The ship "Alexey Tolstoy" is considered one of the best such ships on the Volga River.
Description
The ship "Alexey Tolstoy" was built in Germany in the twentieth century. Decades later, in 2006, it was completely restored and modernized beyond recognition. Today, "Alexey Tolstoy" is a motor ship (photos are presented in this article), which fully provides vacationers with maximum comfort and safety. For a long time, the post of ship's captain has been held by Vitaliy Alexandrovich Ponomarev.
Motor ship "Alexey Tolstoy": cabins
Vacationers on board the ship are located in cabins of various categories:
- "Suite".
- Junior Suite
- "Standard".
- "Economy".
All cabins, regardless of category, have a separate bathroom, which, in turn, includes a toilet, washbasin and shower. In addition, each room has a small refrigerator, air conditioning, comfortable furniture and a telephone that can be used to contact employees or guests of the ship.
Types of cabins
This section describes the most popular types of cabins.
Cabin "double suite +" - located on the upper deck. It has two extra beds. In the cabin, in addition to the standard toilet with a washbasin and shower, a small refrigerator, air conditioning, TV, telephone for internal communication with employees or guests of the ship and hair dryer, there are dishes, one double bed and a double sofa bed. There is also a special exit to the deck and a separate lounge for 2 cabins with upholstered furniture.
Cabin "double suite" - is already located on the boat deck. As well as "double suite +", it has two extra beds, one double bed and a corner sofa.
Cabin "single 1A" - is also located on the boat deck. This is a single room cabin. There is one single bed or one pull-out sofa, as well as a wardrobe.
Cabin "double 2A +" - is also located on the boat deck. It has only one room, designed for 2 places. There is one double bed or a pull-out sofa. A feature of this type of cabin is that the beds are parallel to the wall.
Cabin "double 2A" - located on the boat deck. It has two single beds or one single bed and a sofa bed. The peculiarity of this cabin: the beds are perpendicular to each other.
Cabin "double with extra junior suite +" - located on the middle deck. Cabin with one single bed and one pull-out sofa.
Cabin "double with two additional places junior suite +" - is also located on the middle deck. A cabin of this type differs from the previous one by the presence of two additional seats instead of one.
Cabin "double 2B +" - located on the middle deck. This is a one-room cabin in which there are two single beds. The peculiarity of the cabin is "double 2B +": the beds are located parallel to the wall.
Cabin "double 2B" - is also located on the middle deck. The main difference between a one-room cabin of this type and a double 2B + cabin is the availability of two single beds. The peculiarity of this cabin is that the beds are parallel to the wall.
restaurants and bars
"Alexey Tolstoy" is a motor ship that offers guests to spend time in various bars and restaurants located directly on board the vessel. There is a restaurant with one hundred and fifteen seats, a music salon and various types of bars: this is a sushi bar, and a disco bar, and an institution called "Quiet Bar". In addition, on board the ship there is a room for children, honey. point and even (attention!) terminal for payment of cellular services.
Nutrition
Meals on board the "Alexey Tolstoy" is carried out according to a special system according to which each guest pre-selects the most liked dish from the list of offered ones. Guests who are on a diet or have special eating habits may not worry: cooks of the ship prepare meals for individual orders. If the cruise lasts more than five days, the chefs arrange special days for guests, called "Days of National Cuisine". Those who wake up too early, even before breakfast, are offered hot drinks: tea or coffee.
Entertainment
Entertainment on board the "Alexei Tolstoy" thought out to the smallest detail, so that neither children nor adults will have time to get bored during the cruise. The ship organizes various discos, concerts with the participation of specially invited stars, workshops for children and adults, and much more.
Especially for children, the administration of the vessel separately hired a children's animator, who not only entertains the kids, but also monitors their safety while their parents relax. On board there is a kids club called Teen club.
Volga cruises from different cities
Cruises on the ship "Alexey Tolstoy" offer tour operators "Treasures of the Volga Region" and "My Russia". There are various cruises with access from different cities of Russia:
- Samara
- Saratov;
- Kazan;
- Volgograd.
In 2015, Russian cities such as Yaroslavl and Astrakhan were added to the navigation of the ship.
Most recently, a special cruise took place on the ship, which was dedicated to the celebration of the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
In order to book a cruise on the ship "Alexey Tolstoy", you must either contact the nearest office of the tour operator located in your city, or make a reservation online on the official website of the tour operator. Payment is carried out both in cash at the office and via the Internet.
Motor ship "Alexey Tolstoy": reviews
Vacationers on board the ship "Alexei Tolstoy" unanimously declared: "Everything was just super!". Guests praise the high-quality service, well-thought-out organization of cultural entertainment, as well as a food system with a choice of dishes for every taste. People who prefer halal food wrote that those who have any special eating habits should not worry about this: the cooks approach the needs of each vacationer purely individually. Most often, guests resting on board the ship "Alexei Tolstoy" note the responsible approach of each ship employee to their work: the waiters are polite, the bartenders are smiling, the cooks are sensitive (real masters), the head waiter is good, the captain is experienced, the animators are funny but not annoying . Especially many vacationers remembered the holiday held by the animators on board the ship called "Day of Neptune." It seems that everything here is really thought out to the smallest detail!