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Are you planning an unforgettable New Year celebration?

We invite you to take a bus tour to Tver with a visit to the amazing city of Torzhok and a meeting with the real Karelian Santa Claus – Lumi Taikuri!

You will have a tour of picturesque Tver with a visit to the most famous sights, the Tver Brewery with lunch and tasting, a trip to the cozy city of Torzhok, a New Year's program from Lumi Taikuri with a tea party with Karelian pies "gates". As well as a festive New Year's banquet.

Celebrate the New Year in an atmosphere of fairy tales and magic!

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Moscow

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Tour highlights

Tver Brewery

Go to the Tver brewery "Afanasy", where real live beer is brewed, which has long become a symbol of the Tver land. You will also enjoy a beer tasting and a delicious lunch

To visit Lumi Taikuri

Karelian Santa Claus will tell about the New Year traditions of the Tver Karelians, arrange a feast with Karelian pies "gates", and then spin in fervent dances and fun games

The capital of the shoemaker kingdom

We will go to Kimry, where we will walk along the ancient streets, admire its architectural face, bargain at the local bazaar, and also visit a shoemaker and a rich merchant

Itinerary

Day 1 - Sightseeing tour of Tver. Tver brewery "Afanasy"
08:00 Gathering of the group in Moscow, metro station "VDNKH", parking lot to the right of the hotel "Cosmos".
08:15 Departure to Tver.
Sightseeing tour of Tver.
Tver is an ancient city on the Volga River. The city center is decorated with magnificent historical buildings in the classical style. Tver is interesting for its amazing combination of ancient history and modern modern trends.
The tour includes a tour of the most important sights of the city:
The Transfiguration Cathedral is the main shrine of the Tver land. The first temple in Russia, built after the Mongol-Tatar invasion.
The embankment of Stepan Razin. A beautiful embankment built on the principle of a single facade, following the example of St. Petersburg.
The famous Tver "Three–Light" is the front part of the city, preserved since the XVIII century, unique in its layout: it is similar to the Roman, Versailles and St. Petersburg.
The Imperial Travel Palace (external inspection) is an architectural monument of the XVIII century. The palace was intended for the recreation of members of the imperial family on the way from St. Petersburg to Moscow.
An excursion to the current production facility – the Afanasy brewery.
During the tour, you can see with your own eyes how real live beer is brewed, which has become a symbol of the Tver land. Visit the brewhouse, the water filtration department, the bottling line and the malt production shop.

The tour will end with a tasting – this is a great opportunity to taste beer and other products of the Afanasy Holding.
Lunch at the Afanasy brewery, on the menu (the menu is approximate, the restaurant reserves the right to make changes to it):
duck in creamy beer sauce;
beef in bread;
beer ice cream
Attention! Age restrictions are 18+ (visitors under the age of 18 are allowed only with the permission of their parents and accompanied by them, farm products (for example, goat yogurt and cranberries in sugar) are a substitute for alcohol.
Accommodation at the Tver 3* hotel in Tver. Rooms of the "standard" category.
Preparation for the New Year's banquet.
22:30 Gathering of guests. New Year's Eve Welcome.
23:00-04:00 New Year's banquet in the hotel restaurant.

In the program:
Professional presenter Egor Rusanov.
Live performance – sings Daria Astafyeva, DJ.
Show ballet.
Congratulations from Santa Claus.
New Year's Eve dishes for every taste from the hotel's chef.
Congratulations from the President.
Fireworks (dress warmly!).
Disco.
You can get acquainted with the banquet menu in the Important to know section.

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Day 2 - Visiting Lumi Taikuri. Sightseeing tour of Torzhok
10:00 Brunch in the hotel restaurant.
Departure to Tolmachi village – the most famous Karelian village in the Tver region to visit the winter wizard Lumi Taikuri.
Karelia is one of the most popular destinations today, many people strive to get there for the sake of its unique nature and culture. There are nuances – it is far away, and expensive.

A small piece of Karelia is much closer than it seems. Just 200 km from Moscow, or 50 km from Tver. Tver Karelians have been living in this small cozy place for more than 400 years. They are very happy to introduce everyone to their culture and traditions.
Visiting Lumi Taikuri.
On New Year's Eve, it is here that Karelian Santa Claus Lumi Taikuri invites guests to a feast.
The owner of the house will tell you about the New Year traditions of the Tver Karelians, and even teach the most important of them: the guests will make themselves masks of mummers, in which, as of old, they will go caroling around the village, and then spin in fervent dances and fun games. You definitely won't be bored!
The program includes:
visit to the Karelian farmstead and the Vlasov Museum of Living Antiquity;
acquaintance with the Yuletide old woman Viristya;
Karelian dances and round dances;
the ritual game "Mummers";
kyukkya master class;
miracle skiing;
a rite to fulfill a wish from a Virist;
feast at Lumi Taikuri, in the menu (approximate, subject to change): Natti rocca (cabbage soup with meat in cast iron), stewed potatoes with vegetables in cast iron, moose cutlet, pickles (cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers), cranberry juice or dried fruit compote;
tea party with Karelian pies "gateways".
Please note: most of the program is held outdoors. Please wear warm and comfortable clothes.
Departure to Torzhok.
Sightseeing tour of Torzhok with a visit to the Borisoglebsky monastery.
Torzhok is an ancient city that was founded by Novgorod merchants at the turn of the X-XI centuries. Its streets still preserve the spirit of pre-revolutionary Russia of the XIX century.

Will you take a look:
The monumental Borisoglebsky Monastery, founded in 1038 by Efrem Novotorzhsky in memory of the Suzdal princes Boris and Gleb.
The Vvedensky Church of the XVII century.
one of the iconic The Old Ascension Church, the first mention of which is associated with 1653.
You will see the monument to St. Ephraim of Novotorzhsky, the Transfiguration Cathedral and walk along the Shopping Square and the embankment of the Tvertsa River.
During the tour we will tell you about the most popular hotel of the XIX century – the Pozharsky hotel, which presented famous cutlets to Russian cuisine: everyone – from Pushkin to Aksakov – considered it his duty to try them. A delicious and interesting page in the history of the city.
Return to Tver.
Free time in the city.
Dinner at the hotel restaurant.

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Day 3 - Kimry. Dmitrov. Completion of the tour
07:00 Breakfast at the hotel restaurant.
Departure to Kimry – the "Capital of the shoemaker kingdom".
Excursion to the largest shoe Museum in Russia – the Kimry Museum of Local Lore.
The original history of the region and the village is told through a retrospective … Shoes!
The local shoe collection of the XVIII-XX centuries is considered unique in its kind: boots, canvas shoes, ankle boots, and gaiters – you can't count everything. About 1,500 pieces of shoes, collected not by chance, because Kimry has long been rightly considered the shoe capital of Russia.
Here you can walk along the street of ancient Kimry, admire its architectural face, bargain at the local bazaar, visit a shoemaker and a rich merchant.
Wonderful for the ear "kalishek", "Hungarian", "ostash", "boots in accordion" will find a new meaning for you.
And modern multimedia equipment will allow you not only to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of an ancient village, but also to learn a lot about the pre-revolutionary life of Russia.
Departure to Dmitrov.
Lunch.
Sightseeing tour of the city of Dmitrov with a visit to the territory of the Dmitrov Kremlin.
The city is rich in its history, and has made a huge contribution to the fate of Russia.
A walk through the largest attraction of the city, which is called the Dmitrov Kremlin.
Inspection of the pearl and the oldest surviving building – the Assumption Cathedral of the XVI century, with a unique five-tiered carved iconostasis. The elegant Church of St. Elizabeth in the pseudo-Russian style.
A small Borisoglebsky monastery, remembers the events of the XV century. An ancient, salted place with a unique destiny.
The preserved buildings of the XIX century: ancient wooden buildings in various styles (modern, Empire, neoclassicism) are the pride of the ancient city.
A walk along Kropotkinskaya Street, popularly called "Dmitrovsky Arbat", will not leave any tourist indifferent.
The street is filled with bronze characters of citizens of different classes of the XIX century. A young noble couple and a smug merchant with a merchant's wife, stately strolling down the street, and a strict teacher hurrying to class, and a pilgrim going to a prayer service in a monastery.
A string of "Urban characters of old Dmitrov" gives an opportunity to enter the history of the city's life.
Departure to Moscow.
21:00 Approximate time of arrival in Moscow (VDNKh metro station).

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Difficulty

Suitable for everyone

Accommodation

Hotel

2 nights

Comfort

Midscale
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The tour includes accommodation in a hotel in Tver.

The cost of the tour for 1 person, in rubles:

Placement	Double room	Additional fee for single occupancy
Tver 3*	42 290	4 000

The discount for an extra seat is 400 rubles. (3 people in a room).

The choice of a seat on the bus is 1,470 rubles, payable upon purchase of the tour.

It is possible to change the price, please check the current information when booking.

The Tver Hotel is located in a picturesque pine forest on the outskirts of the city, near the Moscow-St. Petersburg highway. It offers a VIP lounge for 20 people, billiards and a 24-hour bar.

Spacious rooms with excellent renovation, which have everything you need for a comfortable stay.

The restaurant, which seats 200 people, offers beautifully prepared food, a variety of specialties, live music and entertainment.

The hotel combines all the conditions for holding various events: seminars, conferences and business meetings.