Tula - Yasnaya Polyana - Kozlov Zaseka, 2 days

"City of Masters." The tour is TEGULARY according to the schedule. Accommodation in Tula (Hotel Grumant). In Russia and far beyond, Tula is especially known as the “City of Masters”. Her skill is original and multifaceted: she is famous for weapons, samovars, and bayanas and carrots. Everyone knows the legend of the Tula master Levsha, who shoeed a flea. 9 km from Tula there is a world-famous estate Yasnaya Polyana, the place where the great master of the word L.N. Tolstoy was born and lived. Restored in the original appearance of the railway station "Kozlov Zaseka" is an opportunity to get in touch with the era of the early 20th century. Know the true Russia! 8:00. Group gathering: metro station "VDNKh" (parking to the right of the hotel "Cosmos"). 8:30. Departure to Tula (travel time is 3 hours). An interactive information program. 12:00. Lunch at the restaurant. 13:00. Tour of the city: historical background, Tula Kremlin, whose history dates back five centuries. There are two cathedrals on the territory of the Kremlin: Uspensky with a unique fresco painting by Yaroslavl painters of the XVIII century, a wooden gilded iconostasis with 66 icons and Epiphany, built in memory of soldiers who died in the Patriotic War of 1812. Excursion to the Museum of Weapons is one of the oldest museums in Russia. Its unique collection allows you to trace the evolution of weapons from the end of the XVI century. to the present day. The collection of knives is interesting not only by Russian swords, swords, sabers and cleavers of the XVIII-XX centuries, but also by the works of Western and Eastern masters with decoration characteristic of the East, striking an abundance of gold, silver, pearl. The exposition of the museum "Russian Samovar" introduces the history of the emergence and development of one of the most famous Tula crafts - samovar. Among the unique samples of the end of the XVIII century - "Sbitennik", the predecessor of the samovar, 5 miniature samovars, donated in 1909 from the famous Tula breeder Batashev to the children of Emperor Nicholas II. 19:00. Accommodation in the hotel "Grumanty". 20:00. Dinner at the hotel restaurant. October 19, 08:30. Breakfast at the hotel restaurant. 09:30. Departure to Yasnaya Polyana is a unique place of historical and cultural life of Russia, associated with the name of the largest writer and thinker of the XIX-XX centuries Leo Tolstoy. The center of the natural memorial complex is the house in which the writer lived for about half a century. The uniqueness of this house is in the preservation of the authentic environment, the personal belongings of its inhabitants. A visit to the house of Volkonsky - the oldest building in the estate, in which, according to historians, the writer's grandfather Prince N. S. Volkonsky lived. In the eastern wing of the House there was an art workshop of Tolstoy’s daughter, Tatiana Lvovna. Walk through the estate park, visit the grave of the writer. Excursion to the station complex Kozlov Zaseka. The station became a branch of the museum-estate of L. N. Tolstoy, here, on the initiative of the management of the Moscow-Kursk railway, colossal reconstruction work was carried out, which allowed to return its historical appearance. 14:00. Lunch at the restaurant. Free time, visit the company store "Tula gingerbread". 16:00. Departure to Moscow (estimated arrival ~ 20:00). Service Cost for 1 person per tour Accommodation: guest. \"Groomant\" (Tula) Russians Foreigners Double accommodation 4.200 4.700 Supplement for single accommodation 900 1.100 Discount for children under 12 years 100 200 Discount for children under 12 years of age 300 400 In the cost of the tour includes: accommodation in double renovated rooms, meals - full board, excursion service according to the program (including entrance fees and services of local Russian-speaking guides), transport service by bus of the 1st class (Neoplan / analogue), services of a Russian-speaking tourist guide. Note: - if the number of tourists in a group of less than 15 people for transport services can be provided minibus class DeLUX; - departure time from / arrival in Moscow is indicative and cannot be considered a mandatory item of the program; - time and procedure for the provision of tourist services declared in the program may change while maintaining their volume and quality. Place of gathering of the group: Moscow, Prospekt Mira, 150, hotel "Cosmos" (metro station "VDNKh", access to the VVC). In the parking lot of buses to the right of the hotel "Cosmos".