Grand tour of the Nizhny Novgorod region

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A great fascinating journey through Nizhny Novgorod land, starting from Nizhny Novgorod – an ancient Russian city that impresses with its beauty and unique architecture. Then we will go to Diveevo, famous for its monastery and spiritual atmosphere.

Next, your route will pass through the city of Semenov, the world capital of Khokhloma – an amazing Russian painting on wood. In Semenov we will be able to buy bright and colorful souvenirs made by local craftsmen. We will not miss a visit to Gorodets, the city of craftsmen, where you can see unique Russian folk crafts and buy gifts for your loved ones. The trip to Nizhny Novgorod will be memorable and eventful, and we will be able to complement our free days with individual excursions.

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Russia, Nizhny Novgorod

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Tour highlights

Holy Diveevo

We will walk through the well-groomed territory of the Diveevsky monastery, get acquainted with its history and customs in the monastery

The capital of the Golden Khokhloma

We will see how the golden khokhloma and the beautiful matryoshka are born, as well as participate in a master class

The main streets of Nizhny Novgorod

The walking streets have turned into a real museum, paved with cobblestones, with old mansions and manors

The city of masters Gorodets

We will get acquainted with various crafts of the Nizhny Novgorod region and admire the special openwork wood carvings on local houses

The tower of the Russian samovar

Let's be surprised at the largest samovar in the collection – 53 liters, and the smallest – 75 grams

Rest without haste

The program includes days for independent walks, recreation, shopping or individual excursions

Itinerary

Day 1 - Nizhny Novgorod City Tour "The City above the Volga and the Oka"
08:00 and 11:10 Meeting in the central hall of the Moscow railway station to the right of the main exit to the city near the Rospechat store.
Transfer to the hotel, things are handed over to the luggage room.
Self-check-in at the hotel after 14:00.
11:50 Gathering in the lobby of the hotel for an excursion (it is possible to change the time of gathering for an excursion. The time is specified at the meeting).
Bus and pedestrian sightseeing tour of Nizhny Novgorod “The city above the Volga and the Oka” (duration 4.5 hours).
During a sightseeing bus and walking tour of Nizhny Novgorod, you will get acquainted with the history of the city, founded eight centuries ago.
You will see the main sights of Nizhny Novgorod: the Chkalovskaya Staircase, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, the monument to M. Gorky, etc., visit the Stroganov (Christmas) Church, an architectural monument of the XVII century.
You will drive through historical streets that have preserved their beauty and former greatness: Malaya Pokrovskaya, Rozhdestvenskaya, Ilyinskaya, Verkhnevolzhskaya and Nizhnevolzhskaya embankments, visit Minin and Pozharsky Squares, Gorky Square, Sennaya, etc., visit the observation decks, from where you can enjoy “breathtaking” views of the river part of the city.
Nizhny Novgorod has the highest Volga embankment, and everyone can enjoy a wonderful view of the Volga expanses.
After the bus part of the tour, you will take an exciting walking tour of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin.
This is a unique military engineering structure of the beginning of the XVI century, which was one of the most important elements in the defense of the city.
In the entire history of its existence, it has never been captured, despite numerous attempts.
The oldest Nizhny Novgorod Cathedral is located here – Mikhailo-Arkhangelsky (an architectural monument of the XVII century), it is in it that the ashes of the great Nizhny Novgorod resident Kozma Minin are buried.
From the Volga, the ensemble of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin resembles a “stone necklace thrown on the slopes of the woodpecker mountains.”
Next, you will have an excursion to the Voznesensky Pechersk Monastery.
The monastery was founded in 1328.
The rich history places this object among the main attractions of the city and the country, this object is protected at the federal level.
Today, the ensemble of the monastery occupies more than 5 hectares and includes 5 temples, a bell tower and bishops' chambers.
The bell tower of the monastery is a rare type of ancient Russian belfries of the XVI century, and during its existence it acquired a large slope like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
The Laurentian Chronicle, the oldest of the chronicles, was compiled within the walls of the monastery.
The excursion program will end with a cable car ride along the Nizhny Novgorod – Bor – Nizhny Novgorod route (in a circle without exit).
This road is remarkable for many reasons.
Firstly, it has the largest unsupported span in Europe over the water surface (the main channel of the Volga) – about 800 meters long.
Secondly, from the highest point there are magnificent views of Nizhny Novgorod and the flood meadows of the Bor floodplain.
Thirdly, roads of this scale have never been built in the central part of Russia before.
The tour ends on the cable car – free time, tourists get to the hotel on their own.

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Day 2 - Free day or additional individual excursions
Breakfast at the hotel.
Free day.
It is possible to order individual excursions:
“Automobile Capital" (excursion with a visit to the Avtozavodsky district and the museum of the GAZ plant):
for a group of up to 3 people = 22,000 rubles;
for a group of 4-6 people = 24,000 rubles.
"To the places of Maxim Gorky" (an excursion to places associated with the great writer + a visit to the museums "Kashirin's House" and the museum-apartment of A.M. Gorky):
for a group of up to 3 people = 22,000 rubles;
for a group of 4-6 people = 24,000 rubles.
“Through temples and monasteries" (excursion with a visit to the Annunciation and Pechersk monasteries, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, the Nativity Church):
for a group of up to 6 people = 18,000 rubles.

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Day 3 - Diveevo and Arzamas
Breakfast at the hotel.
08:00 Gathering in the lobby of the Courtyard Hotel.
08:10 Gathering in the lobby of the Ibis Hotel.
Sightseeing tour of Arzamas.
The main focus of the religious buildings of Arzamas is located on Cathedral Square, it is not for nothing that it is so called.
The majestic five-domed Resurrection Cathedral and the church of the life-giving spring, and the complex of the Nikolsky Convent, where the miraculous icon “deliverance from troubles” is located.
Transfer to Diveevo.
Visit to the Holy Trinity Serafimo-Diveevsky Convent.
You will walk through the territory of the Diveevsky monastery, get acquainted with its history and customs in the monastery.
Then you will visit the Trinity Cathedral, where the relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov are kept, and the Transfiguration Cathedral.
In the temples it will be possible to venerate the holy relics and put candles.
Free time to submit notes and requests.
You will be able to buy candles, icons, books, crackers of St. Seraphim.
Walking along the Holy Groove of the Theotokos, reading the prayer to the Theotokos, “Hail Mary, Blessed Mary, the Lord is with You; blessed are you in women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, for you have given birth to the Savior of our souls.”
Father Seraphim of Sarov bequeathed about the Groove: “When the century is over, the Antichrist will first remove crosses from churches and ruin monasteries, and ruin all monasteries! And it will come to yours, and the Groove will be from the ground to the sky, and he cannot ascend to you, the Groove will not allow anywhere, so he will go away. Whoever passes this Groove with prayer, and reads a hundred and fifty ”Theotokos", that's all here: Athos, Jerusalem, and Kiev."
You can go to one of the refectories on the territory of the monastery and buy monastery pies, bread, pancakes.
Free time for meals.
After that, you will have a trip to the spring (Kazan or Mother Alexandra), a set of holy water, bathing in the spring (optional). For bathing, you need a cotton shirt (for women), a shirt (for men).
19:00 Approximate return to Nizhny Novgorod.

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Day 4 - Free day or additional individual excursions
Breakfast at the hotel.
Free day.
It is possible to book individual excursions:
“Automobile Capital” (an excursion with a visit to the Avtozavodsky district and the museum of the GAZ plant):
for a group of up to 3 people = 22,000 rubles;
for a group of 4-6 people = 24,000 rubles.
“To the places of Maxim Gorky" (an excursion to places associated with the great writer + a visit to the museums “Kashirin's House” and the museum-apartment of A.M. Gorky):
for a group of up to 3 people = 22,000 rubles;
for a group of 4-6 people = 24,000 rubles.
“Through temples and monasteries" (excursion with a visit to the Annunciation and Pechersk monasteries, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, the Nativity Church):
for a group of up to 6 people = 18,000 rubles.

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Day 5 - One of three excursions to choose from (Gorokhovets / Sheremetyevo Castle + lake.Svetloyar/ Bolshoe Boldino)
The tour must be selected when booking the tour.
Gorokhovets City Museum tour
Breakfast at the hotel.
07:30 Gathering in the lobby of the Ibis Hotel.
07:40 Gathering in the lobby of the Courtyard Hotel.
Excursion to Gorokhovets.
Sightseeing bus and walking tour of Gorokhovets.
The city tour will start from the Nikolsky Monastery.
The mountain on which the Nikolo-Troitsky Monastery stands is called Puzhalova.
The ancient Gorokhovets wonderfully combines examples of civil architecture, temple architecture and magnificent natural landscapes.
Seven of the twenty surviving buildings of merchant chambers throughout Russia have been preserved in the city.
Excursion to the Gorokhovets Historical and Architectural Museum.
The house itself is a unique monument of architecture of the XVII century, an amazing example of civil engineering in pre-Petrine Russia.
The museum exhibits tell about the way of merchant life, the interiors of that time are recreated here: the master rooms, the red chamber, the basement, the Gorokhovetsky toy, carvings, needlework and much more.
Excursion to the chambers of the King of Peas.
The house of M.I. Shorin, also known as the “Chambers of the Tsar of the Peas” is a wooden mansion that is representative of the most colorful works of Gorokhovets Art Nouveau and Neo–Russian style.
The architect came up with an incredible wooden tower in shape, which contained several architectural directions at once.
Built at the beginning of the last century, it belonged to the manufacturer and shipbuilder Mikhail Ivanovich Shorin, a man of business and acumen.
Today, the House of Folk Art and Crafts is located within the walls of the house of the manufacturer Shorin.
Exhibitions of objects of the past and exhibits of decorative and applied art, made by Gorokhovets craftsmen, are held here.
Free time for meals.
17:00 Approximate return to Nizhny Novgorod.
Excursion Sheremetyevo Castle + lake.Svetloyar.
Breakfast at the hotel.
07:00 Gathering in the lobby of the Ibis Hotel.
07:10 Gathering in the lobby of the Courtyard Hotel.
Sheremetyevo Castle tour Sheremetyevo Castle is called the “pearl of the Volga region".
With crenellated towers and stained glass windows, it looks like a medieval one and attracts with its peculiar beauty.
This castle is amazing, first of all, for its pedigree.
Its owners were Vasily Petrovich and Olga Dmitrievna Sheremetev, descendants of a famous family.
Olga was the sister of Mikhail Skobelev, the general, the famous hero of Shipka.
The castle, designed by the German architect Rudolf Muller in the late Gothic style, also has features of Gothic, Oriental, Romanesque and Old Russian styles.
The combination of red and black bricks with white stone details is simply fascinating.
The south entrance leads to a conservatory with a glass dome.
The rooms of the castle had their own purpose.
Among them is the famous office of General Skobelev with a rich collection of weapons.
The interior of the other hall, executed in Oriental style, resembled a Persian one.
It retains colored marble columns brought from Italy, and Arabic murals on the instructed colored marble floor.
There is also an art gallery, an Oak room.
As a rule, all the former master rooms were connected by special passages with spiral stairs.
The Sheremetevs' estate has a large park area, on its territory there is the Mikhailo-Arkhangelsk Cathedral, which delights with its architecture and decoration.
Free time for meals.
Transfer to Vladimirskoye village, visit Svetloyar Lake (from April to November).
Lake Svetloyar is one of the most fantastic corners of the Nizhny Novgorod region, a natural monument of federal significance.
Its depth reaches 36 meters, it is the deepest lake in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
Scientists still cannot determine the exact origin of the object.
One of the legends is the mysterious sinking of the city of Kitezh, which stubbornly resisted the Khan's troops.
You can walk around the lake, make a wish, walk around the territory or just swim.
21:00 Approximate return to Nizhny Novgorod.
“Bolshoe Boldino – in Pushkin's places.”
Breakfast at the hotel.
07:05 Gathering in the lobby of the Courtyard Hotel.
07:15 Gathering in the lobby of the Ibis Hotel.
The State Literary Memorial and Natural Museum-Reserve of A.S. Pushkin “Boldino” is one of the most famous Pushkin places in Russia.
In the ancient village of Bolshoe Boldino, Nizhny Novgorod province, there is the ancestral estate of the poet – a cultural monument of federal significance.
The original manor house where the poet lived when he came to Boldino has been preserved here, the wing (patrimonial office) and outbuildings have been restored, as well as the manor park with ancient ponds and trees left over from Pushkin's time.
A leisurely walk through the ancient parks will allow you to feel the charm of that distant era, touch the mystery of Pushkin's inspiration.
The exposition of the house museum is dedicated to Pushkin's stay in Bolshoy Boldino.
In the rooms where the poet stayed, the interiors have been recreated, which allow us to imagine the atmosphere of his Boldinsky dwelling.
The entire complex of the estate was recreated on the basis of archival documents and archaeological excavations, the stone Church of the Assumption, which was built by Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin's grandfather and was consecrated in the year of the future poet's birth, was restored.
Free time for meals.
In the vicinity of Boldin, there is a picturesque Luchinnik grove on six deep ravines.
According to legend, it was the poet's favorite walking place.
You will visit the village of Lvovka, the estate in which is also included in the memorial complex of the museum-reserve.
Since the time of its last owner, the son of the poet Alexander Alexandrovich Pushkin, the house, the alleys of the manor park, the parish school, the partially surviving wooden church of St. Alexander Nevsky have been preserved.
20:00 Approximate return to Nizhny Novgorod.

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Day 6 - Semenov is the capital of the Golden Khokhloma
Breakfast at the hotel.
08:20 Gathering in the lobby of the Ibis Hotel.
08:40 Gathering in the lobby of the Courtyard Hotel.
The small town of Semenov in Nizhny Novgorod is famous all over the world.
It is called the “capital of the golden Khokhloma".
In the distant XVII century, the art of wood painting was born, which has been carefully passed down from generation to generation for centuries.
You can see how the golden Khokhloma and the beautiful matryoshka are born, as well as participate in a painting master class yourself, at the enterprises of the Khokhloma Painting and Semenovskaya Painting art crafts.
Sightseeing tour of Semenov.
Visit to the monument of the famous poet Boris Kornilov, a native of Semenov.
Russian antiquity breathes from its quiet streets with wooden houses decorated with openwork lace, sawn carvings, intricate smokies and weathervanes.
Arriving in the capital of the Golden Khokhloma, you will get to the museum of folk life “House of Semyon Lozhkar".
Russian Russian cottage, where in a warm Russian hut filled with the smell of freshly baked bread and fragrant kvass, having warmed up by a Russian stove, you will feel a sense of antiquity and see firsthand the objects of peasant life.
Caring hostess Semyonovna will tell you about the rules and procedures of the Russian family, the secrets of home comfort, show and teach you how to work with forgotten objects of ancient times: a roller, a rubel, a grab and a rocker.
Visit to the factory “Khokhloma Painting".
Khokhloma, as in ancient times, gives joy to everyone who takes the product in his hands, preserving the breath of the forest and the river, the warmth of the hands of the masters who created these amazing things.
And how amazing art is born – fiery khokhloma, sparkling with gold and cinnabar, you will find out by visiting the enterprise.
You will discover the magical secret of the unique technology of “obtaining gold from silver”, marvel at the skill of painting and carving.
Excursion to the museum and tourist center “Zolotaya Khokhloma”, where all the Khokhloma splendor from the XIX century is collected.
You can see how the golden Khokhloma and the beautiful Matryoshka are born, as well as participate in a painting master class yourself, at the enterprises of the Khokhloma Painting and Semenovskaya Painting art crafts.
Free time for meals.
17:00 Approximate return to Nizhny Novgorod.

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Day 7 - Free day or additional individual excursions
Breakfast at the hotel.
Free day.
It is possible to book individual excursions:
“Automobile Capital" (excursion with a visit to the Avtozavodsky district and the museum of the GAZ plant):
for a group of up to 3 people = 22,000 rubles;
for a group of 4-6 people = 24,000 rubles.
“To the places of Maxim Gorky" (excursion to places associated with the great writer + visit to the museums “Kashirin's House" and the museum-apartment of A.M.Gorky):
for a group of up to 3 people = 22,000 rubles;
for a group of 4-6 people = 24,000 rubles.
“Through temples and monasteries" (excursion with a visit to the Annunciation and Pechersk monasteries, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, the Nativity Church):
for a group of up to 6 people = 18,000 rubles.

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Day 8 - Nizhny Novgorod city tour "Main streets of Nizhny Novgorod"
Breakfast at the hotel.
12:50 Gathering in the lobby of the Ibis Hotel.
13:00 Gathering at 52 Bolshaya Pokrovskaya str. (at the sculpture of a cyclist, for tourists from the Courtyard hotel).
Walking tour of Nizhny Novgorod.
Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street is the main street of Nizhny Novgorod.
It is located in the historical center of the city.
It connects 4 squares: Minin and Pozharsky, Teatralnaya, Gorky and Lyadov.
It took shape as the main street of the city by the end of the XVIII century.
Until 1917, it was considered noble.
After the revolution, the street was renamed and began to bear the name of the revolutionary Y. M. Sverdlov and was popularly called simply "Sverdlovka".
Until the 1980s, the street was a thoroughfare and in the early 80s it was made pedestrian.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the name Bolshaya Pokrovskaya was returned to the street.
In 2004, the street was completely renovated.
It was paved with paving stones, and bronze sculptures were installed along both sides.
The most popular are the sculpture of the “Merry Goat” in front of the Drama Theater and the sculpture of a Policeman on Minin and Pozharsky Squares.
Today, strolling street has turned into a real museum, paved with paving stones and granite, full of cafeterias, restaurants, shops, a street with ancient mansions and manors, which is opened by a bronze policeman, inviting tourists to marvel at the beauty of the ancient city.
Rozhdestvenskaya Street is one of the oldest and most beautiful in Nizhny Novgorod.
There are many large and beautiful stone houses preserved here, the history of which begins in the middle of the XVIII century.
According to official data, there are about 35 architectural monuments here.
The main attraction of the street is the Nativity Church.
Rozhdestvenskaya Street is the second most important street in the city after Bolshaya Pokrovskaya, a place of concentration of restaurants, cafes and nightlife in Nizhny Novgorod, along with the adjacent Markin Square and Nizhnevolzhskaya Embankment.
The street connects the National Unity Square in front of the Kremlin with the square in front of the Annunciation Monastery.
16:00 The tour ends at Rozhdestvenskaya Street – free time, tourists get to the hotel on their own.

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Day 9 - Gorodets is the oldest city in the Nizhny Novgorod region
Breakfast at the hotel.
08:20 Gathering in the lobby of the Ibis Hotel.
08:40 Gathering in the lobby of the Courtyard Hotel.
Check-in rooms, take your things with you and after the tour immediately transfer to the railway station.
Excursion to Gorodets.
The tour begins with a visit to the oldest monument of Russian defense architecture of the XII century – the earthen ramparts.
This monument was preserved on the instructions of Catherine II by planting subtropical pines on them, which have a powerful root system.
During a sightseeing tour of Gorodets, you will visit the so-called “museum quarter” Gorodets, where almost every house is unique, is decorated with openwork carvings, and all together these streets recreate the spirit of an ancient merchant town.
Visit to the territory of the Feodorovsky monastery.
The Feodorovsky Monastery is a monastery in Gorodets, which is associated with the acquisition of the icon of the Mother of God of the same name.
The monastery houses a venerated list of the Feodorov Icon of the Mother of God, one of the most revered icons of the Mother of God in Russia.
You will walk through the beautiful well-groomed territory of the monastery, get acquainted with its history and traditions.
Excursion to the museum and tourist complex “City of Masters".
The museum and tourist complex “City of Masters” opened its doors in January 2010.
During the tour you will get acquainted with various crafts of the Nizhny Novgorod region: works of ancient Russian painting, Gorodetsky paintings, gold embroidery, guipure embroidery, wood carvings, pottery and Zhbannikov whistle.
The special value of architectural structures is that they represent the history of “deaf” house carving in all its richness and beauty, with the manner inherent in Gorodetsky master carvers.
Excursion to the museum “Terem of the Russian samovar".
The museum opened in 2008.
The collection is based on the collection of samovars by Nikolai Polyakov.
Currently, the museum has more than 1,000 exhibits (453 samovars and other tea items).
The largest samovar in the collection is 53 liters, and the smallest is 75 grams.
Free time for meals.
17:00 Approximate return to Nizhny Novgorod, to the railway station.

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Difficulty

Suitable for everyone

Accommodation

Hotel

2 nights

Comfort

Upscale
Premium

The tour includes accommodation in a hotel.

The cost of the tour for 1 person, depending on the accommodation and the date of arrival, RUB.:

hotel	1-room	2-bed	3-bed
Ibis 3*	77 500	59 000	55 300
Courtyard Nizhny Novgorod City Center 4*	99 500	78 500	72 000

There is no connection. If you are traveling alone, you must choose a single room.

The Ibis Hotel

This modern hotel is located in Nizhny Novgorod, just a 5-minute walk from Pokrovskaya Street, the historic shopping center of the city. It offers soundproofed rooms with a flat-screen TV, free Wi-Fi, and a 24-hour snack bar.

Each room at the Ibis Nizhny Novgorod features elegant wooden floors, air conditioning and a bathroom with a spacious shower.

The Ibis Kitchen Restaurant, decorated in a Mediterranean style, offers various types of breakfast and a la carte dishes. The restaurant also serves traditional Chinese cuisine. The Ibis Kitchen bar is open 24 hours a day.

Free computers with internet access are available in the lobby of the Ibis Nizhny Novgorod Hotel. The reception is open 24 hours a day.

Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin is just 1.5 km from the Ibis Nizhny Novgorod Hotel. The famous Nizhny Novgorod Art Gallery is less than 2 km away.

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Another option

Courtyard Hotel Nizhny Novgorod City Center

Courtyard Nizhny Novgorod City Center Hotel with a fitness center is a 20-minute walk from Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin. Free Wi-Fi and free private parking are available on site.

All rooms are equipped with air conditioning, an electric kettle, a flat-screen TV with satellite channels and a work area. The bathrooms are equipped with a hairdryer and free toiletries.

The hotel offers a restaurant and a 24-hour front desk.