Fortresses of the Northwest. Veliky Novgorod and Pskov

Breakfast at the hotel.

Attention! 12:00 check-out time. Room release before departure for excursions (things in the hotel's luggage room).

Collection from hotels in the city. There may be a slight delay in the delivery of the vehicle. In this situation, we recommend that you keep in touch with the guide.

11:00 a.m. 3-hour car tour of the surrounding area.

"To the stars of the blue domes." Visit to the current, largest of the Novgorod monasteries – St. George the Victorious, traditionally called St. George, St. George's Cathedral in 1119. Perynsky hermitage.

The wonderful village of Vitoslavlitsy is an architectural and natural reserve of wooden architecture.

14:00 Free time in the city center.

Organization of lunch in a cafe in the city – an additional fee of 1000 rubles / person. Booking in advance.

17:00 Transfer to the train station.

17:50-21:57 Transfer to Pskov (by comfortable high—speed train or bus - the ticket is included in the price of the tour).

Pick up from the train, transfer to the hotel. Accommodation in Rizhskaya 3* (Rizhsky Prospekt, 25).

Breakfast in the hotel cafe.

Attention! 12:00 check-out time. Room release before departure for excursions (things in the hotel's luggage room).

09.00 Walking sightseeing tour of Pskov "Admiring Pskov. My God, what a big city! Exactly Paris!...". The more than 1,500-year history of the city of Pskov, which in the 16th century, along with London and Paris, Moscow and Novgorod, was one of the five largest European cities.

One of the most powerful fortresses in Europe and Russia, consisting of 5 belts of stone walls with 39 combat towers, secrets and traps.

The Pskov Kremlin is an open—air museum that includes Dovmont City, the Pskov Pompeii, and Vechevaya Square, a symbol of freedom and the first experience of democratic government in our country.

As well as the Trinity Cathedral, one of the first Christian churches in Russia, the Kromsky Cape, the place where the winding Pskov River flows into the deep—flowing Velikaya River, and the first Pskov settlement.

The historical and architectural center of the city, the monuments of civil architecture of the 17th century, the history of buildings and the life stories of their owners, the legends of the city and outstanding real events, for example, the "Battle of the Ice" in 1242.

11:30 a.m. Excursion "Izborsk is wonderful and Krylata fortress". Arrival in Izborsk. Sightseeing of the fortress, a walk to the holy springs "Slovenian keys".

Izborsk or "Iron City" is one of the oldest Slavic settlements, shrouded in legends. The story of the ancient settlement, the seat of the legendary Varangian Prince Truvor, and the story of the stone fortress built on the mountain with the poetic name "Crane" unfolds before you.

From these ancient sites, endless expanses open up, among which the Izborsk-Malskaya valley plays a dominant role with a mirror of lake waters, and with sounding springs-waterfalls — Slavic springs.

14:00 Lunch.

Excursion to the men's active Holy Dormition Pskov Caves Monastery, acquaintance with shrines and sights. Pechory is the "second miracle of Russia" (according to the results of the World Pathfinder magazine competition in 2008).

One of the largest and oldest in Russia, the Pskov Caves Holy Dormition Monastery, originally located in caves. The tombs of the ancestors of V. N. Tatishchev, M. I. Kutuzov, M. P. Mussorgsky, and A. S. Pushkin have been preserved in the monastery caves.

A historical and architectural ensemble of 11 churches of the XV-XX centuries, outbuildings and a large belfry with a preserved set of ancient bells. The fortress of the XVI century with 9 fortress towers and a full complex of wall fences.

Departure to Pskov.

18:30 Release of the storage room. Transfer to the railway station.

19:30 Departure of train No. 10 Pskov — Moscow.