• 08:00 and 11:10 - meeting in the central hall of the Moscow railway station to the right of the main exit to the city near the Rospechat store. • Transfer to the hotel, things are checked into the luggage room. Independent check-in at the hotel after 14:00 • 11:50 a.m. – pick-up in the hotel lobby for the tour (possible change of pick-up time for the tour. The time is specified at the meeting) • Bus and walking sightseeing tour of Nizhny Novgorod (duration 4.5 hours) During the tour, you will get acquainted with the history of the city, founded eight centuries ago. You will see the main sights of Nizhny Novgorod: the Chkalovskaya Staircase, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, the monument to M. Gorky, etc., visit the Stroganov (Christmas) Church, an architectural monument of the XVII century. • You will drive through historical streets that have preserved their beauty and former grandeur: Malaya Pokrovskaya, Rozhdestvenskaya, Ilyinskaya, Verkhnevolzhskaya and Nizhnevolzhskaya embankments, visit Minin and Pozharsky Squares, Gorky Square, Sennaya Square, etc., visit observation decks offering "breathtaking" views of the Zarechnaya part of the city. Nizhny Novgorod has the highest Volga embankment, and everyone can enjoy a wonderful view of the Volga expanses. • After the bus part of the tour, you will take an exciting walking tour of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin. This is a unique military engineering structure of the early 16th century, which was one of the most important elements in the defense of the city. In the entire history of its existence, it has never been captured, despite numerous attempts. • Next, you will have an excursion to the Voznesensky Pechersk Monastery. • The excursion program will end with a cable car ride along the Nizhny Novgorod – Bor – Nizhny Novgorod route (in a circle without exit). • The tour ends on the cable car - free time, tourists get to the hotel on their own.

• Breakfast at the hotel. 08:20 - gathering in the lobby of the Ibis Hotel 08:40 – gathering in the lobby of the Courtyard Hotel Check-in of rooms, take your things with you and immediately transfer to the railway station after the tour • Excursion to Semenov The small town of Semenov in Nizhny Novgorod is famous all over the world. It is called the "capital of the Golden Khokhloma". Back in the 17th century, the art of wood painting originated, which has been carefully passed down from generation to generation for centuries. You can see how the golden Khokhloma and the beautiful Matryoshka doll are born, as well as participate in a master class on painting yourself at the Khokhloma Painting and Semenovskaya Painting handicrafts enterprises. • Sightseeing tour of Semenov. Visit to the monument of the famous poet Boris Kornilov, a native of Semenov. Russian antiquity breathes from its quiet streets with wooden houses decorated with lace lace, sawn carvings, intricate smokies and weathervanes. • Arriving in the capital of Golden Khokhloma, you will find yourself in the Museum of Folk Life "Semyon Lozhkar's House". Russian Russian cottage, filled with the smell of freshly baked bread and fragrant kvass, warmed by a Russian stove, you will feel a sense of antiquity and see firsthand the objects of peasant life. Caring hostess Semenovna will tell you about the rules and procedures of the Russian family's way of life, the secrets of home comfort, show and teach you how to work with forgotten objects of ancient times: a roller, a ruby, a grip and a yoke. • Visit to the Khokhloma Painting factory. You will discover the magic secret of the unique technology of "making gold from silver", marvel at the skill of painting and carving. • Excursion to the museum and tourist center "Zolotaya Khokhloma", where all the Khokhloma splendor has been collected since the 19th century. You can see how the golden Khokhloma and the beautiful Matryoshka doll are born, as well as participate in a master class on painting yourself at the Khokhloma Painting and Semenovskaya Painting handicrafts enterprises. • Free time. •17:00 – arrival at Moskovsky railway station.