A brief reference of Pskov from St. Petersburg on “Swallow”

Races to the program from 28.01 to 25.04

Mondays and Saturdays: Pskov – Izborsk – Pechora

Races to the program from 26.04 to 03.10.2021

Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays: Pskov – Izborsk – Pechora

Tour programme

1 day

10:25 – arrival of train No. 809 “Lastochka” at the Pskov railway station. Meeting with a guide inside the railway station building (central entrance) with a sign "I am PSKOV".

10:30 – transfer to the hotel, delivery of things to the storage room.

11:30 – 14:00 – walking tour of the Kremlin and the center of Pskov.

Pskov is a city with a centuries-old history, which we want not only to tell you, but also to show you! As part of the tour, you will visit the Kremlin, the Trinity Cathedral, the Dovmont city, a walk along the fortress walls along the embankments of the Pskov and Velika rivers, as well as a tour of the Pskov temples of the XV – XVI centuries and monuments to Princess Olga, Skobar and Two Captains.

Note: on a tour of Pskov from the hotel you get yourself. Meeting of the group on Lenin Square near the monument to V.I. Lenin (plate "I am PSKOV").

14:00 free time. Dinner on your own.

Note: If desired, you can join the walking tour "Zapskov fairy tales". The cost is 350 rubles. Man. The tour begins at 15:00 from the monument to V.I. Lenin (Lenin Square, 1).

To find out why Peter I was called the Antichrist in Pskov, why the Heldt Bath stands exactly on the shore of Pskov, choose which legend about the Rattle Tower you like best, and understand what is the feature of the Pskov School of Architecture you can on our walking tour "Zapskov Tales". The objects of display in this tour are not duplicated with the objects of a walking tour of Pskov, but on the contrary, the excursions perfectly complement each other.

2 days

08:00 – 11:30 – breakfast at the hotel. Free time. Room release.

11:30 – departure for an excursion to Izborsk and Pechora.

Near Pskov, just 30 kilometers away, is the village of Stary Izborsk. By the way, in the Middle Ages, Izborsk was a large city through which trade routes passed, and was one of the 10 oldest cities of Russia (the first mention of Izborsk in the chronicle dates back to 862). 20 kilometers from Izborsk, on the very border of Russia, there is a pearl of the Pskov land - the Holy Dormition Pskov-Pechersk Monastery. It is the only monastery in the whole of Russia, where the service has been going on continuously since 1473. The monastery operated both in the years of Soviet power and during the Great Patriotic War. But our monastery is not only a holy monastery, but also a fortress that fought from the time of Ivan the Terrible to the time of Peter I.

11:30 – 12:00 – transfer to Izborsk (30 km). Track tour.

12:00 – 14:00 – excursion to Izborsk (Izborsk fortress of XIV-XVI centuries, Slovenian keys).

14:00 – 14:30 – moving to Pechora (20 km). Track tour.

14:30 – 15:15 – lunch in Pechora.

15:30 – 17:15 – visit to the Pskov-Pechersk monastery. Tour, free time.

17:30 – Departure to Pskov (52 km).

18:30 – arrival in Pskov, transfer to the railway station.

19:32 – departure of train No. 812 “Swallow” to St. Petersburg.

The cost of the tour for 1 person, taking into account the program and accommodation:

28.01 to 25.04

26.04 to 3.10

The cost of the tour includes: meeting and seeing off at the railway station, accommodation in the hotel (number of the selected category), walking tour of the Kremlin and the center of Pskov, excursion to Izborsk and Pechora, entrance tickets to paid facilities, food package: 1 breakfast + 1 lunch, transfers under the program.