New Year's Weekend in Nizhny Novgorod

Breakfast at the hotel.

09:50 Gathering in the lobby of the Ibis Hotel.

10:10 Gathering at 52 Bolshaya Pokrovskaya St. (at the sculpture of a cyclist, for tourists from the Courtyard Hotel).

Nizhny Novgorod walking tour.

Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street is the main street of Nizhny Novgorod.

Today, the promenade 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 beauties of the ancient city.

Rozhdestvenskaya Street is one of the oldest and most beautiful streets in Nizhny Novgorod.

There are many large and beautiful stone houses preserved here, the history of which dates back to the middle of the XVIII century.

The main attraction of the street is the Christmas 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 St. – free time, tourists get to the hotel on their own.

Optional: City of Lights tour (1200 rubles/person). Duration: 3 hours (2 hours by bus + walking tour along New Year's Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street), starting at 19:00.

It is ordered and paid for when booking the tour.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Free time for relaxation and independent walks.

Optional: City of Lights tour (1200 rubles/person). Duration: 3 hours (2 hours by bus + walking tour along New Year's Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street), starting at 19:00.

It is ordered and paid for when booking the tour.

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 religious buildings in Arzamas is located on Cathedral Square, and 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, to put candles.

Free time to submit notes and requests.

It will be possible to purchase candles, icons, books, St. Seraphim's biscuits.

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, a cotton shirt (for women) and a shirt (for men) are necessary.

19:00 Approximate return to Nizhny Novgorod.

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 Puzhalovaya.

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 architectural monument of the 17th 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 cupboards, the Gorokhovetsky toy, carvings, needlework and much more.

Guided tour of the chambers of the King of Peas.

The M.I. Shorin House, also known as the "Chambers of Tsar Gorokhov", is a wooden mansion that represents the most colorful works of Gorokhovets Art Nouveau and neo-Russian style.

The architect came up with an incredible wooden tower, which contained several architectural trends 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 in 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 Estimated time of return to Nizhny Novgorod.

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 delicate lace, sawn carvings, intricate smokies and weathervanes.

Arriving in the capital of Golden Khokhloma, you will find yourself in the Museum of Folk Life "Semyon Lozhkar's House".

Russian Russian cottage is a large village house, where in a warm Russian hut filled with the smell of freshly baked bread and fragrant kvass, heated 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's way of life, the secrets of home comfort, show and teach you how to work with forgotten objects of ancient times: a roller, a ruby, a grip and a yoke.

Visit to the Khokhloma Painting factory.

Khokhloma, as in ancient times, brings 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 the amazing art is born – the fiery khokhloma, sparkling with gold and cinnabar, you will find out by visiting the enterprise.

You will discover the magic secret of the unique technology of "making 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 has been collected since the 19th century.

You can see how the golden Khokhloma and the beautiful Matryoshka doll are born, as well as participate in a master class on painting yourself at the Khokhloma Painting and Semenovskaya Painting handicrafts enterprises.

Free time for meals.

17:00 – tourists arrive at the hotel.

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 of rooms, take your things with you and immediately transfer to the railway station after the tour.

During a sightseeing tour of Gorodets, you will visit the so-called "museum quarter" of Gorodets, where almost every house is unique, decorated with delicate carvings, and 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 Feodorovskaya 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-kept 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, products of Gorodetsky painting, gold embroidery, guipure embroidery, wood carvings, pottery and Zhbannikov whistle.

Guided tour of the museum "Russian Samovar Gallery".

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.