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Arrival in Moscow. Meeting at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. Dinner. |
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Moscow. Morning sightseeing tour of Moscow encompasses Red Square, St. Basil’s cathedral, the famous GUM store, the Bolshoy Theatre, the Sparrow Hills and Novodevichy Convent.
A tour in the afternoon incorporates the Kremlin with its cathedrals, renowned for their fine art and marvelous interiors.
Facultative: concert, ballet or circus performance in the evening. |
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Leave Moscow for Alexandrov, (115 km) known in the history of medieval Russia as the residence of Ivan the Terrible under the name of Alexandrovskaya sloboda. Sightseeing tour of the former tsar’s chambers – nowadays the monastery of the Assumption. “Reception at the tsar’s chambers.”
Departure for Vladimir (120 km) to see the masterpieces of Russian architecture – the Assumption and St.Demetrius Cathedrals, Bogolyubovo - ex-residence of Vladimir princes, world famous church of the Intercession-on-the Nerl. Hotel accommodation. |
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Depart Vladimir for Murom (133 km), located on the Oka river, one of the most ancient Russian towns with a history of more than one thousand years. Sightseeing tour with visits to the Annunciation and the Trinity monasteries. Hotel accommodation.
Facultative: Oka boat trip. |
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Departure for Gorokhovets (86 km), a small picturesque town on a high bank of the Klyazma River, which preserved its original 17th century layout and unique monuments of secular and church ar-chitecture.
Visit to St. Nicholas Monastery, Annunciation Cathedral and House – Museum of Merchant Sapozh-nikov.
Departure for Suzdal (180 km). Hotel accommodation. |
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Suzdal. Sightseeing tour of Suzdal – the museum town with magnificent monuments of Russian
stone and wooden architecture ХIII-ХVIII cent., with rich icon and applied art collection, bell-ringing.
Lunch at a restaurant old Russian style or at a peasant’s family.
Depart Suzdal for Moscow (210 km). Hotel accommodation. |
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Transfer to the airport. |
