Veliky Novgorod - Old Russa

Programme:

1 day.

Arrival in Novgorod. Meeting with a guide at the railway station with tab. "Stif" at the main entrance to the station from the side of the apron. Checkout time at the hotel is 14:00.

Breakfast at the hotel (buffet).

Country tour: "To the source of gray Volkhov". Journey to the monastery of ancient Russia, one of the oldest architectural monuments: St. Yuriev Monastery of the XI century, located in a picturesque place on the banks of the Volkhov River. St. George's Cathedral (XII century).

The Museum of Wooden Architecture "Vitoslavitsa" is an architectural and natural reserve, which contains different types of preserved wooden churches - huts, chapels, churches, barns, mills collected from the estates of Novgorod boyars.

Tour of the Novgorod Kremlin. Walls and towers. Sophia Cathedral. Sophia bell. Monument “Millennium of Russia” is an encyclopedia of the Russian state, captured in bronze.

Yaroslavovo Palace and ancient Trade - a complex of the most valuable architectural monuments of the XII-XVIII centuries.

Hotel accommodation. Rest.

2 days.

Breakfast at the hotel. Checkout hour at the hotel 12:00 (storage).

Departure to Staraya Russa (103 km).

Sightseeing tour of the city of Staraya Russa. Visit to the church of St. George the Victorious (15th century), where the miraculous list of the Old Russian icon of the Mother of God (19th century) is kept; acquaintance with the history of strange temples, including the 12th century architectural monument - the Savior-Transfiguration Monastery.

A visit to the house-museum of F. M. Dostoevsky, where great works were created – the novel “Demons” and “Brothers Karamazov”, acquaintance with the life and work of the writer.

Walking through the oldest health resort in the north-west of Russia, the resort "Staraya Russa", on the territory of which there are nine mineral springs, seven of them form mineral lakes, creating zones of increased air ionization in the resort park.

Inspection of the famous Muravyov fountain, which is the highest column of mineral water in Europe, beating from the ground. Tasting of Old Russian delicious souvenirs (old Russian gingerbread, honey and aromatic herbal tea). Visit to the interactive museum "Estate of medieval Rushanin" (for an additional fee of 100 rubles).

Visiting the samovar exhibition.

Return to Veliky Novgorod. Free time.