Moscow – Saint Petersburg
Itinerary
Day 1 – Moscow
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Arrival to Moscow (flight TBA)
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Meeting with the driver
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Transfer to the hotel
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14:00 Check-in
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Day free
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Overnight at the hotel
Transport service: for transfer.
Guide service: NO
Day 2 – Moscow
Breakfast at the hotel
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10:00 Meeting with the guide
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Panoramic city tour with stops at the most famous sights:
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Red Square
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St. Basil’s Cathedral (outside)
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GUM department store
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Visit to the Kremlin & Cathedrals
The Moscow Kremlin is a fortified complex in the center of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River. It is the best known of the citadels. -
Arbat street walking
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Metro-tour
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Transfer to the hotel
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Overnight at the hotel
Transport and guide services: 10:00 – 18:00
Day 3 – Moscow – St. Petersburg
Breakfast at the hotel, Check-out
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Meeting with the driver
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Transfer to the Railway Terminal
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2nd class Sapsan train Moscow-St.Petersburg
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Arrival to St. Petersburg
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Meeting with the driver
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Transfer to the hotel
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Check-in
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Overnight at the hotel
Transport service: for transfer.
Guide service: NO
Day 4 – St. Petersburg
Breakfast at the hotel
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10:00 Meeting with the guide
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10:00–14:00 City tour around Saint Petersburg:
You will see the most beautiful and well-known places in the city. You will stroll along the first and main street of Saint Petersburg – Nevsky Prospect – See ‘Gostiny Dvor’ and ‘Dom Knigi’, the Stroganov Palace, and of course, Admiralty – the first shipping yard of Saint Petersburg – the beginning of Nevsky Prospect.
You will also visit the Spit of Vasilyevsky Island, a place from which you can see a vast and magnificent panorama of the center of Saint Petersburg. Among them is the Hare Island where in 1703 Peter the Great began construction of the Peter and Paul fortress, himself laying the foundation stones. -
Visit Peter and Paul’s fortress
The cradle of Saint Petersburg – Peter and Paul fortress is located on Hare Island. It was founded in 1703 and it’s the historical core of St. Petersburg. Its architect was the famous Domenico Trezzini, who made a significant contribution to the beginning of the building and urban design of St. Petersburg. -
14:00–15:00 A tour of the rivers and canals of St. Petersburg.
You will have a fascinating journey through Northern Venice with its picturesque water streets and openwork fences, humpback bridges and grand facades. -
15:30–17:00 Excursion to the Hermitage, the largest museum in Russia and one of the most important and well-known museums of the world.
The museum boasts 353 rooms, filled with masterpieces by Raphael, Titian, Giorgione, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and others. The total number of pieces kept by the museum tallies to somewhere around 3 million. You can visit the Knights’ Room where you can find a wide range of tournament, parade and hunting gear, as well as armour, edged weapons and firearms. The room of Ancient Egypt contains an Egyptian mummy. -
Transfer to the hotel
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Free time for leisure
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23:30–2:30 Saint Petersburg White Night tour
Saint Petersburg is famous because of white nights and the main performance during it is raising of bridges over the Neva River. -
Transfer to the hotel
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Overnight at the hotel
Transport and guide services: 10:00 – 18:00 and 23:30 – 2:30
Day 5 – St. Petersburg
Breakfast at the hotel
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10:00 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby
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11:00–12:30 Countryside tour to Pushkin with the visit of Catherine’s Palace and Amber Room
The Summer Palace is the heart of Tsarskoe Selo (Tsar’s Village) – here you may feel the atmosphere of the Royal way of life in its entire magnificence. It is hard to believe that almost everything inside the palace is a result of a careful restoration, which has been finished just 8 years ago. Nowadays the legendary Amber Room, where this precious resin covered the walls in a magnificent and shining style, as well as the radiant interiors have finally regained their former splendor after they suffered from severe damages during World War II. Today tourists from all over the world come to the Pushkin to see the marvelous park and the Catherine’s Palace, definitely one of the most impressive highlights of every visit to Saint Petersburg. -
12:30–13:00 Visit of Catherine’s Park
One of the most picturesque parks among the former residences of the Russian Emperors. -
13:30–14:30 Time for lunch
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15:00–17:00 Time for shopping in Outlet Village Pulkovo
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Return to St. Petersburg
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Overnight at the hotel
Transport and guide services: 10:00 – 18:00
Day 6 – St. Petersburg
Breakfast at the hotel
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12:00 Check-out
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Transfer to the airport
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Flight departure (flight TBA)
End of services
Transport service: for transfer.
Guide service: NO