Our Chinese department:
Arrival in Vologda before 09:00.
Meeting with the guide no earlier than 08:30-09:00.
Accommodation at the hotel in the evening according to the passport.
If you book an early check–in at the hotel (for an additional fee - specify the cost when booking), meet with the guide at the entrance to the hotel no earlier than 08:30-09:00.
Guests can get from the railway station to the hotel by taxi on their own.
We recommend that tourists arriving by train early in the morning additionally book early hotel accommodation (cost on request).
09:00 Transfer to Totma (200 km) with travel information and a sanitary stop along the way.
12:00 Excursion to the Museum of Local Lore will plunge guests into the atmosphere of life in a provincial town, introduce them to the traditions of Totma from the era of salt production of the XV century to the present day, tell how the Totem land inspired poet N.M. Rubtsov and artist F.M. Vakhrushov to sing, and local historian S.M. Zaitsev to preserve the rich heritage of the region.
13:15 Sightseeing tour of the city "Small town with a great history" will take travelers to the provincial streets of the county town, discover the amazing beauty of temples made in the architectural style of "Totem Baroque", tell what cartouches are and why they glorified Totma all over the world.
15:15 Lunch.
16:15 Excursion to the Museum of Seafarers, which is located in the most recognizable place of the city. No tourist can pass by this majestic building. Built at the expense of Totem merchant companions, sailors Gregory and Peter Panov, the entrance to the Jerusalem temple-ship with a bell tower-mast is considered one of the peaks of the northern Baroque. Russian Russian Navy Museum was opened on the ground floor of the church, dedicated entirely to those amazing pages of the history of the city, thanks to which we can talk about the glory of Totma as the "city of Russian Columbians".
17:15 Visit to the historical and landscape territory "Old Usolye" in the village of Varnitsy near Totma, where a salt factory was located earlier in the XV-XIX centuries. The tour will allow you to learn the secrets of the technology of the medieval salt industry, admire the natural landscapes and one of the best examples of the "Totem Baroque" (the Church of the Resurrection of Christ), touch the monuments of engineering (pickle pipes), try to get a bucket of brine from the well and taste it. Only from May 20th to November 10th!
Before and after this period, it is replaced by:
17:15 A visit with an excursion to the Spaso-Sumor monastery (1554).
The monastery is located in an amazingly beautiful place at the confluence of the Pesya Denga and Kovda rivers. In 2014, monastic life was revived within the walls of the Totem monastery. The former hieromonk of the Kirillo-Belozersky monastery, fr. Feodosy. In September 2016, the relics of St. Theodosius of Totem, the organizer of the monastery, raised from the ground, returned to their monastery after long wanderings and are now in the Ascension Church.
18:30 Departure to Vologda (200 km).
Moving with a sanitary stop.
21:30 Arrival in Vologda.
Accommodation in a hotel according to a passport. Overnight stay.
