Across the expanses of Perm the Great. Sightseeing tour to the Urals

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The Perm Region, stretching from north to south along the Kama River, preserves many legends in its history. Permian wooden sculpture, or "wooden gods", originated here.

The Perm Region is the birthplace of salt. The ancient Ural Mountains, to which the region adjoins, gave the Kama region a large number of natural treasures.

During the week you will visit all the main attractions of the region, both natural and historical. Be sure to try local cuisine and get acquainted with the way of life of the inhabitants of the Perm region.

Location

Russia, Perm

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Tour highlights

Delicious master class

Let's learn how to sculpt elm printed gingerbread and enjoy natural herbal tea with freshly baked gingerbread

Khokhlovka Open-Air Museum

We will see the best examples of traditional and religious architecture of the peoples of the Kama region

The underground kingdom of ice

Let's admire the diverse and impressive crystal forms of ice in the Kungur ice Cave

Secrets of the Stone City

We will take a trip through the streets, labyrinths and squares of the "enchanted" city

The capital of Perm is Great

We will walk through the center of Cherdyn, built up with sturdy merchant mansions, and explore the centuries-old temples

Salt History Museum

Let's trace the technological chain of the famous "salt-premyanka" and find out where the famous saying "Permian — salty ears" came from

Itinerary

Day 1 - Sightseeing tour of Perm
Arrival at Perm.
05:00 Meeting at the airport.
05:30 Meeting at the railway station Perm II at 05:30.
Group transfer to the hotel.
Accommodation at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Sightseeing tour of Perm.
Perm is a city in The Urals, on the banks of the Kama River. The transport hub on The Trans-Siberian railway and the river port.
The city was founded in 1723, and received its modern name and city rights by decree of Catherine II in 1780 and became the center of the newly created The Perm governorate.
Today Perm is a major industrial center and the fourth largest city in Russia.
During the tour we will see the historical center, the Opera House, city monuments and the Kama River.
Lunch ”Komi-Permyak" (self-paid).
Excursion to the Meshkov House (the main building of the Perm Museum of Local Lore).
Free time.

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Day 2 - Ilyinsky Museum of Local Lore. Khokhlovka Architectural and Ethnographic Museum
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to the village of Ilyinsky.
Excursion to the Ilyinsky Regional Museum of Local Lore (Stroganov estate).
The museum is located in the building of the Main Board of the Perm undivided estate of the Counts Stroganov, built in 1805, and in 1995 the Exhibition Hall of the Ilyinsky District Museum of Local Lore was opened in the former house of the Chief Manager of the Perm estate.
The museum's collections contain significant material on Old Believers, peasant and merchant life.
There are unique exhibits in the collection: “The Bonecracker who shocked everyone”, samples of Stroganov icon painting and wood painting in the technique of the “Royal Rose”.
Lunch (self-paid).
Transfer to Khokhlovka.
Excursion to the Khokhlovka Architectural and Ethnographic Museum.
The Khokhlovka Museum is the first open—air museum of wooden architecture in the Urals.
It was opened to the public on September 17, 1980. The unique museum ensemble is located on the picturesque shore of the Kama River, 43 km from Perm near the village of Khokhlovka.
Today, Khokhlovka unites 21 monuments of wooden architecture of the late XVII — second half of the XX centuries, which represent the best examples of traditional and religious architecture of the peoples of the Kama region.
Return to Perm.

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Day 3 - Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery. Kungur
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Missionary Monastery.
Guided tour of the monastery.
The temple is located on the top of the White Mountain, whose height is 453 meters above sea level.
The date of foundation of the Belogorsky monastery is considered to be June 16, 1891.
The temple building is made in an eclectic Russian-Byzantine style, the facade decor is decorated with patterned bricks: kokoshniks, beads, Venetian windows. Holy Cross Cathedral is the largest church in the diocese, with a capacity of over 5,000 worshippers.
Free time to visit the holy spring and font.
Transfer to Kungur.
Lunch (paid separately).
City tour.
Kungur was founded in the XVII century as a prison near the confluence of the Kungur River with the Iren River.
The name comes from the river and is believed to have originated from the Turkic word "unkur" or "ungur" — "cave, gorge, gap in the rocks."
In 1781, Kungur received the status of a city, and three years later the Siberian Highway passed through it, which gave an additional incentive for the development of the city.
Major fairs were held here three times a year.
Many ancient merchant mansions, churches and other interesting architectural monuments of the past centuries have been preserved in Kungur.
Hotel accommodation (block accommodation, 2 rooms in a block, facilities per block).
Free time.

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Day 4 - Kungur ice cave. The Museum of Merchant History. A master class on making a Vyazovsky gingerbread
Breakfast at the hotel.
Excursion to the Kungur ice cave.
Kungur Cave is one of the largest and longest gypsum caves in Russia.
The uniqueness of the cave is not that it is icy. First of all, its volumes are unusual in the Kungur cave — huge grottoes of 100 meters or more in diameter and 10-15 meters in height.
The crystalline forms of ice found in the cave are as diverse and impressive in size as possible.
Excursion to the Museum of Merchant History.
The museum is located in the building of the Small Gostiny Dvor, which was built in 1874 at the expense of the tea merchant M. I. Gribushin.
The museum's exposition tells about the commercial and industrial world of Kungur of the XVIII - early twentieth century, and separate expositions are devoted to leather and shoe business, ceramics production, grain and tea trading, patronage and merchant life.
Lunch (paid separately).
A master class on making a Vyazovsky gingerbread.
Gingerbread has always been the epitome of Russian folk culture, a work of art.
The elm gingerbread is baked according to an old Russian recipe, revived by the founders of the gingerbread business in the city of Kungur, the family of the Elm-Kozhukhov.
At the master class, you will learn not only how to sculpt printed gingerbread, but also get acquainted with the history of the creation of gingerbread in Russia, visit a family exhibition of gingerbread artists, and at the end you will find fragrant, natural, herbal tea with freshly baked gingerbread.
Free time.

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Day 5 - The Stone City. Cable car ascent to the mountain The Crusade
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to the Stone Town. A tour of the park.
In the spirit of Ural legends, it is customary to tell that The stone city used to be real, but one day a sorcerer turned it into stone — with all the streets, houses and inhabitants.
It is not difficult to believe this — the remnants of weathering of sandstones take such bizarre forms that some of them even received their own names: “Stone Gate”, “Seal”, “Idol”, “Feathered Guardian", “Turtle".
We will travel through the streets, labyrinths and squares of the “enchanted” city.
We will see the place “where the plague went underground”, we will examine the highest point of the city, where the source of power is located.
Moving to The lip.
Lunch (paid separately).
Cable car ascent to the mountain Crusade (extra charge).
Transfer to Cherdyn.
Accommodation at the hotel.
Free time.

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Day 6 - The village of Nyrob. Nikolsky source. Sightseeing tour of Cherdyn
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to the village of Nyrob.
The first mention of the village of Nyrobke dates back to 1579.
The name from Komi-Permian translates as “Nasal field", the field of a man nicknamed Nose.
In 1601 Mikhail Romanov, the uncle of the first Russian tsar from the Romanov dynasty, was exiled here.
A pit was dug for the famous prisoner, where he was kept in heavy fetters.
Michael died in August 1602. Since the accession of the Romanov dynasty in 1613, Nyrob has been declared a holy place.
Visit to the Memory Center of M.N. Romanov.
A visit to the Nikolsky spring, which, according to legend, is a source of "living" water.
A visit to a spring with "dead" water in the village of Pokcha.
Transfer to Cherdyn.
Sightseeing tour of the city.
The city center is built up with sturdy merchant mansions, each of which has a sign with a description.
Inspection of the Trinity and Vyatka temples.
Lunch (self-paid).
Visit to the exhibition hall of the Cherdynsky Pushkin Museum of Local Lore.
The Cherdyn Museum is one of the oldest in the Urals.
It was founded at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries. The museum's collection consists of more than 110 thousand items and includes the richest collections: "Archeology", "Perm wooden sculpture", collections of "Iconography", "Numismatics", "Ethnography".
A special place is occupied by the book collection (XVI-XX centuries), which includes unique copies of an old printed handwritten book.
Free time.
Day 7 - Solikamsk. Salt History Museum. The governor's house. Usolye. Stroganov Chambers
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to Solikamsk.
Sightseeing tour of Solikamsk.
Solikamsk is one of the oldest cities in the Urals and the third largest in the Perm Region.
Excursion to Salt History Museum (Salt Factory).
An excursion to the Salt Museum introduces the unique history of the Ust-Borovsk Saltworks. All the buildings are built in the old traditions, they are amazing examples of industrial wooden architecture of the XIX century.
During the tour, you can fully trace the technological chain of the famous "salt-premyanka" and find out where the famous saying "Permian — salty ears" came from.
VisitingLyudmila salt well.
Excursion to The governor's house.
It is the oldest civil building Northern The Urals. Its construction began according to a charter on September 27, 1673, granted by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich after the fire of 1672, in which the Solikamsk fortress was destroyed.
Currently, the former voivode's house houses an exposition of the Museum of local lore and an exposition of the interior of the 17th century command hut.
Lunch (paid separately).
Moving to Usolye.
In the XVII century, the city was founded by a merchant Nikita Stroganov, who was engaged in the extraction and sale of salt. Over the years, this place has become the main patrimony of the Stroganov family, the largest industrialists Of Russia. By the beginning of the XIX century
Excursion to Chambers The Stroganovs.
The building is one of the highest examples of civil buildings of the Moscow Baroque of the late XVII – early XVIII century and is an integral part of the coastal ensemble of the Usolsky architectural complex.
The house-palace is so beautiful and harmonious that it seems to sound. Cheerful and graceful melodies fall on the solemn chord with the bends of the stone ligature.
Transfer to Perm.
Accommodation at the hotel.
Day 8 - Departure
Breakfast at the hotel.
The rooms are released at 12:00.
Transfer to the airport by 11:30.
Attention! Please purchase air and railway tickets only after the tour is declared guaranteed.

Difficulty

Suitable for everyone

Accommodation

Hotel

7 nights

Comfort

Midscale

The tour includes accommodation in hotels along the way.

The cost of the tour for 1 person, depending on the accommodation, RUB.:

Double, triple	Single room
44 500	54 000

Discount for pensioners – 550 rubles.

The hotels are indicated approximately, it is possible to replace them with similar ones.

The three-star Prikamye Hotel is located in the center of Perm, at the intersection of Komsomolsky Prospekt and Lenin Street. Opposite the main entrance is the monument "Permyak – salty ears".

The hotel offers 143 rooms of various categories from "Standard" to rooms of the highest category - "Junior Suite". Each of them is equipped with everything necessary for a comfortable stay. Each room has a telephone, TV, refrigerator, hairdryer, slippers, bathroom with towels and toiletries. Wi-Fi is available on site.

The Irish pub Seamus is located on the ground floor of the Prikamye Hotel. The menu offers a wide variety of Irish and British dishes.

There are two conference rooms for seminars and conferences: "Theater", "Round table".

Attractions such as an art gallery, theaters, as well as many entertainment and shopping centers, cinemas are within walking distance.

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Tour conditions

Group

up to 44 tourists

Minimum age

7 years old

Duration

8 days 7 nights

Group meets at

Russia, Perm

Included in price

airport-hotel-airport transfer for recommended flights;
transfers by comfortable bus;
accommodation in hotels with breakfast;
early placement in Perm;
services of an accompanying guide;
guided tours and entrance tickets according to the program.

Paid extra

air and railway tickets to Perm and back;
meals not specified in the program (lunches, dinners);
meal package (to be paid upon purchase of the tour): 7 meals – 4,800 rubles/person.;
extra night in Perm (paid upon purchase of the tour) – 3900 RUB/6700 RUB (SNGL/TWIN);
personal expenses.

It's important to know

Air and railway tickets are not included in the price of the tour. You can purchase them yourself or contact us for help.

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Reviews

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Olga

30 Oct, 2024

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A wonderful tour with a rich and engaging itinerary. Our guide, Svetlana, was very responsible and did an excellent job, explaining everything in detail. I was pleased with both the hotels and the food. Adding extra lunches was a great decision; it made everything more convenient, and I especially enjoyed the Pomor-style lunch at the Pomor restaurant. The transportation was also comfortable and reliable.

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