Two Kremlins. Pskov and Veliky Novgorod for the holidays

Breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

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

12:00 p.m. "To the stars of the blue domes." 4-hour auto-guided tour of the surroundings of Veliky Novgorod.

A trip to an active monastery for men, learn about the monks' lives. St. George's Cathedral was built on the territory, this temple was used as the tomb of the Novgorod princes. Alexander Nevsky's mother and brother, Dmitry Shemyaka, and others are buried here.

Excursion to the Wonderful village of "Vitoslavlitsy" — we will learn about the traditions and life of the peasants of the Novgorod province in a living open-air museum. Architectural and natural reserve of wooden architecture.

Visiting huts with a set of peasant household items and tools, a forge, a threshing floor. Acquaintance with the Novgorod traditions of the Novgorod province in the late 19th and early 20th centuries".

Lunch in Novgorod style at the Yuryevskoye Podvorye restaurant complex.

16:00 The approximate end of the program in the city center. Hotel transfers are not provided.

Free time. Independent sightseeing according to the guest's card.

17:00 Transfer to the railway station.

17:50-21:55 Transfer by comfortable high-speed train Swallow No. 820 to Pskov (railway ticket is included in the price of the tour).

Breakfast at the hotel.

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

08:30 Walking sightseeing tour of Pskov "Admiring Pskov. My God, what a big city! Definitely Paris!..."

The city of Pskov has more than 1,500 years of history. In the 16th century, along with London and Paris, Moscow and Novgorod, it 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.

Trinity Cathedral is one of the first Christian churches in Russia, "Kromsky Cape" is 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.

14:00 Lunch.

Transfer to the active male 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 monasteries in Russia, Pskov-Pechersk Holy Dormition Monastery, originally located in caves.

Departure to Pskov.

19:30 Departure of train No. 10 from Pskov to Moscow.

Note:

1. When visiting the Trinity Cathedral (day 3) and the Pskov Caves Monastery (day 2), it is advisable to have skirts and hats.
2. When visiting the Holy Slavic Springs, you can take empty dishes for Holy Water.