Trading Kostroma

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Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Russian province with us: visit the museum of cheese and jewelry art and enjoy the beauty of the Volga River.

You will go on exciting excursions, taste delicious products, create your own jewelry and discover the real flavor of Russia!

Location

Kostroma

Sightseeing tours

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Tour highlights

Jewelry art

Take part in a jewelry workshop and make your own souvenir from a scan

Soothing beauty

From cozy forests to the majestic Volga, the nature of the Kostroma region fascinates with its beauty and silence

Cheese Story

You will learn all about cheese making and taste delicious Kostroma cheeses

Itinerary

Day 1 - Walk through the city center, Ipatievsky Monastery, Cheese Museum
The most optimal, easiest and fastest way to get to Kostroma is the new Lastochka comfort class train, which runs from Moscow (Yaroslavsky Railway Station) for 4 hours, arriving in Kostroma at Kostroma Novaya station at 10:50 in the morning.
Meeting of the guests of the city at the Kostroma Novaya station.
Meeting of the tour participants and boarding a comfortable minibus.
The first stop is the Ipatievsky Monastery, the cradle of the Romanovs, a guided tour of the monastery.
Next, we'll take a look at the flax products store, which grew in a Russian field, passed dozens of cars and human hands, and retains the smell of summer heat and morning dew in August.
We will start our city tour from the monument to the founder of the city, Yuri Dolgoruky.
Next, we will go to admire the central square and take photos against the backdrop of the tower. From kilometer zero, we will continue the city tour through the famous Shopping Malls, where you can buy local souvenirs.
We will also take a walk around Susaninsky Square, where we will meet its main character, Ivan Susanin. After that, we will have dinner at one of the restaurants in the city (Slavyansky).
Next, we will visit the Kostroma Kremlin and the Kostroma shrine — the icon of the Fedorovskaya Mother of God (at the request of the guests).
Through Ostrovsky's gazebo, we will go down Molochnaya Gora, take a walk along the city's embankment, because we cannot do without the great Volga River.
And then we will head to the Cheese Museum, where you will have a tasting of Kostroma cheeses.
Check-in at the Ya-Hotel or the Moskovskaya Zastava Hotel.

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Day 2 - Krasnoe-on-Volga
After a hearty breakfast, we will leave at 09:00 and return to Kostroma by 17:15, so if you have an evening "Swallow", take your things from the hotel with you.
Krasnoe-on-Volga is the center of Russian jewelry, which for many centuries has been famous all over the world for jewelry, about a third of all gold products and a quarter of silver produced in Russia are made here.
On the sightseeing tour, we will see the white—stone Church of the Epiphany, a magnificent example of 16th-century tent construction.
Of course, in order to make the right choice when buying jewelry, you must first visit the Jewelry Museum, where we will learn the jewelry making process and get acquainted with various jewelry techniques.
And, of course, under the strict guidance of the master, using metal scissors and jewelry tweezers, as well as applying a little creativity and creativity, we will produce our own scanned element.
The result of your work is a composition of the scanned elements you have selected, which you will take with you.
To buy jewelry, we will visit the jewelry alley of the Krasnograd shopping center, where the leading jewelry brands of Krasny-on-the-Volga are represented.
The alley surprises with a wide range of jewelry made of gold and silver. New fashion items, collections for children and adults, cutlery and religious items, all of which can be purchased at the best prices from manufacturers.
Lunch on the way back at the cafe "Sir".
After lunch, we will stop in Karavaevo village for the production of Vitgrass life-giving juice at the Kostroma Agricultural Academy, where we will have an excursion and a master class on growing our own mini-vegetable garden.
Then transfer to the railway station.