Arrival in Novgorod (we meet the train from Moscow at 06:24 train No. 42 and St. Petersburg at 10:26 train No. 7001 and additional train No. 7931).
Meeting with the guide at the railway station with a sign at the main entrance from the platform.
Guaranteed hotel accommodation at 14:00. Morning check-in if possible. You can leave your belongings free of charge in the luggage room of the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Departure to Staraya Russa (103 km).
Imperial city resort - sightseeing tour of the city, visit the Church of St. George the Victorious (15th century), where the miraculous list of the Old Russian Icon of the Mother of God (19th century) is kept; acquaintance with the history of strange temples, including the architectural monument of the 12th century – the Transfiguration Monastery.
A visit to the house-museum of F. M. Dostoevsky, where great works were created – the novel "Demons" and "The Brothers Karamazov", acquaintance with the life and work of the writer.
A walking tour of the oldest health resort in the north-west of Russia, the Staraya Russa resort, on the territory of which there are nine mineral springs, seven of them form mineral lakes, creating zones of increased air ionization in the resort park. Inspection of the famous Muravyevsky fountain, which is the highest column of mineral water in Europe, gushing from the ground.
Visit to the interactive museum "Manor of the medieval Rushanin" (for an additional fee of 350 rubles).
Return to Veliky Novgorod.