000 rub. per person |
| Sarapul |
Bus tour to Sarapul with a visit to the Bashenin Dacha Museum. Sarapul is one of the most beautiful old merchant cities, located on the right bank of the Kama River. Currently, the city has more than a hundred monuments of history and architecture that attract tourists and antique lovers. During the city tour "Welcome to Sarapul!” the tourists will visit its sights for a better understanding of its historical and cultural heritage, lovingly preserved by its citizens. Enjoy the panoramic views of the Kama and Transkama rivers from the Ural mountain, and see the symbol of the city - the Fire Tower.
Tour length - 2.5-3.0 hours. | Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
At the ethnographic center "Shaman Park" you will see a Buryat yurta (nomadic tent), a hut of an Udmurt shaman, an Udmurt prayer house, a working “black” sauna (smoke sauna with a chimneyless wood burner) and much more. You will hear insider stories about shamanism and learn how the magic happens. Would you like to visit a ritual temple and a pagan ritual setting, as well as the sacred woods? Learn about the sacrificial rites of Slavic tribes. Do you know where and how Slavic witches passed on their ancient wisdom? What charms and spells solved everyday issues of our ancestors? And why is it that in the black sauna you can’t bathe in the third steam or after midnight? Would you like to brew a magical potion with Baba Yaga and hear the whole truth about her? Would you like to make a lucky charm under the supervision of a herbalist, try some ritual food and prepare a meal in accordance with ancient recipes? Tour length — 4.0-4.5 hours.
| Group from 8 pax: 5600 rub. per person Group from 11 pax: 4000 rub. per person Group from 20 pax: 3000 rub. per person Group from 36 pax: 1700 rub. per person | |
| 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 |
| Ulianovsk |
Your choice: 1) Bus and walking tour "Motherland of Lenin" with a visit to Simbirsk Classical Preparatory School Museum and the House Museum of Lenin. Tour length - 3 hours.
2)Bus and walking tour Charming Old Simbirsk with stops at the City life museum estate Simbirsk at the turn of the 20th century and the Simbirsk photography museum where visitors can have their pictures taken in vintage clothes of the 19th century. Tour length – 3 hours. (Group size: 19+).
3) Bus tour with a visit to Simbirsk Museum of Civil Aviation. (Group size: 35+). Tour length - 3 hours.
4) Bus and walking joking animated tour Mystic stroll with August Shode (renowned Simbirsk architect). Visit to the Simbirsk Art Nouveau Architecture museum. Tour length – 3 hours. (Group size: 19+).
| 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
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 | |
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
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 |