Journey to the Arctic Circle

We invite you to take an unforgettable journey into the forbidden area of the Russian Arctic - Yamal, full of myths and legends of northern edge of the charming nature, a region with rich historical and cultural potential, unique history and ancient traditions.

Route Moscow - St.Petersburg - Arkhangelsk - Vologda - Labytnangi

Dates and tour cost For check of dates and cost of the tour, please, call (495) 680 33 02

Day 1 MOSCOW

Arrival in Moscow. Transfer to the hotel 4 * (Borodino or Holiday Inn). Accommodation at the hotel. Dinner in the hotel restaurant. Sightseeing includes a guided tour of the city, "Moscow at night" with a visit to Red Square, the historic city center and the Moscow subway.

Day 2 MOSCOW

After breakfast, check-out. Excursion to Moscow with a tour of the Sparrow Hills, Moscow State University, the Russian government building, Bolshoi Theater, the Manege Square, a visit to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Tour of the territory of the Moscow Kremlin. Tour of the Armory. Lunch in city restaurant. Evening landing on the train. Departure after 22:30 train to St. Petersburg. Gala dinner on the train.

Day 3 ST.PETERSBURG

Breakfast on the train. Arrival in St. Petersburg. Accommodation at the hotel after 14.00 ("October" or "Park Inn Baltic" or "Park Inn Pulkovo"). City tour. Dinner. After lunch, excursion to Peterhof, a visit to the Grand Palace, Lower Park, Fountains. Return. Dinner at city restaurant.

Day 4 ST.PETERSBURG

Breakfast at the hotel. Check out before 12.00. Visit the fortress. Lunch in city restaurant. Excursion to the Hermitage. Walk along Nevsky Prospect. Transfer to the station. Evening departure to Vologda. Dinner on the train.

Day 5 VOLOGDA

Breakfast on the train. Arrival at Vologda. City tour of "ancient chronicle of Vologda" with a visual inspection of the Bishops' farmstead of the Vologda Kremlin (tour of the area), St. Sophia's Cathedral and Resurrection, Platz - the Grand and Haymarket Square, monuments of wooden architecture, carved palisade and other attractions of the ancient northern city. Tour of the exhibition "Ancient Art" (icons XIV-XVII centuries).. Excursion to the "Museum of Lace." Lunch at the restaurant. Visit the current male Savior Prilutsky monastery - one of the most ancient and great northern monasteries. This is a beautiful architectural ensemble of Old Russia. Visit to the Museum of Wooden Architecture (der.Semenkovo) at the exhibition "Peasant life." Master class in traditional crafts. Transfer to the station. Evening departure to Archangel. Dinner on the train.

Day 6 ARKHANGELSK

Arrival at Archangel. Breakfast on the train. City tour "Arkhangelsk - the city four centuries." The city was born the sea, and his life for over four centuries of contact with the sea. The first sea port. The first sea gate to Western Europe. Homeland of the domestic shipbuilding industry. Excursion acquaints with four centuries of history of the city, diverse life of the modern Arkhangelsk, its sights. Excursion to the museum "Living Yards," exposition "History and Culture of Pomerania XVI-XVII centuries." The exhibition, launched in two restored at the end of 2007 Russian One-Pillar Chamber the arcade, is dedicated to one of the most interesting periods in the history of the Russian North - a time when the Pomerania was one of the most socially and economically developed regions of Russia. Lunch at the restaurant Pomeranian "Bobroff." Country excursion to the Museum of Wooden Architecture "Small Karelians," ascended to heaven where the dome of the ancient temples and chopped bell towers, swept wings of windmills, proudly arched neck horses boarded on the roofs of residential and farm buildings - the tale of living life and crafts of the northerners. During the tour you will meet with Russian wooden architecture of XVII-XIX centuries, with an exceptional talent and the talent of northern masters. Walking tour of the reserve outside the old Archangel, where you will meet with the wooden architecture of the XIX-XX centuries, the life and history of the wonderful people of the past and present. "Visit the Museum of the northern Stepan Pisahova storyteller. Return to the train. Dinner on the train. Evening departure to Labytnangi.

Day 7 ON THE WAY

Entertainment program on board the train. Introduction to the Russian traditions of tea and a story about the history of Russian vodka and traditions associated with it.

Day 8 LABYTNANGI / SALEKHARD

Evening arrival in Labytnangi. Transfer: Labytnangi - Salekhard, hotel accommodation "Arctic" and dinner at the hotel. Overnight at hotel.

Day 9 SALEKHARD

Breakfast at hotel Transfer: Salekhard - natural - ethnographic complex of the village. Gornoknyazevsk (bus). Arriving in nature - ethnographic complex settlement. Gornoknyazevsk. The open air museum. Tour of the national settlement with the rites. Introduction to the life, customs and traditions of Indigenous Peoples - Nenets. This tour will provide an opportunity to touch the wonderful world untouched northern peoples of Russia, to get acquainted with their traditions, beliefs and customs, oblachat traditional clothes of the North. Lunch in the tent in the compound (cuisine).
Transfer: PEC village. Gornoknyazevsk - Salekhard (the bus).
City tour of Salekhard. Visit: Obdorsk jail (Obdorsk - the former name of the city), now a monument to the open air - a remake of the XV century, is called the "City of Masters", the Church of Peter and Paul - the restored temple of the late XIX century. Stela: "To Romantics of 70ies" - dedicated to the development of oil and gas deposits in Yamal, "66 Parallel" - the geographical feature of the city, as the only city in the world on the Arctic Circle. After the ceremony, crossing the Arctic Circle - presentation of certificates of registered crossing the Arctic Circle (parallel to the earth, behind the equator to 66 ° 33 ') Yamal Santa Claus "Yamal-IRI"; memorial memorial dedicated to members of Stalin's railway construction «№ 501".

Visit the Yamal-Nenets Okrug Museum and Exhibition Complex named after. IS Shemanovsky which are ethnographic, archaeological, paleontological, and other displays depicting the history of Yamal, culture and traditional lifestyle of indigenous peoples of the Far North. Dinner in the hotel restaurant.

Day 10 SALEKHARD

Breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Check out.
Transfer: hotel - airport (bus).
Morning flight flight: Salekhard - Moscow Arrival to Moscow (Domodedovo).
Flight home.