St.Petersburg and Moscow 8 days/7 nights

Day 1

Arrival to Saint-Petersburg .

10.00 City tour by bus.  During the tour you will see all main places of interest: Nevsky prospect, the ensemble of the Palace square, the Winter Palace, the General staff Building, The Bronze Horseman, St. Isaac's Cathedral, the ensemble of the Smolny Cathedral, etc. 

Excursion to the Peter and Paul fortress with a tour of the Peter and Paul Cathedral: tombs of the Romanov dynasty.

Lunch  

Transfer to the hotel.

16.00   Accommodation in a hotel.  Free time.

Day 2

Breakfast at the hotel.

09.30 Bus tour to Pushkin - Pavlovsk

(Museum complex "Tsarskoye Selo") - Catherine Palace, famous Amber room.

Walk-tour of the Catherine Park.

Lunch 

Transfer  to Pavlovsk (state Museum-reserve).  Pavlovsk Palace.  The history of the creation and life of Emperor Paul and his family. Pavlovsky Park.

Transfer to the hotel.  

Day 3

Breakfast at hotel.

10.00 City tour by bus "St. Petersburg-the city of all religions".

St. Petersburg is a multi-confessional city. It was originally co-existed religion of different peoples. During the tour you will see the Catholic Church, Lutheran Church, Muslim mosque, Jewish synagogue and the main Orthodox cathedrals of the city: St. Nicholas naval Cathedral, Transfiguration Cathedral. In conclusion you will get an excursion to St. Isaac's Cathedral – the main Cathedral of St. Petersburg. 

14.00 Lunch.  Free time.

20.00 Visit to the Mariinsky or Mikhailovsky Opera and ballet theatre  (in advance for an additional fee)

Day 4

Breakfast at the hotel.  

Ñheck-out  from the hotel.

10.30 Excursion to The Menshikov Palace.  Excursion to Hermitage Museum of fine and decorative arts. One of the largest and most significant art, cultural and historical museums in the world.

Lunch.

Transfer to railway station.

17.10 Group departs  from  “Moskovsky vokzal”  to Moscow by "Sapsan" train.

21.00 Group arrives in Moscow.  Transfer to hotel.  Accommodation.

Moscow...how many in that sound

For the Russian heart merged!

Day 5

Breakfast at the hotel.  

10.00 City tour of Moscow: Central streets and squares; panorama of the Kremlin from the embankment of the Moskva- river; the view of  the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Vorobyovy Gory  (Sparrow hills),  The Triumphal arch.

Lunch

Excursion to the Tretyakov gallery. Transfer to the hotel.

17.00 Free time.

Day 6

Breakfast at the hotel.  

09.30  Excursion: Architectural ensemble of the Moscow Kremlin (including visit one of the cathedrals). Excursion to Armory Chamber . Walking tour of the Red Square and  Manezhnaya Square.

Lunch.

State Historical Museum. The largest collection on the history of Russia from ancient times to the end of the XIX century. 5 million exhibits and unique interiors in the Russian style.

At the end of the excursion - free time in the city center.

Day 7

Breakfast at the hotel. 

10.00 Tour to The Moscow State Integrated Art and Historical Architectural and Natural Landscape Museum-Reserve.

KOLOMENSKOYE is one of the most ancient places of human habitation within modern Moscow. Archaeological items discovered in its vicinity witness Stone Age (V-III millennium B.C.) settlements once existing here. In old times thevillage of Kolomenskoye near Moscow came to be directly involved into the historical events known as the Time of Troubles.

In 2010, the reconstructed wooden Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich   (fotos) was inaugurated. The wooden building-model in full size is located on the territory of the former village of Dyakova. Visitors are waiting for the exposition of the Palace, allowing you to feel the uniqueness of each of the milestones in the history of Kolomenskoye, plunge into the diverse history of the Fatherland.

15.00 Lunch. Transfer to the hotel.

20.00 Visit to the Bolshoi theatre (in advance for an additional fee)

Day 8

Breakfast at hotel.  Ñheck-out  from the hotel. Luggage on the bus.

11.00 Excursion To the Museum of skyscrapers with a visit to the observation deck. The first and only Museum of skyscrapers and high-rise construction in Moscow. It was created on the initiative of PJSC "city" together with the Museum of Moscow and opened in July 2017. The exposition of the Museum is devoted to the history of high-rise construction of Moscow and the history of Moscow city. The historical part tells how Moscow grew up:  from the bell tower of Ivan the Great to Stalin's skyscrapers and today's skyscrapers of Moscow city.

14.00 Lunch.

Transfer to the airport.

The end of the program.