New Year's Nizhny Novgorod

Breakfast at the hotel is buffet style. 

12:00 Gathering of the group in the lobby of the Ibis 3* hotel.

12:20 Gathering of the group in the lobby of the Oka 3* hotel.

12:45 Gathering of the group in the lobby of the Marins Park Hotel 4*. 

13:00 The beginning of the excursion program. 

Transfer to Rozhdestvenskaya street. 

Walking tour (bus leaves until evening).

During this walk, you will plunge into the festive atmosphere and learn a lot about the history of the city. 

During the tour, we will tell you about the sights of Rozhdestvenskaya Street, learn about the lives of famous Nizhny Novgorod residents who lived on this street, and how they contributed to the history of the city. 

In this area you can see magnificent examples of merchant architecture of the past centuries: banks, churches and apartment buildings. 

Not far from Rozhdestvenskaya Street are the ruins of the Millioshka quarter, described by Maxim Gorky. 

This gives the walk a special atmosphere and flavor.

Let's stop at the monument to Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky, heroes of the people's militia of 1612. 

14:00 Lunch at a cafe in the city with tasting of tinctures "Sordis".

After lunch, we will go up to the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin on the Kremlin Funicular opened in September 2024. 

This is the only funicular in Russia, the path of which runs under the Kremlin wall — modern wagons follow the same route that was laid here at the end of the 19th century. 

15:00 Walking tour of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin.

Here you will find yourself in the atmosphere of an ancient fortress city and learn about the history of this ancient fortification, as well as about the legends and legends associated with the construction of the towers of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin. 

During a walk through the fortress, you will see monuments to the founders of the city — George Vsevolodovich and St. Simon, the famous Mikhailo-Arkhangelsk Cathedral, an obelisk in honor of Minin and Pozharsky, as well as the Arakcheev cadet corps, an airplane—shaped building (House of Soviets), the Governor's House and an alley with military equipment in the open air "Gorkovchane - to the front." 

16:00 The end of the excursion program. 

Free time in the city center.

At 17:30, a transfer service will be organized for everyone who wants to go to the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. Room release. Take your things with you.

The tour must be selected when booking the tour.

Option 1 Is Gorodets.

• 08:00 Meeting with the guide in the lobby of the Ibis 3* hotel.
• 08:20 Meeting in the lobby of the Oka 3* hotel. Transfer to Lenin Square. 
• 08:45 Start of boarding on Lenin Square (for tourists staying at the Marins Park Hotel 4*).

09:00 Transfer to Gorodets. Approximately 1 hour journey (53 km.) 

10:00 Arrival in Gorodets. 

Sightseeing tour of the historical part of Gorodets. 

A tour of Gorodets will allow you to enjoy the beauty of this ancient Russian city. 

You will see its historical sights, architectural monuments and picturesque landscapes. 

The tour will begin with a visit to the museum “City of Masters”, where you will learn about the history of Gorodets and its crafts. 

Then you will go for a walk through the historical part of the city, where ancient churches, merchant houses and museums are located. 

Be sure to pay attention to the architecture of the city: wooden houses with carved architraves, stone temples and monasteries. 

Take a walk along the Volga River embankment, which offers magnificent views of the city and the surrounding area. 

Visit to the Feodorovsky monastery. 

The Fedorovsky Monastery is a monastery in Gorodets, famous for the discovery of the icon of the Mother of God of the same name. 

The monastery keeps a revered list of the Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God, one of the most respected icons of the Theotokos in Russia. 

During the tour, you will walk through the beautiful and well-groomed territory of the monastery, learn the amazing and rich history of this place from the guide. 

Visit to the museum "Terem of the Russian samovar". 

The museum is located in the Grishaev estate. 

The samovar has long been considered a symbol of home comfort and well-being. 

He occupied a place of honor in the house and served as a kind of talisman. 

Despite the fact that in the XVIII–XIX centuries the cost of a samovar averaged 25 rubles (a cow could be bought for 1 ruble), every family aspired to have this item. 

Samovars were inherited, and whole schools for their manufacture arose. 

Currently, the museum exhibits more than 500 samovars, as well as other tea accessories.

Lunch at a cafe in the city (included in the price).

Free time for walking, photographing and buying souvenirs.

15:30 Departure from Gorodets. 

On the way back, we will hold a quiz game with questions about Nizhny Novgorod, the winners will be awarded with memorable gifts and sweet prizes. 

17:00-18:00 Approximate arrival in Nizhny Novgorod, transfer to the railway station. 

The end of the excursion program. 

When purchasing an add-on. overnight stay transfer to the hotel.

Option 2 is Diveevo.

Attention! Men are allowed on the territory of the monastery only in trousers, women in skirts, the length of which is below the knee, the head and shoulders must be covered. Payment on the territory of the monastery is carried out exclusively in cash.

Breakfast at the hotel is buffet style. 

• 07:40 Gathering of the group in the lobby of the Ibis 3* hotel. 
• 08:00 Gathering of the group in the lobby of the Marins Park Hotel 4*.
• 08:15 Departure from Lenin Square.
• 08:30 Boarding at the Oka 3* hotel. 

10:30 Stop in Arzamas on Cathedral Square. 

A short tour and a visit to the Nikolaevsky convent. 

A visit to the Resurrection Cathedral and the opportunity to venerate the Life-Giving Cross.

12:30 Arrival in 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."

15:00 Lunch at Diveevo cafe.

After that, you will have a trip to the spring (Seraphim of Sarov, 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). 

We recommend taking things necessary for dipping and water containers with you, as there may be long queues at the source.

20:00 Estimated arrival in Nizhny Novgorod. 

Transfer to the railway station.