Golden Ring Railway cruise in the New Year

Breakfast on the train.

09:10 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 in the voucher).

A tour of the railway station — the only constructivist railway station in Russia. Architects and historians restored the facade of the building, bringing it as close as possible to its historical appearance.

A sightseeing tour, during which you will see the most striking sights of the city.

New Year's program at the Museum of the toy factory "My Fun":

1. Visit to the costume exhibition, which will tell about the textile industry in Ivanovo-Voznesensk through the fabulous characters of M.H. Kochnev — Ivanovsky Bazhov. Folklore and real stories will be "intertwined" before your eyes. 
2. Visit the exhibition of unique Soviet Christmas tree toys with a story about why Ivanovo is the birthplace of the Soviet Christmas tree. You will see more than 600 exhibits of glass Christmas tree toys from the 1930s to the 1970s.
3. A tea party at the Ivanovo merchant — a cheerful innkeeper will immerse you in the traditions of pre-revolutionary tea drinking., and also treat you to several types of tea with pies and bagels. 
4. Master class — under the guidance of the factory's craftsmen, you will create a toy for the Christmas tree using ancient technology and take it with you. 

Lunch at a cafe in the city.

Transfer to the railway station of Ivanov.

14:00 Departure of the tourist train to Yaroslavl.

Rest on the train.

16:20 Arrival of the tourist train at the railway station of Yaroslavl. Meeting with the guide on the platform, boarding the bus (the bus number is indicated in the voucher).

A visit to a master class on painting Yaroslavl tiles. You will learn the history of Yaroslavl tiles, production technology and symbolism of images, their importance in applied art and church architecture, you will be able to choose a drawing and paint it in traditional technique. 

This ceramic tile, painted with your own hands, will definitely become a talisman for you and will help you to preserve the memory of the ancient Russian city of Yaroslavl for a long time.

Sightseeing tour of Yaroslavl. Numerous monuments of 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, residential buildings in the Art Nouveau style. 

You will admire the Yaroslavl temples, built 400 years ago in the style of the "Yaroslavl pattern" – richly decorated, elegant, cheerful. 

You will see the Volga embankment, decorated with gazebos, rotundas, and monuments of Yaroslavl: Prince Yaroslav and Fyodor Volkov, the Biblical Trinity and the Yaroslavl bear. 

You will get acquainted with the rich temple architecture, with the first Russian drama theater named after F. Volkov, you will visit the cathedral built for the MillenniumAssumption Cathedral. 

You will walk to the place of 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 XVII century, which entered the brightest page in the development of the Yaroslavl school of architecture and painting.

Dinner at a cafe in the city.

Transfer to Yaroslavl railway station.

Boarding the train from 22:00.

02:10 Departure of the tourist train to Murom.

Breakfast on the train.

10:00 Arrival of the tourist train at the railway station of Murom. Meeting with the guide on the platform, boarding the bus (the bus number is indicated in the voucher).

Sightseeing bus and walking tour of the city.

You will visit the active Holy Annunciation Monastery for men (XVI century) and the monastery crypt, the Holy Trinity Monastery for women (XVII century), where the relics of Peter and Fevronia of Murom and the Transfiguration Monastery for men (XI century), where a particle of the relics of Elijah of Murom is located, as well as the miraculous icon of the Mother of God, you will see monument to Peter and Fevronia and rub the rabbit's nose "for luck", walk along the ancient streets of the city center, see the monument to kalach, the monument to Ilya Muromets and the city's New Year fairs.

Visit the Historical and Art Museum, in the halls of which you will get acquainted with the history of Murom.

Lunch at a cafe in the city.

Moving to the village of Karacharovo — the birthplace of the epic hero Ilya Muromets. 

Bus and walking tour with an external tour of the temple of Guria, Samon and Aviv and a visit to the Holy Spring of Ilya Muromets.

A visit to Ilya Muromets's Hut with an interactive program.

Transfer to the city of Murom.

A master class on making a roll with a tea party. 

Since ancient times, Murom has been famous for its artisans and bakers, but it was especially famous for the rolls. 

Even on the coat of arms of the city there are the famous grated coarse rolls. This pastry enjoyed the well-deserved love of both royalty and ordinary people. 

However, Murom's grated roll has always been a difficult matter. You will be able to see this for yourself at the master class, during which, with the help of professional bakers, you will form and decorate a roll, and while it is being baked, the masters will introduce you to the history of this delicacy.

Dinner in a cafe in the city.

Transfer to the railway station of Murom.

21:30 Departure of the tourist train to Vladimir.

Breakfast on the train.

07:38 Arrival of the tourist train at the railway station of Vladimir.

08:00 Meeting with the guide on the platform, boarding the bus (the bus number is indicated in the voucher).

Transfer to Suzdal (with travel information "Suzdal Opole") — a unique city of the Golden Ring and one of the most beautiful Russian cities, a museum city that is more than a thousand years old. 

There are no such number of monuments of Russian history and ancient buildings that have survived intact to the present day, unique churches and objects of wooden architecture anywhere else.

During the sightseeing tour, you will visit one of the Suzdal architectural gems and unique shrines of the city – the Spaso-Evfimiev Monastery, enjoy the ringing of bells, inspect the interiors of the Transfiguration Cathedral.

You will also admire the ensemble of the Suzdal Kremlin, the most ancient landmark of Suzdal. You will see the ancient Nativity Cathedral, the ancient Bishops' Chambers, the wooden St. Nicholas Church, the Assumption Church and the Church of the Nativity. 

Free time to visit souvenir shops.

Lunch at a cafe in the city.

Transfer to Vladimir.

A sightseeing walking tour of the city, during which you will admire the architecture of the Dmitrievsky Cathedral, famous for its white stone carvings, get acquainted with the greatest monument of white stone architecture of pre—Mongolian Russia - the Assumption Cathedral, inspect the frescoes of Andrei Rublev and the baroque iconostasis of the XVIII century.

You will walk along Georgievskaya Street to the Golden Gate, a unique monument of white stone defensive architecture, the only one that has survived to this day. 

Along the way you will meet many interesting characters: figurines of a learned cat and an artist, a scamp and a detective, a sculpture of a Vladimir firefighter with an operating water pump mechanism of the XIX century, you will see the symbol of the old city — a monument to the Vladimir cherry and find out what it is famous for. 

A visit to the Gingerbread House Museum with a master class and a tea party. 

Printed gingerbread is the most traditional of Russian desserts. At the master class, you will not only create your own unique painted gingerbread, but also learn the history of this delicacy — its types, recipe, world gingerbread traditions and rituals. 

And after the master class, you will have a traditional Russian tea party with tasting of branded printed gingerbread, Ivan tea and chocolate candy with Vladimir cherry.

Free time to visit souvenir shops.

Transfer to Vladimir railway station.

19:10 Departure of the tourist train to Moscow.

21:30 Arrival of the tourist train at Kazansky railway station in Moscow.