Russia Moscow Gzhel painting master classes incentive tour
Itinerary
06:30 – Meeting with the guide at the hotel.
Departure from Moscow. Overview excursion of Moscow.
10:00 – Arrival to Gzhel small town.
Gzhel is native Russian folk craft, when ceramic or porcelain painted in a special way: blue paint on a flawless white background.
This famous folk craft got its name from the village of the same name.
Excursion to the production and museum of Gzhel Porcelain Factory
Production of Ceramic goods in Gzhel near Moscow is known from written sources since the XIV century, but according to the findings of archaeologists on the banks of the Gzhel river, on the sites of ancient man and more than 2000 years ago there were engaged in ceramic fishing. This area is unique: on the surface of the earth there are different clays: red, gray and white and from these clays otters made their works for a long history of local masters, which glorified 30 different Gzhel villages.
11:00 – Master class on Gzhel painting (45 minutes)
12:15 – Lunch at cafe / restaurant
13:30 – Departure to Pavlovsky Posad, a quiet, cozy Russian town, located 60 kilometers from Moscow.
14:00 – Sightseeing tour of “The Museum of the history of Russian shawl”
History of Russian shawl starts at the end of the XVII century.
For the first time the Pavlovo-Posad factory for the production of scarves with the author’s printed pattern was mentioned in 1795.
You will learn who and how wore scarves, where they come from, the history of the people who created and wore them. You will see life of the old merchant cities, factories, artists, calico-printer, the former owners of these unique shawls.
15:00 – Master class on hand-printed pattern on fabric
Pavlovsky Posad has long been famous for silk, wool blend and woolen printed shawls. Handkerchief-making production in Russia began to develop in the XIX century. The pattern was applied to the fabric with the help of wooden printed boards and paints. Manual printing was given the opportunity to create shawls with the finest multi-color bright patterns. Each color was made its stamping board. The total number of colors in one shawl was 10-12, in some patterns it even reached 20 colors. So was born each scarf, made by hand.
In the workshop of the museum you will have a unique opportunity to try yourself as a printmaker drawing on fabric. With the help of paints and wooden printed boards, a souvenir handkerchief or napkin with its unique composition and pattern will be created by you!
16:00 – Departure to Moscow.
19:00 – Arrival to Moscow to your hotel
Excursions are already included in this tour. You can make any changes: add, reduce, change the order, request any others that may be more interesting to you.
For this tour you can order a guide who speaks another language.
We provide professional guides who speak Chinese, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Chinese, Arabic (Farsi/Persian), Japanese, Turkish, Slovenian, Polish, Thai, Mandarin, Korean, Hungarian, Serbian, others.
All our guides are licensed and have extensive experience and will be your main assistant in communication.
Below there are basic model classes that we provide, including passenger cars no older than 6 years and some buses models with WI-FI, 2018-2019.
Standard cars (Skoda Octavia, Ford Focus, Volkswagen Jetta , Toyota Corolla, Nissan Sentra, Hunda Elantra)
Comfort cars (Toyota Camry, Ford Mondeo, Hyundai Sonata, Nissan Teana, Hyundai i40, Opel Insignia).
Business cars (Mercedes-Benz E-class, BMW 5, Audi A6).
Executive cars (Mercedes-Benz S-class, BMW 7, Audi A8).
Minivans (Mercedes-Benz Viano, Hundai Starex, Mercedes Vito).
Minibuses (Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, Ford Transit).
Buses (Iveco, Neoplan, Setra, Higer, Young, others).
The price of this tour may vary depending on the date of your arrival, as well as on the exchange rate of the local currency rubles against the US dollar and Euro.
For this tour you need to arrange entrance visa to Russia in advance. We are a licensed tour operator provide you with a letter of visa support. It will allow you to apply to the Consulate of Russia in your country and obtain an entry visa to Russia.
A number of countries of the world have the right to visa-free entry into Russia.
For this tour you can order additionally any services. Book a table in advance at the popular restaurant.
We will offer a selection of quality restaurants with different cuisines: Russian, European, Asian, Chinese, Mexican, Arabic, Halal, Indian, Gourme, others.
Order ticket for an evening performance for ballet, opera, folklore show, variety show, symphonic music concert
Any concierge service available upon your request.
- Reservations 2 weeks in advance
- Valid for group from 10 persons
