Upper Volga pearls - Romanov-Borisoglebsk and Rybinsk

A tour of our ancient Volga cities will start from your hotel in your car or in ours.

We will get acquainted with the right bank, where the ancient fishing settlement in honor of the first saints Boris and Gleb was located, and visit the Resurrection Cathedral, which is one of the most beautiful temples of the 17th century of the Yaroslavl region.

The interior of the temple amazes with its frescoes and iconostasis and stored miraculous icon of the All-Merciful Savior 3x3 meters, painted by Dionysius Glushitsky in the 15th century; under it there is a manhole through which believers crawl 3 times, performing the ritual of spiritual purification.

The church is rich in ancient icons. We will get acquainted with the historical left bank, the former Romanov, where we will breathe the air of a provincial district city of the 19th century. It seems that life here froze 2 centuries ago.

The picturesque left bank pleases the eye with beautiful churches and ravines. We'll see the fire tower, the Italian bridge.

We will visit the Zatsepins estate, where the film “Kotovsky” was filmed. On the territory of the estate, we will feed the Romanov sheep, and Rose, perhaps, will pet herself. During a tour of the estate, the owner will tell us about Romanov crafts, see a unique collection of castles, irons - even "Lev Tolstoy" is - and nails. We will visit the earthen ramparts of the 13th century, the Holy Cross Cathedral - in the beauty of which many artists draw their inspiration. The Church of the Intercession, where a unique icon is stored on the canvas “Theotokos Addition of the Mind”, as well as many other ancient icons.

Picturesque Kazan church, descending to the Volga coast. We will walk along the Kustodievskaya embankment... Boris Kustodiev 100 years ago appreciated the beauty of this city and painted more than one picture. Romanov on 7 hills, 7 ravines, 7 churches. Many pilgrims come to the grave of Pavel Gruzdev. This city is not deservedly a forgotten Golden Ring route, and if you want to boast about a place where few people have been and lost a lot from it, this is the place for you. There will be no mass of tourist buses, but the beauty and spirit of the province of pre-Petrine time!

In the second part of the program we will visit the capital of bubbling, the city that gave the world Hollywood, the city of the unique Lenin, the famous writer, the author of the legendary song, and the great Russian river.

We will see the world's largest artificial reservoir - our sea - Rybinskoe with locks. Walk along the beautiful Volga embankment and visit the Cathedral Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery, impressive in height and beauty of its bell tower, the second highest in the country after Petropavlovskaya in St. Petersburg. According to weather conditions, we can visit the village of Hopylevo on the left bank of the Volga.

In ancient times in the village was the Epiphany Ostrovsky monastery. In the Epiphany Cathedral, the great Admiral Fyodor Ushakov was baptized, numbered among the saints, and also his uncle, St. Fyodor of Sanaksar, was baptized. The cathedral stands on the beautiful Volga coast.

The exclusiveness of this interesting excursion lies in the fact that the route is not radial, but as true travelers love - ring.

Yaroslavl - Romanov - Rybinsk - Borisoglebsk - Yaroslavl.