Amazing Russia

Welcome to Moscow. On your arrival, our representative will meet you at the airport and transfer you to your hotel. Take some rest and prepare for an exciting sightseeing tour of Moscow tomorrow! An overnight stay and dinner at hotel.

After breakfast meet with your guide and personal driver for a ride transit city:  Discover the Red Square , the Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed, the GUM, the Kremlin, the Bolshoi , Manege Square, Tverskaya Street, then Mont "Vorobievi" (or Mount of sparrows) with its beautiful panorama and finally the view of the Novodevichy convent. An overnight stay and dinner at hotel.

After lunch,  then  guided tour of the subway and Saint-Sauveur Cathedral :  The Moscow Metro stations are often compared to real "underground palace". The Saint-Sauveur Cathedral is an emblematic monument of the capital. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

After breakfast meet with your guide and take a guided tour of the Kremlin Palace, its territory and its cathedrals:  the former residence of the Tsars, the largest and most famous fortress in the country, the Kremlin is a complex of palaces and cathedrals, the oldest of which date back to the 16th century . In this walls are also home to the graves of 47 tsars and numerous other curiosities, then  free afternoon for a personal discovery of the city. An overnight stay and dinner at hotel.

After breakfast, today is free day in Moscow for a personal discovery of the city (Optional:  guided tour of the Tretyakov Gallery ).

In the evening, transfer to the station to take your 2nd class night train in the direction of Saint Petersburg (supplement 80 € / pers. For travel in 1st class - compartment for two people). Departure time to be defined according to the train timetables ( Optional : take the fast train (4h) in the afternoon, and spend an additional night in Saint Petersburg). Free dinner then overnight on the train.

Early welcome by your guide at the train station (breakfast on the train). Breakfast at hotel. Departure with your guide for a city tour of St. Petersburg by transport then visit the Peter and Paul Fortress: discovery of the sumptuous capital dreamed by Peter the great at the mouth of the Neva. The Decembrist square, the Admiralty and the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, the Nevsky Prospect, the canals, Savior on the Spilled Blood ... the city tour is the ideal excursion to understand the geography of this great city.

Post lunch and free afternoon for a personal discovery of the city (optional: guided tour of the sumptuous private apartments of the Yssupov Palace). An overnight stay and dinner at hotel.

After breakfast today is free morning for a personal discovery of the city. Meet your guide and set off on foot to visit the State Hermitage Museum:  A real gem of Russian Baroque art, the Hermitage Museum is one of the most important museums in the world. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it houses treasures from Antiquity and the works of the great masters of the Dutch, Italian, Flemish and Spanish schools. A visit appreciated both for the richness of the collections and for the magnificence of the buildings. An overnight stay and dinner at hotel.

After breakfast meet our guide who will show you amazing places of St. Petersburg. During the summer, guided tour of the domain of  Peterhof : The palace of Peterhof was the Russian Versailles. The long canal connecting it to the Gulf of Finland allowed guests to reach the palace by boat. Admire the Great Waterfall and the formidable set of waterfalls, fountains, and sculptures that operate from mid-May to September.

During the winter, guided tour of Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin) : The village of Tsarskoye Selo (Imperial Village) was founded in the 18th century to accommodate the summer residence of the czars. Renamed "Pushkin" after the Revolution, it houses the splendid Catherine Palace, built by Rastrelli on the order of Elizabeth I, and the Alexander Palace built by Catherine II on the occasion of the marriage of her son, the future Alexander I ( In option : guided tour of Pavlovsk in addition). An overnight stay and dinner at hotel.

This day marks the end of an unforgettable vacation to Russia. After breakfast check out from your hotel by 12:00 pm. Later our representative will transfer you to the airport/railway station.