Day 1: Arrive in Moscow

Arrival at Moscow airport where you will be met, assisted.

Transfer to the hotel by car/van.

Rest of the day is free at leisure.

Day 2: Moscow

After breakfast at your hotel, depart for an excursion of the Moscow with stops at the most famous sights:- Poklonnaya Hill, New Maiden Convent, Vorobievy Hills. Drive by Tverskaya Street, Manezhnaya square, Ohotny Riad, Bolshoy theatre, Lubianka square, Savior Cathedral, the Kremlin and Kropotkinskaya embankments.

Proceed for a walking tour of Red Square.

Head for Old Arbat street walking tour followed by Moscow’s famous Metro tour.                      

Day 3: Moscow

Breakfast at your hotel.

Excursion to the Kremlin: the heart of Moscow. Visit territory and cathedrals. The Kremlin has always been the centre of political life. The tsars’ coronation ceremony took place in one of the cathedrals. All tsars before Peter the Great are buried there.

Overnight in Moscow.

Day 4: Moscow – St. Petersburg

After breakfast at the hotel, your check – out will be followed by transfer to train station to take “Sapsan” train to St. Petersburg (2nd class). 

Arrive in St. Petersburg, and transfer to the hotel.

Rest of the day is free at leisure.

Day 5: St. Petersburg

Breakfast at the hotel.

Later in the morning, depart for an excursion of the city with stops at the most famous sights: spit of the Basil Island, St. Isaac's Cathedral, and Palace Square, the church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood, the Aurora.

Drive by Nevsky prospect, the Neva embankments (no entrances).

In the afternoon, depart for an excursion to the world's famous art museum Hermitage. Founded by Catherine the Great the museum occupies five buildings and has among the other a famous collection of Western-European Art that includes paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Rubens, Van Dyke, and more. The Hermitage is a part of Winter Palace.  

Day 6: St. Petersburg

Breakfast at the Hotel.

Later in the morning, depart for an excursion to Pushkin to visit Catherine's Palace with the famous Amber Room. Catherine’s Palace was founded in 1718 as a summer residence of Russian Empresses. It was reconstructed several times in the XVIII-XIX centuries and now we can see interiors in baroque, classical and rococo styles. During the World War II, the palace was occupied and very badly damaged. Some rooms were restored quite recently. Among them is the famous Amber Room.

Day 7: Departure from Russia

After breakfast at the hotel, you will be transferred to the airport by car/van for your departure flight.