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Tour #15. The Golden Domes of
Russia 12 Days: Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Suzdal,
Vladimir.
Itinerary
Day 1
City orientation bus tour «The foundation of the north capital, the centre
of science and art”: (The house of Peter the First. Menshikov`s and Marble
palaces. Church of Our Savior. Summer Garden and the Field of Mars).
Excursion to the cruiser Aurora. Visit of the Peter & Paul Fortress (the
first construction in St. Petersburg) and St. Peter and Paul Cathedral.
Day 2
Excursion to the Hermitage Museum, second largest art museum in the world.
Excursion to St.Isaac's Cathedral – one of the largest cathedral in Europe
and one of the symbols of St. Petersburg.
Day 3
Visit of the Alexandro-Nevsky Monastery.
The Kazan Cathedral built in Corinthian style.
Day 4
Peterhoff. Visit of the Grand Palace, summer residence of Peter the First
and park, the masterpiece of fountain art of the 18th century.
Departure to Moscow.
Day 5
Orientation bus tour. Dedication to Muscovites. The main streets and squares
of the city, world known sights of the capital. Moscow Kremlin. Historical
architectural complex of Sobornaya Plochad. Church of Christ the Savior,
Novodevichy monastery. Vorobjevy Gory. Poklonnaya Gora, Kutuzovsky prospect,
Arbat street.
Day 6
Excursion “Merchants and earls` Moscow” Arbat street. Earls` estates.
Zamoskvorechje. Kazachja Sloboda. Merchants` estates. Tretjyakovskaya
gallery.
Day 7
Trip to Sergiev Posad. Troitse-Sergieva monastery founded by Sergy
Radonezsky more than 600 years ago. Architecture of churches of the ancient
monastery. Troitsky cathedral. Famous icons of Andrei Rublev. Fresco. Old
Russian needlework of the 14-17th centuries.
Day 8
Trip to Pereslavl-Zalessky. Church town of the 12th century.
Reservation museum Goritsky monastery. Masterpieces of icon painting and
wooden sculpture.
Day 9
Trip to Yaroslavl. Spaso-Preobrazensky monastery – the oldest architectural
memorial of Povolzje of the 12th century. Church of Ilija the Prophet of the
17th century.
Day 10
Kostroma. Ipatjevsky monastery, boyars Romanovs chambers.
Day 11
Suzdal. Concert of bell ringing and canticles. Kremlin, Spaso-Efimjev
monastery, museum of wooden architectonics.
Day 12
The town of Vladimir. Golden Gates, Uspensky and Dmitrievsky cathedrals.
Bogolubovo. Pokrova-na-Nerli church, residence of Andrei Bogolubsky.
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