Russia Moscow city and Kolomenskoye estate guided tour

Itinerary

10.00 – Meeting with your guide to have Moscow city tour
The tour includes acquaintance with the main attractions of the city.

Moscow Kremlin and its main cathedrals – сathedral of the Archangel, Dormition Cathedral, Blagoveshchensky cathedral. There are some of them below.

Red Square, whose total area is 23,100 square meters. The heart of Moscow and all of Russia.

St. Basil’s cathedral

Orthodox church of the times of Ivan Grozny. Perhaps the most beautiful religious building in Russia is a visiting card of the city and the country.

Novodevichy Convent

Laid back in 1525 near the walls of the monastery of the same name, today the Novodevichy cemetery near the walls of the Kremlin has become the burial place of the most prominent people of Russia, writers, scientists, military, artists.

Arbat

The oldest street in Moscow. Mentioned back in the XV. The legendary pedestrian street, the cultural center of the informal life of street artists, singers, souvenir salers. Transfer to 20 kilometers from Moscow.

Museum-Reserve Kolomenskoye

The territory of Comenius Park is 390 hectares. In 1399, the first appeared mentioning the estate as a suburban residence of the Moscow princes. The history of excavations on the territory of the complex suggests that the village of Kolomenskoye was mentioned in the 5th-3rd centuries as a place of settlement of ancient people. Many museum objects are included in the heritage of UNESCO.
In 1667-1668, the first wooden palace was built for Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, the father of Tsar Peter the Great. At the time of construction, 26 towers were built in the palace. 270 rooms were lit by 3 thousand windows. Kolomna Palace is considered to be the pinnacle of wooden architecture.

Today it is the most interesting object for inspection, carefully and completely restored in 2010. The throne chamber is the most decorated, with a rare painting of the ceiling, a place for royal audience.

The bedchamber has a rare beauty wall decor with cloth in the form of a chessboard.

Prayer Chamber. In the space of the personal iconostasis of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, which has not been preserved to this day, the original icons of XVII are presented. Teaching Chamber. Education of the sons of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich began with 5 years. They taught reading, calligraphy, writing, and later over the years – mathematics.

Sovereign’s soapbox. Interesting is a beautiful stove for heating water. A large tub in the center of the room for the sovereign ablution. A variety of bath items of those times.

More sights of the manor.

Temple of the ascension. In 1528-1532, the Church of the Ascension was built. The princely temple for members of the sovereign family. The height of the walls of the temple is 40 meters, which creates a feeling of space and ascension.

Open Air Museum of Wooden Architecture. It was founded in 1923. Six objects are brought in, brought from all over the country in the last century, including the House of Peter I. Here the atmosphere of intense work of the Tsar-reformer Peter the Great is preserved. The exhibition presents interior items of the XVII-XVIII centuries.

17.00 – End of the excursion at your hotel or in the city centre.