Sightseeing tours "Smolensk ..." 11 Centuries of History 3 to 8 hours

The cost is indicated from ...; for 1 hour of excursion without renting transport, depends on the season and the number of people.

The first meeting with the city is remembered for a lifetime. And if this city is Smolensk, it is quite understandable that its guests want to see everything at once. Is this possible in an ancient city, every corner of which is unique and unique? We invite you to sightseeing tours, during which you will see the main sights of Smolensk, its symbols and “sign” places.

More than 20 author programs - by car, on foot + car, walking tours lasting from 1 to 8 hours. Develop individual routes according to your special wishes!

We will go on a sightseeing tour of the city, during which you will see:

The historical center of the city - unique parks and squares, majestic monuments, magnificent noble and merchant houses and majestic walls of the Smolensk fortress.

Guests of Smolensk are attracted by the exquisite beauty of the Lopatinsky Garden - a wonderful green corner, on the territory of which almost the whole difficult history of Smolensk and Russia as a whole is reflected;

aristocracy of Blognier Park, with its legendary bronze deer and unique monument to M.I. Glinka;

The majesty of the Square of Memory to Heroes, in which since 1913 there is the famous "monument with eagles", where we will examine the alley of heroes, "Eternal Flame", next to which the Smolyan M. Egorov, who hoisted the banner of Victory over the Reichstag, is buried.

The Smolensk Assumption Cathedral, in which Vladimir Monomakh was married, since the reign of which the history of the icon of the Smolensk Oligitria began ...

You will be amazed by the grandeur of the iconostasis of the temple - a 30-meter five-tier carved gilded, nothing like this you will not find in other Russian lands.

In the temple there are three Orthodox shrines, the fame of which goes far beyond the boundaries of the Smolensk land: the sandals of St. Mercury (XIII century), a gold woven shroud of workshops of kn. Euphrosyne Staritskaya (1561) and, of course, the miraculous image of the Icon of the Smolensk Mother of God “Odigitria” (XVI century).

Ancient churches and monasteries of Smolensk - from the walls of its temples comes some special warmth and grace.

We will take a tour of the oldest churches (12-18 centuries) and monasteries (13-18 centuries) of Smolensk – pillars and defenders of Russian Orthodoxy.

You will touch the walls of the most ancient (12th century) from the preserved temples of Smolensk - Svir, Peter and Paul, John the Theologian, see the unique remains of colorful frescoes and scratched graffiti inscriptions and other shrines,

the place of martyrdom of Saint Gleb (Smyadyn),

Immerse yourself in the history of Orthodox Smolensk, inextricably linked with the great history of our country.

The Smolensk fortress, from which 17 towers and fragments of walls have been preserved to this day, the history of which is closely intertwined with the history of our state.

The Smolensk fortress wall is a huge and impressive structure, all the towers of the fortress are unique, have their own amazing history and are worth seeing with your own eyes.

Vladimir embankment of the Dnieper, where once passed the famous trade route "from the Varangians to the Greeks", it was from Byzantium that Christianity came to Russia.

In the summer of 2015, a monument to Prince Vladimir was solemnly opened on the embankment, in honor of the Baptist of Russia. The fact of the stay of Prince Vladimir in Smolensk has documentary evidence.

And many other things!!!

And if you want to get acquainted with the history of the city since the times of ancient Russia, we will go along the right bank of the Dnieper to the centuries-old forest known as the Red Bor, to the Gnezdovsky Kurgan Complex.

The journey begins with a story about the ancient history of Smolensk and the appearance of the first ancient Russian state (9th century). Gnezdovo is known as the largest mound complex in Europe of that period, the birthplace of the so-called “Norman hypothesis” of the emergence of Russian statehood. Excavations continue to this day, bringing new information.

And the pearl of the excursion program in Smolensk is “Journey from Smolensk to Talashkino”.

This is a program with a visit to the country estate of Princess M.K. Tenisheva - the historical and architectural complex "Teremok" in Flenovo, with a story about the fate of this great woman, her contribution to the history and culture of Smolensk and Russia as a whole.

Maria Klavdievna created a very special creative atmosphere in Talashkin, which attracted many artists, musicians, scientists. There were often artists I. E. Repin, M. A. Vrubel, K. A. Korovin, N. K. Roerich, J. F. Tsionglinsky, A. N. Bakst, sculptor P. P. Trubetskoy, scientists A. V. Prakhov, I. F. Barshchevsky, V. I. Sizov, musicians V. V. Andreev, A. D. Medem and many others.