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 sightseeing 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, stroll along Milyutin Square, where there is a monument to the famous Cherepovets mayor, walk along Metallurgov Square, where you can make a wish in a cozy park, 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 a.m. Guided tour of the Museum of the Metallurgical industry of the Severstal enterprise, whose expositions, designed using modern technologies, tell about the history of metallurgy. The halls are equipped with interactive screens, electronic stands, and audiovisual installations based on 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 been preserved 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, an architectural and cultural monument of the early 19th century, the estate of the Galsky noble family, who were called the "local Yusupovs" for their economic efficiency and entrepreneurship. A magnificent house with the belongings of several noble families, a flower garden, and 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 hotel entrance.

10:00 Bus and walking city tour "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 Vologda river embankment, ensembles of wooden mansions with "carved palisades."

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

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

The lace-making workshop 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, aromatic 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 a guided tour of the restored village of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with a tour of peasant huts and an introduction to 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 art (the program depends on the museum's capabilities).

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

17:30 Visit to the shop under the brand "Real Vologda product", where you can buy products made of linen, wood and birch bark, jewelry "Northern rabble", 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 Kirill-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 Monastic Cell exhibition and the Assumption Cathedral.

13:30 Lunch.

14:15 Transfer to Ferapontovo (20 km).

14:45 Visit to the only site 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.