Rising on the Volga coast of Kostroma is a huge number of river cruises along the central part of the country, which can not be imagined without visiting the cities of the Golden Ring of Russia. However, Kostroma itself, like many other cities of the Golden Ring of Russia, does not serve as a starting point for river cruises - this city is visited on other larger cruises with excursions.

The shortest cruise with a visit to Kostroma lasts 4 days - for example ,Nizhny Novgorod - Gorodets (Galanino) - Yaroslavl - Kostroma - Ples - Nizhny Novgorod ,and the longest - 26 days: St. Petersburg - Sortavala - Pellotsari island - Valaam island - Konevets island - Lodeinoe Pole - Svirstroy - Vytegra - Cherepovets - Yaroslavl - Kostroma - Nizhniy Novgorod - Cheboksary - Kazan - Samara - Usovka (green parking) - Saratov - Volgograd - Astrakhan - Akhtuba (green parking) - Volgograd - Saratov - Samara - Kazan - Cheboksary - Kozmodemyansk - Nizhny Novgorod - Gorodets (Galanino) - Kostroma - Yaroslavl - Cherepovets - Goritsy - Kizhi Island - Mandrogi - St. Petersburg