Horse riding
at Uncle Pasha's dacha
Picturesque rolling hills over the Volga river
near the ancient city of Staritsa (est. 1297)
between Moscow & st. Petersburg

Riding lessons available
Ample opportunities of language practice with my Russian guests and neighbours.

Hands-on participation welcomed.

"I'm here to be entertained" attitude
is not.

$30/person/day
includes
accommodation, whatever food you find in the kitchen, and unlimited unescorted trail riding. Warning: almost totally self-catering. You fetch the animals from the pasture. You brush and saddle them. You convince these sneaky old village hags to cooperate.

A better, saner alternative:
$60/person/day contribution to keeping this place afloat gets you VIP service: Prepared meals, riding lessons, meeting at the bus station in Staritsa etc. And the owner/operator of this establishment, normally a grouch and a recluse, will make an effort to be friendly.

English version moved to
www.russian-horse-rides.com

Materials on travelling between Moscow and St. Petersburg through small towns and villages, with a stopover at my dacha near Staritsa, are slowly gravitating to
www.staritsa.info

just write me

Staritsa, Tver, and other towns between Moscow and St. Petersburg is one of my pet projects. I welcome inquiries and am willing to spend more time finding finding information or sharing advice than in the case of let's say inquiries related to Moscow, which has already been documented to death...

Other sites:

Accommodation, mostly budget end in Moscow: www.cheap-moscow.com
Train tickets and such: see Olesya's site www.russiangirlfriday.com
Airport transfers: www.moscowdrivers.net

Marisha's project in Moldova: www.marisha.net

A real serious site with my business support services: www.oldmanfriday.com

"Making YOUR Russia Safe, Predictable, Friendly*, and Inexpensive Since '94"

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*My friendliness lasted for about 8 years. Now I'm a recognized grouch. See The Lonely Planet and the Rough Guide to Russia.

Horse riding at Uncle Pasha's dacha Picturesque rolling hills over the Volga river near the ancient city of Staritsa (est. 1297) between Moscow & st. Petersburg

Riding lessons available Ample opportunities of language practice with my Russian guests and neighbours.

Hands-on participation welcomed.

"I'm here to be entertained" attitude is not.

$30/person/day includes accommodation, whatever food you find in the kitchen, and unlimited unescorted trail riding. Warning: almost totally self-catering. You fetch the animals from the pasture. You brush and saddle them. You convince these sneaky old village hags to cooperate.

A better, saner alternative: $60/person/day contribution to keeping this place afloat gets you VIP service: Prepared meals, riding lessons, meeting at the bus station in Staritsa etc. And the owner/operator of this establishment, normally a grouch and a recluse, will make an effort to be friendly.

Horse riding
at Uncle Pasha's dacha
Picturesque rolling hills over the Volga river
near the ancient city of Staritsa (est. 1297)
between Moscow & st. Petersburg

Riding lessons available
Ample opportunities of language practice with my Russian guests and neighbours.

"I'm here to be entertained" attitude
is not.

$30/person/day
includes
accommodation, whatever food you find in the kitchen, and unlimited unescorted trail riding. Warning: almost totally self-catering. You fetch the animals from the pasture. You brush and saddle them. You convince these sneaky old village hags to cooperate.

A better, saner alternative:
$60/person/day contribution to keeping this place afloat gets you VIP service: Prepared meals, riding lessons, meeting at the bus station in Staritsa etc. And the owner/operator of this establishment, normally a grouch and a recluse, will make an effort to be friendly.