Nizhniy Novgorod – Vladimir: a motorcycle journey along the eastern borders of ancient Rus’

Book the tour - 19 Jun - 22 Jun 2025

• Dates 2025: 19-22 June, 21-24 August
• Duration – 4 days
• Total mileage – 1350 km
• Difficulty – light
• Roads - 99% asphalt
• Price is 1250 Euro (bike rent included, F750/850GS)
• Deposit for the motorcycle: 1500 EUR for F750GS/F850GS or R1250GS (Read more...) or you can purchase comprehensive all-inclusive motorcycle insurance that costs 250 EUR (no deposit needed, full coverage)
• Extra charge 125 Euro for R1250GS
• Price is 950 Euro with own bike
• Price for passenger 450 Euro

Key tour highlights: Golden Ring, Murom, small towns and villages, local cuisine, Volga River, Suzdal, Old Monastery in Vladimir

Price includes:

• Accommodation in 3-4* hotels (based on sharing a double / twin room)
• Breakfasts
• Dinners
• Motorcycle rent
• Petrol
• English-speaking guide on a motorcycle
• Entry tickets to places of interest
• Technical support

Price does not include:           

• Lunches and dinners
• Medical insurance
• Personal expenses

Route: where we will go

Moscow – Kasimov – Nizhniy Novgorod – Vladimir - Moscow

Day 1. Moscow - Kasimov, 370 km.

Kolomna will be a first sight on our way. Here they have a famous Kremlin and cozy downtown streets. We will go to the Kalach (kind of a Russian bread) and take a photo next to Dmitry Donskoy monument. After leaving Kolomna we will visit Lukhovitsy with its famous “Cucumber the breadwinner” monument and head to the ferry crossing right after which we will drive along the Mescherskiy national park. We will make a stop next to the abandoned bridge over Narma river and have a look at Russian-baroque style church in Gus-Zhelezniy. We will spend the night in Kasimov – a former kasimov khanate capital.

Day 2. Kasimov – Murom – Nizhniy Novgorod, 260 km.

Sightseeing is planned for us in the morning. Among the sights of Kasimov we will definitely see a magnificent example of Tatar architecture – a khan Shakh-Ali sepulture. After Kasimov we will reach lovely Murom, make a stop in one of the old monasteries and then we will take a picturesque hilly road to the direction of Nizhniy Novgorod. Here we will see Novgorodian Kremlin, Pokrovskaya street with old merchant houses, amazing embankment and the longest cable road in Russia. We will spend a night in this city which is considered to be a part of UNESCO heritage list.

Day 3. Nizhniy Novgorod - Vladimir, 410 km.

Leaving Nizhniy Novgorod in the morning we will ride along the west bank of Volga and approach Chkalovsk. After that we will visit Palekh – a little town, famous for its hand-made casket trade. We will head to Shuya and will see one of the highest bell-towers in the world (106 m.). After that we will ride to Bogolyubovo where we have probably one of the most famous medieval Churches of Russia – Pokrova-Na-Nerli. This 12th century built cathedral is placed on the border between Nerl and Klyazma rivers. In the evening we will approach Vladimir where we will go for a walk in the historical city center, seeing the Golden gates, ancient fortifications and many other sights. We will spend a night here.

Day 4. Vladimir - Moscow, 300 km.

On the last day of our journey we will visit the gem of Russia’s Golden Ring – Suzdal. We will see its white stone churches and a glorious Spaso-Ephim’evskiy monastery. After leaving Suzdal we will take over way back to Moscow visiting Ur’ev-Polskiy and Kolchugino.