The golden ring of ancient Russia
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté, Automne, Hiver.
Where to stay - Tioumen ?
The map of your stay "The golden ring of ancient Russia"
Detail of the stay : The golden ring of ancient Russia
How to get there - Tioumen
Novgorod, the oldest of Russian cities
Novgorod. If you are not confused with Nizhny Novgorod, you will probably need to go to St. Petersburg, which is 170 km away. Visit in particular the Kremlin and the Saint George Monastery (Youriev Monastyr).
Pskov, on the banks of Velikaya
Steps: Serguiev Possad
Pskov. The city is a unique example of ancient Russia's architecture. Enter the Kremlin and from the central square, admire the trinity cathedral. 600 years ago, in the same place, the people of the city of Pskov voted for the wars, armistices and major political decisions of the city. Go down the Velikaïa to the Mirozki monastery and its frescoes classified as UNESCO's world heritage.
Places of interest : MONASTÈRE DE LA MIROJA
Moscow, the big capital
Steps: Moscou
Moscow. We must go through the capital to continue the journey over time to ancient Russia. In one day you can either see the Red Square and Saint-Basile-le-Bienheureux Cathedral, an architectural and mystical symbol of a whole country or you can go (suburbs) to the first Saint of Russia in Serguiev Possad, before returning to Moscow.
Visit of the City of Vladimir Vladimir
Steps: Omsk
Vladimir. Vladimir is one of the oldest cities in Russia. Admire the Cathedral of Assumption and the Golden Gate, dating back to the twelfth century.
Places of interest : PORTE DORÉE CATHÉDRALE DE L'ASSOMPTION
The Monastery of Bogolioubovo
Steps: Bogolioubovo
Vladimir. Take the time to go to Bogolioubovo, with its monastery and especially the church of the Intercession of the Virgin on the Nerl. Then take the road to Souzdal to spend the night there.
Places of interest : ÉGLISE DE L'INTERCESSION DE LA VIERGE
Souzdal, cradle of the Russian State
Steps: Souzdal
It's Souzdal. The city of Souzdal was a glorious city at the time of the Russian Middle Ages. Today it is a city-museum. Try to stay in the monastery of the Savior Saint-Euthyme.
Places of interest : MONASTÈRE DU SAUVEUR SAINT-EUTHYME
Excursion to Iouriev-Polski
Steps: Iouriev-Polski
Suddenly. Take the time of a trip off the beaten track in Iourev Polskyi located 70 km northwest of Vladimir. Visit in particular its Orthodox Monastery Saint-Michel-Archange and a hundred meters from there, Saint George Cathedral.
Plios, "Russian Switzerland"
Steps: Plios
Plios. This little bourgade extends along the Volga. It is called "Russian Switzerland" because of the beauty of its surroundings. You can stop there one night before you go north.
At the confluence of the Volga and Kostroma
Steps: Kostroma
Kostroma. At the crossing of the Volga and Kostroma rivers, Kostroma was very prosperous in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as evidenced by its architecture.
The Monastery Ipatiev
Steps: Kostroma
Kostroma. Do not miss the Ipatiev monastery, founded around 1330 by an converted Tatar, emerging from Kostroma as in a dream, we can stay in a small wooden house opposite the monastery.
Places of interest : MONASTÈRE IPATIEV
Go back to the Volga by boat
Steps: Iaroslavl
Iaroslav. To join Iaroslav from Kostroma, take one of the boats dating back to the Volga over 65 kilometers.
Yaroslav and its old town
Yaroslav. Served by the Trans-Siberian Railway, it is one of the oldest Russian cities. Its old town is a Unesco heritage site. Visit in particular the kremlin of Yaroslav and its numerous churches which border the river.
