Breakfast on the train.
08:35 Arrival of the tourist train at Yaroslavl railway station.
Meeting with the guide, boarding the bus (the bus number is indicated on the voucher).
Sightseeing tour of Yaroslavl.
Numerous monuments from different eras have been preserved on the embankments, squares and boulevards of the city: temples of the XVI-XVIII centuries, remnants of old city fortifications, Art Nouveau residential buildings.
You will admire the Yaroslavl temples, built 400 years ago in the style of the "Yaroslavl pattern" – richly decorated, elegant, cheerful.
You will see Yaroslavl's Volga Embankment, decorated with rotunda gazebos, and Yaroslavl's monuments: Prince Yaroslav and Fyodor Volkov, the Biblical Trinity and the Yaroslavl bear.
You will walk along the Volga embankment, which is considered to be one of the most beautiful among all the embankments of Russian cities, and see the famous Strelka, the meeting place of the two rivers Volga and Kotorosli.
You will get acquainted with the rich temple architecture, with the first Russian drama theater named after F. Volkov, and visit the Cathedral of the Assumption, built for the Millennium.
You will walk to the place of the foundation of the city – the "Chopped City" and learn the legend of how Prince Yaroslav the Wise founded the city.
During the tour, you will take memorable photos with a thousand-ruble bill against the background of the objects depicted on it.
Visit the Church of Elijah the Prophet, an outstanding monument of Russian artistic culture of the 17th century, which has written the brightest page in the development of the Yaroslavl school of architecture and painting.
Visit to the Yaroslavl Museum-Reserve with the Yaroslavl Meal program.
This is one of the oldest museums in Russia, which is located in the protected area of the former Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery for men.
It was here, on the territory of the museum-reserve, that the manuscript "The Word about Igor's Regiment" was found.
Guided tour of the territory, acquaintance with the architecture.
During the Yaroslavl Meal program, visitors will learn about the famous Yaroslavl province throughout Russia: Rostov and Borisoglebsky onions, green peas from the River region, the famous Rostov pike and Vyatka cucumbers.
And also about how our great-great-grandmothers cooked, what utensils they used in the kitchen, what dishes they preferred, how the tables were set and what dishes they used.
Transfer to Yaroslavl railway station.
13:05 Departure of the tourist train to Ivanovo.
Rest on the train.
15:26 Arrival of the tourist train at the railway station of Ivanov.
Meeting with the guide on the platform, boarding the bus (the bus number is indicated on the voucher).
Guided tour of the D.G. Burylin Museum of Local Lore.
The museum's collection contains unique collections of "rarities and antiquities" collected by its founder Dmitry Gennadyevich Burylin, a famous Ivanovo–Voznesensk philanthropist, collector, and educator, with exceptional completeness and in the best samples.
In the museum you will find: more than 780 thousand museum objects from antiquity to the present; antiques, porcelain, paintings, numismatics, weapons, books, decorative and applied arts, unique astronomical clocks, as well as high ceilings and elegant stairs, painted stained glass windows and stucco arches of the museum building itself.
An excursion to the museum of the Moya Zabava factory – here you will learn what porcelain is, why it is poured, hear about the stages and features of production, see the porcelain casting process, open the oven and see how the porcelain product is fired, what techniques our craftsmen use to paint the goods, and participate in the mold casting.
Waiting for you:
- an excursion to the production, where you will learn the secrets of porcelain, why it is poured, and hear about the stages and features of production.;
- the process of porcelain casting, in which techniques are painted from a distance;
- The mega ball is a contender for the Guinness Book of World Records.
A master class on creating porcelain jewelry – a single twig with a ringing bell, which can be placed in a vase or stuck in flowers.
No one will be left without attention and everyone will definitely succeed.
Dinner at a cafe in the city.
Visiting a grocery store from local producers.
Here you can buy cheeses, sausages and confectionery, as well as buy fresh kvass, beer and tinctures.
Sightseeing tour of the city with a tour of the most striking sights.
Transfer to the railway station of Ivanov.
Guided tour of the railway station, the only constructivist railway station in Russia.
Architects and historians have restored the facade of the building, bringing it as close to its historical appearance as possible.
Wooden furniture, a real loom, a symbol of the Ivanovo textile industry, original lanterns above the ticket offices, large glass and round windows, patterns on columns from propaganda Ivanovo textiles of the 20–30s and much more give the station a special flavor.
Boarding the train starts at 23:00.
23:50 Departure of the tourist train to Murom.
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