Moscow City Stay: 5-Nights
$1870 per person
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4 pax – $1605
6 pax – $1565
8 pax – $1510
What’s Included:
Accommodation on boutique hotel ( TBC but “Pushkin” hotel mostly) in standard double/ twin with 5 breakfasts ( if it’s 5 people, then 2 twin/ double rooms and 1 single room are calculated). No early check-in or late check out are included.
Private English-speaking guide services
Private transfers according to the program
Metro tickets for the tours
Entrance fees to museums and Radisson boat
Invitations for a visa
Russian tea with pies during “Moscow metro” tour
Food tasting at food market
Not Included:
International Airfare
Visa fees
Meals except for mentioned
Optional activities and additional services
Deposit and Payment Terms:
30% deposit at time of booking
Final Balance due 60 days prior to departure (or full payment due if booking made within 60 days of departure)
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Departure Dates
March to November departure dates!
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Destination
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Arrival City
Moscow, Russia -
Activity Level
Low activity level -
Passenger Limit
Minimum 2 passengers (private to group options available)
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1
Moscow
Private transfer from the airport to the hotel “Pushkin” ( early check-in is not included)
Our driver will be waiting for you at arrivals with “ExploRussia” placard
Day free-- You can take a nice walk around the city center, enjoy a cocktail at one of Moscow’s bars or check out a live folk performance. All depends on your personal interests.
Day free-- You can take a nice walk around the city center, enjoy a cocktail at one of Moscow’s bars or check out a live folk performance. All depends on your personal interests.
Accommodation: Pushkin Hotel
Meals Provided: None
2
Moscow
Our guide will meet you at hotel lobby after breakfast.
Moscow walking tour “Off the beaten track”(3h)-- Our walking tour will get you around the main must-sees of the city but keep you away from the huge tourist crowds. Enjoy Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral, the GUM department store, Lenin’s mausoleum and the State Historical Museum. Afterward walk along Tverskaya street, pass by secret yards, invisible from the main street, and visit a hidden church which escaped being spoiled during Soviet times purely by virtue of its concealed location. Learn fascinating stories and legends about Moscow and the city center.
Lunch break time-- You will take a metro with your guide to Gorky park from where you will carry on on a boat tour. Moscow river tour (2,5 h in summer, 1,5 hrs in winter)-- Take a relaxing boat-trip on Radisson cruise, which will take you along Moskva-river to see impressive sights from the water. Interesting fact that it regulates the year round and during winter functions with ice-breaker. The boat has a restaurant with a nice menu. During the boat ride your guide will be paying your attention to attractions that you see from the window but also it’s time to ask questions about daily life in Russia: what do people do after work, how different Moscow is from regions, what the prices are, where else it’s worth travelling, etc.
After the tour, the guide can take you to the hotel or guide you to a nice restaurant in city center.
Accommodation: Pushkin Hotel
Meals Provided: Breakfast
Moscow walking tour “Off the beaten track”(3h)-- Our walking tour will get you around the main must-sees of the city but keep you away from the huge tourist crowds. Enjoy Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral, the GUM department store, Lenin’s mausoleum and the State Historical Museum. Afterward walk along Tverskaya street, pass by secret yards, invisible from the main street, and visit a hidden church which escaped being spoiled during Soviet times purely by virtue of its concealed location. Learn fascinating stories and legends about Moscow and the city center.
Lunch break time-- You will take a metro with your guide to Gorky park from where you will carry on on a boat tour. Moscow river tour (2,5 h in summer, 1,5 hrs in winter)-- Take a relaxing boat-trip on Radisson cruise, which will take you along Moskva-river to see impressive sights from the water. Interesting fact that it regulates the year round and during winter functions with ice-breaker. The boat has a restaurant with a nice menu. During the boat ride your guide will be paying your attention to attractions that you see from the window but also it’s time to ask questions about daily life in Russia: what do people do after work, how different Moscow is from regions, what the prices are, where else it’s worth travelling, etc.
After the tour, the guide can take you to the hotel or guide you to a nice restaurant in city center.
Accommodation: Pushkin Hotel
Meals Provided: Breakfast
3
Moscow
Our guide will meet you at hotel lobby after breakfast.
Moscow metro and Stalin’s skyscrapers tour (3 h)-- Hide from the chill and dive into the famous Moscow metro. Stop at the most beautiful stations of the Red, Green and Ring lines ( usually 8 stations). During the tour you will also visit the most spectacular examples of Soviet architecture – famous Stalin’s skyscrapers, including Ministry of Foreign Affairs (outside), Leningradskaya Hotel and a building near Krasnie Vorota (Red Gates) (outside).
After an intensive walk in the metro, enjoy tea with Russian pies in our favourite cafe.
After a food break, your guide will guide you to the Tretyakov gallery.
Tretyakov Gallery tour (1,5- 2h) Your guide is happy to show you the best of Tretyakov Art gallery. Nowadays it holds the largest collection of Russian fine art in the world along with brilliant masterpieces of iconography and it is open for your judgment and enjoyment. Started in the 1856 by merchant Pavel Tretyakov who had a noble goal of creating and preserving the best masterworks of Russian talents for future generations the art gallery now excites curious minds and is included in every tour of Moscow there is. During Tretyakov’s lifetime he managed to collect more than 2000 art works which are now available for everyone by his generous will. We will show you today something you have heard about all your life - Black Square by Kazimir Malevich, Girl with Peaches by Valentin Serov, Holy Trinity by Andrey Rublev and so much more.
After the tour, the guide can take you to the hotel or guide you to a nice restaurant in city center.
Optional and upon availability: ballet performance at Bolshoy theater or Kremlin Palace, or Nemirovicha-Danchenko theater.
Moscow metro and Stalin’s skyscrapers tour (3 h)-- Hide from the chill and dive into the famous Moscow metro. Stop at the most beautiful stations of the Red, Green and Ring lines ( usually 8 stations). During the tour you will also visit the most spectacular examples of Soviet architecture – famous Stalin’s skyscrapers, including Ministry of Foreign Affairs (outside), Leningradskaya Hotel and a building near Krasnie Vorota (Red Gates) (outside).
After an intensive walk in the metro, enjoy tea with Russian pies in our favourite cafe.
After a food break, your guide will guide you to the Tretyakov gallery.
Tretyakov Gallery tour (1,5- 2h) Your guide is happy to show you the best of Tretyakov Art gallery. Nowadays it holds the largest collection of Russian fine art in the world along with brilliant masterpieces of iconography and it is open for your judgment and enjoyment. Started in the 1856 by merchant Pavel Tretyakov who had a noble goal of creating and preserving the best masterworks of Russian talents for future generations the art gallery now excites curious minds and is included in every tour of Moscow there is. During Tretyakov’s lifetime he managed to collect more than 2000 art works which are now available for everyone by his generous will. We will show you today something you have heard about all your life - Black Square by Kazimir Malevich, Girl with Peaches by Valentin Serov, Holy Trinity by Andrey Rublev and so much more.
After the tour, the guide can take you to the hotel or guide you to a nice restaurant in city center.
Optional and upon availability: ballet performance at Bolshoy theater or Kremlin Palace, or Nemirovicha-Danchenko theater.
Accommodation: Pushkin Hotel
Meals Provided: Breakfast
4
Moscow
Our guide will meet you at hotel lobby after breakfast.
Back to USSR tour by car ( Victory museum and park and Sparrow Hills) 4,5 hrs -- First go to Sparrow Hills, which is the best observation point from which to look out over Moscow. Walk a bit further to see the enormous and breathtaking Moscow State University, one of Stalin’s skyscrapers (one of his so-called ‘Seven Sisters’). Continue the tour by visiting Victory Park (Poklonnaya Hill), a great place with a spectacular monument to the heroes of what Russians call the ‘Great Patriotic War’ (known to the rest of the world as World War II). You will go inside Victory museum after a walk outside. The museum guide will show you a rich exposition of the museum. In total, it has over 6000 artefacts. Don't worry you won't need to learn about each and every object! The story will be built about the topic of about the Great Patriotic War, which for Russian people has no less importance as the World War II. The guide will tell you about the great and sad victory and heroic deed for those who fought the battles of the Great Patriotic War. Strong emotions may appear at 3D historical panorama "Fight for Berlin" and a film showed on the walls and ceiling of Hall of Fame. The exhibition is a perfect illustration of how strong the memory of the war is in Russian society.
After the tour the driver will take you to the hotel.
Optional activity for the evening: “Not only vodka” tour (3 h)-- This is a drinking and cultural tour - two in one. You will walk the historic streets of Moscow by night with a local guide and discover iconic spots like the famous KGB building or a Chinese- style tea shop, full of students Myasnitskaya street and a beautiful building of Politechnic museum, currently in renovation. Take your chance to experience Russian beer from a local brewery. Walk a little more- in a while you will visit another popular place hidden in one of old streets. The guide will teach you the correct way to drink a shot of real Russian vodka and make a toast as locals do. Of course, we want you feel good the next day, that's why you also will have some appetizers and pickles. Finally, a truly Russian drink nastoika will be at the table, paired with suluguni, a white Georgian cheese
Back to USSR tour by car ( Victory museum and park and Sparrow Hills) 4,5 hrs -- First go to Sparrow Hills, which is the best observation point from which to look out over Moscow. Walk a bit further to see the enormous and breathtaking Moscow State University, one of Stalin’s skyscrapers (one of his so-called ‘Seven Sisters’). Continue the tour by visiting Victory Park (Poklonnaya Hill), a great place with a spectacular monument to the heroes of what Russians call the ‘Great Patriotic War’ (known to the rest of the world as World War II). You will go inside Victory museum after a walk outside. The museum guide will show you a rich exposition of the museum. In total, it has over 6000 artefacts. Don't worry you won't need to learn about each and every object! The story will be built about the topic of about the Great Patriotic War, which for Russian people has no less importance as the World War II. The guide will tell you about the great and sad victory and heroic deed for those who fought the battles of the Great Patriotic War. Strong emotions may appear at 3D historical panorama "Fight for Berlin" and a film showed on the walls and ceiling of Hall of Fame. The exhibition is a perfect illustration of how strong the memory of the war is in Russian society.
After the tour the driver will take you to the hotel.
Optional activity for the evening: “Not only vodka” tour (3 h)-- This is a drinking and cultural tour - two in one. You will walk the historic streets of Moscow by night with a local guide and discover iconic spots like the famous KGB building or a Chinese- style tea shop, full of students Myasnitskaya street and a beautiful building of Politechnic museum, currently in renovation. Take your chance to experience Russian beer from a local brewery. Walk a little more- in a while you will visit another popular place hidden in one of old streets. The guide will teach you the correct way to drink a shot of real Russian vodka and make a toast as locals do. Of course, we want you feel good the next day, that's why you also will have some appetizers and pickles. Finally, a truly Russian drink nastoika will be at the table, paired with suluguni, a white Georgian cheese
Accommodation: Pushkin Hotel
Meals Provided: Breakfast
5
Moscow
Our guide will meet you at hotel lobby a little later than usual. (between 12pm and 3pm- this tour can substitute lunch)
Local food market tour (3 hrs)-- You will take a ride to the part of Moscow where tourists would hardly go. It’s not dangerous, it’s just further from the center. :) You will be able to see a building that we call a ship and a building in the form of flower. However, our reason to go there is food. Our menu for the day will include sour, spicy, cheesy and sweet treats for your delectation. We hope you’re hungry! We’ll start with nature’s bounty: Russian honey served with herbs and berries. Next it’s on to appetisers and you’ll try the freshest cheeses and curd from the Caucasian region. Then it’s on to two proper Russian delicacies. First is smoked lard, which sounds a bit odd to the western palate, but trust us, it’s rich, fulfilling and delicious! Then, red caviar from the island of Sakhalin, an absolute must-eat while in Moscow.We’ll then head south to explore our favourite dishes from Uzbekistan and Dagestan, pilaf and chudu (scones) with cheese or pumpkin, finishing off with tea and pies. We recommend the sweet pie with poppy seeds. Yummy!
Happy and full, you’ll be guided to the hotel or you can of course stay and shop for tasty souvenirs too!
Local food market tour (3 hrs)-- You will take a ride to the part of Moscow where tourists would hardly go. It’s not dangerous, it’s just further from the center. :) You will be able to see a building that we call a ship and a building in the form of flower. However, our reason to go there is food. Our menu for the day will include sour, spicy, cheesy and sweet treats for your delectation. We hope you’re hungry! We’ll start with nature’s bounty: Russian honey served with herbs and berries. Next it’s on to appetisers and you’ll try the freshest cheeses and curd from the Caucasian region. Then it’s on to two proper Russian delicacies. First is smoked lard, which sounds a bit odd to the western palate, but trust us, it’s rich, fulfilling and delicious! Then, red caviar from the island of Sakhalin, an absolute must-eat while in Moscow.We’ll then head south to explore our favourite dishes from Uzbekistan and Dagestan, pilaf and chudu (scones) with cheese or pumpkin, finishing off with tea and pies. We recommend the sweet pie with poppy seeds. Yummy!
Happy and full, you’ll be guided to the hotel or you can of course stay and shop for tasty souvenirs too!
Accommodation: Pushkin Hotel
Meals Provided: Breakfast
6
Moscow - Depart Home
Private transfer to the airport
The driver will be waiting for you at the hotel lobby. ( about 4 hrs before the flight but it depends on departure time and the day)
We hope you enjoyed your trip and hope to see you back to Russia again!
The driver will be waiting for you at the hotel lobby. ( about 4 hrs before the flight but it depends on departure time and the day)
We hope you enjoyed your trip and hope to see you back to Russia again!
Meals Provided: Breakfast
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