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The Time Machine.
Deeper in the Past of Russia.
14 days in Saint-Petersburg and Moscow

Itinerary


Day 1
3 hour orientation bus tour through the city. The Peter & Paul Fortress. The house of Peter the First. Menshikov`s palace. St. Petersburg bridges.
Stalin's period architecture. Modern buildings.

Day 2
Excursion to St.Isaac's Cathedral one of the largest cathedrals in Europe and one of the symbols of St. Petersburg.
Excursion to the the Hermitage Museum, the winter palace of Russian emperors and one of the largest art museums of the world.

Day 3
Trip to the town of Shlisselburg and visit the Oreshek fortress.

Day 4
Visit of the Ethnographical Museum

Day 5
Daytrip to Novgorod (17 hours)

Day 6
Free time

Day 7
Excursion trip to the town of Old Ladoga
Transfer to the railway station. Departure to Moscow. Night train.

Day 8
Orientation bus tour. Dedication to Muscovites. The main streets and squares of the city, world known sights of the capital. Moscow Kremlin. Historical architectural complex of Sobornaya Plochad. Church of Christ the Savior, Novodevichy monastery. Vorobjevy Gory. Poklonnaya Gora, Kutuzovsky prospect, Arbat street. Night reception Russian nights, Russian cuisine and folk show.

Day 9
Excursion Merchants, and earls` Moscow Arbat street. Earls` estates. Zamoskvorechje. Kazachja Sloboda. Merchants` estates. Tretjyakovskaya gallery.

Day 10
Trip to Sergiev Posad. Troitse-Sergieva monastery founded by Sergy Radonezsky more than 600 years ago. Architecture of churches of the ancient monastery. Troitsky cathedral. Famous icons of Andrei Rublev. Fresco. Old Russian needlework of the 14-17th centuries.

Day 11
Monasteries and churches of the 16th century.

Day 12
Trip to Pereslavl-Zalessky. Church town of the 12th century.
Reservation museum Goritsky monastery. Masterpieces of icon painting and wooden sculpture.

Day 13
Park museum Kolomenskoye. The palace and the park of Tsar Aleksey Mikhailovich. Spassky gates, prikaznye palaty and other architectural memorials of the 16th century.

Day 14
Folk art craft fund. Moscow history museum.
 

 
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The tour includes:
- Airport/railway station pick-up
- Excursion program
- Guidance
- Transfer
- Reception
- Tickets to the museums
 


Additional:
- Theatre performances
- Meeting outstanding people
 
 
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