Tour of the center of lacquered boxes production - Palekh
DAY 1.
08:00 - Departure from your hotel or meeting point to Palekh.
13:00 - Lunch
in Palekh.
14:00 - Tour of the museum,
workshop
and icon
producing workshops in Palekh.
19:00 - Accomodation in hotel.
20:00 - Dinner in a typical Russian restaurant
DAY 2.
08:00 - Breakfast in hotel.
09:00 - Departure to Suzdal.
12:00 - Sightseeing tour of Suzdal Kremlin
and Wooden museum.
13:00 - Lunch
in Suzdal (included in the cost) or lunch with a farmer family
(at a separate cost, needs confirmation) on a farm in Suzdal.
Learn about the history of the family and style of life of
Russian farmers.
14:00 - Sightseeing tour of Vladimir including Golden
Gates and Assumption
cathedral. 17:00 - Departure to Moscow
21:00 - Arrival to Moscow
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- Places visited during the tour: as per program.
- The tour is the matter of availability.
- Means of transportation: Volga
minivan or car
- Language of the tour: English.
INCLUDED SERVICES
- English speaking guide assistance along the trip.
- Transportation services along the trip - Volga
minivan or car
- 2 lunches, 1 breakfast and 1 dinner in a restaurant.
· one night accomodation in hotel.
- Entrance fees in museums as per program.
- Local guides.
- Taxes.
THE COST OF THE TOUR
Tour program.
From October, 1 to April, 30.
6 participants - USD205 per person, 5 participants - USD240
per person, 4 participants - USD260 per person, 3 participants
- USD310 per person, 2 participants - USD335 per person, 1
participant - USD535. Add USD50 for single supplement.
From May, 1 to September, 30.
6 participants - USD235 per person, 5 participants - USD290
per person, 4 participants - USD320 per person, 3 participants
- USD380 per person, 2 participants - USD415 per person, 1
participant - USD685. Add USD50 for single supplement. Meals
in a Russian restaurant are included in the cost above as
per program but if you book lunch at the famer family add
USD20 per person.
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The 1917 Revolution struck the fatal-blow to icon painting. As icon and mural paintings were no longer in demand many masters returned to agriculture others tried to go to other handicrafts. In early 1920 the production of papier mache items was set in Palekh.
From the very beginning of miniature art Palekh painters made generous use of folk motives. One of the mainstreams of their art drew upon folk songs, tales by Pushkin, Lermontov, Gorky, epics. Articles to be painted by masters were made of papier-mache with black shining surface. In 1935 an art school was opened for artists painting lacquered boxes. The artists of Palekh were responsible for the restoration of the murals of the Moscow Kremlin in 1946. The museum of Palekh has a large selection of their work.
VLADIMIR (1108A.D.) has a lot
of ancient monuments to be proud of. The first striking monument
is the Golden Gate (1164A.D.) which was not only the ceremonial
gate of the city, but one of the important fortifications.
Behind the Golden Gate, Vladimir rises on a semicircular hill
on the riverside. Assumption cathedral (1161A.D.) was build
as one domed church in 1161 but was enlarged in 1189. It was
given another four domes, among other improvements. The rest
of Vladimir's monuments belong to the 17-19 centuries.
SUZDAL (1024A.D.), a holy city,
is in itself an entire museum - its thronging monuments, towers
and domes enable the visitor to follow the history of Russian
architecture from the 12th to the 19th centuries. Kremlin
represents a strange mixture of church and lay architecture.
It was a princely residence and (in the 16th century) an archiepiscopal
seat. Nowadays, the Cathedral of the Nativity of our Lady
dominates the panorama of the Suzdal Kremlin. Spasso-Efimievsky
monastery dates from the 16th century. Its walls, over a kilometer
long, and 12 towers create a fortress and indeed for centuries
it served as a sort or the Russian Bastille, the prison for
free-thinkers. Today Suzdal is more an overgrown medieval
village then a town.
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