Cruise excursion program Moscow (NRT) - Kalyazin - Ples - Nizhny Novgorod - Kazan from 05.09.16 to 09.09.16, Ship «Ivan Krylov»
| Port | Excursions | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Kalyazin |
Guided city tour “Svistushenskaya Sloboda”. Guided walking tour along the Zarechnaya (“beyond the river”) part of the city, a district across the river, with a stop at the Kalyazin local history museum. Tour of the Vvedensky church, mansion of the Shekhonsky princes, and the monuments of wooden architecture.Tour length - 2 hours.
| 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 |
| 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 |
Optional excursion
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. Tour length - 3 hours.
| Group from 5 pax: 2700 rub. per person Group from 10 pax: 1400 rub. per person Group from 16 pax: 1200 rub. per person Group from 25 pax: 800 rub. per person Group from 31 pax: 650 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Christmas ornament factory “Ariel”. You will visit a glass blowing workshop where you can watch the artists manually painting the Christmas decorations, following a tradition unchanged since the 19th century. You can also try to paint your own ornament as a souvenir. After the factory visit you can also stop by the factory museum (the tour to the factory doesn’t include a guided museum tour).
Check the factory shop for bargains.
Tour length - 3 hours. | Group from 15 pax: 3000 rub. per person | |
| 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 |