VLADIMIR – SUZDAL – KOSTROMA – YAROSLAVL – ROSTOV-THE-GREAT –SERGIEV POSAD

VLADIMIR – SUZDAL – KOSTROMA – YAROSLAVL – ROSTOV-THE-GREAT –SERGIEV POSAD

4 days / 3 nights           

Day 1. Arrival in Vladimir from Moscow. Lunch downtown.

City tour round Vladimir including Cathedrals of Assumption and St. Dmitry, the Golden Gate, Museum of Crystal, lacquer miniatures. Transfer to Suzdal. Accommodation. Dinner at the restaurant of the hotel.

Day 2. Breakfast. Sightseeing in Suzdal including the Kremlin, Spaso-Yevfimiev monastery. Lunch at the local restaurant. Transfer to Kostroma. Accommodation. Dinner at the hotel.

Day 3. Breakfast. City tour in Kostroma including the Ipatiev Monastery. Transfer to Yaroslavl. Lunch at the local restaurant. Sightseeing with a visit of the Savior-Transfiguration Monastery and The Church of St. Elijah the Prophet. Accommodation. Dinner at the hotel. 

Day 4. Breakfast. Transfer to Rostov-the-Great. Rostov Kremlin.

Exhibition of the Russian Finift. Lunch. Transfer to Sergiev Posad.  Excursion to the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Laura. Sergiev Posad (Zagorsk in the Soviet times) is one of most interesting towns in the Moscow Region. Undoubtedly, travelers are attracted to Sergiev Posad mainly by the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Laura (the Greek word "laura" means monastery), due to which the town won fame of the capital of the Russian Orthodox Church. The monastery was founded in 1340s by Reverend Sergius of Radonezh, whose name was given to the town. For centuries the monastery has been the biggest religious and cultural center of the Russian state. Icon painters Andrey Rublev and Daniel Chorny worked there, they decorated the main church of the monastery - the Trinity Cathedral with frescoes. The cathedral keeps imperishable relics of Reverend Sergius. For many centuries his tomb has been the place of pilgrimage for orthodox believers. It is impossible to overestimate importance of the monastery and its founder for the history of Russia. It is the basis that supports Russian spirituality, statehood, and national character. The Trinity-St. Sergius Laura grounds include the biggest Russian monastery, the monastery necropolis and the Moscow Ecclesiastical Academy and Seminary. There remains a historical and architectural XV-XIX century ensemble of churches, belfries and chambers. Departure to Moscow.