06:45 Gathering of the group in Moscow: VDNKh metro station, parking lot to the right of the Kosmos Hotel.
07:00 Departure of the group to Tver. Travel information.
Sightseeing tour of Tver. Tver was once the capital of all Russian lands, but now it is a modern city, the administrative center of the Tver region, located on both banks of the Volga River.
The townspeople are rightfully proud of their countrymen, who have made the city famous for many centuries: the merchant-traveler Athanasius Nikitin, who went across three seas, Prince Mikhail Yaroslavich of Tver and the author-performer of Russian chanson Mikhail Krug.
You will drive through the central city streets and see important sights.:
- the main shrine of the Tver land is the Transfiguration Cathedral;
- the most beautiful embankment of Stepan Razin;
- The front part of the city, the famous Tver "Three—Beam" or "Versailles Trident", a unique part of the city's layout that has been preserved since the 18th century, will not be left out.;
- the Imperial Travel Palace (external inspection), from the windows of which Catherine II and others admired the Volga views.
Lunch at a cafe in the city.
Departure to Veliky Novgorod.
Evening tour of Veliky Novgorod, the first capital of Ancient Russia, one of the oldest cities in Russia, located at the headwaters of the Volkhov River and Lake Ilmen.
It is rightly called the museum city, where many architectural monuments and monumental paintings of the XI-XVII centuries have been preserved.
The acquaintance with Veliky Novgorod will begin from the left Sofia side — the Novgorod Kremlin.
The ancient name of the Kremlin complex is Detinets, it was founded by Yaroslav the Wise in 1044, it is the oldest defensive structure in Russia, 9 of the 13 towers of the Kremlin have survived to this day.
You will admire St. Sophia Cathedral, one of the most outstanding monuments of ancient Russian architecture and the famous monument of the Millennium of Russia.
We will continue our acquaintance with Novgorod at Yaroslav's Courtyard and the ancient Novgorod auction. The trading side got its name from the Auction House located on it, which was the economic center of the city.
Shopping malls were the busiest place in the city in the 16th century. Barns and shops were located here, and trade was in full swing. Immediately after the Auction there were "courtyards" where merchants from all over the world came. In the XVII – XVIII centuries, a Gostiny Dvor was built on the site of the Auction.
There are architectural monuments of Veliky Novgorod: Nikolo-Dvorishchensky Cathedral, Prokopius Church, Paraskeva Friday Church, Assumption Church, St. George's Church.
Dinner at the hotel restaurant.






































