PSCOVLANDIA from St. Petersburg on "Swallow"

Dates of arrival: from 26.04 to 03.10.2021

Mondays: Talab Islands – Pskov – Izborsk – Pechora – Pushkin Mountains

Fridays: Talab Islands – Pushkin Mountains – Pskov – Izborsk – Pechora

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 – departure for the tour “Talab Islands” (Zalit Island, Belov Island, Spaso-Eleazarovsky Monastery).

"There are three wonderful islands in Lake Pskovskoe ..." - so write ancient books about Talabs. Indeed, the Talab Islands are one of the few inhabited islands in Russia with its own history, culture, distinctive way of life and even climate. As part of the excursion, you will have a water walk along the surface of the Pskov Lake, a visit to the island of Zalit, with a visit to the temple of Nicholas the Wonderworker, where for more than 40 years the rector served as the world-famous father Nikolai Guryanov, who became the prototype of the hero of the film "The Island", as well as a walk on the island of Belov - a real paradise of wildlife, where there is a large variety of birds, including those listed in the red book.

On the way to Pskov, you will stop at the Spaso-Eleazarovsky Women’s Monastery, where since ancient times the monks-ascetics, monks-scientists, spiritual elders lived. In the 20th century, with the change of the state regime, the monastery was closed, the monks were shot. In 2000, the ancient Savior-Eleazar monastery began to revive as a female monastery. Now, after its abolition and ruin, it regains its former significance.

10:30 – 11:30 – transfer to the place of departure of the boat to the Talab Islands.

11:30 – departure by boat to the island of Zalit.

11:45 – 13:00 – visit Zalit Island (excursion, free time).

13:00 – 13:45 – lunch on the island of Zalit.

13:45 – 14:00 – departure by boat to Belov Island.

14:00 – 16:00 – visit Belov Island (excursion, free time).

16:10 – departure by boat to Tolbitsa.

16:30 – 17:30 – excursion to the Spaso – Eleazarovsky convent.

17:30 – departure to Pskov (30 km).

After 18:00 transfer to the hotel. Room accommodation. Free time.

2 days

08:00 – 09:00 – breakfast at the hotel.

09:00 – departure for an excursion to the Pushkin Mountains.

It is impossible to visit the Pskov land and feel it until the end without visiting the unique historical, literary and natural landscape museum-reserve named after A.S. Pushkin. Here, in his father’s land, Pushkin received an impetus to all his work in the future. The Pushkin Mountains were for the great poet a home, an office, a haven of calm, work and inspiration. We will visit the “poet’s disgraced house” in Mikhailovsky, the last refuge of the great Russian genius – his grave near the walls of the Assumption Church of the Svyatogorsk Monastery, as well as the estate of Alexander Sergeevich’s closest friends, the Osipov-Wulf family, the “house of the Larins” in Trigorsky.

09:00 – 11:00 – transfer to the Pushkin Mountains (120 km). Track tour.

11:00 – 13:00 – excursion to the Mikhailovsky estate.

13:15 – 14:00 – excursion to the Svyatogorsk monastery with a visit to the grave of A.S. Pushkin.

14:15 – 15:00 – lunch in the Pushkin Mountains.

15:30 – 17:30 – tour of the Trigorskoye estate.

17:30 – departure to Pskov (120 km).

After 19:00 - transfer to the hotel. Free time.

3 days

08:00 – 09:00 – breakfast at the hotel. Free time. Room release. Get on the bus with luggage.

09:00 – 11:30 – a bus and walking tour of Pskov with a visit to the Kremlin: Olginsky chapel, monument to A. Nevsky on the Sokoliha mountain, the Kremlin, Dovmontov city, Vecheva Square, Trinity Cathedral.

Pskov is not only an ancient city, but also the largest fortress in Europe: the length of its fortress walls is 9 kilometers. You can appreciate the scale of the medieval city, its beauty and power on our bus and walking tour of Pskov. As part of the tour, you will find several short journeys, and a number of walking walks.

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).

After 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:

Discount for all types of accommodation: for retiree: for a child (from 5 to 16 years):	300 rubles. 750 rubles.
Hotel	The cost of the tour per 1 person, taking into account the program and accommodation	Breakfast
1⁄2 room	Additional location.	Single accommodation
harles	11,700	11 250	13,250	Comprehensive
Olginskaya 2* standard	12,850	11,500	13.700	Comprehensive
Colossus 3*	13,650	11,700	16,650	Comprehensive
Gold Promenade 3*	13.700	10,700	16 900	Comprehensive
Pokrovsky 4 * attic without access to Spa – zone	15,400	13.	19 250	The buffet
Pokrovsky 4 * Standard with access to Spa – zone	16,200	13.	20 450	The buffet
Podznoev's court 3 * (Studio building and apartments) Without access to Spa - zone	15,950	13.	20 300	The buffet
Podznoev's courtyard 4 * (main building)	17,050	13.	21,850	The buffet
Old Estate 4 *	17,050	13.	21,850	The buffet

The cost of the tour includes: meeting and seeing off at the railway station, accommodation in the hotel (number of the selected category), excursion to the Talab Islands, excursion to the Pushkin Mountains, bus and walking tour of Pskov, excursion to Izborsk and Pechora, entrance tickets to paid facilities, meal package: 2 breakfasts + 3 lunches, transfers under the program.