Tour Moscow - Golden Ring - St. Petersburg

Arrive in Moscow, meet with a guide and driver.

Accommodation at the hotel.

Dinner.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Sightseeing bus tour of Moscow. During this tour you will pass by ancient streets, squares and boulevards in the heart of Moscow, see the Bolshoi Theatre, the Kremlin and Red Square, visit the grandiose Cathedral of Christ the Saviour; enjoy the panoramic view from the Sparrow hills and Novodevichy Convent, and pass Moscow’s Victory Park.

Lunch.

Tour Old Arbat pedestrian street, free time for shopping.

Breakfast.

Visit the Kremlin and Cathedrals (UNESCO World Heritage Site). Kremlin Armoury.

Lunch.

Moscow river boat ride.

Free time.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Express Tour "Bunker-42".

The first antinuclear bunker on the post – Soviet space available for visiting, was built according the latest technology of the time as a consequence of the experiments on nuclear explosions.

Lunch.

Free time for shopping, visit the Outlet.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to the hotel "Ethno World".

Sightseeing excursion.

Master Class or Ethno excursions.

Master Class "Painting on wood". Painted wooden spoons, kitchen boards or Russian nested dolls «matryoshka» in mezen, khokhloma or petrykivka style.
Or
Master Class " Akan Doll". During this master class you can make a traditional Siberian doll, which is called a personal amulet & acompanied her mistress for all her life. Master will tell you a lot of interesting things about the secrets of this amulet.
Or
Museum "Russian traditional stove feeds, warms & heals". During this Interactive tour you can learn about the role of the stove in the life of the Slavs, Russian traditions & ceremonies, can lie on the warm couch, shake the ancient cradle, try to spin a yarn.
Tour takes place in museum’s cottage.
Or
Excursion "Wedding traditions of the peoples of Altai & Sayan region" ("Khakass wedding"). During this interactive tour you can learn about the various forms of marriage for Altai & Sayan residents, take part in the khakasian wedding ceremony , become a witness of newlyweds oath for Higher Power of Nature.

Back to Moscow.

Breakfast

Day of military history of Russia (military and technical base).

Breakfast.

Check out, transfer to Vladimir.

Vladimir is the city with thousand-year history. The city has been put it at the end of the 10th century by the Kiev prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich on the high coast of the Klyazma River, on border of Zalesye and Opolye.

Sightseeing excursion: Golden Gate, Trinity Church, Goats shaft, Water tower, Dormition Cathedral.

Lunch.

Accommodation at the hotel.

Free time.

Breakfast.

Check out, transfer to Suzdal – ancient Russian city-museum.

Sightseeing excursion.

Suzdal Kremlin, Monastery of Saint Euthymius, museum of wooden architecture.

Lunch.

Accommodation at the hotel.

Free time.

Breakfast.

Check out.

Transfer to Bogolyubovo.

Bogolyubovo is the former residence of the prince Andrey Bogolyubsky.

Sightseeing excursion in Bogolyubsky monastery & Church of the Intercession on the Nerl.

Lunch.

Transfer to Moscow Leningrad station.

Arrive in St. Petersburg; meet with a guide and driver.

Accommodation at the hotel. Breakfast.

Sightseeing excursion: St. Isaac's Square, Nevsky Prospect, Palace Square, Avrora, Peter and Paul Fortress, etc. The historical center of St. Petersburg is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Lunch.

Free time.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Half-day tour to Tsarskoe Selo.

Walk around the Catherine palace and park and see the reconstructed Amber Room. Shopping at the local souvenir market. The Catherine palace includes two parts: Old Garden & English Garden; you can see such sightseeing as, Marble Bridge, Chesme column, pavilions of Tsarskoe Selo. The Catherine palace is one of the biggest palace in St. Petesburg in baroque style. Visit the Throne Room, Arabesque Room, Chinese Room, Lyon Room & the reconstructed Amber Room. Lunch.

Back to St. Petesburg.

Free time.

Breakfast at the hotel.

State Hermitage is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. One of the largest and oldest museums in the world, it was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great and has been open to the public since 1852.

Lunch.

River tour of Neva & canals.
Excursion starts from Griboedov Canal or Fontanka River.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Lunch.

Back to St. Petersburg.

Free time.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Excursion to Kronstadt.

Lunch.

Back to the city.

Free time.

Check out. Back to Moscow & departure to Beijing.