Gastronomic Kostroma

Kostroma is not only a historical city with a rich cultural heritage, but also a real gastronomic pearl of Russia. Traveling through this favorite region of many tourists, you can please your taste buds with a variety of local cuisine.

Particular attention should be paid to dishes made from fish. Kostroma region is famous for its rivers, and fresh fish is a real delicacy. Try the ear, which is prepared according to ancient recipes.

In addition to fish, Kostroma is known for its dairy products. Local cheeses have a unique taste due to the pure ecological and biological conditions of keeping animals. Don’t forget to try them with homemade honey – this combination will leave an unforgettable impression.

The tastes of traditional kalach with various fillings, be it meat, potatoes or berries, will also please lovers of home cooking. Each cake here is saturated with care and warmth, as if prepared by hand for loved ones.

Don’t miss the opportunity to visit local markets, where you can try a variety of local products and perhaps even participate in master classes on their preparation. Gastronomic Kostroma is the way to new culinary discoveries and delicious impressions.

Description

Day 1
Kostroma - food and betting

10.30 Meeting at the station of Kostroma We are waiting for a sightseeing tour of the city center with a visit to the cheese exchange Tour of the city will start from the monument to Yuri Dolgoruky and then move to the zero kilometer, where we learn, thanks to which Kostroma has a radial-half-ring layout. Next, we will go to take beautiful photos against the background of Fire Kalanchi, the estate of S.S. Borschov and take a walk along the Kostroma Alley of Stars. We will also walk through the Susaninsky square and listen to the story about the feat of Ivan Susanin, and then walk through the Shopping Rows, where you can taste the Kostroma Chebureks, which have not changed their recipe for more than 40 years, buy souvenirs and then look at the cheese exchange, where you can buy Kostroma cheeses and the famous black salt. We will have lunch in the restaurant of Kostroma, where you can taste the famous Kostroma green shills and cutlets from Kostroma pike. After lunch, we will walk along the milk mountain, look at Debarkader, which is now a restaurant, and used to be the location of the famous Cruel Romance filmed by the great Eldar Ryazanov. We will walk along the embankment of the Volga River sung by many performers of our country. After that, we will get to the gazebo named after A.N. Ostrovsky and from there we will move towards the Kostroma Kremlin, where the Fedorovsky Icon of the Mother of God is currently located. (For an additional fee, you can climb the bell tower of the Kremlin) After visiting the Kremlin, we will go to a master class, where you can make jewelry with your own hands, because Kostroma is the jewelry capital of Russia. Hotel check-in. In the evening you will find an exciting game in a cheese casino, where you can legally place bets in the Kostroma region.

Day 2
Ipatiev monastery, master class on steak n

After a heavy breakfast, we will leave at 09:00 and return to Kostroma by 17:15, so if you have an evening Swallow, take things from the hotel with you. We go to the Ipatiev Monastery, the pearl of Kostroma, where you will find a sightseeing tour with a Licensed Guide, a walk through the Museum of wooden architecture. Lunch in the cafe of the city with a view of the Ipatievsky monastery Departure to the village of Shunga, where you will have an excursion to newborn calves in kindergarten, and then learn to cook cheese, steaks or fried ice cream with your own hands. Return to Kostroma. Transfer to the station.

• Transfer and escort on the route described in the program
• accommodation in a double room - lunch on the first day, on the second day breakfast
• Entrance tickets to selected locations
• masterclasses
• entertainment tickets