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Russian Explorer

from 1.305$

Start in MOSCOW
europe 8 Days / 7 Nights
Moscow - St.Petersburg:

GUARANTEED DEPARTURE DATES - FRIDAY station for your journey from Moscow to St RATES PER PERSON IN U$D
Petersburg on the high speed Sapsan train
January 22 departing Moscow at 4:30 pm. Upon arrival Low Mid High Peak
February 12 we transfer with our local guide and check in Twin room Season Season Season Season
to your hotel for 4 nights- Evening at leisure.
$ 1.505
$ 1.355
$ 1.305
$ 1.700
March 12 26 Overnight. Single room
April 9 23 Day 5 - (Tuesday) ST. PETERSBURG supplement: $ 410 $ 450 $ 625 $ 820
May 14 Breakfast at the hotel. Enjoy a panoramic PRICE INCLUDES
orientation tour of all the major sites of the
June 4* 18* 25* 30 beautiful city of St Petersburg, including the • 3 nts Moscow – 4 star Hotel in stan-
world-renowned Hermitage Museum, located
July 2 16 in the Winter Palace and the famous Nevsky dard room
August 13 Prospect. Continue with St Isaac’s cathedral • 4 nts St. Petersburg – 4 star Hotel in
as well as the Church on the Spilled Blood.
standard room
September 17 24 Included today is a visit to Peter and Paul • Breakfast daily
Fortress, which guards the city of St Petersburg,
October 22 located on the island facing the Hermitage • arrival and departure transfers in
November 8 12 and dominating the Neva River. Built as a Moscow & St. Petersburg (to interna-
fortification during the Russian-Swedish war, it
tional city airports and main railway
December 10 19* was never used as a fortress and its bastions stations); a supplement will be applied
were turned into political prison cells. There,
for riverports, for transfers between
* (NB Sunday departure) Prince Alexei, a son of Peter the Great and a 22.00 – 07.00 and on public holidays
ITINERARY famous pretender to the throne, Princess • Sightseeing tours with English-spea-
Tarakanova, writer Radischev, Decembrists
Day 1 - (Friday) MOSCOW and revolutionaries were all held as prisoners. king guide
Upon arrival in Moscow meet a local assistand Peter and Paul Cathedral, designed by Tresini,
and transfer to the hotel. Check in from 14.00 contains the remains of Russian rulers since • Entrance fees: Moscow – Muzeon
Park of Arts, Lenin’s Mausoleum / St
hrs. Evening at leisure. Overnight. 1725. You will also visit the Church on the Petersbug - Peter and Paul Fortress,
Day 2 - (Saturday) MOSCOW Spilled Blood with the five domes. Its name Church on Spilled Blood, Vodka mu-
seum & tasting, Catherine’s Palace.
refers to the assassination of Tsar Alexander II
Breakfast at the hotel. Then meet our English- at the same location in 1881. Enjoy a break with
speaking tour guide at the hotel and enjoy coffee and doughnuts in the oldest doughnut • Standard class train from Moscow to
an orientation tour of the city using private shop in St Petersburg. The tour will end with St Petesburgh
transportation. You will see some of the famous a visit to the Vodka Museum, where we have • Visa support letter for the duration of
landmarks and places to which you may return arranged a tasting of a selection of traditional the tour
at your leisure. The sightseeing tour includes Russian vodkas with snacks. Evening at leisure.
the Red Square, the Kremlin, Sparrow Hills, Overnight. • 24-hour emergency contact
the famous Bolshoi Theatre, the Cathedral of
Christ the Saviour, Victory Park, Novodevichy • City tax
Convent, the White House and the famous Day 6 - (Wednesday) ST. PETERSBURG
Moscow streets. Free time is included for a Breakfast at the hotel. Today will be at our OPTIONAL TOURS
short lunch break (lunch not included). In the leisure to explore the city on our own. As (must be pre-booked - not available locally)
city centre, you may see the changing of the alternative enjoy an optional tour of the Supplement per person in Usd
guard at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Hermitage Museum & General Staff Building
queue to see Lenin’s Mausoleum. You will also home to the French impressionist collection). Day 3 - Moscow (10.00 – 16.00)
visit the Muzeon Park of Arts (formerly Fallen Return to the hotel at the end of visit. Evening Tour of the Kremlin territory & Ar-
moury chamber, Tour of Metro Sta- $ 275
Monuments Park), filled with iconic monument at leisure. Overnight tions and visit to Danilovsky Market
relics from the Soviet era. Our tour concludes (including transportation and guide)
at around 15.00hrs at the hotel or you may Day 7 - (Thursday) ST. PETERSBURG
stay in the city and make your own way back to Breakfast at the hotel. Enjoy a guided visit of Day 4 - Moscow (08.30 – 14.00)
the hotel. Evening at leisure. Overnight. one of St. Petersburg’s most prized palaces, Champagne breakfast at Hotel Me- $ 310
the Empress Catherine’s Summer Palace in tropol & Tour of Bolshoi Theatre
Day 3 - (Sunday) MOSCOW the town of Pushkin. We visit the ‘Amber Day 6 – St. Petersburg (10.00 – 15.00)
Breakfast. Today will be at our leisure to Room’, now completely restored to its former Tour of the Hermitage Museum &
explore the city on our own. As alternative glory. Not far from Catherine’s Palace there is General Staff Building (Impressio- $ 175
enjoy an optional tour of the Moscow Kremlin, the Lyceum where the great poet Alexander nists) (including transportation,
the Armoury Chamber Museum and Moscow Pushkin studied. Return to your hotel early/ guide and coffee break)
Metro Stations. The optional tour will end mid-afternoon. Evening at leisure. Overnight.
at Danislowsky Market. Evening at leisure. NOTES:
Overnight. Day 8 - (Friday) ST. PETERSBURG • Tours and timings may vary according to
local conditions and changes may occur if
Breakfast at the hotel and check out by 12:00 necessary
Day 4 - (Monday) MOSCOW - ST. PETERSBURG hrs. Departure transfer to the local airport. • optional tours are valid for a minimum of 2
Breakfast and check out by 12:00 noon. In the pax and are subject to availability
morning an optional tour is available. incluiding HOTELS INCLUDED OR SIMILAR • Visa support – is supplied for the duration
a sumptuous buffet breakfast at the historic CITY HOTEL CAT. of the tour only. Supplement to extend
Metropol Hotel including Champagne and • your visa support is $ 25 per person.
Russian Visa – you will need to obtain a tou-
Caviar followed by a guided tour of the Bolshoi Moscow Novotel Moscow Centre 4* rist visa before you arrive in Russia – please
Theatre. In the early afternoon departure be informed you will need to apply for your
transfer from the hotel to Leningradsky train St. Petersburg Novotel City Centre 4* visa at least 1 month prior to travel.
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