Visiting these cities gives an opportunity to make acquaintance with the Golden Ring of the Russian history, architecture and culture. Each of the cities has it's own distinctive character, though all of them have one trait in common - Russian spirit and character. Zagorsk is famous for it's Troitse-Sergievsky Monastery that is the centre of the Russian Orthodox Church. Great Rostov is renowned for the ancient Cremlin. Old Pereslavl came down in the history of Russia as the place where Russian Tsar Peter the Great spent his childhood. Kostroma is known as the cradle of the Romanov's dynasty. Suzdal is called an outdoors city-museum the construction of which lasted for 8 centuries. Yaroslavl built by the riverhead of the Volga River used to be one of the most prominent cities of the ancient Russia. Moscow, ancient and ever young, and Saint Petersburg, formal and ceremonial - all of them will open their doors wide to meet their guests with Russian hospitality and love.

Day 1

arrival in Moscow, check in at the hotel dinner;

Day 2

breakfast, sightseeing tour of the city, lunch, tour of the Cremlin & 1 Cathedral, dinner;

Day 3

breakfast, trip to Zagorsk, tour of the Troitse-Sergiev Monastery, lunch, departure to Yaroslavl with stops on the way: in Rostov for a tour of the Cremlin, and in Pereslavl; check in at the hotel in Yaroslavl, dinner;

Day 4

breakfast, sightseeing tour of the city including visits to the Spassky and Tolgsky monasteries, lunch, departure to Kostroma, check in at the hotel, dinner;

Day 5

breakfast, sightseeing tour of the city including visit to the Ipatyev monastery, lunch, departure to Suzdal, check in at the hotel, dinner;

Day 6

breakfast, trip to Vladimir, a whole day tour of Vladimir incl.visits to the Assumption Cathedral, lunch, tour of Bogolyubovo, the Temple of The Intercession built on Nerly, (supplementary visit to the museum of handycrafts can be arranged), return to Suzdal, dinner;

Day 7

breakfast, sightseeing tour of the city including visits to the Cremlin, to the Transfiguration Cathedral, Spaso-Yefimievsky monastery, and the monastery of the Protecting Veil of the Mother of God, lunch, tour of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin; departure to Moscow, check in at the hotel, dinner;

Day 8

breakfast, tour of the Tretyakov Galery, lunch, tour of New Maiden's Convent; departure to St. Petersburg by train;

Day 9

arrival in St. Petersburg, check in at the hotel, breakfast, sightseeing tour of the city incl. Peter and Paul Fortress, lunch, tour Pushkin, dinner;

Day 10

breakfast, tour of the Hermitage museum, lunch, visit to St. Isaak's Cathedral, dinner;

Day 11

breakfast, transfer to the airport, departure. End of service.

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