Day 1
Day Schedule
➤Breakfast
➤Visiting the Dormition Cathedral in Vladimir
➤Transfer to Suzdal
➤Lunch and degustation of medovukha
➤Visiting the Suzdal Kremlin
➤Check-in at the hotel in Suzdal and overnight
In the morning, your driver will pick you up for a short tour to Vladimir. You will visit the famous Dormition Cathedral, part of a World Heritage Site. The interior was painted in the 12th century and then repainted by Andrei Rublev, one of the greatest medieval Russian painters of Orthodox icons and frescos.
Then we will drive to Suzdal, located 30 km away from Vladimir. We shall have lunch and try different tastes of the famous local drink “medovukha”. Suzdal produces the very best one!
Proceed to the Suzdal Kremlin, the oldest part of the Russian city of Suzdal, dating from the 10th century. Like other Russian Kremlins, it was originally a fortress or citadel and was the religious and administrative centre of the city. Nowadays, the Suzdal Kremlin is a museum with numerous exhibits dedicated to the history of Suzdal, old Russian painting, applied art and the treasures of the monasteries and churches.
Day 2
Day Schedule
➤Breakfast
➤Transfer to Rostov the Great for a short guided tour
➤Lunch
➤Transfer to Yaroslavl
➤Check-in at the hotel
➤Evening at leisure
Rostov the Great has been known since the 9th century. It is famous for the 17th century Kremlin with numerous churches and gorgeous views from the Kremlin walls. (Unlike in Moscow Kremlin, here you might walk along the fortified wall). Tour of Rostov Kremlin and exhibition of Finift (Rostov painted enamel).
Day 3
Day Schedule
➤Breakfast
➤Guided tour in Yaroslavl
➤Russian pancakes experience in the Residence of Maslenitsa (lunch) in Yaroslavl
➤Transfer to Sergiev Posad for a short guided tour there
➤Evening transfer to Moscow
Start the day with the guided tour to Yaroslavl. The legend has it that the future Grand Prince of Kyiv Yaroslav Vladimirovich, being at that time the Prince of Rostov the Great, was inspecting his lands back in 1010 and met an unknown pagan tribe in the place where the Volga River and its tributary the Kotorosl River flow into each other. The locals were hostile towards the prince and set a ferocious she-bear on him. Yet the prince had no fear and killed the beast with a pole-axe. The pagans submitted themselves to the prince’s control and he decided to found a city with a fortress on this site in order for freight boats to sail freely across the Volga River and trades and crafts to be developed here.
Proceed to the Residence of Maslenitsa for lunch. What is, or who is Maslenitsa? Sign up to our tour to find out!
Take a transfer to Sergiev Posad and enjoy a wonderful sightseeing tour around the most cherished treasures of Russian Christians, that includes a visit to the spiritual centre of Russian Orthodoxy – the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius. This religious and military complex represents an epitome of the growth of Russian architecture and contains some of that architecture’s finest expressions. It exerted a profound influence on architecture in Russia and other parts of Eastern Europe.The property is a serial one, including buildings outside the main monastic compound.
In the evening, take a transfer to Moscow.
