* During this tour you will visit two amazing and beautiful places in the Pskov region - Izborsk and Pechory. The first part of the trip is dedicated to a unique monastery in Russia, which has never been closed - Pskov-Pechersk Monastery. You will learn that the monastery has developed over the centuries and has successfully passed many trials. Enjoy the charming panorama that opens from the viewing platforms to the monastery. You will visit the main church, the Assumption Cathedral, where you can worship revered icons and relics, and enter the Nearby caves where the founders of the monastery rest. In the second part of the tour, you will get acquainted with the picturesque ancient Russian sites associated with the founding of the Russian state. You will see the Truvorovo hillfort, where the brother of Prince Rurik once ruled. Then you will visit the majestic Izborsk fortress, explore the stunning towers, walk along the military passage, and also visit the ancient St. Nicholas Cathedral, built in the distant XIV century. The tour will end in a picturesque place, on Gorodishchenskoe Lake, where you will see an amazing natural monument - the Slovenian Keys, as well as beautiful swans living in the lake.