Russia-5N-6D
Overview
Russia or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extends across eleven time zones, and shares land boundaries with fourteen countries. It is the world’s ninth-most populous country and Europe’s most populous country. The country’s capital and largest city is Moscow. Saint Petersburg is Russia’s cultural center and second-largest city. Other major urban areas in the country include Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Chelyabinsk, Krasnoyarsk, and Kazan.
Included/Exclude
- Pick and Drop Services
- 1 Meal Per Day
- Cruise Dinner & Music Event
- Visit 7 Best Places in the City With Group
- Additional Services
- Insurance
- Food & Drinks
- Tickets
Tour Amenities
Tour Plan
Welcome to Russia!...
Arrival in Moscow, meeting with English-speaking guide
Lunch
Bus City tour: Sparrow Hills – observation point – panoramic view of Moscow, the building of State Moscow University, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior (entrance), Patriarch Bridge, Monument to Peter the Great, “Red October” chocolate factory building, panoramic view of the Kremlin, the Bolshoi Theatre, KGB, 7 sister buildings, Novodevichy convent
Tour to the Museum of Cosmonautics (entrance) dedicated to space exploration. The museum contains a wide variety of Soviet and Russian space-related exhibits and models that explore the history of flight;
astronomy; space exploration; space technology; and space in the arts. The museum's collection holds approximately 85,000 different items, primarily from the Soviet period, and receives approximately 300,000 visitors yearly.
Dinner|Transfer to the hotel| Check-in at the hotel
Overnight at the hotel
Buffet breakfast at the hotel
Tour of the Moscow Metro- one of the most beautiful and impressive Metro systems in the world. Interior decorations reflect the historical background of Russia and the
Soviet Era: communist symbols in bronze and marble statues, mosaics, stained-glass windows and huge massive chandeliers. It is also one of the most efficient subways in the world carrying up to 9 million passengers a day.
Red Square: You will pass by the Kremlin Wall where Memorial Cemetery of the Soviet Era was laid out in 1917 and used as the most honorable place for burials in the USSR: Lenin’s Mausoleum (outside), the graves of the Communist leaders including Stalin’s one, Department store GUM - now it houses all major world-famous boutiques of any stuff in one place, St. Basel’s Cathedral (outside) comprising 9 individual churches on a common basement and the State Historical Museum of Russia (outside)
Lunch
Tour of the Moscow Kremlin Grounds: the oldest part of the city - the official residence of all Russian rulers until nowadays, Senate building – the official residence of the President of Russia, the Assumption Cathedral (entrance) - the main church of Tsarist Russia; the Cathedral square with Great bell-tower, the highest structure of the Kremlin, the Tsar Canon - huge medieval Russian gun, the gigantic Tsar Bell - the largest in the world.
17:00 Russian circus
Dinner | Back to the hotel overnight at the hotel
Buffet breakfast at the hotel
Check out at the hotel
Tour toOstankino TV tower – the main television and radio tower of Moscow and Russia. 540.1 meters tall it is currently the tallest freestanding structure in Europe and eighth tallest in the world. At the time of its construction in 1967 it was a masterpiece of Soviet engineering and became the tallest free-standing structure in the world. It held this record for 9 years until the CN Tower was completed in Toronto in 1976. The Ostankino Tower remained the second-tallest structure in the world for another 31 years until the Burj Khalifa was created in 2007.
Breathtaking view of Moscow from the observation deck of the tower.
Lunch
Transfer to the railway station
Sapsan train to St.Petersburg (2nd class )
Arrival at St.Petersburg, meeting with English-speaking guide
Dinner|Transfer to the hotel| Check-in at the hotel
Overnight at the hotel
Buffet breakfast at the hotel
Panoramic city tour of Saint Petersburg: with photo stops to take fine pictures of the main architectural and historical sites like Nevsky Prospect, the Kazan Cathedral, the Winter Palace, Vasilievsky Island, St. Isaac Cathedral, Bronze Horseman, the Senate Square andPeter and Paul Fortress
Lunch
Military tour: BTR riding, AK shooting, assembling & disassembling
Dinner|Back to the hotel|Overnight at the hotel
Buffet breakfast at the hotel
Visit the Hermitage Museum. Its priceless collection occupies 5 historical buildings of which the Winter Palace – the former residence of the Russian Royal family – is the most remarkable.
Lunch
Tour to Peterhof - a small town 40 kilometers from St.Petersburg on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, the world’s only royal residence at the seaside. Within its territory of more than 100 hectares there are several palace and park ensembles and more than 150 fountains decorated with numerous sculptures. Tour to the Grand Peterhof Palace the first summer residence of Peter the Great. The idea to build this kind of residence came up to him while visiting Versailles, but the result surpassed all expectations.
Dinner|Transfer to the hotel| Check-in at the hotel
Overnight at the hotel
OPTION* Ballet performance
Buffet breakfast at the hotel
Check out at the hotel
Transfer to the airport
Leaving Russia
