Cruise excursion program Moscow (NRT) - Uglich - Kuzino - Vytegra - Lodeynoye Pole (lit. the Field of Boats) - Великий Новгород - Old Ladoga - Valaam - Mandrogi - Myshkin - Moscow (NRT) from 26.07.19 to 07.08.19, Ship «Sergey Esenin»
| 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
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 | |
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
Stop at the Folk Toy Museum. Discover the unique, almost 50 years-old collection. Find out about the cultures and traditions of more than 35 countries through games and toys. Tourists will get to know more about the daily life, customs, and rites of Russians. Tour length: 45 minutes.
| Group from 10 pax: 650 rub. per person | |
| Kuzino |
Your choice:
1)Bus tour to Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery.
2)Interactive program Journey to Rus Iznachalnaya (Primary Rus). A medieval northern village of the 11th to 13th centuries has been recreated on the picturesque banks of the Sheksna river. You will be told about ancient Russian costume, jewelry, arms and armor, dinner ceremonies, and rituals.
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Master Classes: Pottery (Group Size: 10-30 people), Smithery (Group Size: 5-15 people), Russian Table Songs (Group Size: 10-30 people), Weaving (Group Size: 5-10 people). Master Classes range from 1-2 hours in length.
| Group from 10 pax: 900 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery with a visit to a monk’s cell and Uspensky (Assumption) cathedral (Group size: 15+)
Tour length - 3 hours. (Alternative to the main excursion). | Group from 15 pax: 1500 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Ferapontov Monastery. You will see the refectory, the parvis, frescoes of The Virgin Nativity Cathedral and the monastery site. Tour length - 3 hours. (Alternative to the main excursion).
| Group from 15 pax: 3000 rub. per person | |
| Vytegra |
Your choice:
First-hand experience on a large ocean diesel submarine, equipped with its original machinery, systems and weapons, allows visitors to see the internal structure of the boat, understand the life of submariners, examine military memorabilia, climb up to the conning tower and check out the main deck of the ship.
2) City walking-tour with a visit to Vytegorsk local history museum. The interactive tour "Living Antiquity" will plunge you into the world of the peasantry in Vytegorsky County at the turn of the 20th century. In the course of the tour you will see the interior of a peasant's log hut with a Russian stove, learn how they cooked, and find out about the role of a samovar (traditional Russian metal kettle) for a Russian family. (Group size: 20+)
3) City walking tour with a visit to Vytegorsk local history museum. Theme tour "Vytegorsk Hunting." The exhibition tells you about traditional fishing instruments, methods for catching animals, and hunting traditions and signs. Don’t miss the unique taxidermy sculptures of birds and animals from the collection of the museum's founders.
(Group size: 20+)
4) Walking tour of the city, a tour of the recreated ancient embankment of Vytegra with a stop at Vytegra downtown (for groups of 20 people and more).
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Lodeynoye Pole (lit. the Field of Boats) |
Your choice:
1) Bus tour to the Holy Troitsky (Trinity) Alexander Svirsky Monastery. Tour length – 3.5 hours.
2): Bus tour to Vvedeno-Oyat Women’s Convent (Group size: 35+).
3) Bus tour to Olonets. Visit to the National Museum of Ethnic Karelians-Livviks. The museum serves as an introduction to the development of the first Karelian city – Olonets, its role in the history of Russia, traditional culture of Karelians-Livviks and their crafts, trades and family rituals. Tour length – 4 hours. (Group size: 35+).
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Veliky Novgorod |
The Past and Present of Veliky Novorod Bus Tour. You will see the Merchant and Sofiyskaya parts of the city, the Alexander Nevsky Bridge, Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University, the place where the first Birchbark Manuscript was discovered, Church of Transfiguration of our Saviour on Ilyina street, Znamensky Cathedral of the 17th century, Church of the Saint Great Martyr Fedor Stratilat on the Brook (1360-1361). Next stop – Yaroslav’s Court with its ancient White Arcade – architectural monuments of the 12-17th centuries. According to legend, Prince Yaroslav build here at the beginning of the 11th century a magnificent palace superior to all of its counterparts in Europe. Check the walls and towers of the old Kremlin,St. Sophia Cathedral of the 11th century, Monument of the Millenium of Russia – a bronze embodiment of the history of the Russian State, the ancient bells of Veliky Novgorod of the 16-18th centuries.
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion | Group from 20 pax: 1000 rub. per person | |
| Old Ladoga |
Down the roads of Medieval Ladoga Walking Tour includes the fortress and a display at the Gate Tower. Find out about the Ladoga at the times of Ryurik, and Oleg’s Fortress, traditions and everyday life, weapons, and warriors of the Medieval epoch. The tour guide will talk about the role of Ladoga in protecting the borders of the Novgorod lands, about the life of the military center at the Time of Troubles and the Great Northern War. Two ancient Ladoga monasteries were the centers of spiritual life.
Nikolsky Monastery is located on the Volga Embankment. Tourists are invited to the functioning John Chrysostom Cathedral where they can see the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
Uspensky Convent. Known as the place of exile of the first wife of Peter I, Evdokiya Lopukhina. Stop at the Elevation of the Life-Creating Cross Cathedral housing the relics of the great martyr Varvara.
Tour duration – 3 hours. Tour distance is 2.5 km. | Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Bus Tour to the ancient Tikhvin City. The earliest records about the Tikhvin settlement date back to the 14th century. By order of Ivan the Terrible two monasteries were founded: Dormition of the Mother of God Monastery and the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Convent. Tour of the Monastery. Stop at the Dormition Cathedral where miraculous icon of the Holy Mother of God is presented. Distance is about 100 km. Travel time is 1 hour and 40 minutes (one way). Tour length – 5,5-6 hours.
| Group from 15 pax: 2200 rub. per person | |
| Valaam |
Ship tour to the central estate of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky (Transfiguration of the Saviour) Cathedral. The ship tour goes through the most beautiful places of the Valaam archipelago among small islands, straits and the impressively secluded Predtechensky (Baptist) and Nikolsky skits (hermitages). During the tour of the Central Manor, you will visit the main operating cathedral of the monastery – the majestic Spaso-Preobrazhensky (Transfiguration of the Saviour) Cathedral. Tour length - 3.5-4.0 hours.
Lunch on board.
Your choice:
1) Walking tour “Valaam’s Skits”. You will visit three of Valaam’s skits (hermitages): the Voskresensky (Resurrection), the Gethsemane and the Konevsky. Enjoy the unique natural phenomena of the Valaam archipelago - its flora and fauna. Route distance is 6 km. Tour length - 3.5 hours.(Group size: 15+).
2) Walking tour “Rocky Shore”. The tour introduces visitors to the history of the Valaam Monastery during the Soviet-Finnish and Second World Wars. Savor Valaam’s unique nature surrounded by the Ladoga, the largest lake in Europe. Route distance 6 km.
Tour length – 2.5 hours.(Group size: 15+).
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Mandrogi |
Green stop picnic (fit travel programs). (fresh vegetables, sauerkraut, shashlik [skewered meat], rice, open apple pies, tea, and mineral water.)
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Walking tour of the village. As part of the tour, guests will visit the arts and crafts village. Check out the workshops of potters, blacksmiths, and weavers (owners of an ancient loom), and shop for leather goods and Rostov enamel jewelry. Visitors are welcome in the "Old Village", which consists of five hundred-year-old houses, relocated from the Arkhangelsk and Vologda regions.
| Group from 10 pax: 700 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
SPORTING, otherwise known as Clay Pigeon Shooting, is the art of shooting special flying targets imitating birds. Guests are transferred in wagons and sleighs to the shooting range equipped with automatic devices flinging saucer-shaped targets into the air. The shooting range is located in a beautiful pine forest. The shooting is done under supervision from instructor. Enjoy a quick tea break with pirozhki. The programme length is 1.5 hours.
| Group from 1 pax: 5000 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Crucian Carp Fishing, European Carp Pond Fishing. Please be informed that all fish caught must be paid for per the following price list: Crucian carp – 300 rubles/kg, European carp – 900 rubles/kg. Your fresh caught fish will be served in at least 1 ½ hours.
| Group from 1 pax: 600 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
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 | |
Optional excursion
Folk show “Visit to the Miller for Pancakes»”
(Group size: 5+.) | Group from 15 pax: 350 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
The Mouse's Gingerbread. How to decorate gingerbread cookies with multi-colored chocolate? A fun hands-on experience for both kids and adults. Each participant receives 2 gingerbread cookies (shaped as a cat and a mouse) and a box full of colored chocolate (group size: 5+). Tour length – 45-50 minutes.
| Group from 10 pax: 300 rub. per person |