With the new tours: Instagram tour in Moscow and Bar trip in St. Petersburg
From 399 USD per person!
December – April
Dates on request from 30/12/2021 to 10/01/2022
Hotels Moscow: 4* Novotel Moscow Centr or similar
Hotels in St.Petersburg: 4* Golden Age or similar
Day 1. Friday
Arrival in Moscow; meeting with the guide.
Panoramic City tour. You will drive through the streets, boulevards and squares of the capital, visit Sparrow Hills, visit the Bagration Bridge, see Moscow University, Poklonnaya Gora – a tribute to the defenders of the fatherland.
The tour of Moscow City will present guests with the most beautiful sights of the city. Transfer to the hotel, check-in.
Dinner.
Day 2. Saturday
Breakfast at the hotel. Meeting with the guide at the hotel lobby at 09:00.
Excursion to metro. The first metro line in Moscow was opened in 1935 and connected 13 stations. Currently, the stations have been recognized as the most beautiful in the world. Impressive metro stations, impressive candelabra, sculptures, mosaics, stained glass, etc. The metro tour is one of the most unusual.
Walking tour of the historical city center: Red and Manezhnaya squares, Alexandrovsky garden, Iversky gate, St. Basil's Cathedral, Kazan Cathedral, Lenin's Mausoleum.
Lunch. Free time.
Optional tours for extra charge:
Instagram photo tour in Moscow (duration – 3 hour): We will visit all the most beautiful and unusual places in Moscow, such as the Petrovsky Traveling Palace, the Hermitage Garden, viewing platforms of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and the famous Detsky Mir store. You will be accompanied by a professional photographer, whose pictures you can post on your social pages.
Visit to Moscow Kremlin (duration – 2 hour): Assumption cathedral, Annunciation Cathedral, Archangel Cathedral as well as the cathedral of the Ordination. Tsar Bell – the biggest bell in the world with a tragic story, after all, it was not possible to ring. Tsar Cannon – bombard, designed to fire stones weighing up to 800 kg. The former residence of the czars, the largest and most famous fortress of the country, the Kremlin is a collection of palaces and cathedrals, the oldest of which date back to the 16th century. Today it’s most ancient part and main historic complex of the city and official residence of Russian President.
Moscow river cruise by Radisson Royal of White Flotilia (duration – 2.5 hour). Ships of Radisson Flotilia are modern river yachts with open windows and open air desk for excursions and entertainment programs over river Moscow. 4-course dinner onboard.
Return to the hotel. Dinner.
Day 3. Sunday
Breakfast at the hotel. Meeting with the guide at the hotel lobby at 10:00.
Excursion around VDNKh.
Excursion to the memorial museum of Cosmonautics. The Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics is located in the basement of the monument “Conquerors of Space” – a unique monument of Moscow, erected in honor of the launch of the first artificial satellite of the Earth. Currently, the museum and the adjacent Alley of Heroes of Space are open after reconstruction. Significantly expanded and updated exposure allows you to demonstrate full-scale rocket and space technology. Interactive exhibits are placed in special zones, which include simulators identical to simulators in the Cosmonaut Training Center named after Yury Gagarin. The museum houses the Mission Control Center in miniature, where you can watch the International Space Station in real time and negotiate with the crew. Interactive cabin “Buran” with mobility system and panoramic stereo image. Interactive informative and teaching class, made in the form of a saloon.
Lunch.
Walk in Zaryadye park, photo session on the floating bridge.
GUM – shopping.
Dinner.
Transfer to the Leningradsky railway station. 23:03 departure by night train Grand Express to St. Petersburg.
Day 4. Monday
Breakfast on the train.
08:36 – Arrival at Moskovsky railway station in St. Petersburg. Meeting with a guide.
City tour you will get acquainted with the history and modern life of Saint Petersburg. Your local guide will meet you at the lobby of your hotel and take you on a voyage of discovery through the city’s major sights where they will make photo stops along the tour by the many beautiful attractions such as: Nevsky prospect, the beautiful Arts Square, St. Isaac’s Cathedral, Kazan Cathedral, the Mariinsky Theatre and The Palace Square.
Lunch.
Free time.
Optional tours for extra charge:
Countryside tour to Tsarskoe selo (Pushkin) – one of the most picturesque parks among the former residences of the Russian Emperors. Here you may feel the atmosphere of the Royal way of life in its entire magnificence. It is hard to believe that almost everything inside the palace is a result of a careful restoration, which has been finished just 8 years ago. Nowadays the legendary Amber Room, where this precious resin covered the walls in a magnificent and shining style, as well as the radiant interiors have finally regained their former splendor after they suffered from severe damages during World War II.
A trip to the bars of St. Petersburg with tasting of alcoholic beverages.
Transfer to the hotel, check-in.
Dinner.
Day 5. Tuesday
Breakfast 10:00 – Meeting with the guide at the hotel.
Excursion to the Peter and Paul Fortress. The fortress was founded by Peter I in 1703. In addition to ancient fortifications, the fortress also houses the Peter and Paul Cathedral of the first quarter of the 18th century (architect D. Trezzini), where the tomb of Peter the Great and other Russian emperors is located, visit the museum of the Trubetskoy Bastion prison.
Lunch at a restaurant in Pushkin.
Fashion mall Galleria – shopping.
Transfer to the hotel.
Dinner.
Day 6. Wednesday
Breakfast
Airport transfer
Departure
Price in dollars per person:
– 10+1: 505 $
– 15+1: 487 $
– 20+1: 399 $
Included in the price:
– English speaking guide services.
– Transport service according to the program.
– Entry tickets.
– Excursion service.
– Radio guides in St. Petersburg.
– Meals (full board, in Moscow and St. Petersburg).
– Night train Moscow – St. Petersburg in a compartment with meals 1 time.
– Visa support.
– Accommodation in 4 * hotels.