“Hidden Treasures between St. Petersburg and Moscow” (authentic local experiences)
5 days/4 nights’ program






Itineray in brief

St. Petersburg - Novgorod Veliky - Valday - Torzhok - Tver’ - Klin - Sergiev-Posad - Kolomna - Moscow

Day 1. Full-day sightseeing/Novgorod Veliky
• AM Drive from St. Petersburg to Novgorod Veliky; Visit of the Kremlin, St. Sophia Cathedral; Open-air museum of wooden architecture Vitoslavitsy; Museum of Russian icon
• Dinner local restaurant
• O/night at the hotel Yurievskoye Podvorie

Day 2. Full day sightseeing/Valday-Torzhok
• Breakfast at the hotel
• AM Valday visit/Iversky Monastery
• Lunch at local restaurant
Drive to Torzhok/Goldwork Embroidery Museum
• Dinner local restaurant
• O/night at the hotel Staroyamskaya

Day 3. Full day sightseeing/Tver’-Klin
• Breakfast at the hotel
• AM Drive to Tver’/city tour
• PM Drive to Klin/Tschaikovsky House-Museum; Klinskoye Compound Museum with Christmas decoration workshop (learning to hand paint glass Christmas decorations); private transfer to the hotel with ES guide; eco farm excursion with beer degustation at the brewery
• Dinner traditional shashlik barbecue at eco-farm
• O/night at the Eco Farm

Day 4. Full-day sightseeing/Sergiev-Posad
• Breakfast at the hotel
• AM Drive to Sergiev-Posad; Sergius-Trinity Monastery visit; matreshka or icon painting (master class) with tea ceremony
• Dinner local restaurant
• O/night at the hotel Barskye Palaty

Day 5. Full-day sightseeing/Kolomna
• Breakfast at the hotel
• AM Drive to Kolomna/city tour; welcome ceremony with “bread and salt” near the Kremlin walls/Russian folks with traditional clothes; master class at blacksmith’s; Pastila factory with tea and degustation; Drive to Moscow
Novgorod Veliky
Kolomna. Master class at blacksmith’s
Kolomna. Pastila factory
Kolomna. Pastila factory
Valday. Iversky Monastery
Valday. Iversky Monastery
Torzhok
Torzhok 
Klin. Christmas decoration workshop 
Klin. Tschaikovsky House-Museum
Sergiev-Posad. Sergius-Trinity Monastery 
Kolomna. Ceremony with “bread and salt” near the Kremlin walls

The package includes:

  • Private transfers to and from the airport
  • 4 nights’ accommodation in local hotels and a farm stay
  • Luxury air-conditioned vehicle
  • European breakfast daily
  • evening meals as specified
  • lunches s specified
  • Entrance fee as specified in the program
  • Master classes and local experiences as specified in the program