Novgorod Tour
Start time: 08:00
Duration: 9 hours
Group size: max 6 PAX (departures guaranteed for min 2 PAX)
The tour is available every day all year round.
Available in English.
Kindly provide your hotel address when booking so we can make transport arrangements.
On our tour of the old city of Novogorod, discover one of Russia’s oldest and most important historic cities dating back to the 9th century.
The full name of the city is Veliky Novgorod, which in Russian means Great Novgorod. Once Novgorod used to be the political centre of vast territories which reached as far as the Ural mountains to the Baltic Sea.
A day trip to Novgorod will help you dive into a lesser-known part of Russian history and will give you a better understanding of how the country developed as a country in its pre-imperial age.
Itinerary:
- Meet your guide at the hotel lobby at 8:00.
- Drive to Novgorod for about three hours.
- Take a tour in the Novgorod Kremlin the city fortress which was completed in the 15th century.
- Visit the Cathedral of St Sophia, situated inside the Kremlin. The cathedral was built in the 11th century and was the first stone structure in the northern territories. Having been modelled after the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, it remains one of the greatest monuments of old Russian architecture.
- The next stop is St George (Yuriev) Monastery named after a Russian saint. Although since its founding in the 11th century, St George Cathedral has suffered from several fires, it still preserves original features and frescoes.
- The last place to visit is the Vitoslavlitsy museum of Slavic wooden architecture. This is a collection of real wooden houses which have been moved to the museum from several villages of the Novgorod region.
- Return to your hotel at around 17:00.
Inclusions:
- Professional licensed guide
- Museum admissions as per itinerary
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Transfer in A/C vehicle
Exclusions:
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
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