New Year's Weekend in Nizhny Novgorod

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We offer you to see with your own eyes the elegant festive Nizhny Novgorod and feel the unique atmosphere of the holiday, as well as get acquainted with the beauty and grandeur of the ancient city.

Location

Russia, Nizhny Novgorod

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Tour highlights

The spirit of an ancient merchant town

In Gorodets, almost every house is unique and decorated with openwork carvings

Holy places

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

Golden Khokhloma

Let's see how the golden khokhloma is born and take part in a master class

Nizhny Novgorod expanses

Let's go on a walking tour with a visit to the picturesque streets and architectural ensembles

Itinerary

Day 1 - A city above the Volga and the Oka. Cable car ride
09:00 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 the tour.
11:45 Gathering in the lobby of the hotel for an excursion (it is possible to change the time of collection, 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.
Next, you will have an excursion to the Voznesensky Pechersk Monastery.
The excursion program will end with a cable car ride along the Nizhny Novgorod – Bor – Nizhny Novgorod route (in a circle without exit).
From the highest point there are magnificent views of Nizhny Novgorod and the flood meadows of the Bor floodplain.
The tour ends on the cable car – free time, tourists get to the hotel on their own.

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Day 2 - The main streets of Nizhny Novgorod
Breakfast at the hotel.
09:50 Gathering in the lobby of the Ibis Hotel.
10:10 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.
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.
The main attraction of the street is the Nativity Church.
The street connects the National Unity Square in front of the Kremlin with the square in front of the Annunciation Monastery.
13:00 The tour ends at Rozhdestvenskaya Street – free time, tourists get to the hotel on their own.
Optional: excursion "City of Lights" (900 rubles / person). Duration: 3 hours (2 hours by bus + walking tour of the New Year's Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street), beginning at 19:00.
It is ordered and paid for when booking the tour.

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Day 3 - Free day
Breakfast at the hotel.
Free time for rest and independent walks.
Optional: excursion "City of Lights" (900 rubles / person). Duration: 3 hours (2 hours by bus + walking tour of the New Year's Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street), beginning at 19:00.
It is ordered and paid for when booking the tour.

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Day 4 - Excursion to 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 Virgin, reading a prayer.
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 5 - Gorokhovets is a museum city
Breakfast at the hotel.
07:30 Gathering in the lobby of the Ibis Hotel.
07:40 Gathering in the lobby of the Courtyard Hotel.
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.
19:00 Estimated time of return to Nizhny Novgorod.
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.
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 Semenovna 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 – tourists arrive at the hotel.

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Day 7 - 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.
During a sightseeing tour of Gorodets, you will visit the so-called "museum quarter" of Gorodets, where almost every house is unique, 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 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".
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.
Excursion to the museum "Terem of the Russian samovar".
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 – tourists arrive at the Moscow railway station.

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Difficulty

Suitable for everyone

Accommodation

Hotel

6 nights

Comfort

Upscale

The tour includes accommodation in a hotel.

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

hotel	1-room	2-bed	3-bed
Ibis 3*	75 000	54 000	51 300
Courtyard Nizhny Novgorod City Center 4*	94 500	71 500	65 500

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.

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Tour conditions

Group

up to 55 tourists

Minimum age

3 years old

Duration

7 days 6 nights

Group meets at

Russia, Nizhny Novgorod

Included in price

tour service;
transportation services;
accommodation in the Ibis 3* or Courtyard Nizhny Novgorod City Center 4* hotel with buffet breakfast;
entrance tickets to museums according to the program.

Paid extra

air and railway tickets to Nizhny Novgorod and back;
meals not specified in the program (lunches, dinners);
additional services and excursions;
personal expenses.

It's important to know

Air and railway tickets are not included in the price of the tour. You can purchase them yourself or contact us for help.

Dates and Prices

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30 Dec, 2024 – 5 Jan, 2025 7 days 6 nights

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