Gastronomic tour “Around Moscow” 2023

Pick-up from the airport and transfer to the hotel.

Breakfast in the hotel.

Transfer to the Kursky railway station. Depart for Tula by the train “Lastochka” (places in cars with seating arrangement will be provided).

Tour of the Kremlin of Tula.

Lunch in a local restaurant.

Visit to the Museum of the Tula confectionary and gingerbread-producing factory.

• Visit to the exhibition of the museum, talk on the appearance and development of the gingerbread manufacture in Russia and abroad
• Getting to know the technicalities of the confectionary production process
• Visit to the production shop at work
• Tasting of the produce from the conveyor belt
• Master class in baking traditional Tula gingerbread

Depart for Moscow by train (places in cars with seating arrangement will be provided).

Russian dinner in a local restaurant.

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BUS TOUR “MOSCOW BY NIGHT WITH A VISIT TO THE MOSCOW UNDERGROUND STATIONS”

Breakfast in the hotel.

Depart for the eco-farm by bus. Tour of the eco-farm.

Lunch of original farm produce. Farmer’s cheese tasting.

Return to Moscow by bus.

Ukrainian dinner in a local restaurant.

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NIGHT WALKING TOUR OF MOSCOW “MYSTERY OF THE CAPITAL”.

Breakfast in the hotel.

Depart for Kolomna by bus.

City tour with a visit to the Kremlin of Kolomna.

Lunch in a local restaurant (menu inspired by dishes favored by Old Russia’s merchants).

Visit to the fruit pastille producing factory. Theatrical performance, visit to the production shops. Traditional tea party in a local style.

Depart for Moscow by bus.

Caucasian dinner in a local restaurant.

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VISIT TO THE VIEWING PLATFORM IN THE MOSCOW-CITY COMPLEX.

Breakfast in the hotel.

Check out of the hotel, transfer to the Yaroslavsky railway station. Depart for Yaroslavl by train (places in cars with seating arrangement will be provided).

Transfer to Nekrasovskoye.

Lunch will be organized in a cafe located on the territory of Russia’s only Salt island.

Visit to the unique Landscape and Ethnographic Salt museum: you will learn about the Great salt route, the history of salt works in Russia. You will learn about the salt-producing process: the saline solution was extracted from special wells and the salt was evaporated; then you will take a hand in the salt- producing process. Visit to the salt barn where you will learn about the manufacture of cooperage barrels for salting food products and will be told some secrets and recipes. The guide will tell you how to make the cleanest and the healthies salt — the black salt — and will give you an opportunity to taste it. And then you will participate in traditional Russian entertaining activities.

Return to Yaroslavl. Accommodation in the hotel.

Dinner.

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NIGHT TOUR OF YAROSLAVL BY BUS.

Breakfast in the hotel.

Check-out of the hotel, depart for Pereslavl-Zalessky by bus.

Interactive gastronomic program in the museum “The Kingdom of vendace” with vendace tasting, drinks and freshly-baked bread.

Vendace, an incredibly delicious fish, is a true gastronomic brand of the city of Pereslavl-Zalessky. After tasting this fish you will understand why it was so favored by Russian tsars. Then the guide will tell you how this fish was caught, salted and preserved.

Lunch (traditional Russian menu).

Excursion to the museum of tea with tasting three kinds of willow-herb tea.

You will learn what kind of tea the Russians drank before the 19th century which saw the speed popularization of the Chinese and Indian teas. The tea expert will tell you about the willow-herb tea, about the teas that were made in Siberia and Far East and when Russian tea makers learnt to obtain fermented tea.

City tour of Pereslavl-Zalessky.

Depart for Moscow by bus. Accommodation in the hotel.

Dinner in the hotel.

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Transfer from hotel to the airport/railway station