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Golden Gates of the Ancient Russia
Vladimir - Suzdal
- Sergiev Posad

3 days / 2 nights
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Golden Gates of the Ancient Russia. ViaggiareinRussia.com. Learn the authentic Russia during your visit to Vladimir and Suzdal - cities along the Russian Golden Ring. We shall acquaint you with the grandeur and fancy patterns of the Russian architecture, the Russian landscapes, age-old legends and traditions, folk holidays and rituals, national Russian cuisine.


Day 1

Departure from Moscow to Vladimir by car/bus 09:00 am.
Arrival 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.
Lunch at the local restaurant.
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.
* Excursion to Bogolyubovo - a former residence of Andrey Bogolyubsky. Visit to Svyato-Bogolyubsky Monastery and Pokrova-na-Nerli Church - a real masterpiece of the old Russian architecture built in 1164.
Hotel accommodation.
Dinner at the hotel's restaurant.

Day 2

Departure from Vladimir to Suzdal by car/bus.
Arrival 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 millennium are concentrated here.
Lunch at the local restaurant.
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.
Free time.
Return to Vladimir. Dinner at the hotel. Overnight.

Day 3

Breakfast.
*Departure 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.
* Lunch in Sergiev posad
* Sergiev Posad city tour - visit to the famous Trinity Lavra of St. Sergey - the main and the most important monastery of Russia.
* Concert Folk Show
* Degustation of the RUSSIAN VODKA, rasstegai, traditional meals of the Russian cuisine.
* Riding carriages in summer or sledges in winter.
Departure to Moscow by bus/car.

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