DAY 1
Arrival in Moscow
- Arrival at Moscow airport, Transfer to the hotel by car/van.
- Rest of the day is free at Leisure to explore on your own
- Overnight in Moscow
DAY 2
Moscow
- Buffet breakfast at hotel.
- 10h00-14h00 City tour with visit of Kremlin: territory and cathedrals. P.M. Time at leisure
- Depart for an excursion of the Moscow with stops at the most famous sights: Poklonnaya
- Hill, New Maiden Convent, Vorobievy Hills. Drive by Tverskaya Street, Manezhnaya square,
- Ohotny Riad, Bolshoy theatre, Lubianka square, Savior Cathedral, the Kremlin and
- Kropotkinskaya embankments etc. Visit territory and cathedrals. The Kremlin has always
- been the centre of political life. The tsars’ coronation ceremony took place in one of the
- cathedrals. All tsars before Peter the Great are buried there.
- Overnight in Moscow
DAY 3
Moscow
- Buffet breakfast at hotel.
- Proceed for a Metro tour with Arbat tour.
- Evening time at leisure.
- Overnight in Moscow
DAY 4
Moscow – Sergiev Possad – Vladimir -Suzdal
- Buffet breakfast.
- 08h30 Meeting with guide on the reception. Transfer to Sergiev Possad (ex.Zagorsk). 10h00
- Excursion in Troitse-Sergieva Lavra (monastery).
- 12h00 Lunch in Sergiev Possad (4 courses). 13h00 Transfer to Vladimir.
- 16h00 City tour in Vladimir with visit of Assumption cathedral (interior), Dmitrovsky
- cathedral and Golden Gate (exteriors), Museum of crystal and lacked miniature.
- Transfer to Suzdal.
- 20h00 Dinner at the hotel (3 courses)
- Overnight at the hotel in Suzdal
DAY 5
Suzdal – Kostroma -Yaroslavl
- Buffet breakfast.
- 09h00 City tour in Suzdal with visit of Kremlin (incl. interior of Crossed chamber), Museum of
- Wooden architecture in season (from May till September) / From September till the end of
- April instead of Museum, which is closed, we organize excursion to St.-Euphimiev
- monastery.
- 11h30 Transfer to Kostroma.
- 14h00 Lunch in Kostroma (4 courses).
- 15h00 City tour in Kostroma with visit of Ipatiev monastery and Trinity cathedral.
- Transfer to Yaroslavl
- 19h30 Dinner (3 courses)
- Accommodation at the hotel in Yaroslavl
DAY 6
Yaroslavl -Rostov – Moscow
- Buffet breakfast.
- 09h00 Excursion in Yaroslavl with visit of Church of Ilya Prophet, 11h00 Transfer to Rostov.
- 12h30 Lunch (4 courses).
- 13h30 City tour in Rostov with visit of Kremlin and Museum of Finift’ (Rostov enamel). 15h30
- Transfer to Moscow.
- 19h30 Arrival in Moscow. Free time with coach and guide. Moscow by night tour.
- 22h30 Transfer to the railway station.
- 23h30 Departure to St.-Petersburg by overnight train. (2nd class train ticket is included)
- Overnight in train.
DAY 7
St. Petersburg
- 08h00 Arrival in St.-Petersburg. Meeting with guide.
- Excursion of the city with stops at the mostly famous sights: spit of the Basil Island, St.
- Isaac’s Cathedral, and Palace Square, Сhurch of the Saviour on the Spilled Blood, the Aurora,
- and other. Drive by Nevsky prospect, the Neva embankments. (No Entrances).
- Visit of Peter and Paul Fortress with excursion inside
- Overnight in St. Petersburg
DAY 8
St. Petersburg
- Breakfast at the Hotel.
- Later in the morning, depart for an excursion to Pushkin to visit Catherine’s Palace with the
- famous Amber Room. Catherine’s Palace was founded in 1718 as a summer residence of
- Russian empresses. It was reconstructed several times in the XVIII-XIX centuries and now we
- can see interiors in baroque, classical and rococo styles. During the World War II the palace
- was occupied and very badly damaged. Some rooms were restored quite recently. Among
- them is the famous Amber Room
- Overnight in St. Petersburg
DAY 9
Departure from Russia
- After breakfast at the hotel, check – out and transfer to the airport.
