Tomsk is the heart of Siberia

08:30 Breakfast at the hotel.

When the first Cossacks crossed the Ural mountains, they were met belligerently by the numerous troops of the local khan Kuchum... The development of Siberia was difficult, it took a lot of effort to establish the first Cossack prisons…

And you will start your journey by visiting one of the first Cossack prisons of the Siberian land.…

10:00-13:00 Excursion "Visiting the Governor!" to the interactive open-air museum Semiluzhensky ostrog. You will drive along part of the longest Moscow-Beijing road in the world — along the Siberian highway, which has become the road of life for many famous people.

This is the way Pushkin's grandfather Hannibal went into exile. The elder Fyodor of Tomsk, according to legend Alexander I, came to Tomsk along it, the wives of the Decembrists drove along it, and Tomsk merchants took their goods to Zlatoglavaya along this highway.

You will visit the 17th century Cossack prison. The governor will greet you with a bell ringing and tell you how Siberia was developed, how Cossack prisons were built, how they were guarded, how life was built in them, and will treat you to tea from a samovar.

Get acquainted with the Cossack culture, climb the bell tower and try on 17th century Cossack caftans, take colorful photos.

13:00-14:00 Lunch at a cafe in the city.

14:30-16:00 Excursion "NKVD Investigative Prison" — visit to the first memorial museum in Russia.

16:15-17:15 Visit to the Tomsk Regional Museum of Local Lore — the mansion of the gold industrialist Astashev. Guided tour of the exhibition "Tomsk – part of the Great Tea Way", etc.

Did you know that it was the Tomichi people who brought tea from China to the Russian tsar's table for the first time? You will find out exactly how teas with additives appeared in Tomsk for the first time in history, and how the period of the "Gold Rush" took place in Siberia.

Independent visits to other exhibitions of the Museum of Local Lore are possible for an additional fee.

The excursion day is bus and pedestrian.

08:30 Breakfast at the hotel.

Meeting of the group at the address ave. Lenin 65 (sculpture "Baby in cabbage", maternity hospital No. 1).

10:00-11:30 Walking tour "Tatarskaya Sloboda" – the indigenous inhabitants of Tomsk are Tatars, visit the ancient district of Tomsk – Tatarskaya Sloboda, see the beautiful merchant mansion of the Tatar merchant Karim-Bai, learn the secrets of his dungeons, learn about the life of Siberian merchants, traditions and customs…

11:30-13:00 Walking tour "Two names – one legend" (with a visit to the Bogoroditse Alekseevsky Monastery, where the relics of Elder Fyodor Tomsky are kept according to the legend of Emperor Alexander I, the Art Museum, and an inspection of the Yurovsky House).

The Imperial House of Romanov left a great mark on the history of the city of Tomsk – Tomsk turned from a Siberian fortress into a major scientific and educational center. You can follow the route of Tsarevich Nicholas around the city and find out the main secret of Tomsk on our guided tour.

The mysterious world legend about the mysterious death of Emperor Alexander I and the life of Elder Theodore Kozmich has continued to excite our minds for about 200 years.

Many prominent people of the world come to Tomsk to learn about the life of the holy elder and to touch his relics. Tsarevich Nicholas II, passing through Tomsk, incognito, visited the grave of the elder at night. You can visit the monastery where the mysterious elder lived and learn about his life in Tomsk.

13:00-14:00 Visit to the Art Museum, guided tour of the main exhibition (Western European art of the XVI – early XX centuries, Russian art of the XVIII – early XX centuries, including iconography of the XVI–XX centuries).

14:00-15:00 Lunch.

Free time. The total length of the pedestrian part is 4-5 km.

Those who wish will also be able to visit the Siberian Cedar company store and purchase handmade candies, which are produced only in Tomsk from Pine nuts harvested in the Siberian forests of the Tomsk region with cranberries and real Swiss chocolate.

You can try and buy Ivan Tea from the Tomsk forest, cedar oil, dried cranberries and dried mushrooms collected in the Vasyugan marshes.…

10:00-15:00 Departure for an active nature science tour.

Depending on the natural conditions, one of the routes is offered:

"The Land of the Seven Lakes" (a walk through the pine-cedar forest and access to the seven lakes) or "The Grail of Siberia" (a visit to the Talovsky Bowls state natural monument, access to the surface of travertine limestone with the inclusion of the rare Russian mineral bernessite).

When will you be able to visit the Siberian taiga again? to see a fabulous forest with your own eyes? drink water from the Grail, feel the energy and healing power of the Siberian taiga?

For many centuries, mankind has been studying the ancient vanished countries of Hyperborea, Lukomorye and Sad.

Since the prime meridian was fixed in English Greenwich Mean Time, the coordinates of the Pearl from ancient maps have clearly fallen to the Tomsk region of 56 * latitude and 85* longitude, namely Tomsk itself.

So John's kingdom was in the Heart of Siberia? In Tomsk? Most likely, there is a lot of indirect evidence for this, and not only in the legends.…

Just 40 km from Tomsk, in the Tomsk Taiga, there is a healing water that has never been seen anywhere else. In winter and summer, tourists go to the bowls to drink this water and wash their faces. It heals because it pours from the Grail. In many ancient languages, the Tomsk land was called Idyll.

The Tomsk Grail is a local treasure, cup–shaped springs growing out of the ground. The mystery is that the water mirror is much higher than the ground level, and this does not happen in nature!

According to legend, the Goths, who roamed from Europe to the east of Siberia, brought the holy Grail to the local prince Toyan for safekeeping with a request to hide it until their return. Toyan hid the bowls in the remote taiga.

Maybe the springs grew out of the main cup of humanity that came here – the holy Grail? Or have they become its harbingers themselves? This legend is well known in the West, so many people come here who will be healed, and who will find the answer to the world's riddle.

Attention the tour route passes through the Siberian forest!!! 8 km walking tour through the forest.

Weather conditions can be very harsh, so take warm, waterproof clothes and shoes (high boots), a repellent, and a snack.

05:30 Transfer to the airport.