Old Russian towns

Trip to medieval town Novgorod

Novgorod is one of the most ancient cities of Russia. Medieval Novgorod was one of the greatest art centers of Europe. Its architectural traditions, school of icon-painting, jeweler's and decorative applied art became famous all over the world. You will be fascinated by the cathedral of St.Sophia, the Holy Wisdom of God, the Kremlin, collection of Novgorod school of icons covering the 12th -15th centuries, the open-air museum Vitoslalitsy provides a whole complex of genuine folk wooden architecture including ancient churches of the 16th -18th centuries and houses of the 19th -early 20th centuries.

The Golden Ring Trip

Is one of the oldest Russian routes. It's goes to the North-east of Moscow and forms a circle. The classical route includes Moscow, Vladimir, Suzdal, Kostroma, Yaroslavl and other cities with unique Russian architecture of the 12th -17th centuries. These ancient towns preserve the memory about the most important events in Russian history.

You can see Russian architecture; old churches made of white stone, old fortresses and beautiful monasteries and learn more about Russian history.

In the trip to the smallest towns you will get to see calmer, slower, more peaceful life, walk around countryside and just rest.

Trip to Pskov

Pskov - (280 km from St.Petersburg). The history of the Pskov Land dates over 1100 years back. The Pskov Land is home to 372 monuments of federal significance, 3588 monuments of local significance and475 newly discovered legacy objects. The number of monuments, primarily architectural and archeological, puts Pskov into one of the leading positions in Europe. The city is the richest treasury of Russian culture. Today you can still see the rarest monuments of Old Russian architecture- fortification, civil and cult, as well as of monumental painting- the worldwide known frescos of Mirozhsky Monastery with the Cathedral of Transfiguration of Crist listed by UNESCO among the monuments of global significance (12th c), Snetogorsky Nunnery (14th c) and Meletovo Monastery (15th c),two ancient fortresses of Old Izborsk (14th century, 30km from Pskov) and Pechory(16th century, 90kmfrom Pskov),a pearl of Old Russian architecture - the Pskov Kremlin , crowned by the Holy Trinity Cathedral with a 17th-century iconostasis, 400 thousand exhibits, including the unique collections of the Old Russian art, fancy silver, decorative appliances, ancient books and manuscripts.