Golden Ring around Moscow

Day One

08:00-10:00 Moscow-Sergiev Posad (12:00 Lunch) 75 km 02:00

13:00-15:00 S. Posad – Rostov Veliky 141 km 02:00

15:00-16:30 Tour of Rostov Kremlin

16:30-17:30 Rostov Veliky – Yaroslavl (Overnight 1) 58 km 01:00

Day Two

09:00-13:00 Tour of Yaroslavl (13:00 Lunch) 

14:00-15:30 Yaroslavl-Kostroma 84 km 01:30

15:30-17:30 Tour of Kostroma (Overnight 2)

Day Three

09:00-12:00 Tour of Ipatievsky Monastery (Lunch) 

13:00-16:00 Kostroma-Suzdal (Overnight 3) 186 km 03:00

16:00-17:30 Open air museum of wooden architecture

Day Four

09:00-13:00 Tour of Suzdal: Kremlin & monastery (lunch)

16:00-18:00 Russian banya experience (Overnight 4)

Day Five

09:15-10:00 Suzdal-Vladimir 35 km 00:45

10:00-12:00 Tour of Vladimir (2 churches & Golden gate)

12:00-13:00 Lunch in Vladimir 200 km 05:00

13:00-18:00 Vladimir-Moscow (heavy traffic), 200 km 05:00 Overnight Moscow or train to St. Petersburg, (19:25-23:14)