Moscow –Saint-Petersburg-Moscow ( 8 days / 7 nights)
Days | Time | Programme |
1 | Arrival to Moscow | |
| Transfer, accommodation in the hotel | ||
2 | 08.00-09.00 | Breakfast |
09.00-12.00 | City sightseeing tour ( Visit the main places of interest,e.g. Red Square, the Moscow State University, the Bolshoi Theatre, the Triumphal Arch. They drive along the main Moscow streets: Tverskaya, Novy Arbat Avenue, Kutuzovsky Avenue , Sadovoye and Bulvarnoye Rings ) | |
12.30-13.30 | Dinner | |
14.00-16.30 | Novodevichy convent ( The convent is on the coast of Moscow-river, near Vorobyovy hills. It was founded in 1524 by the great tsar Vasily III Ioanovich in memory of the capture of Smolensk. First prioress of this convent, Helena, had a nickname: Devochkina. They believe that therefore convent was named Devitchy. Here stayed Boris Godunov awaiting for Russian throne, which he obtained later. Evdokia Fedorovna the Peter´s spouse lived here for four years. Peter´s sister Sophia took a veil here, and died in 1704. ) | |
17.00-18.00 | Lunch | |
3 | 08.00-09.00 | Breakfast in the hotel |
09.00-12.30 | Excursion ( Red Square + the Lenin Mausoleum, the Historical Museum, the GUM department store and St. Basil´s Cathedral ) | |
12.30-13.30 | Dinner | |
14.00-16.30 | Excursion (Kremlin+ one of cathedrals, In the Kremlin grounds tourists can see the Tsar Bell and the Tsar Cannon and visit the Annunciation (Blagoveschensky) or Arkhangel (Arkhangelsky) or Assumption (Voznesensky) Cathedrals, the Bell-Tower of Ivan the Great and the Church of the Twelve Apostles – all wonderful monuments of Russian church architecture with unique richly decorated interiors. ) | |
17.00-18.00 | Lunch | |
19.00-21.00 | Circus or ballet | |
4 | 08.00-09.30 | Breakfast |
10.00-12.00 | Historical reserve of Lenin ( Gorki of Lenin museum) | |
13.00-14.00 | Dinner | |
16.00-17.00 | Museum of Wax figures | |
18.00-19.00 | Lunch | |
19.30-21.00 | Excursion to Moscow metro with walking tour -Old Arbat ( Many court assistants lived here in the 16 th century; in the 19 th century, many wealthy and educated residents chose to live in the Arbat. Today the Old Arbat (along Arbat Ulitsa) is a cobbled pedestrian passage and one of the most popular meeting and shopping spots in Moscow. Along with shops, cafes, art galleries, antique stores, theatres , and a museum tracing the history of the area, are groups of painters on the pavement who sketch portraits, kiosks with every type of souvenir for sale, performing artists, and even demonstrators. It´s also a frequent site for festivals and carnivals. You really must see it while in Moscow! ) | |
21.00-22.00 22.48 | Transfer to the railway station to the overnight train Moscow-St.Petersburg. Departure (by train ) | |
5 | 08.00-09.00 | Breakfast at a city restaurant ” |
09.00-12.00 | City sightseeing tour. While touring through the city you will become acquainted with the architecture, history and present day life of the former capital of Imperial Russia, and the history of the Romanov dynasty. Among the rich panoply of sights to be enjoyed will be Palace Square with the Winter Palace, the Square of Arts with the Russian museum, the Smolny Convent, the famous Nevsky Avenue, the Summer Garden and the Field of Mars. You will enjoy the classical architecture of Senate Square with its famous ”Bronze Horseman”, St. Isaac´s Cathedral and the Senate and the Synod buildings, the tip of the Basil´s island, the University, the Cathedral´s domes, the spire of the Admiralty, and many other architectural monuments, bridges and embankments of the ”Palmira of the North”, museum on board the cruiser “ AURORA | |
12.00-13.00 | Accommodation in the hotel Time of rest. | |
14.00-15.00 | Lunch at a city restaurant. | |
15.30-17.00 | Visit to Peter and Paul´Fortress. The small island in the mouth of the Neva river was chosen by Peter the Great to lay foundation of St. Petersburg. Peter and Paul´s Fortress is the first structure in St. Petersburg, designed by Domenico Trezzini. Rising high above the Neva the golden slim spire of Peter and Paul´s Cathedral surmounted with an angel dominates the city. Having built as a military fort the fortress never participated in any military action and soon came to be used as a political prison. Inside the Cathedral there are tombstones of all Russian Emperors. In 1998 the remains of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II, his family and Entourages were buried in the Peter and Paul´s Cathedral. | |
18.00-19.00 | Dinner at a city restaurant. | |
6 | 08.00-09.00 | Breakfast in the hotel |
09.00-13.00 | The Palace-and-Park Ensemble Peterhof. Peterhof is the kingdom of fountains, the magical play of water that brings you back to the epoch of Peter the Great . It is famous also for the brilliant interiors of the Grand Palace. From the Great Palace of Peterhof three monumental cascading fountains (one of them comprising the famous Samson ) lead us to the Lower Park, a real masterpiece in itself, with 173 fountains on its ground. | |
14.30-15.30 | Lunch at a city restaurant. | |
15.00-17.00 | Walking tour & shopping Nevsky Prospekt The city´s main thoroughfare is borne across a series of islands: Admi-ralteysky Island — from Admiralteysky Prospect to the Moika River, Kazansky Island — from the Moika to the Griboyedov Canal, Spassky Island — from the Griboyedov Canal to the Fontanka River, and Bezymyanny Island — from the Fontanka to the Obvodny Canal, finishing up at Alexander Nevsky Square. It contains some splendid buildings — Gostiny Dvor, the Mikhailovsky Palace (The Russian Museum), the Alexandrinsky Theatre, Kazan Cathedral and the Public Library. Today it is one of the most beautiful streets in the world, containing the city´s best hotels, shops, restaurants and clubs. There are five Metro stations which serve Nevsky Prospekt: "Ploshchad Aleksandra Nevskogo", "Ploshchad Vosstaniya", "Mayakovskaya", "Gostiny Dvor" and "Nevsky Prospekt" . | |
18.00-19.00 | Dinner at a city restaurant. | |
7 | 08.00-09.30 | Breakfast in the hotel |
09.30-13.30 | The Palace-and-Park Ensemble Tsarskoye Selo. The Palace-and-Park ensemble of Tsarskoye Selo - a former country residence of Russian emperors - is a fascinating monument of the world´s architectural and gardening arts of the XVIII-XIX centuries. Its three parks occupy the area of 600 ha, on which over 100 architectural constructions rise - from magnificent palaces and grand monuments to intimate pavilions and park sculptures. The compositional centre of Tsarskoselsky ensemble is Catherine´s Palace, containing exquisite decorative objects, furniture, Russian and Western-European paintings, unique collections of porcelain, amber, arms, decorative bronze, sculptures etc. Nowadays, the collection of the museum Tsarskoye Selo numbers about 20 000 items. | |
14.30-15.30 | Lunch at a city restaurant . | |
15.30-17.00 | The Central Naval Museum or other one. Located in the historical building of the Stock Exchange, designed by the architect T.de Thomon, constructed in the beginning of the XIX century. The world´s largest naval museum, the oldest Russian museum, founded in 1709. The museum numbers over 800,000 items, including “the Grandfather of the Russian Navy”- the old boat of Peter the Great, models of vessels, examples of arnaments and military machinery, marine paintings | |
8 | 18.00-19.00 | Dinner at a city restaurant. |
19.00-20.30 | Excursion “ St. Petersburg in the Night” | |
20.30-21.10 | Transfer to the railway station to the overnight train St.Petersburg- Moscow. | |
21.55 | Departure (by train) | |
05.32 | Arrival | |
06.00-07.00 | Excursion “ Moscow in the Morning” | |
07.30-08.30 | Breakfast | |
| Shop tour in Izmailovo Vernisaje, Transfer to the airport |