Arrival in Novgorod. Meeting with the guide at the railway station with a sign at the main entrance from the platform.
06:24 Meeting of guests from the Moscow train.
10:26 Meeting of the Lastochka guests from St. Petersburg.
The approximate start time of the tour is at 9 a.m. If the group includes tourists arriving by Swallow from St. Petersburg, the start time will change to a later one.
Guaranteed accommodation at the hotel from 14:00.
Morning check-in if possible. Items can be left free of charge in the luggage room of the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Excursion "Journey to the shrines of the Novgorod land" (by transport) - 3 hours:
Nikolo-Vyazhishchsky Convent is a unique architectural ensemble (XVII-XVIII centuries), the main monastery cathedral of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, St. Euphemia, where there is a shrine with the relics of St. Euphemia, Archbishop of Novgorod the Wonderworker, Spaso-Preobrazhensky Varlaamo-Khutynsky Convent is an architectural ensemble of the XVI-XIX centuries, attracts many tourists and pilgrims. The life of the monastery is closely connected with the name of its founder, Varlaam Khutynsky. The relics of St. Barlaam are located in the Transfiguration Cathedral, and the ashes of the great Russian poet and statesman Gabriel Romanovich Derzhavin also rest here. There is also a holy hill, a chapel and a well with holy water on the territory of the monastery.