| Grand Volga River Cruise |
Enjoy Volga Grand Cruises in spring and autumn because they are especially beautiful during that time. In spring you will see the awaking of nature and in autumn you will enjoy golden leaves shining as small suns. This part of Russia is remarkable for its warm climate that gives you sense of summer and you will also like domestic style of life as if the time stood still here. This river voyage links beautiful cities of the Southern part of Russia. Volga River cruises visit Kostroma, where the streets fan out from a central square in a classical 18th and 19th layout and you can see medieval peasant homes and the golden dome of Ipatievsky Monastery and museum. Most Volga River cruises also sail to Uglich, one of the oldest towns in Russia, and Volgograd, which used to be called Stalingrad and is the site of the famous WWII Battle.
| "Mother Volga" |
Volga is one of the greatest rivers of the World and a symbol of Russia. "Mother Volga" or "Mother river" symbolized huge open spaces of the country, its image unseparably merged with concepts of freedom and will.
It is from the banks of Volga the brave explorer Athanasius Nikitin set off for the "Journey Beyond Three Seas". He was one of the first Europeans to travel to and document his visit to India. And in 1611 in the Volga city of Nizhni Novgorod Kozma Minin and prince Dmitry Pozharsky had created a national guard and stirred up all country on fight against foreign hordes.
| Lotus Blossoming on Volga |
Lotus is the main treasure of the delta of the Volga river. Nobody knows how that eastern flower has got to the Volga waters. The magnificent blossom unfolds gradually, one petal at a time, till full-bloom in the morning when the sun's rays touch the flower. As the lotus awakens and blooms at the first rays of the morning sun, the interdependence between the lotus and the sun is a symbol of love. The period of lotus blossoming begins approximately in second half of July and continues till the end of September, and the flowering peak is at the end of July, or on first half of August. Enjoy lotus blossoming during Volga Cruise in the early September!
