From the Capital to the Land of Northern Legends
A Cultural Dialogue between Russia and China
7 days / 6 nights. Route: Moscow — Vologda — Kirillov — Ferapontovo — Vologda — Yaroslavl — Moscow.
Your day-by-day journey
Day 1. Moscow
Arrival after 17:00
Meet and greet, hotel check-in (Azimut Olympic or similar)
If time permits — evening bus tour “Lights of Night Moscow”
Dinner at the hotel
Day 2. Moscow
Extended Moscow sightseeing tour with photo stops: Sparrow Hills, Moscow City, Zaryadye Park and the “Flight over Moscow” attraction. Walk around Red Square.
Lunch at the Voskhod restaurant
Tsaritsyno Estate with an interactive show.
Russian-style dinner at the Ilya Muromets restaurant.
Day 3. Moscow — Vologda
At 8:00 a.m. — breakfast and transfer to Vologda (approx. 450 km), lunch at the “Istoriya” (History) restaurant, hotel check-in.
City tour: wooden architecture, the embankment, exterior view of the Kremlin ensemble.
Museum of Traditional Chinese Culture, opened in Vologda on 10 June 2026 to mark the sister-region ties with Shanxi Province, with the support of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Presentation of a commemorative souvenir postcard in honor of the museum visit (upon confirmation of the visit).
Dinner at the “Med i Maslo” (Honey and Butter) restaurant with a tasting of the famous Vologda butter.
Day 4. Kirillov — Ferapontovo
Departure for an excursion to the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery (127 km), views of Lake Siverskoye.
Lunch at the “Kashalot” restaurant: local northern cuisine and a dessert with soaked lingonberries.
Ferapontov Monastery, the frescoes of Dionisius
Return to Vologda. Dinner at the “Aura” restaurant with a tasting of the popular Chinese dessert “fried milk”.
Day 5. Vologda
After breakfast at the hotel — visit to the Lace Museum and the House of Vologda Butter with a tasting. Lunch at the Kupchikha Ershova (Merchant’s Wife Ershova) restaurant with a tasting of liqueurs made from northern berries.
Semyonkovo Museum of Wooden Architecture, interactive program and workshop.
Dinner at the “Velikiy Ustyug” restaurant.
Day 6. Vologda — Yaroslavl — Moscow
Transfer to Yaroslavl (approx. 200 km). Historic centre, the Strelka, the embankment, the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery and a workshop on painting decorative tiles (izrazets).
Lunch at the “Volga” restaurant.
Transfer to Moscow (approx. 250 km). Dinner.
Day 7. Moscow
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport and departure.