Delicious food: Udmurtia treats you! In winter and autumn

07:00-09:30 Buffet breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

09:50 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby.

10:00 Transfer to Sarapul (50 km from the cityIzhevsk).

A gastronomic tour to Sarapul is a real pleasure for connoisseurs of amazing stories and delicious adventures! It will be an introduction to the merchant county town and its cuisine.

A small old and colorful town on the Kama River, Sarapul, became famous for the fact that it was here that the cavalryman Nadezhda Durova, Kutuzov's personal medal bearer during the war of 1812, the prototype of the heroine of the famous "Hussar Ballad", grew up.

The recipes of merchant dinners, which lasted for 9 hours, have been preserved here. Your date with the merchant city will be unforgettable!

11:00-14:00 In the program:

• tea drinking in a Merchant's tea shop at the cottage of Pavel Andreevich Bashenin, the Head of Sarapul. Stories of the Bashenin family, traditions of hosting guests, herbal tea, Sarapul gingerbread;
• tour of the Dacha Bashenina Art and Exhibition complex;
• guided tour of the historical center and Museum quarter of the city;
• a walk along the Sarapula embankment and amazing keepsake photos with a view of the Kama River.

14:00-15:00 Merchant's lunch in a restaurant in Sarapul according to restored recipes of the XIX century.

15:00 Transfer to Izhevsk to the hotel.

From 16:00 — free time.

20:00 Dinner at the hotel restaurant.

07:00-08:30 Buffet breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Room release.

08:50 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby.

09:00 Departure from the hotel and transfer to Votkinsk (60 km. from Izhevsk).

The homeland of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, the most performed composer in the world so far, will hospitably welcome you as the most dear guest!

10:00-15:00 In the program:

• The Varangian Druzhina tourist complex and its owners, Nikolai and Olga Sergeev, welcome guests, introduce them to the customs and traditions of the Middle Ages, treat them to tortillas according to an old family recipe, and share the secrets of a large family.;
• theatrical tour of the Tchaikovsky Museum-Estate "Sweet Memories". With the owner of the estate, Alexandra Andreevna Tchaikovsky, we will walk through the rooms of the master's house, adopt the basics of 19th-century etiquette, and get acquainted with the customs of hospitality in the Tchaikovsky family.;
• walk along the embankment of Votkinsky pond, which became the prototype of the famous Swan Lake;
• taking a keepsake photo in Vysotsky Square;
• lunch at a cafe in the city.

15:00 Transfer to Izhevsk to the hotel. The end of the excursion program.

From 16:00 — free time.

20:00 Dinner at the hotel restaurant.

07:00-08:30 Buffet breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Room release.

08:50 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby.

09:00 Departure for the excursion program.

09:40 Gastronomic excursion to the Ludorvay Museum-Reserve (10 km from Izhevsk), an open—air architectural and ethnographic museum-reserve.

In the program:

• The Udmurt rite of hospitality;
• guided tour of the territory, acquaintance with the century–old mill, the symbol of the Museum-Reserve;
• meeting at the Estate of the Southern Udmurts, treated to hot tabans, baked goods and other traditional dishes of Udmurt cuisine;
• funny toasts, interesting stories.

12:00 Transfer to Malaya Purga. It is here that the cradle of the southern Udmurts is located. The Alekseev family welcomes us hospitably.:

• the hostess, as usual, is at the gate with a bagel, bread and butter;
• the owner with a handsome horse and the stories of the Udmurt people;
• Guests will enjoy a lunch of Udmurt national cuisine dishes – tabaney with zyret, perepechey, kystybey.

14:00-16:00 Meeting with Tatiana Nikitichna Moskvina, restorer and fashion designer, founder of the Udmurt dress studio "Derem". She will dress you up in all the centuries-old clothes that have preserved the beauty of our great-grandmothers, and tell you what the stories of folk dress are, as well as what energy-saving clothes are.

16:00 Transfer to Izhevsk railway station. The end of the excursion program.

18:04 Departure from Izhevsk, railway station, branded double-decker train No. 025G Italmas.