Moscow & St. Petersburg: 7-Nights
$3275 per person
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4 pax – $2630
6 pax – $2640
8 pax – $2620
What’s Included:
Accommodation in Moscow in a boutique hotel ( TBC but “Pushkin” hotel mostly) in standard double/ twin with 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.
Accommodation in St Petersburg in 4* hotel “Golden Triangle” ( TBC) in standard double/ twin with 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
Pickets for fast “Sapsan” train
Metro tickets for the tours
Entrance fees to museums and a boat
Invitations for a visa
Russian tea with pies during “Moscow metro” tour
Food and drinks tasting at food market and a communal flat
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 -
Departure City
St. Petersburg, 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 to St. Petersburg
Private transfer to the train station. Take a fast train “Sapsan” from Moscow to St Petersburg (the journey takes 4 hours, there are morning, day and evening trains)
Meet our representative near your car carriage at the station. Private transfer to the hotel “Golden Triangle”.
Leave or luggage at the hotel (or check-in if it’s after 2pm). No early check-in is included.
Evening free to breathe fresh air of the city on the Neva river.
Meet our representative near your car carriage at the station. Private transfer to the hotel “Golden Triangle”.
Leave or luggage at the hotel (or check-in if it’s after 2pm). No early check-in is included.
Evening free to breathe fresh air of the city on the Neva river.
Accommodation: Golden Triangle Hotel
Meals Provided: Breakfast
5
St. Petersburg
Meet your guide at the hotel lobby.
Walking tour at the city centre and to Peter and Paul’s Fortress by metro (the Fortress is included but upon wish). Start your day with a sightseeing tour. Explore the most beautiful and impressive city attractions but also get a more local taste of the city’s life. Pass by small, cozy cafes and indie bars, discover graffiti in the courtyards and by gorgeous side-streets. Walk along Nevsky Prospekt, the main street of St Petersburg, with countless shops, restaurants, and hotels. Visit the Kazan Cathedral – one of the most picturesque churches on Nevsky. Take a picture of the colorful and breathtaking Church of the Savior on the Spilt Blood, take in the cityscape from the top of the colonnade of St. Isaac’s Cathedral.
We will have a lunch break for you to have a snack.
Private guided visit to the Hermitage-- Today visit the Hermitage – one of the biggest and oldest museums of art and culture in the world. Its collections feature over 3 million masterpieces, representing the development of world culture and art from the Stone Age to the 20th century. The museum’s main building is the Winter Palace, a former residence of the Russian emperor; you won’t miss it because it’s grand and beautiful.
Walking tour at the city centre and to Peter and Paul’s Fortress by metro (the Fortress is included but upon wish). Start your day with a sightseeing tour. Explore the most beautiful and impressive city attractions but also get a more local taste of the city’s life. Pass by small, cozy cafes and indie bars, discover graffiti in the courtyards and by gorgeous side-streets. Walk along Nevsky Prospekt, the main street of St Petersburg, with countless shops, restaurants, and hotels. Visit the Kazan Cathedral – one of the most picturesque churches on Nevsky. Take a picture of the colorful and breathtaking Church of the Savior on the Spilt Blood, take in the cityscape from the top of the colonnade of St. Isaac’s Cathedral.
We will have a lunch break for you to have a snack.
Private guided visit to the Hermitage-- Today visit the Hermitage – one of the biggest and oldest museums of art and culture in the world. Its collections feature over 3 million masterpieces, representing the development of world culture and art from the Stone Age to the 20th century. The museum’s main building is the Winter Palace, a former residence of the Russian emperor; you won’t miss it because it’s grand and beautiful.
Accommodation: Golden Triangle Hotel
Meals Provided: Breakfast
6
St. Petersburg
Meet your guide at the hotel lobby.
Boat trip along rivers and channels-- It’s time to discovery St Petersburg from the water. Explore St Petersburg’s numerous rivers and channels during a boat trip.
Enjoy the gorgeous architecture of the city and the beautiful buildings situated right on the banks of its rivers and canals.
Boat trip along rivers and channels-- It’s time to discovery St Petersburg from the water. Explore St Petersburg’s numerous rivers and channels during a boat trip.
Enjoy the gorgeous architecture of the city and the beautiful buildings situated right on the banks of its rivers and canals.
Accommodation: Golden Triangle Hotel
Meals Provided: Breakfast
7
St. Petersburg
Meet your guide at the hotel lobby.
The Russian museum tour--Russian museum is the first state museum of Russian art in the country. Tzar Aleksandr the Third decided to open such museum in 19 century. The museum collection is large: it has over 400 000 pieces of Russian art from the period between the 10th to the 21st centuries!
Food market and kommunalka-flat tour-- Discover authentic Russian culture on this food tour that takes you from the oldest market through to a modern residential neighbourhood — where you’ll be welcomed into a local’s home for dinner! Dig into a traditional home cooked meal paired with tastings of vodka and Crimean wines, then play some typical Russian games with your hosts. This is the best (and tastiest!) way to uncover the real St. Petersburg.
Accommodation: Golden Triangle Hotel
Meals Provided: Breakfast
The Russian museum tour--Russian museum is the first state museum of Russian art in the country. Tzar Aleksandr the Third decided to open such museum in 19 century. The museum collection is large: it has over 400 000 pieces of Russian art from the period between the 10th to the 21st centuries!
Food market and kommunalka-flat tour-- Discover authentic Russian culture on this food tour that takes you from the oldest market through to a modern residential neighbourhood — where you’ll be welcomed into a local’s home for dinner! Dig into a traditional home cooked meal paired with tastings of vodka and Crimean wines, then play some typical Russian games with your hosts. This is the best (and tastiest!) way to uncover the real St. Petersburg.
Accommodation: Golden Triangle Hotel
Meals Provided: Breakfast
8
St. Petersburg - 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!
Meals Provided: Breakfast
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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