Day 1 Departure from New York (or your USA city).
Overnight flight.
Day 2MoscowArrival in
Moscow. Meeting with the guide.
Transfer to the hotel and check in.
Time for relax
Overnight in hotel
Transport & guide services: transfer airport – hotel
Day 3MoscowBreakfast in the hotel. Meeting with the guide.
Explore Russian capital during the City Tour of Moscow. Visit
Red Square, lined by Moscow's landmark buildings. At one end rises the onion-shaped domes of
St. Basil's Cathedral, in front of the Kremlin stands
Lenin's Mausoleum, while on the opposite side, the grand
GUM department store offers a variety of glamorous goods. We will drive along the main streets and explore the main Moscow sights. You will get acquainted with the history of the capital and can see the city from different angles.
Zaryadye Park is a new symbol of Moscow You can take beautiful pictures and selfies in "Zaryadye" on one of the best viewing platforms in the city – the River Overlook, which opens a picturesque view to the Kremlin, the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, the towers of Moscow city, high-rise on Kotelnicheskaya embankment, the Moscow River and the Park itself.
We will also visit the
Sparrow Hills - the largest observation platform in Moscow and see the magnificent building of Moscow University.
A cable car across the Moscow Rive. Such a picturesque place!
The first Moscow cable car is 720 meters long. A cable car connecting the Luzhniki Olympic Complex with the Vorobyov Embankment, and ‘Vorobyovy Gory’ at the observation deck on Sparrow Hills. There are 35 covered gondolas with eight seats each. The gondolas were designed by Porsche Design Studio. The gondolas have an excellent view of the city and the Moskva River. The drive takes about 10 minutes one way.
Overnight in hotel
Transport and guide services: 7 hrs.
Day 4MoscowBreakfast in the hotel. Meeting with the guide.
Visit
Kremlin Territory and Cathedral. The Moscow Kremlin is a stone chronicle of Russia. As in antiquity, today history is made here. The architectural ensemble of the Moscow Kremlin includes monuments of different centuries. Here you will see the palaces of Russian sovereigns, emperors, hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as the residence of the President of Russia.
We will visit the renewed
park of VDNH, look at the exhibition pavilions of the Union republics of the former USSR, take a picture opposite the amazing "Fountain of Friendship of Peoples", etc.
Visiting the
Cosmonautics Museum, we will get acquainted with the history of Soviet and Russian cosmonautics, Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky’s projects to realize the human dream of space travel. We learn more about the designer Sergey Pavlovich Korolev - the founder of practical cosmonautics, will see models of the first artificial Earth satellites. The first manned flight into space, flights of spacecraft to the moon and planets of the solar system, triumphal victories and grandiose accomplishments, long-term orbital stations, international cooperation in space, cosmodromes and launch vehicles in our time - all this and much more in the Cosmonautics Museum of Moscow.
Overnight in hotel
Transport and guide services: 7 hrs.
Day 5Moscow - St. PetersburgBreakfast in the hotel. Meeting with the guide.
Transfer to the railway station.
Arrival in
St. Petersburg. Meeting with the guide and driver.
During a
sightseeing tour of St. Petersburg, we will get a great opportunity to get acquainted with the historical center of the city in a short time, to see the most famous squares of the city: St. Isaac's Square, Palace Square, Senate Square, etc. We will pass along Nevsky Prospect and other central streets, admire the unique architectural ensembles and monuments (Palace Bridge, Hermitage, Kazan Cathedral, Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood), see the beautiful Neva with a view of the Peter and Paul Cathedral and the Peter and Paul Fortress, see the Spit of Vasilyevsky Island, The Bronze Horseman, Kunstkamera and much more.
Overnight in hotel
Transport and guide services: 10 hrs.
Day 6St. PetersburgBreakfast in the hotel.
Meeting with the guide.
Visit
The Hermitage Museum which is housed in the Winter Palace (and some other buildings), the main residence of the Russian imperial family. Magnificently located on the bank of the Neva River. The Hermitage Museum is the largest art gallery in Russia and one of the largest and most respected art museums in the world, with 2.7 million exhibits from Ancient Egypt to early 20th century Europe. It includes works by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, unique collections of Rembrandt, Rubens, French Impressionists (Renoir, Cezanne, Manet, Monet, Pissarro), plus Van Gogh, Matisse, Gaugin and sculptures by Rodin.
We will visit the
Peter and Paul Fortress - a unique monument of history, architecture and fortification art of the 18th-20th centuries. The dominant architectural ensemble – the Peter and Paul Cathedral, is one of the symbols of St. Petersburg, the tomb of the Imperial House of Romanov
Overnight in hotel
Transport and guide services: 5 hrs.
Day 7St. Petersburg Breakfast in the hotel. Meeting with the guide.
We will go to
Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin) and visit the luxurious
Catherine Palace with the
Amber Room. We will walk around the Catherine Park, beautiful at any time of the year. We will enjoy the magnificent architecture created by the geniuses of Rastrelli, Cameron, Stasov.
Back to the city.
Overnight in hotel
Transport and guide services: 5 hrs.
Day 8St. Petersburg Breakfast in the hotel.
Free day or optional tours. Faberge museum or Yusupov Palace.
Overnight in hotel
Transport and guide services: NO
Day 9 (Sunday, April 3, 2022)St. PetersburgBreakfast in the hotel.
12 00 Check out
Meeting with guide
Transfer to the airport.
Transport and guide services: transfer
Flight from St. Petersburg to New York (or your USA city).
Important: the order of the excursion days in the program can be changed.The offer based on hotels 4*For 1 PAX in 1/2 Double or TWIN, USD:
- $990+ air tickets*
- Single supplement: +$300 additional.
*Air tickets price from New York to Moscow & back from St. Petersburg to New York or your city.*The prices are valid from January 1 until April 2022.Please ask the Summer prices.Price includes:* 7 night(s) in the hotels
* English speaking guide for tours and transfers
* Private transportation in A/C coach
* Sapsan train Moscow – St Petersburg – Moscow
* Tours and excursions with general admission according to the itinerary
* 2 bottles of water per pax daily water
Price doesn’t include:* Domestic and international flights
* Tips
* Insurance
* Personal spendings
* Anything not mentioned in the itinerary
* PCR test
Please note:* All timings are subject to local traffic conditions.
* Currency fluctuations of more than 3% or changes in local government taxes may result in price changes.
* Prices are not applicable on fair dates. We reserve the right to apply supplements or confirm hotels outside the affected city or in alternative cities should the tour include cities affected by a trade fair.
* Rates are per person based on twin share/double
* Parking permits, City permits and tolls are quoted at rates applicable at the time of our offer. These rates may be increase d by local councils at any time without notice. As this is out of active travel's control, we reserve the right to add a surcharge for any additional costs if necessary.
* As per EUR regulations, drivers are not permitted to keep engines running while the coach is parked. Air conditioning will therefore only run when the group is on board.
* All meals for driver are included in the package price
* Drivers are permitted to work a maximum of 12 hours AND TO DRIVE A MAXIMUM OF 9 HOURS per day including the time that the coach is parked. Additional driver's hours are not permitted.
* No reservations have been made at this stage and all hotels/services are subject to availability at the time of
* Where triple rooms are required and hotels are unable to provide a triple room or an extra bed in a twin room, a twin and a single will be provided and you will need to cover any additional costs incurred.