GOLDEN RING CITIES TOUR

6 DAYS FROM MOSCOW

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DAY 1

8:30 - Meet your private English-speaking guide at your hotel's lobby (at Moscow), check out from the hotel and enjoy your private drive to Sergiev Posad (74 km.)

10:00-   Tour of Trinity Sergiev Monastery

11:30 - Take a  drive to Pereyaslavl Zalessky (70 km.)

12:30 – Arrival to Pereyaslavl Zalessky

Lunch in a local restaurant (not included in the price)

14:00 – Tours in Pereyaslavl Zalessky, the Savior Transfiguration Cathedral on the Red sq.(11 century) and visit to the Museum-estate “Little boat of Peter the Great”

15:00 – Take a drive to Rostov (65 km.)

16:00 – Arrival to Rostov, Visit to Rostov Kremlin, tour of the museum of Russian enamel (finift’)

18:00 – Drive to Yaroslavl (58 km.)

19:00 – Arrival, accommodation at Ibis Hotel (***), Yaroslavl Center

Moscow guide leaves back to Moscow

Overnight Yaroslavl: Ibis, Yaroslavl Center

 

DAY 2

Breakfast at the hotel, meet your local Yaroslavl's private English-speaking guide and your driver.

09:30 – City Tour of Yaroslavl including Volga river embankment, Church of St. John the Baptist, Church of Elijah the Prophet, Assumption Cathedral

12:30 Lunch (not included in the price)

After lunch Visit into Savior Transfiguration Monastery, tours of 2 museum exhibitions of the Monastery – “Treasures of Yaroslavl” and “Yaroslavl icons of 16-18 centuries”

17:00 – end of tour, free time

Overnight Yaroslavl: Ibis Hotel (***)

 

DAY 3

Breakfast at the hotel, check out, luggage on board

09:30 - private drive to Kostroma (1 hour), without guide

Meet your local private English-speaking guide upon arrival.

10:30-13:30  - City tour of Kostroma including Volga embankment, Fire watch tower, monument of Ivan Sussanin, Epiphany Anastasia’s Nunnery, Church of the Savior in the Ranks, Church of Resurrection

Saint Trinity Ipatiev Monastery, Trinity Cathedral and Monastery museum

14:00 - Check in Ya Hotel (****), free time

Overnight Kostroma: Ya Hotel (****)

 

DAY 4

Breakfast at the hotel, check-out, luggage on board

09:30 – Transfer to Suzdal (180 km) without guide

12:30 – Arrival to Suzdal, check-in to Veliy hotel (***), Suzdal (or leave luggage at luggage room)

Free time for lunch and exploring the city on your own.

Spend a few hours by visiting the numerous churches and museums, admire the view from outside the formidable walls of Kremlin, or take a walk down to the Pokrovsky Convent for a magical 360 degree view of the town

Overnight Suzdal: Veliy Hotel (***)

 

DAY 5

Breakfast at the hotel

10:00 – Meet the local guide and driver, depart for the City Tour of Suzdal with the tour of Museum of wooden architecture in Suzdal, Suzdal Kremlin and visit into Nativity Cathedral

Tour of Saint Euphimius Monastery with the short concert of church bells

Lunch (not included in the price)

Drive to Kideksha (5 km. away from Suzdal) to visit Boris and Gleb church built in 1152 as well as to see St. Stephen Church (18th century), Holly Gate and Bell Tower

17:30  - end of the Tour

Overnight Suzdal: Veliy hotel (***)

 

 

DAY 6

Breakfast at Hotel, check out

10:00 – Meet your guide and driver, depart with luggage on board. Private drive to Vladimir

11:00 – Arrival to Vladimir, Tours in Vladimir including visits into St. Demitrius Cathedral, Assumption Cathedral and Golden Gate

Lunch (not included in the price)

15:48– Departure by high-speed train LASTOCHKA  to Moscow

17:30 - Arrival to Moscow, Kursky Train Station