Exchange Details
Overview
Spend one week getting to know the members of FF Krasnogorsk (Moscow) as they immerse you in Russian customs, and then enjoy a seven-day bus tour to eight ancient, historical cities of Russia (Golden Ring of Russia). The Golden Ring consists of the cities northeast of Moscow, that formerly comprised the region known as Zalesye. These ancient towns played a significant role in the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church and preserve the memory of the most important and significant events in Russian history. Cities of Golden Ring include Vladimir, Suzdal, Ivanovo, Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky, and Rostov Veliky.
Home Hospitality
Home Hospitality provided by the Friendship Force club of Krasnogorsk.
Live With a Local
- Members will have an opportunity to connect with each other and with members of FF Krasnogorsk during the seven-day homestay, while enjoying the cultural and historical highlights of Moscow and cities of the Golden Ring.
Sightseeing Highlights
- Red Square
- The Tretyakov Gallery
- The Kremlin
- Alexandrovskiy Garden and Manezhnaya Square
- VDNH, The Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (Moscow)
- Cities of the Golden Ring of Russia
Discover Moscow and Cities of the Golden Ring
15 Days / 14 Nights Program and Itinerary:
September 7, 2019 – September 21, 2019
Coordinator: Oyuna Sengeeva, FFI
oyuna@friendshipforce.org
All Friendship Force Itineraries are subject to change.
Sept. 7, 2019
Arrive in Moscow
Host families meet ambassadors at airport
Time with host families
Sept. 8, 2019
Moscow city tour: Varvarka Street – ancient cathedrals, St. Basil’s Cathedral, Red Square, Lenin’s Mausoleum (we do not go in the mausoleum during the tour), Senate Palace, GUM (a famous department store), Kremlin, Alexander Garden, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Lunch in the city
Welcome party
Sept. 9, 2019
Tour on Moscow subway
Lunch in GUM (department store)
Park Zaryadye
Sept. 10, 2019
Tretyakov Gallery
VDNH – Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnogo Khozyaystva is a permanent general purpose trade show and amusement park in Moscow. Between 1991 and 2014 it was also called the All-Russia Exhibition Centre.
Sept. 11, 2019
Kolomenskoye is a former royal estate situated several kilometers to the southeast of the city center of Moscow, Russia, on the ancient road leading to the town of Kolomna. The 390 hectare scenic area overlooks the steep banks of the Moskva River.
Sept. 12, 2019
Sparrow Hills – (Vorobyovy Gory), named after the village Vorobyovo, is a famous Moscow park, located on one of the so called “Seven hills of Moscow”
Ambassadors invite their hosts to a restaurant
Sept. 13, 2019
Free day
Packing
Farewell party
Sept. 14, 2019
Departure to Vladimir
Dmitriyevsky Uspensky Cathedrals
Departure to Suzdal
Hotel accommodation
Dinner
Sept. 15, 2019
Breakfast
Excursion program in Suzdal
Visit to the Suzdal Kremlin – architecture, Trade Square, panorama of the Intercession Monastery, Spaso-Evfimiev Monastery with a tour of the Trinity Cathedral and a small bell concert
Lunch in the restaurant of the city with tasting of tinctures included in I. Kechter’s book “To Insist on the” which is about Russian house drinks
Departure to Kostroma
Hotel accommodation
Dinner
Sept. 16, 2019
Breakfast
Departure to Ples – the smallest provincial town, whose population is only about 2000, but strikingly takes the soul with its views and the city and the Volga and the Volga expanses
Departure to Kostroma
Hotel accommodation
Dinner
Sept. 17, 2019
“Kostroma Sloboda” – Kostroma is the flax capital of Russia. Until now, the Great Linen Manufactory of the Tretyakov brothers is functioning, one of which was the founder of the Tretyakov Gallery
Visit to the Museum of Flax and birchbark
Lunch in the restaurant of the city
Departure to Yaroslavl
Sightseeing tour around the city: walk along the embankment of the Volga, inspection of the arrows, places where the city was founded according to legend. Visiting the Metropolitan Chambers, visiting the exposition “History of the Beard”
Hotel accommodation
Dinner
Departure to Yaroslavl
Sept. 18, 2019
Breakfast
Departure to Vyatkoe – Historical and Cultural Complex “Vyatskoe” – Laureate of the state award in the field of literature and art for contribution to the revival and development of traditional cultural and historical values
Sept. 19, 2019
Lunch in the restaurant at the hotel
Continuation of the excursion program in Vyatkoe
Visit to the rural church of the Resurrection of Christ (with the bell tower)
The Museum of Kitchen Machinery
Free time
Return to Yaroslavl
Dinner
Sept. 20, 2019
Departure to Rostov the Great
Sightseeing tour of the city visiting the Rostov Kremlin. Rostov is one of the oldest cities in Russia. Now the state museum-reserve is called “Rostov Kremlin”
Departure to Pereslavl-Zalessky
Sightseeing tour around the city
Lunch with a unique fish tasting
Departure to Moscow in the evening
One night in hotel near the airport
Sept. 21, 2019
Departure home
Rate:
$2400 USD
Price Includes: FFI and host fees, (including seven days of homestay in Moscow and seven days of double accommodation in tour cities of the Golden Ring, Russia), visa application, and hotel in Moscow. Does not include airfare or trip insurance.Know before you go
- Journey Number 15376
- Apply here!
- After the homestay, ambassadors will depart on a special tour of the cities of the Golden Ring of Russia. This portion is a bus tour and we will be spending our nights in hotels.
Our Mission
Friendship Force International provides opportunities to explore new countries and cultures from the inside by bringing people together at the personal level. Through the signature program of home hospitality, local hosts welcome international visitors into their culture, sharing with them meals, conversation, and the best sights and experiences of their region.
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