Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod on the ship K.A. Timiryazev

The main tour to choose from:

Walking tour of the Zarechnaya part of Kalyazin with a visit to the exposition and exhibition of the local history museum "Marvelous Uzorochye".

"The city under water"
Walking tour of the Zarechnaya part of Kalyazin with a visit to the Volgari Museum.

An additional tour to choose from:

"There are different houses"
Bus tour of Kalyazin: acquaintance with Svistushinskaya and Nikolskaya Sloboda, a visit to the Ascension Church, where the relics of the founder of the city of Makariy are kept, a monument to Makariy Kalyazinsky, the life and fate of the flooded bell tower, a layout layout of the old city. Provincial houses and their inhabitants, features of architecture and urban development of the twentieth century. Family house traditions and pages of the history of charity. Excursion to the largest snail farm in Russia "I carry everything with me": Snail Museum + park +indoor and outdoor enclosures (for an additional fee: tasting snails under various sauces with a wine glass).

"Kalyazin wings"
A bus sightseeing tour of the city with a visit to two parts of the modern city, with an excursion to a giant parabolic antenna – a space communication point (Locator), an inspection of a modern military supersonic fighter at the MIG factory. Getting to know delicious local products.

"On a visit to Yagusi Tverskaya" at the animation site near the hut "on chicken legs"
A bus tour of the Central and Riverine part of the city of Kalyazin with an entertainment program at the Volga residence of Baba Yaga: A memorable gift for each guest. Architectural monuments of the XVIII-XIX centuries, a tour of the city "Kalyazin merchant", acquaintance with the monument to the founder of the city Makariy Kalyazinsky. A walk along the old merchant street with access to the flooded bell tower of St. Nicholas Cathedral, acquaintance with the layout of the old city. Ascension Church. Acquaintance with the products of local production of the LVZ "Veresk".

The main excursion program:

Walking tour of the right bank of the city of Tutaev
You will plunge into the history of the Borisoglebskaya Sloboda, walk along the renovated Volga Embankment, visit the icon painting workshop, where you can see the creations of the Romanov-Borisoglebsky masters and purchase your favorite works. The culmination of the route will be a visit to the Resurrection Cathedral. It is considered the crowning achievement of the ancient Russian architects of the XVII century. The cathedral is the main dominant of the right–bank part of the city. There are shrines in the cathedral, some of them older than the temple itself. The main shrine is the image of the All–Merciful Savior, made in the XV century by the Holy Monk Dionysius Glushitsky. The height of the icon is almost 3 meters, and the width is 2 meters 80 cm.

An additional tour to choose from:

Sightseeing bus tour of the Borisoglebskaya side (right bank)
Tutaev is a city of contrasts. A journey through the history of the region from the time of the founding of Borisoglebskaya Sloboda in the XIII century and the construction of the Tutaevsky Motor Plant in the middle of the XX century to the present day. The route includes: a visit to the museum dedicated to the famous naval commander, F.F.Ushakov and the history of the Russian Navy, acquaintance with one of the main brands of the region – the Romanov sheep, living on the territory of the Borisoglebskaya Side museum, a picturesque panorama of the left-bank (Romanov) side of the city, ancient temples, inspiring Volga views opening from the observation deck of the right bank, the majestic acting The Resurrection Cathedral of the XVII century, which preserved incredibly beautiful wall paintings and miraculous shrines, one of which is the icon of the Savior, measuring 3 * 3 meters, painted in the XV century, the holy spring on the river Kovat, which is associated with the wonderful story of the return of the icon of the Savior to the city in the XVIII century.

Romanov Bells (tour of the left bank)
Visit to the bell foundry / museum of bell foundry art (optional), master classes. During this program, you will visit an existing production facility, get acquainted with the technology of casting bells, and hear their ringing, ranging from small bells to multi-pound giants. At the Museum of Bell-making Art  you will get acquainted with the authentic bells of 10 leading bell foundries in Russia, where church bells of the XVII-early XX century, weighing from 16 to 340 kg, are presented.
You will also see an installation in the form of a destroyed bell tower with defeated broken bells during the Soviet period and a bell with through bullet holes. You will visit the concert belfry with a set of church bells with a total weight of one ton. Museum visitors can hear the statutory bells of the Russian Orthodox Church and additionally receive a master class from an experienced bell ringer and participate in the bells themselves. 

Ferry crossing "SP-44" from the right to the left bank of Tutaev and back.

The main tour to choose from:

Kineshma – Stories and Destinies
Sightseeing walking tour of the city with a visit to the Trinity Assumption Cathedral and the Kineshma Art and Historical Museum.

"Kineshma – Ostrovsky's Land"
A walking tour of the historical center of Kineshma with a story about the life, work and social activities of A.N. Ostrovsky. A visit to the Trinity-Assumption Cathedral, acquaintance with the Museum of the History of the Theater, the theatrical backstage, viewing a fragment of the play based on the play by A.N. Ostrovsky.

Additional tour:

"Kineshma pie"
A delicious journey into the world of Kineshma taverns, restaurants, living rooms. Participants will not only learn what, where and how the townspeople ate at the beginning of the XX century, but will also be able to make up an everyday and festive menu in merchant traditions, feel like an old-world restaurateur and master recipes from the past, including the famous deep-fried pie "Kineshma style", invented before the revolution by Ivan Okhotin and currently being the main gastronomic attraction of Kineshma. Pie tasting at the Volzhskie Zori cafe.

The main tour:

A walking tour of the historical part of the city with a story about historical sites and architectural monuments. (without climbing Pyatnitskaya Mountain).

Additional tour:

Guided walking tour of the unique museums of the city of Yuryevets: 

The Museum of architects of the Vesnin brothers. The Vesnin Brothers Museum of Architects was opened on January 15, 1986. It was located in a small two-storey red brick house of the XIX century, which until 1904 belonged to the Vesnins' parents, merchants of the first guild. The exhibition presents children's and youth drawings by the brothers, mock-ups of theatrical scenery, the first, still classical architectural drawings and bold constructivist projects, the most famous of which were the Mostorg department store and the ZIL Palace of Culture in Moscow, Ivselbank in Ivanovo and DneproGES.
Paintings, photographs, sketches and drawings presented in the museum allow us to trace the Vesnins' path from painting to architecture, from classical subjects and forms to avant–garde ones.

A.Tarkovsky Museum Center. It was opened on November 29, 1996 on the joint initiative of the administration and local historians of the city, the Committee for Culture and Art of the Ivanovo region, the A. Tarkovsky Society and the Association of Museums of the IGOIRM. The house where the museum is located was built at the beginning of the XX century.
The museum's exposition introduces visitors to the childhood, family and work of Andrei Tarkovsky. Photographs, manuscripts and documents from the personal archive of the great filmmaker reveal the difficult story of his life and help to better understand his work.
In the tiny room where the Tarkovsky family huddled during the Great Patriotic War, the furniture was recreated and their belongings were collected.
There is a small apple orchard around the house, which was planted by the participants of the Andrei Tarkovsky International Film Festival Zerkalo.

Arrival, disembarkation, lunch.

It is possible to purchase an additional excursion around Nizhny Novgorod.

An additional tour to choose from:

"The Mystery of the Glassblower"
Bus tour to Nizhny Novgorod toy factory "Ariel". During the tour, you will have an exciting journey into a fabulous world. You will see with your own eyes how a glass toy is born at the Ariel factory, which became the birthplace of the Nizhny Novgorod Christmas tree toy. The pride of the factory are the balls with artistic paintings. Each of them is a real colorful world, painted with love. During the tour, you will not only get acquainted with the process of making and painting a toy, but also try to create a unique pattern on the toy with your own hands during an educational master class. Everyone will be able to take the toy with them so that she can decorate the New Year's beauty during the traditional Christmas tree decoration ritual, which can bring the whole family together. You can also buy toys painted by skilled craftsmen in the factory store.

"The city above the Volga and the Oka"
Bus and pedestrian sightseeing tour of Nizhny Novgorod. During the tour, you will get acquainted with the history of our ancient and eternally young city, starting from the XIII century and ending with the present day. You will see the main sights of Nizhny Novgorod: Minin and Pozharsky Squares, Lyadov, Sennaya, Gorky, Malaya Pokrovskaya, Ilyinskaya, Nizhne- and Verkhne-Volzhskaya embankments, Nizhny Novgorod Fair, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, the monument to A.M. Gorky (created by Vera Mukhina), etc., visit the observation decks, which offer a wonderful view of the the riverine part of the city. Walking tour of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin. The Kremlin of Nizhny Novgorod was one of the most advanced fortifications of that time and was one of the most important elements in the defense of the state. In the entire history of its existence, it has never been captured, despite numerous attempts. A unique military engineering structure from the beginning of the XVI century. and currently retains the image of a medieval fortress. Currently, the Kremlin is the administrative and cultural center of the city. From the Volga, the ensemble of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin resembles a "stone necklace thrown on the slopes of the Woodpecker Mountains."