| 1 day |
Meeting of tourists, transfer to hotel, accommodation. Sightseeing tour across Rostov-on-Don (3 hours). Supper at a national restaurant “Kozachy Kuren”, which is famous for its Don cuisine far from Rostov-on-Don (10 km, 3 hours). |
| 2 day |
Breakfast. Fact-finding meeting, meeting with teachers, division into subgroups. Lessons (6 hours). Dinner. In the afternoon, a foot walk along the most beautiful avenue of “old Rostov” Pushkinskaya (retro-cafes, antiquarian shops, art galleries) (1.5 hours), the trip on board of a steam-ship along Don (1 hour), visiting the left bank of Don - place of rest of Rostovites where there are various cafes and restaurants, entertaining and health-improving complexes. |
| 3 day |
Breakfast. Lessons (6 hours). Dinner. |
| 4 day |
Breakfast. Lessons (6 hours). Dinner. Trip by ship along the river Don. |
| 5 day |
Breakfast. Lessons (6 hours). Dinner. Evening action (visiting of theatre, cinema, dancing club – according to a choice). |
| 6 day |
Breakfast. Lessons (4 hours). Visit to the Regional museum. |
| 7 day |
Breakfast. Trip to a village Razdorskaya, visiting of ethnographic museum-reserve of the first Cossacks’ capital on Don. Ethnographic program “Cossack Feast”. Visiting of a museum of the Don winemaking history at a farm Puhlyakovsky, tasting Don wines. (110 km, duration 10 hours) |
| 8 day |
Breakfast. Lessons (6 hours). Dinner. |
| 9 day |
Breakfast. Lessons (6 hours). Bus excursion to Azov founded in XI century. Survey of a diorama “Capture of a Turkish fortress Azov by Russian tsar Peter I”. Dinner at a restaurant “Krepostnoy Val”, tasting of traditional dishes of times of Peter I cuisine (42 km, duration of 6 hours). |
| 10 day |
Breakfast. Lessons (6 hours). Dinner. |
| 11 day |
Breakfast. Lessons (6 hours). Dinner. |
| 12 day |
Breakfast. Lessons (6 hours). Dinner. Bus excursion to a village Starocherkasskaya (30 km) – an ethnographic open-air museum-reserve of Don Cossacks’ life, visiting the Voskresensky Army Cathedral. Acquaintance to a national ceremony “Entering Cossacks” and the Cossack folklore ensemble performance. |
| 13 day |
Breakfast. Lessons (4 hours). |
| 14 day |
Breakfast. Bus excursion to Taganrog - the native land of a Russian writer A. P. Chekhov. Rest on the shore of the Taganrog gulf, dinner at one of coastal cafes. On a way, visiting an archeological museum-reserve "Tanais" (67 km, duration 12 hours). |
| 15 day |
Breakfast. Lessons (6 hours). |
| 16 day |
Breakfast. Lessons (6 hours). In the afternoon trip to Novocherkassk (30 km, duration of 7 hours) - the present capital of the Don Cossacks. Survey of the Triumphal arches, the Temple of the Don Army the Voznesensky Cathedral, the Ataman’s Palace. On a way, staying at Mukhina Balka (Aksay) for picnic - kebab, tea with Don grasses with a Russian samovar with pancakes with sour cream and honey. |
| 17 day |
Breakfast. Lessons (6 hours). |
| 18 day |
Breakfast. End of study program, handing in of the certificates. Spare time. In the evening, visiting of “Kozachiy Dozor” complex, acquaintance to a gallery of portraits of Don Atamans, visiting of a stable where various breeds of horses are shown. Supper at “Kozachiy Dozor” restaurant where the traditional Cossack cuisine is provided: borshch, fried beef a la Cossack, baked fish. |
| 19 day |
Breakfast. Departure of group to the Black Sea coast to Gelendgik by bus. Arrival. Accommodation at hotel. Rest at the seashore. |
| 20 day |
Breakfast, bus excursion round the city, trip to the river Jané falls in vicinities of city, survey of archeological monuments dolmens, burial place of ancient people XIV – XIII centuries BC (45 km, duration 6 hours). In the afternoon, rest at the seashore. |
| 21 day |
Breakfast. Rest at the Black Sea shore. |
| 22 day |
Breakfast. Departure to Rostov-on-Don or to Krasnodar. Coming back home. |
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