MDA2. Moscow - St.Petersburg

Type: Discovery
Tour duration: 6days
Months of Operation: all-year-round
Recommended Group Size: 2-9 pax
Mode of Travel: car (1-2 pax), minibus (3-9 pax)

Itinerary

Day 1. Arrival in Moscow. Transfer to the Tourist hotel 3*. Accommodation.

Day 2. Breakfast. 3-hour Moscow city tour: Red Square (Cathedral of St.Basil, Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, History Museum, Kremlin towers, Upper Trading Arcades (GUM), Lenin's tomb and necropolis), St.Sofia's Embankment (photo stop with panoramic view of the Kremlin), The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, New Maiden Convent, The Moscow State University campus a panorama platform on the Vorobiovy (Sparrow) Hills, Moscow boulevards, The Theatre Square with the Bolshoy Theatre and the Metropol hotel. Free time. Optional Kremlin tour is recommended. (B)

Day 3. Breakfast. Check-in at 12:00. Free time. Optional tour to Sergiev Posad city (grounds and churches of St.Sergius Monastery of the Holy Trinity) is recommended. Transfer to railway station. Departure for St.Petersburg by overnight train. (B)

Day 4. Arrival in St.Petersburg in the morning. 4-hour St.Petersburg city tour: Nevsky Prospect, Neva's embankments, Rostral Columns, buildings of Hermitage museum, the Fortress of St.Peter and St.Paul (entrance), Senat Square, St.Isaac Cathedral, Nicolay I statue, Peter I statue (“Bronze Horseman”), Summer Garden, the Field of Mars, Resurrection Cathedral of the Spilt Blood, Square of Arts, Palace Square with Alexander Column. Transfer to the Asteria 3* hotel. Accommodation. Optional tour to Hermitage museum is recommended.

Day 5. Breakfast. Free time. Optional tour to Pavlovsk is recommended. (B)

Day 6. Breakfast. Check-out at 12:00. Transfer to the airport. (B)

 Legend: B - breakfast, L - lunch, D - dinner


Costs - winter 2010:

Group, PAX

2-3

4-5

6-9

Cost per person, EUR

495

438

384

 

Included:

  • accommodation at twin rooms
  • 2nd class/4-berth compartment train tickets
  • 4 breakfasts
  • all excursions as per programme including entrance fees
  • transport service according to the programme
  • English-speaking guide (other languages on request)

Not included:

  • optional excursions

Supplements:

  • lunch/dinner: + 16 EUR per person per meal
  • train tickets TWN compartment + 95 EUR per person
  • SGL accommodation: +110 EUR per person
  • optional excursions (English or German speaking guide. Other languages on request):

Group, PAX

2-3

4-5

6-9

Cost per person, EUR:

 

 

 

Moscow Kremlin (grounds, cathedrals, Armoury)

85

64

55

Sergiev Posad town (grounds and churches of St.Sergius Monastery of the Holy Trinity)

119

72

56

Hermitage museum

83

62

40

Pavlovsk (palace with private apartments of Paul I and his wife Maria, park

106

78

48

Pavlovsk (palace with private apartments of Paul I and his wife Maria, park, Russian Troyka riding, buffet table with vodka and traditional Russian snacks: pancakes with caviar)

149

92

69

 

  • extra overnights (TWN STD with breakfast) :

City

Moscow

St.Petersburg

Cost per person per night, EUR

40

39


All the costs are valid at the date of publication and are subject to reconfirmation at the time of booking.

Ladies visiting Russian Orthodox acting monasteries should have skirts and head scarfs.

 

 

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