EXPLORING "THE GOLDEN RING" BY RETRO TRAIN

Tour program

• Day 1

  DEPARTURE

  Evening departure by retro train to Yaroslavl from the Yaroslavl railway station. The approximate departure time of the train is 23:26. A modern train with comfortable wagons is pulled by a real steam locomotive! Not miss an amazing opportunity to take stunning images in front of a colorful steam locomotive with huge wheels, half consumed by clouds of smoke, before it starts the journey.

• Day 2

  YAROSLAVL - KOSTROMA

  Arriving in Yaroslavl and boarding the bus. Breakfast at the local cafeteria. Sightseeing tour of Yaroslavl “The capital of the Golden Ring route”. The title of a capital city of The Golden Ring route, Yaroslavl deserved for the breadth of its wide promenades of the Volga River, for the unforgettable and harmonious beauty of its temples decorated with tiles and austere white stone churches, for the beautiful decorative details carved in stone and wood. During this tour we will visit the old part of the city that is a part of the UNESCO heritage list. We will enjoy the stunning views of the local rivers the Volga and the Kótorosl, meet. We will see “business cards” of Yaroslavl: the monument of Yaroslav the Wise, founder of the city, the stele of the monument of the Millennium of Russia, the church of the prophet Iliah and the temple that appears on the 1000 ruble banknote; We will circulate through “the great ring of squares”: Red, Volkova and Epiphany, we will visit the Transfiguration monastery, one of the oldest in Russia and much adored by Ivan the Terrible. Free time to shop. Departure to Kostroma. Arrival and lunch in the city. Panoramic tour of Kostromá with entrance to the Ipátievsky monastery. We will walk along the streets of Kostroma, which are already historical monuments, because the fan-shaped arrangement of its streets Kostroma owes Catherine the Great. Let's take a look at the Shopping arcade, which has regularly carried their service for several centuries. The famous Cheese Exchange is located here, where you can buy the legendary Kostroma cheese, as well as other delicious Kostroma souvenirs from local farmers. We will be told the history of the ancient Ipatiev Monastery, and you will learn how it became “the cradle of the dynasty Romanovs ". Free time in the city center (about 2 hours). Dinner (on your own) or dinner in a city cafe (extra charge). Departure to Vladimir from the Nerekhta railway station. Heading to Vladimir, we will have a pleasant and comfortable overnight stay in the compartments of our "hotel on wheels" that has already become very familiar to us.

  

  

  

  

• Day 3

  VLADIMIR - SUZDAL

  Meeting with the guide, boarding the bus. Breakfast at the cafe. Sightseeing tour of Vladimir. The ancient capital of the Russian lands is the city of Vladimir, which has been flaunting for more than a thousand years on the banks of the wide and full-flowing Klyazma. We will see a masterpiece of pre-Mongol architecture - the white-stone Assumption Cathedral, which amazed chroniclers compared with the temple of King Solomon in Jerusalem (in your free time you can independently visit the Assumption Cathedral and worship its great shrines), we will try to unravel the secret symbols encrypted in the openwork stone carving on the walls of Dmitrievsky Cathedral (visual inspection), and, undoubtedly, we will admire the power of the most famous monument from the UNESCO List - the legendary Golden Gate. We will walk along the "Vladimirsky Arbat" - pedestrian Georgievskaya street, that connects two ancient temples - St. George and Spassky, considered the first stone structure of Vladimir, older than the Assumption cathedral! Departure to Suzdal. Arrival and lunch in the city. You will feel deeply attached to the small town of Suzdal once you see this architectural gem from the bank of the winding river Kamenka. We will walk through the cozy streets of Suzdal dotted with old mansions and warehouses of local merchants, we will love the wooden lace that decorate the houses of the 18th - 19th centuries, our ears will savor the fine ringing of the bells of the many monasteries and convents . We will walk through the Suzdal Kremlin enclosure, which, unlike other similar fortifications, is surrounded by the channel of the Kamenka River and not by the walls. We will see the panoramic and very traditional ethnographic museum full of authentic wooden constructions from different times and destinations. We will observe from various viewpoints the beautiful golden and colorful domes of the famous sanctuaries of Suzdal: the monasteries of San Salvador and San Eufemio and Alexandrovsky, the convents of the Intercession and the Mantle of the Virgin. Optional dinner. 17: 00 * Departure to Vladimir 18:45 * Board the train at Vladimir station and travel to Moscow. 22:40 * Arrival in Moscow. * provisional schedules that may undergo modifications