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City sightseeing tour in Moscow (3 hours) - 30 June 19-00
It is a tour of Moscow central streets and squares, a visit to Red Square, a walk in the Alexandrovsky Gardens, St.Basil´s Cathedral, Sofiiskaya embankment, from where you get a unique view of the Moscow Kremlin, of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour; Poklonnaya Hill with the memorial complex and of course the observation ground on the Vorobyovy Hills with a magnificent view of Moscow!
included in registration fee
The Kremlin and the Armory Chamber - 29 June 15-00
The tour of the Kremlin includes Cathedral Square, its cathedrals date back to the 11th -14th centuries: the Cathedral of Annunciation, the Cathedral of Assumption in which Russian tsars and emperors were inaugurated, the Archangel Cathedral where the Grand Princes were buried, the Church of the Deposition of the Robe, the Patriarch´s Palace, Ivan the Great Bell Tower. Tsar Bell and Tsar Cannon are world famous, and in Senate square you can see the building of the Arsenal of the Peter-the-Great´s times, and the Arsenal. In Palace square you will see the Grand Kremlin Palace, which used to be the Russian tsars and emperors´ residence and is now the residence of the President of the Russian Federation.
The Armoury Chamber is situated in the North-East of the Kremlin and was built in 1851 as a weaponry manufacturing factory and is now a museum-treasure house. The museum holds unique collections of ancient state regalia, gold and silverware, works of art, ceremonial royal vestments and coronation dresses, vestments of the Russian Orthodox Church´s hierarchs, weapons and arms, carriages and horse ceremonial harness.
price: 35 EUR
for groups not less than 30 people
Excursion "Monasteries of Moscow" - 3-d June 14-30
The excursion tells about the development of the orthodox Church in Moscow and the history of the most famous monasteries of the capital: the Novodevichy Convent and the Svyato Danilov Monastery.
The Novodevichy Convent was founded by the Grand prince Vasliy in memory of the return of the town of Smolensk to the Russian State. The Nunnery founded in the Luzhniki tract got the name of Novodevichy as opposed to the Old Maiden´s (Starodevichy) Nunnery that had existed in the Kremlin from the end of the XIV-th century. In the 16th-17th centuries the Novodevichy Nunnery became the place where women from the tsar family took the veil.
A cemetery was made on the territory of the Novodevichy nunnery, here representatives of the church and secular nobility were buried. The Novodevichy Nunnery included by the UNESCO into the list of the world cultural heritage is considered to be one of the oldest and most beautiful monasteries in Russia.
The Svayato Danilov monastery is Moscow´s most ancient cloister. It was founded by the sacred honourable Prince Daniil Moskovsky, in 1282.
Over the period of its history the Svyato Danilov Monastery has repeatedly been the site of significant events in the life of our Motherland.
There is a museum on the territory of the Monastery.
included in registration fee
The Kuskovo Estate
The Kuskovo estate - a fascinating museum and a beautiful park-used to be a wonderful summer residence of the Sheremetyev dukes to organize glamorous receptions, theatrical performances and festivities, parties. More than 20 unique architectural monuments survived till our days: the Palace, the Grotto, the Big Stone Greenhouse, the old church, the French park with ponds and original pavilions. The ensemble center is the Palace which keeps its original layout and interior decorations with marvelous West-European and Russian fine art pieces, a unique collection of paintings of the 18th century, gift portraits of the Russian emperors and portraits of several generations of the estate owners-the Sheremetyevs. In the Grotto and the Greenhouse one can see one of the biggest in the world specialized collections of ceramics and glass. The Museum´s particular pride is the unique collections of Russian porcelain beginning with the 18th century.
price: 35 EUR
for groups not less than 25 people
