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The Golden Ring of Russia
Moscow - Sergiev-Posad - Suzdal - Vladimir - Moscow 2 Days / 1 Night
Tour Program
The Golden Ring is a chain of small ancient towns located North-East of Moscow and famous for forming a ring. You will be traveling on one of the oldest and most popular tourist routes through the Russian provinces. All towns along the way were built between the eleventh and seventeenthI centuries and are often referred to as 'the museums under an open sky'. During this tour you will view many unique monuments of Russian architecture and observe life within Russian provinces, which, as in past centuries, remains unhurried and calm.
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| Day 1 | Departure from Moscow to Sergiev-Posad by car/bus. 09:00 am. Arrival to Sergiev-Posad. The town was named after Saint Sergey Radonezhsky. In the XIV century he founded a monastery here that became one of the greatest in Russia. Nowadays the monastery carries the name of Trinity Lavra of St. Sergey and is considered to be "Russian Vatican". It's a temporary residence of Russian patriarch. Sergiev-Podas city tour - visit to the famous Trinity Lavra of St. Sergey - the main and the most important monastery of Russia. Lunch at the local restaurant. Transfer to Suzdal. Fabulously ancient and wonderfully adorned, Suzdal occipies a special place among the other Russian towns. The entire town is a museum which has hardly changed for the past two and a half centuries. Over one hundred monuments, dating from different periods of the past millenium are concentrated here. Hotel accommodation. Dinner at the hotel restaurant |
| Day 2 | Breakfast. Suzdal city tour - you will visit the Kremlin, the ancient trading rows and Kresovaya Palata, visit the unique museum of wooden architecture, see lots of big and small churches and listen to the bells' concert in Spaso-Efimievsky monastery. Lunch at the local restaurant. Transfer to Vladimir. The history of the town goes back over one thousand years. It was founded in 990s by Prince Vladimir on the bank of the river Klyasma. The rise of Vladimir began under Andrey Bogolubsky, the son of Yuri Dolgoruky who founded Moscow. Vladimir City Tour - you will visit the XII century monuments - the Uspensky and Dmitrovsky Cathedrals (one of the oldest Russian functioning churches), view the famous Golden Gates and go to the Museum of crystal and varnished minature. Departure to Moscow. Arrival at 07:30 PM |
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