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Guide Russia will diversify your tour with interesting entertainments.
With Guide Russia help you will also experience Russian way of relaxation during your tour.
Russian banyaThere is an old Russian tradition to go to banya to refresh you body and mind after a hard working week or after a long trip. It’s a very relaxing experience that helps you to obtain unforgettable lightness in the whole body and submerges you in the atmosphere of absolute eternity and perfect bliss. Bath procedure has got a long history. At first people took a bath to clean their body. Then they realized that they could have more fun, if they make the process more complicated. As s result Roman terms appeared as real places of pleasure. But today we care more about our health. We think of way how to reduce our weight and banya can help us. The banya is not as hot as the Finnish sauna, but what it lacks in temperature is compensated by pouring more water over the stones of the stove, creating steam. In the steam room, called parilka, there is a wood stove, where the heat comes from. Beside the stove stands a bucket of water that is poured over the heated stones of the stove. As a rule there are wooden benches across the stove. Russian people like to use birch branches to stimulate the blood circulation. It’s very healthy and enjoyable. |
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Sometimes you can alternate Russian bath with Turkish bath and Finnish sauna. The main difference between them is that Turkish bath heats you with wet steam whereas a Finnish sauna with dry steam. The heat inside a sauna is normally kept at a steady temperature with a relative humidity of between 15 - 30 percent. The Finns normally keep the humidity in their saunas at about 40 percent. It’s highly recommended to stand under a cold shower or jump in a cold water basin after a hot sauna or banya. In winter some Russian people like to run out of the bathhouse and rub themselves with snow or jump in the ice hole, cut into lakes and rivers. |
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Dinner in a Russian style houseDuring your stay in Tver you may have a fantastic real Russian dinner (uha, pelmieni, pancakes…) in a Russian style house (in Russian: izba), with a real Russian stove, which is still suitable for baking, cooking, bathing in it and sleeping on it!!! You will learn by experience how people used to eat in Russia, what the main conventions were and why it was so important to follow them. Have you ever seen Russian women telling fortunes to each other? You may see it in Tver. Many Russian women, especially those who live in small cities and distant towns know many intricate ways to predict their future, some forthcoming events concerning their marriages and their future husbands’ personalities. |
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SkiingWhen you travel to Tver in winter you have a wonderful possibility to enjoy Russian cheerful sledging down the hills and breathtaking skiing in the nearby village, called Chuprianovka. It’s so exciting that many people from all over the Tver region travel to this region to spend a day or two. It’s a great fun. You may rent skis and sledges there for as many hours as you wish. Skiing isn’t the only activity the Russians appreciate in winter. Another thing they like most of all is sledging under the sail. In windy weather you may rent this sledges and experience an unforgettable drive along the channel of the Volga River. In winter water is frozen many meters deep, so you may sledge in any direction remaining absolutely safe and sound. |
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Cruise shipIn summer the whole river is in lush greenery and there is nothing more relaxing and stressless as to have an interesting trip on the local double decked Cruise Ship with a bar and light music. You will see the surroundings of the Tver city during the day time and may spend a hilarious evening, full of dance and popular music at night. Actually, it’s a good chance to see the way Russian people are having fun. Those people who prefer enjoy all the pleasures of the Mother Nature personally and avoid noisy crowded places may spend a good time during a quiet rowing in a boat along the Volga river, which is well known for its width and flows through many Russian old cities, like Tver. You may rent a catamaran as an alternative to a boat, there is no need to row in this case: you can make pictures and video. |
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Horseback ridingHorseback riding in a beautiful Russian pine forest will become a relaxing and learning experience, you will open to yourself an enigmatic wildlife, concealed from the busy city dwellers, breathe the fresh air and share your emotions with your guide, who will accompany you during the whole trip. This experience, available for 400 roubles per hour, will remain in your memory for long. |
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