Cruise excursion program Moscow (NRT) - Yaroslavl - Nizhny Novgorod - Cheboksary - Elabuga - Bolgar - Tolyatti - Kazan - Sviyazhsk - Makaryevo - Nizhny Novgorod - Gorodets - Kostroma - Dubna - Moscow (NRT) from 15.07.17 to 28.07.17, Ship «Princess Anastasia» | Интернет-магазин круизов компании Мостурфлот

Cruise excursion program Moscow (NRT) - Yaroslavl - Nizhny Novgorod - Cheboksary - Elabuga - Bolgar - Tolyatti - Kazan - Sviyazhsk - Makaryevo - Nizhny Novgorod - Gorodets - Kostroma - Dubna - Moscow (NRT) from 15.07.17 to 28.07.17, Ship «Princess Anastasia»

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Uglich
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
2) Museum of arts and crafts tour. The museum houses a variety of workshops: wood painting, gingerbread baking, craft felting and beading. Tourists can watch the craftsmen at work and purchase their creations. Master classes are available after the tour. Visit to Alekseyevsky (Alexey) monastery. Tour length – 2 hours. Group size: 15+.
4) Visit to the House of Friendship Artists Association. It is located in a former merchant’s house on the Volga river bank. Tourists can familiarize themselves with the works of Uglich artists and visit their studios to personally observe their work. Visit to the Bogoyavlensky (Epiphany) monastery. Tour length – 2 hours. Group size: 20+.
Included in the price of cruise
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
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
Yaroslavl
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
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 the Linen King in Gavrilov Yam, a city located in 50 km from Yaroslavl. At the First Guild Merchant Lokalov’s Linen Manufacture Museum located in the building of a former parochial school you will discover the story of the linen industry development, find out about merchant Lokalov and his workers. There are many authentic exhibits and documents at the museum. A tea-drinking party “in the English style” concludes the tour. There are many linen products at the museum shop. Next stop is the Aurika’s Gardens pottery enterprise. Check the furnaces which are exact replicas of 18th century furnaces, visit the production facilities where a piece of clay will turn into a masterpiece right before your eyes. You can buy ceramic ware at the shop. Tour length – 5 hours.
Group from 15 pax: 1800 rub. per person
Group from 30 pax: 1400 rub. per person
Optional excursion
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
Interactive program 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 master craftsmen. Each visitor has an opportunity to create his own art work and bake it in a muffle furnace at 850° 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 – 2 ½ hours.
Group from 10 pax: 1500 rub. per person
Nizhny Novgorod
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
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
Cheboksary
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
1) Bus tour Cheboksary in Russia’s History. Tour length -  3 hours. (Group size: 35+).
2) City bus tour with a visit to the unique Russian Tractor History Museum. Tour length -  3 hours. (Group size: 35+).
3)City Bus Tour with a stop at the Made in Chuvashia signature shops (confectionery, textile products, knitwear). Tour duration: 3 hours (Group size: 35+ people).
Included in the price of cruise
Optional excursion
Bus tour to 2 capitals Cheboksary- Yoshkar-Ola. Tour length - 8 hours.
Group from 25 pax: 3000 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
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
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
Bulgar
Excursion package: Walking tour of the Bolgar Museum-Reserve. Visit the Bulgarian Civilization Museum, the Quran Museum, the Congressional Mosque, the Northern Mausoleum, the Eastern Chamber and Black Chamber.Tour length – 3 hours.
 
Included in the price of cruise
Tolyatti
Excursion programs of your choice:
1) City bus tour with a stop at the Technical Museum Park. The exhibition features military equipment dating from World War I and World War II and modern military equipment. Tour length – 3-4 hours.
2) City bus tour with a stop at the AutoVAZ Museum. Exhibits include the whole product line of cars assembled at the Volga automobile plant. The guide will introduce you to the history and development of the largest automotive plant in Russia. Tour length – 3-4 hours.
3) City bus tour with a stop at the Orthodox Gymnasium that is considered to be one of the best schools in Russia. The intricately decorated building of the gymnasium includes a museum and a unique church that is an interesting site by itself. The gymnasium does not look like a school building at all. The tour provides details about student programs, and tourists are invited for “a sit down” at the Russian Log Hut Museum of Traditional Russian Culture (a traditional Russian log hut is known as izba). The gymnasium takes particular pride in its functioning chapel – the All Russian Saints Church. Tour length – 3-4 hours.
Included in the price of cruise
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
Optional excursion
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. Tour length - 6 hours. Travel time - 3 hours.
Group from 5 pax: 4300 rub. per person
Group from 8 pax: 2700 rub. per person
Group from 11 pax: 2000 rub. per person
Group from 15 pax: 1600 rub. per person
Group from 25 pax: 1200 rub. per person
Group from 35 pax: 900 rub. per person
Optional excursion
City bus tour. Tatar Cuisine Secrets (master class and tasting). Tour duration – 3 hours.
Group from 5 pax: 3000 rub. per person
Group from 8 pax: 2000 rub. per person
Group from 11 pax: 1700 rub. per person
Group from 15 pax: 1500 rub. per person
Group from 19 pax: 1700 rub. per person
Group from 25 pax: 1500 rub. per person
Group from 35 pax: 1300 rub. per person
Optional excursion
City bus tour with a stop at Chak-chak Museum (excursion and tasting of chak-chak, a Tatar fried honey cake). Tour duration – 4 hours.
Group from 35 pax: 800 rub. per person
Sviyazhsk
Sightseeing Package: Historical Chronicle of a Marvelous City Tour. On-foot excursion around Sviyazhsk with a stop at the Historical Museum. Tour length: 3 hours.
Included in the price of cruise
Makaryevo
Excursion package: Excursion to the Holy-Trinity Makaryev Gheltovodsky Convent. Tour of the architectural ensemble of the 17th century and an introduction to the monastery’s history.
Included in the price of cruise
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
Optional excursion
Departure for the guided tour from Nizhny Novgorod. Bus tour "Semenov-the Capital of Golden Khokhloma". Visit to the  "Khokhloma Painting" factory". Return to Gorodets by ship after the tour. Tour length -  7 hours.
Group from 10 pax: 4900 rub. per person
Group from 15 pax: 3450 rub. per person
Group from 30 pax: 2500 rub. per person
Kostroma
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
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
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 the Kostroma Drama Theatre of A.Ostrovsky. The tourists can find out about the theatre’s set-up, check the props and scenery workshops, the sewing room, the wig department and wardrobe, view the auditorium from the balcony. Here at the theatre the visitors can discover many interesting facts about the history of the Russian theater costume – for instance, look at the costumes of boyars (court nobility), townsmen, streltzy (shooters), merchants, noblemen from the plays by Ostrovsky, Alexey Tolstoy, Chekhov, Lev Tolstoy and also by classics of world literature such as Lope de Vega and Sсhiller. Tour length – 3 hours.
Group from 15 pax: 1200 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
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
Optional excursion
City bus tour with a stop at the Cruise Missiles Development History Museum. During the tour you will see such military equipment, as P-15 (П-15) – the first ship based cruise missile with a liquid rocket engine propellant, the first such missile that took part in combat. Tour length – 3 -3,5 hours.
Group from 15 pax: 1200 rub. per person