Demidov route. Winter tour for 3 days

07:30 Breakfast, check-out from the hotel.

08:30 Departure to the city Nevyansk. 

A travel tour with a visit to the Europe-Asia border and a stop at the obelisk on 17 km of the Moscow highway.

Nevyansk is the city where the Demidov Empire began, founded on the initiative of Peter the Great as a place for an ironworks. 

Later, the main facility of the city, the factory, was granted to the Demidov family. 

Demidov factories began to appear all over the Urals and Siberia, and the city in the XVIII century became the main industrial point of the Urals!

10:30-12:30 Visit to the Nevyanskaya Tower and the Nevyansky State Historical and Architectural Museum.

Nevyanskaya inclined tower, built on the initiative of Akinfiy Demidov in memory of the founder of the dynasty. During the construction of the Tower, the most modern architectural and technical solutions were used at that time (lightning rod, English clock, famous hearing room). 

At various times, the tower served as a bell tower, a guard post, a factory archive, a laboratory and even a prison. 

Today, the tower is a symbol of Nevyansk and the craftsmen of the Urals, a monument of industrial architecture. The angle of the tower is greater than the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Those who wish will be able to forge a commemorative Demidov coin or get real Ural gemstones at the "mine" (in the warmer months) (for an additional fee)

13:00-13:40 Lunch at the cafe.

13:40-15:10 Visit to the museum of the House of the Nevyanskaya Icon. Acquaintance with the extraordinary cultural phenomenon of the Ural region – the Nevyansk school of icon painting.

15:10 Departure to Verkhniye Tavolgi. 

A travel tour with a tour of the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (Byngi village).

16:00 Tour of Tavolozhskaya Ceramics LLC, a master class on a potter's wheel under the guidance of an experienced potter, a story about decorating ceramic products with traditional emerald glaze in the Demidov era.

18:00 Kerzhak's dinner at the Crystal Cellar cafe

19:00 Departure to Nizhny Tagil.

20:15 Arrival in Nizhny Tagil. 

Check-in at the Demidov Plaza 4* hotel. 

Free time.

07:00-08:15 Breakfast at the hotel.

08:30 VisitJSC EVRAZ Nizhny Tagil Metallurgical Plant. 

Excursion of the Demidov Traditions – in modern times": the museum complex of the combine, a visit with an excursion to the metallurgical production of the combine (blast furnace No. 7, converter shop or wheel-banding shop), an inspection of the historical blast furnace No. 1.

Attention:

• EVRAZ is allocated as an object of visit for an additional fee;  
• The age of the participants is 14+ ; 
• applying for a visit to EVRAZ no later than 7 days before the tour.

To replace the tour participants who did not get on the tour to EVRAZ: The House of Cherepanov Historical and Technical Museum.

This is a rare opportunity to get in touch with the traditions of Tagil inventors, to get acquainted with their biographies and inventions on authentic exhibits. 

To see the unique astronomical clock of E.G. Kuznetsov, a silver vase – a gift to the inventor of steam engines E.A. Cherepanov from the breeders Demidov, a bicycle of the XIX century and much more! 

Of particular interest are the current models of steam locomotives and railways, as well as interactive exhibitions on the history of technology.

12:10-12:50 Lunch on the menu of the metallurgist in the cafe of the city

12:50 Sightseeing tour of Nizhny Tagil with a visit to the observation deck on the Fox Mountain. Demidovskaya dacha.

Nizhny Tagil is one of the largest and oldest mining centers in Russia.

It was here that the most modern blast furnaces in the world were built (from 1725-1735) in terms of their technological equipment and capacity! 

The industrial importance of the Nizhny Tagil plants was determined by the strong position in the European market of its metal with the brand "Old Sable".  It was in the city of Nizhny Tagil that the Cherepanov mechanics created the first steam locomotive in Russia.

14:00-14:50 Visit to the Nizhny Tagil Museum of Local Lore.

The Nizhny Tagil Museum of Local History clearly reveals the history of the Tagil region. 

The museum presents: a collection of picturesque and sculptural portraits of Demidov breeders, unique advertising products of Nizhny Tagil factories of the XIX century.

15:00-15:50 Visit to the museum of the history of tray craft "House of Khudoyarov".

Metal trays appeared at the beginning of the XVIII century at metallurgical plants in Nizhny Tagil, owned by the Ural industrialist A.N. Demidov. It is the Demidovs who are the initiators of the industrial production of trays.

16:00-17:30 Master class on Tagil lacquer painting with the provision of all materials in the Tagil Tray Museum and Production Complex.

Metal trays appeared at the beginning of the XVIII century in Nizhny Tagil at metallurgical plants owned by the Ural industrialist A. N. Demidov.

It is the Demidovs who are the initiators of the industrial production of trays.

17:30-18:30 Final tea party on fragrant Ural herbs.     

18:30 Departure to Yekaterinburg (on the way, if necessary, a sanitary stop, watching movies)

20:40 Arrival in Yekaterinburg, Marins Park Hotel 3* (railway station), transfer to Koltsovo airport (for an additional fee).