11:00 Meeting at railway station or at airport of Nizhni Novgorod (time is approximately, can be changed depending on the arrival time of the group)
Transfer to Arzamas. Accommodation at hotel.
Lunch.

Afternoon: Sightseeing program in Peshelan. Excursion "To visit the queen of gypsum mountain". "Museum of mining, geology and speleology" is opening secrets of underworld. This excursion is for those who like new adventures, and unexpected discoveries. The museum was created in the working mine at 70m depth under the ground, at the post-mining area, Everything is unique here: the collection of minerals, stone crafts, gypsum figures of animals from different epochs. There is a schungite room in the museum, visiting it you can get a wave of health and freshness. In the end visitors can challenge themselves visiting "Cave of fear".

Transfer back to Arzamas. Optional and for extra payment: dinner

Breakfast in the hotel.
Morning: Open Nizhniy Novgorod Championships.
Park- city sprint. Terrain consists of central park, Arboretum and city surroundings.
Lunch Afternoon: Trip to Vyezdnoe-Diveevo. Visiting Center of crafts with interactive program "Samovar da valenki – russkie zabavinki". The excursion includes: edutainment program, national public games, master-class "suvenirny valenok" (souvenir felt boot), traditional tea-drinking ceremony with local herbal tea and well-known onion pie. (overall time of excursion is 2h)

Travel to Diveevo (56km). By the way you will listen what you are worth to visit in the territory of the monastery. You will have excursion to Svyato-Troickiy women's monastery. Visiting church water source (optionally)

Return to Arzamas. Dinner.

Breakfast in the hotel Transfer to Gorbatov (162km)

11.00-14.00 - trail run "Okskaya tropa" (The path along the Oka river)
Lunch at the restaurant "Lesnoy Klyuch" (by menu)
Afternoon: Transfer to Nizhni Novgorod (60km).
Walking tour to historical part of the city "Welcome to Nizhniy Novrogod".
Visiting city center and Kremlin (recent building from 1516), open-air exhibition of military vehicles of 2nd World War times, Chkalov monument and famous Chkalov stairs. Walking along Verkhnevolzhskaya embankment with the panoramic view to rivers and surroundings. Visiting walking street Bolshaya Pokrovskaya street. Visiting the shop of local folk hand crafts. Walking tour along the Rozhdestvenskaya street. This street is a unique open-air museum. Since the old times lots of steamship companies, quays, shops, hotels, banks, etc. You are going to see a lot of curious monuments as Galoshes and "Boy selling pies". Tour will end with visiting the most well-known and popular historical destinations as Yarmarka, Alexander Nevski cathedral, Blagoveshensky monastery (recent building from 1370) and the view point of confluence of two biggest rivers in European part of Russia – Volga and Oka.

19.30 Football match of 1\8 of final. (for those who have bought tickets), transfer to stadium.
For those who don't go to football match, transfer to Gorodec. Before trip to Gorodec you will have exciting travel by Ropeway. This is only ropeway in the world which is build between two cities – Nizhniy Novgorod and Bor. It is the longest (3661m) and the highest (95m) ropeway in the Europe with the longest unsupported span over the water. Travelling time by the ropeway is 12,5 minutes (3,6km). You can enjoy the scenic view to the city, river and surroundings.

Transfer to Gorodec. Accommodation in a hotel. Dinner. For the group who visits the football match, transfer to Gorodec after the match.

Breakfast in the hotel

Morning: Amazing tour around Gorodec city!
You can visit Residential quarter – museum, meet modern woodcarvers, masters of wood paintings, zhbannikovskaya toy producers, masters of laceworks and gold thread embroidery. Visiting the museum "Terem russkogo samovara". The collection of the museum consists of more than 500 samovars. Samovar is Russian traditional water-boiling tank, high-appreciated as the soul of the house, symbol of the wealth of the house and nice talks

Lunch at restaurant of traditional Russian meal "Rublev" . Local traditional meals.

Afternoon: Transfer to Semenov (73km).

Excursion at city center and visiting touristic center "Zolotaya Khokhloma", where is possible to see all magnificence of the history of famous wooden painted crafts Khokhloma from XIX century. Come and look at miracle-crafts collection: huge spoons, bouls, chairs, which can amaze all visitors. The center offers a master-class of painting of Matreshka or spoon. Everyone is welcome to visit brand-shop of the company "Gold Khokhloma" and buy a souvenir. Transfer to Vorsma (144km).

Accommodation at eco-park "Forest Spring" (The guide and interpreter leave the group). Dinner.

Breakfast

Morning: Training competition
Lunch
Afternoon. Optional: excursion to Murom city (862). Ancient city is waiting for you!
Transfer to Murom (108km). Visiting city center and the oldest monastery in Russia – Spaso-Preobrazhenskiy monastery. There is holy water spring with the miracle stone from Jordan at the territory of the monastery. Visiting Blagoveshenskiy and Svyato-Troickiy women's monasteries. You are going to be introduced to the ancient Russian fairy-tail about national hero Il'ya Muromec and visit his native town – Karacharovo and his house. There is font with holy water available for visiting. You 'll walk along river embankment, see the monument to Il'ya Muromec. At the end of the excurtion everyone will get a gift – muromskiy kalach (typical Slavic white bred curved shape). Return to accommodation.
Optionally: river trip by boat. Magnificent views to the city and surroundings!
Dinner.

Breakfast

Rest time at accommodation (Lesnoy Klyuch). It's offered to participate horse riding or water boat trips. Book in advance.
Official training at model map. Lunch.

Afternoon: Open Youth and Elite Orienteering Championships of Nizhni Novgorod region, city sprint, Vorsma.

Dinner.

Breakfast

Competition day. Morning: 1st day of Volzhskie Prostory Shortened middle, about 20 minutes winning time Unique carst terrain with fast and reduced runnability. More information about competitions: http://prostornn.ru

Travel to Monastery (10km). Dudin Monastery was completetly destroyed and rebuilt from the ruins.

Dinner.

Breakfast (fixed meals)
Competition day.
Morning: 2nd day of Volzhskie Prostory middle about 35 min winning time Same terrain description.

Lunch
Afternoon: Optional excursion: Wooden Nizhni Novgorod – place of mastership and cinema. The museum of wooden architecture Shelokovskiy Khutor – traditional wooden houses of Nizhegorodskiy region, buildings, church near the beautiful park and chain of 3 lakes. Also visiting of Rukavishnikov manor is suggested. The house is representing the life of one of the most important person in Nizhni Novgorod history – Mihail Rukavishnikov. The beauty of the manor is not inferior to very Saint Petersburg!

Transfer to stadium. Football match 1\4 final!
Dinner.

Breakfast (fixed meals)
Competition day.
Morning: 3rd day of Volzhskie Prostory Long race. same terrain description.

Lunch Afternoon: Excursion to Pavlovo and Vorsma – iron crafts of the iron people!
Travel by bus to Pavlovo (14 km). Pavlovo is main center of metalworks in Russia. Walking along the city center and visiting attractive monuments of Lemon and Lock and etc. Local Museum keeps 39000 of unique mastercrafts of local metalworkers, documents and artifacts. One of them is Lock-Giant which weights 50kg and the lock invisible – 0,7g. There is fantastic mechanical gold Flea dressed with platinum bast shoes.

Return to Vorsma. Vosrma is famous as knife producing center and medical instrument producing center. All types of knifes for kitchen, hunting and etc are been produced here. Show – demonstration of the products. Visiting tea ceremony with degustation willow-herb tea. Visiting Svyato-Troickiy Ostrovoozerskiy monastery, which is being rebuilt recently, stays at one of the islands of Vorsmenskoe Lake. The monastery keeps some historically important artifacts. Sometimes it's allowed to try to ring the bells at the temple.

Returning to accommodation.
Dinner.

Breakfast Competition day.
Morning: 4th day of Volzhskie Prostory Final, chasing start.
Lunch

Breakfast.
Transfer to Nizhni Novgorod, departure.