Vologda Region is a lace of the times. Summer travel

Breakfast at the hotel. Room release. Meeting with the guide at the hotel.

09:00 City tour "Welcome to Cherepovets!". During the tour you will visit the most important sights of Cherepovets: the ancient Cathedral Hill, Sovetsky Prospekt with its ancient merchant buildings of the XIX – early XX centuries. You will see the first stone building of the city – the Resurrection Cathedral, walk along Milyutin Square, where a monument to the famous Cherepovets mayor is installed, walk along Metallurgov Square, where in a cozy square you can make a wish by holding the hand of a sculpture of a bronze boy (monument "Continuity of Generations" in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Cherepovets Metallurgical Combine).

11:00 Guided visit to the Museum of the metallurgical industry of the Severstal enterprise, the expositions of which, designed using modern technologies, tell about the history of metallurgy. The halls are equipped with interactive screens, electronic stands, audiovisual installations created on the basis of unique photo and video archives, documents and artifacts.

13:00 Lunch at a cafe in the city.

14:00 Excursion to the Vereshchagin family House Museum. The house of the leader of the county nobility, which has survived to this day, preserves the memory of the family that gave the world outstanding personalities: Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, the "world–famous" artist and Nikolai Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, the founder of the Russian dairy industry. These are the best representatives of the Russian people, who have left a bright mark on the world of art and science.

15:00 Excursion to the Galsky Manor Historical and Art Museum - a monument of architecture and culture of the early 19th century, the estate of the Galsky noble family, who were called "local Yusupovs" for their economy and enterprise. A magnificent house, which contains the belongings of several noble families, a flower garden, a stable.

16:00 Transfer to Vologda (140 km).

18:00 Accommodation at the selected hotel according to the passport. Free time. Overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel.

09:50 Meeting with the guide at the entrance to the hotel.

10:00 Bus and pedestrian sightseeing tour of the city "Vologda carved, oil, lace" is an immersion into the legendary past and present of the provincial capital, acquaintance with the historical center of the city, ancient white stone cathedrals and temples, the majestic complex of the Vologda Kremlin (external inspection), the picturesque embankment of the Vologda River, ensembles of wooden mansions with "carved palisades."

12:00 Excursion to the unique Lace Museum dedicated to the history of the development of the traditional Vologda craft and the world history of lace weaving.

13:00 Guided tour of the salon-shop of the famous lace company "Snowflake" with a wide range of products with Vologda lace from home textiles to designer jewelry. 

The lace weaving master class will provide an opportunity for guests to try their hand at this unique craft on a training cushion under the guidance of a master.

14:00 Lunch "Vologda-style" in a cafe / restaurant in the city, the menu of which includes dishes of authentic Northern cuisine, fragrant tea with northern pastries. During lunch, guests will be offered a tasting of the famous Vologda butter.

15:30 A visit to the architectural and ethnographic museum "Semenkovo" (12 km) will begin with an excursion through the territory of the restored village of the late 19th - early 20th centuries with an inspection of peasant huts and acquaintance with the origins of life, culture and spirituality of the Slavs of the Russian North. Participation in one of the interactive programs or a master class in folk crafts (the program depends on the capabilities of the museum).

17:00 Return to the city (12 km).

17:30 Visit to the store under the brand "Real Vologda product", where you can buy products made of flax, wood and birch bark, jewelry "Northern Rabble", the famous Vologda butter, meat and dairy products, sweets, alcoholic beverages and much more. 

18:30 Transfer to the hotel. Free time. Overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel. Room release. Meeting with the guide at the entrance to the hotel.

09:00 Transfer to the city of Kirillov (130 km) with travel information.

11:00 Visit to the largest functioning Orthodox monastery - the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery. Sightseeing tour of the territory of the "sovereign fortress" of Ivan the Terrible with an inspection of architectural monuments of the XV-XVIII centuries.  Visit to the exhibition "monastic cell" and the Assumption Cathedral.

13:30 Lunch.

14:15 Transfer to Ferapontovo (20 km).

14:45 A visit to the only object on the territory of the Vologda Region from the UNESCO World Heritage List – the Ferapontov Monastery – an exceptionally well-preserved Orthodox monastery complex of the XV-XVII centuries, a period of great importance for the formation of a centralized Russian state and the development of its culture. A thematic tour of the complex with a visit to the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin and acquaintance with the surviving paintings of Dionysius, the main Russian painter of the turn of the XV–XVI centuries.

16:30 Return to Vologda (120 km).

18:30 The end of the program at the railway station.