Visiting the Novgorod Posadnik

1 day.

 

06.20-10.20 Arrival in Veliky Novgorod. Meeting with a guide with a sign "MAGKHVA" at the main entrance to the railway station from the side of the platform.

Transfer to the hotel. Placement. Checkout time is 14:00.

Breakfast.

11-00 Excursion walking program, Acquaintance with the old city.

A theatrical tour with the posadnik Sbyslav or posadnitsa Ethymia, guests will learn about games and rituals, about snakes of fire, and about Detinets Novgorod.

You will hear about the monuments of the territory of the Kremlin. We'll look at the walls and the towers. We will visit the main Orthodox church - Hagia Sophia Cathedral. We will learn the history of Sofia Bell and the monument "Millennium of Russia".

Transition on the "Great" bridge to the Yaroslav Palace, where in ancient times a great bargain was noisy.

Visit to the territory of Yaroslavov Dvoryshchy and Torg - the political and economic center of Veliky Novgorod in the XI - XV centuries

Coffee-pause in an old mansion owned by the merchant of the 2nd guild Emily Ivanovich Berg with a gentle author's dessert "Rachmaninov lilac".

Sightseeing tour of the Kinomuseum in the House of Butuzova, XIX c. Soviet Novgorod in the Red Corner.

16-30 Free time in the city center to visit museums on the Guest Card.

With a guest card of Russia of Novgorod you can visit as many as 24 museums of the city, get discounts on souvenirs, in cafes, restaurants, on a boat trip and master classes on folk crafts.

 

2 days.

 

Breakfast.

12:00 checkout hour. Release rooms before departure for excursions. (Stuff to the hotel storage room.)

11-00 Bus excursion program around the city and surroundings with photopauses in the most beautiful corners.

Perynsky Skete is a picturesque corner at the source of the Volkhov River from the famous Slovenian Sea Ilmen Lake, where one of the largest pagan sanctuaries of the Eastern Slavs was located - the temple of the thundering god Perun.

Visit to the ancient Yuriev Monastery. St. George Cathedral (1119), where you will see the surviving fragments of fresco painting of the XII century

Excursion to the Museum of wooden architecture "Vitoslavlitsy".

Visit the store of products of local manufacturers of alcoholic tinctures and liquors. The opportunity to try and purchase quality products based on environmentally friendly forest berries and herbs from the manufacturer.

The faceted chamber is a unique monument of the XV century. Excursion to the expositions of jewelry art in Russia, where they will tell about the precious liturgical utensils from the sacristy of Novgorod churches and monasteries.

Free time in the city center to visit the Museums on the Guest Card.

19-20:00 Transfer to the station.