Volga and forest at the hotel location

In Lunëvo, the buildings of the “Lunyovo na Volge” hotel are 20 and 80 metres from the bank of the Volga, respectively. The hotel room windows look out over a green space and the Volga; pine forests and birch groves surround the hotel. The buildings are therefore at two different distances from the bank, while the room views bring the river and green space together.

The resort has its own boat pier. Fish soup can be prepared at one of the resort’s fire pits.

Culture and nature in Kostroma Oblast

The wider destination of Kostroma Oblast offers a range of nature and culture themes. The southern taiga, literary history and regional museums each have their own dedicated focus.

The Kologrivsky Forest State Nature Reserve consists of two separate areas, preserving different southern taiga landscapes with zonal and provincial physical-geographical characteristics. The “Journey into the Protected Forest” tour includes a visit to the ecological trail of the same name. It leads through a section of old-growth southern taiga forest. This brings together a specific stretch of forest and the wider landscape context of the protected area. Check the tour’s organizational arrangements before your trip.

The Shchelykovo estate is associated with the Russian playwright Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky. Tours of the park and A. N. Ostrovsky’s house take place at 10:00, 11:30, 13:00, 14:30 and 15:30. They are available for groups of five or more, or for a fee covering five people. As the schedule may change, check the times in advance.

At the Susanino Local History Museum, exhibits in five halls tell, in turn, the story of the nature, archaeology, history, culture and everyday life of the Susanino region. The renewed exhibition “At the Crossroads of History and Legends” features Ivan Susanin and Savrasov’s painting “The Rooks Have Arrived” as subjects of importance to the region. The museum also offers walking and bus excursions to places associated with Ivan Susanin, including the Isupovo bog and the villages of Derevenki and Domnino. In Nerekhta, the Museum of Dreams tells the city’s history through the life stories of people who dared to dream big; original keepsakes bring their stories to life.

For historic architecture and peasant life, Kostroma has “Kostromskaya Sloboda”: visitors can see historic wooden houses and churches, as well as ethnographic exhibitions about the lives of peasants in Kostroma Oblast. The permanent exhibition at the Museum of Nature offers a different perspective. It showcases present-day animals, birds, insects and fungi alongside the paleontological past of the Kostroma land. This makes it possible to choose between landscapes, history and different museum collections within Kostroma Oblast.

Discover more destinations: Kostroma, Gustomesovo, Stepanovo, Bui, Vysokovskoye, Kirovo, Glebovo and Sukhonogovo.

See the wider travel overview: Kostroma Oblast.