Nizhny Novgorod Cascade

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• Sheremetyevo Castle + LakeSvetloyar.

Breakfast at the hotel.

• 07:00 Gathering in the lobby of the Reddy Hotel;
• 07:10 Gathering in the lobby of the Court Inn 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 well—known 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 mesmerizing.

The south entrance leads to a glass-domed conservatory.

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 another oriental-style room resembled a Persian one.

It has preserved colored marble columns imported 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 Sheremetev estate has a large park area, on its territory there is the St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral, which admires with its architecture and decoration.

Free time for meals.

Transfer to Vladimirskoye village, visit Svetloyar lake.

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 Estimated time of return to Nizhny Novgorod.

• "Bolshoe Boldino – through Pushkin's places."

Breakfast at the hotel.

• 07:05 Gathering in the lobby of the Court Inn Hotel;
• 07:15 Gathering in the lobby of the Reddy Hotel;

Excursion to the museum – reserve of A.S. Pushkin "Boldino".

The Boldino State Literary Memorial and Nature Museum-Reserve of A.S. Pushkin is one of the most famous Pushkin places in Russia.

In the ancient village of Bolshoe Boldino, Nizhny Novgorod province, there is the poet's ancestral estate, 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 stroll through the ancient parks will allow you to feel the charm of that distant era, to 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 estate complex was recreated on the basis of archival documents and archaeological excavations, and 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, on six deep ravines, there is a picturesque Luchinnik grove.

According to legend, it was the poet's favorite place for walks.

You will visit the village of Lvovka, where the estate is also part of 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, and the partially preserved wooden church of St. Alexander Nevsky have been preserved.

20:00 Approximate time of return to Nizhny Novgorod.

Breakfast at the hotel.

• 07:00 Gathering in the lobby of the Reddy Hotel.
• 07:10 Gathering in the lobby of the Kort Inn hotel

The estimated travel time to Yoshkar-Ola is 6 hours.

Travel information on the road.

Sightseeing tour of Yoshkar-Ola.

You will have a sightseeing tour of Yoshkar-Ola, the capital of the Republic of Mari El.

The most notable architectural structures of Yoshkar-Ola are stylized as European cities: the Bruges Embankment (a copy of the Venetian Doge's Palace) and the Annunciation Tower with a copy of the Moscow chimes.

In addition, Yoshkar-Ola has a large number of unusual monuments (for example, the monument to Yoshkin the cat and his girlfriend).

Visit to the ethnographic department of the National Museum.

This is the oldest museum of the Republic of Mari El, the leading scientific, methodological and information center for municipal and departmental museums of the republic, which has unique museum objects and museum collections.

The history of the museum begins on March 4, 1920, when at a meeting of the board of the Krasnokokshaysky district Department of Public Education it was decided to establish the Mari Central Museum in the city of Krasnokokshaysk.

On April 3, 1920, the museum was opened to the public.

One of the founders of the museum, and later its director, was Timofey Evseevich Evseev, an ethnographer, local historian, and head of the Mari Society of Local Historians, who made a huge contribution to the study and preservation of the traditional culture of the Mari people.

Free time for meals.

22:00 Approximate time of return to Nizhny Novgorod.

Breakfast at the hotel.

• 08:20 Gathering in the lobby of the Reddy Hotel.
• 08:40 Gathering in the lobby of the Kort Inn hotel

Excursion to Semenov.

The small town of Semenov in Nizhny Novgorod is famous all over the world.

It is called the "capital of the Golden Khokhloma".

Back in the 17th century, the art of wood painting originated, which has been carefully passed down from generation to generation for centuries.

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.

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 lace 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 magical 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 Approximate time of return to Nizhny Novgorod.

Breakfast at the hotel.

• 08:20 Gathering in the lobby of the Reddy Hotel;
• 08:40 Gathering in the lobby of the Kort Inn hotel;

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

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" 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 Feodorovsky Monastery is a male 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 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".

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, products of Gorodetsky painting, gold embroidery, guipure embroidery, wood carvings, pottery and Zhbannikov whistle.

The special value of the architectural structures lies in the fact that they represent the history of "deaf" house carvings in all its richness and beauty, in the manner typical of Gorodetsky master carvers.

Guided tour of the museum "Russian Samovar Gallery".

The museum opened in 2008.

The collection is based on Nikolai Polyakov's collection of samovars.

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 time of return to Nizhny Novgorod, to the railway station.