"Golden Ring" of Russia on the boat. Travel, cruise, price and reviews

Not many routes can boast of having their own, recognizable in the whole world brand, a very interesting story of origin, amazing popularity, and such a nationwide love. The totality of routes under the general name "Golden Ring of Russia" stands apart in the whole tourist business.

The author of idea

A little more than 44 years (since 1970) is the Golden Ring route. The author of the title is the writer and artist, the director of the museum-reserve "Melikhovo" Yuri Bychkov, the author of the remarkable plays "Dream me, Dusya!", "Love the mockingbird" and others. But the glory, it can be said, was brought to the world by a series of articles on ancient Russian cities, published in 1967 in "Soviet Culture" (often referred to as "Soviet Russia") under the general title "Golden Ring of Russia." And later he wrote a lot about this: "By the cities of the Golden Ring" (1980-1984), "By the Golden Ring" of Russia: Photographer "(1984). The term has liked and has got accustomed so that there was a route, enjoying incredible popularity.

A huge family of routes

The route has many options, because in 6 areas where there are 8 major cities, there are still a lot of large and small settlements that are of undoubted tourist value. Specifically stipulated cities in the list of the Big Ring (there are about 20 of them) are not, there is always added one or another item representing a certain interest: an old temple or silver workshops that survived perestroika years. Other folk crafts, ethnographic museums, etc. are also of interest. This is because all the places along which the Golden Ring of Russia passes are protected. One list of cities makes us worry not only connoisseurs and connoisseurs of Russian history and culture, but any Russian person, because this is a real treasury of our country.

Reasons and route options

Now, in connection with the amazing popularity of the route, there are wedding excursions and teaching children's. There are two types of route: bus and river. Of course, both directions are interesting, and each of them has its advantages, but the cruise "Golden Ring of Russia" on the ship adds the opportunity to admire the incomparable river landscapes and spend holidays in comfortable conditions on the water, which in itself is not devoid of pleasure. According to some authors, at least a little to understand the mysterious Russia will help a set of tourist routes, united by one name.

Water variant

The "Golden Ring of Russia" on the boat is the pearl of this tourist family, at least because of its uniqueness. This is the only ring route in the world, the length of which is 1800 kilometers (the automobile route is about 1000 km). And here there are a lot of options: the terms, the cities visited, the category of the ship on which the Golden Ring of Russia is cruising. The price of the trip also depends directly on these indicators. On average, the route cost of 6-8 days, carried out by a medium-comfort motor ship, will vary from 12,000 to 50,000 rubles per person (bus route - about 16,000). At once it is necessary to make a reservation that there are several river excursions, and none of them covers all the cities that are considered to be the original representatives of the "Golden Ring" route: Suzdal and Sergiev Posad, Vladimir and Yaroslavl, Ivanovo (formerly Ivanovo-Voznesensk) and Kostroma, Rostov the Great and Pereslavl-Zalessky. In addition, there is a list of the most visited settlements of the family of these routes, consisting of 12 cities (according to the guidebook of 1974 - only 20), which does not include Ivanovo.

Some reasons for the variety of options

There are two of the eight traditional points, which can only be reached by a car - Suzdal, Pereslavl-Zalessky. This explains the number of excursions along the route "Golden Ring of Russia". On the ship you can visit only some of them. But, as already noted above, the trip on the ship is a wonderful pastime, and river routes are laid directly to the heart of Russia. It is here that cities that embody the ancient Russian culture are concentrated. Is the Assumption Cathedral of the Ryazan Kremlin, decorated with a unique white stone carving, standing on the highest hill and being 70 m high, so visible from afar and reflected in the river, falls out of the general mood?

One of the most favorite routes

The most popular route begins at the South River Station of Moscow and ends near the pier of the North. The visited city museums in the open air are interconnected by the Moscow River, the Volga and the Oka River. In addition, the waterway passes through the Moscow Canal and the Ivankovskoye Reservoir. If you leave the motor ship from Moscow, the route passes through Uglich and Myshkin, Kostroma and Ples, Yaroslavl and Tutaev, Rybinsk, Kalyazin and Sosenki. This cruise on the Golden Ring of Russia is designed for 7 days. With a shorter tour, some cities fall out of the route. Sometimes the stop is in Konstantinovo, where Sergei Yesenin was born.

Protected places in Russia

Actually, all these places (and not only the territories of the 6 regions of the Golden Ring) are a territory where every meter is impregnated with Russian history, and behind every turn is visible an Orthodox temple reflected in the water. And all this is sung by poets and writers and is imprinted on the canvases of artists. Therefore, this collection of routes is so popular, so beloved are these places, so the verses "... Vladimir, Suzdal, Kostroma - universally significant smallness!" And every Russian wants at least once in his life to go out on the deck in the morning and feel "... the chimes of the spring chimes on Golden Ring of the Dawn ... "And all these joys will be fully presented by the excursion" The Golden Ring of Russia "on the ship. Reviews of these areas have the most positive. As an example, you can bring the ship "Arabella", rest on which fully corresponds to advertising.

Sightseeing

Dozens of directions under very original titles (not only by boat but even by train) - "Under the Prince's banner", "Ancient Russia with folklore program", "Star of Russia", "Rus epic" and many others - are offered by travel agencies, and Not only our Motherland. Because the sights of the Golden Ring (and some of them are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, for example the ensemble of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra) are for the most part part of the world treasury of culture. With the aim of attracting tourists following the route, the national crafts are enlivened. Products made of Gzhel, Palekh and Khokhloma paintings, laces, Russian folk toys in themselves can cause travel in this direction. Because it crosses the historical regions of Russia: Moscow and Vladimir, Ivanovo and Kostroma, Yaroslavl and Tver.