Kamchatka tour

Would you like to see wild nature: bears, foxes, volcanoes? Are you risky enough to see it all by yourself? Our partner offers you another incredible tour to ‪#‎Kamchatka‬.
It's one of my dreams to come true one day: the valley of geysers, Kronotskii reserve, volcanoes...
This is one of the tours which need to be organized by the professionals because it may be dangerous to do it alone.
So if you have free time in August or September you may be lucky to join!
The programme of the tour is as follows. For details contact info@frirus.com

Starting dates:

Bikes in Moscow

Moscow is popularizing bycicles nowadays. Many roads for riding a bike appeared not long time ago. If you don't have a bike you can rent one. Of course it is mostly in the city centre (check the link below). But you can find bike parkings like in the photos attached. Near such parkings you'll find a special access point where you can pay for a ride. The charges are quite reasonable (comparing with bikes' rent in parks for exapmle). 0-30 mins is free of charge. 24 hours - 150 rubles (~2 USD); 600 rubles a month (~10 USD), 1200 rubles a season (~20 USD). The season ends 31st of October (although now the official site says about 990 rubles till the end of season).

For all these options you must also leave a deposit 1000 rubles.
To start you need to register and make the first payment. Here you also have options: to do

The church of Ioanne the Warrior

Opposite merchant Igumnov's house you'll see this beautiful church.

It was built in the 18th century on the personal order of Peter the Great. Together with the

Merchant Igumnov's house

Merchant Igumnov's house is a masterpiece. You really should see it. It is was built in the end of the 19th century and is one of the best examples of pseudo-Russian style.

This gorgeous house is of course full of legends. According to one of them, the owner - merchant Igumnov was going to live in the house with his mistress but she betrayed him so

Golden Ring of Russia Tour

If you travel through central Russia and would like to see the hostorical beauty of smaller ancient towns then this tour will be great for you!

The Golden Ring of Russia is the most popular route among the tourisits.

It includes 8 main towns: Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl Zalesskii, Ristov Velikii (the Great), Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Ivanovo, Suzdal, Vladimir.

Lake Baikal Photo tour

Dear Friends! If you would like to enjoy Russian nature then one of the first places to see is ‪#‎Baikal‬. 

You should see it with your onw eyes as words will never express the greatness and amenity of this unique place in the world. Just imagine that the size of lake is 31 722 sq meters which equals to the size of Belgium or the Netherlads! It is the deepest lake in the world. It contains ~19% of the world's fresh water.

Public transport in Moscow

Here's a hint for you if you are in /planning to visit Moscow, stay here for several days and use public transport actively (which is the easiest, most reliable and sometimes the fastest way of moving in the city).

First of all you should remember that on the ground transport it is allowed to enter in the first doors only (those which are near the driver).

tips on visiting museums in Russia

For those who are interested in museums the following information may be very useful. 
So, if you would like not only see the masterpieces but also listen to the stories of their creation, learn more facts and enlarge your knowledge but on some reason you would like to do it by yourself without a guide or a group, then you can download, rent or use an online audio guide. 
The most famous museums provide you the guides on their sites, like Tretyakov gallery 

http://www.tretyakovgallery.ru/en/visiting/visiting5314/

Pokrova na Nerli church

One of the most famous Russian churches Pokrova na Nerli is situated in Vladimir region. It was founded in 1158 or 1165 according to different sources. 

The location of the church is unique. It was build in the lowland on a little hill in a water meadow. Previously here was Nerl river outlet to Klyazma river (in our times the rivers changed their flow). The church was situated almost on the river arrow thus forming the cross of the main water trading routes.

Photo by Dmitry Kupratsevich