Available Dates:
25.12.09 - 03.01.2010 (Reverse direction from St.Petersburg to Moscow).
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Moscow.
Arrival in Moscow. Meet at the airport or train station by the driver. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 2: Kremlin and Red Square.
Breakfast at the hotel. Moscow city tour by metro and on foot, including the Kremlin and Red Square. Time at leisure. Overnight at the hotel. Includes: (B).
Day 3: Kolomenskoye Estate and New Maidens' Convent.
Breakfast at the hotel. Tour by car or bus to the Novodevichy (New Maidens') Convent and Kolomenskoe Estate. Time at leisure. Overnight at the hotel. Includes: (B).
Day 4: Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov Veliky.
Breakfast at the hotel. Pick-up at the hotel in Moscow by the driver. Transfer to Sergiev Posad (58 km). Sergiev Posad city tour - Trinity Monastery of St.Sergius, Trinity Cathedral, Cathedral of the Assumption. Transfer to Pereslavl-Zalessky (65 km). Pereslavl-Zalessky city tour - Red Square and the 1152 Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour, Nikitsky Monastery. Departure for Rostov Velikiy (66 km). Accommodation at the hotel in Rostov Veliky. Overnight at the hotel. Includes: (B).
Day 5: Yaroslavl.
Breakfast at the hotel. Rostov city tour - Kremlin (architecture, the Enamel Museum or the Museum of ancient Russian art). Transfer to Yaroslavl (57 km). Yaroslavl city tour - city center, Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour, Church of Elijah the Prophet. Departure for Suzdal (~ 200 km). Arrival in Suzdal. Overnight at the hotel (we may stay for overnight in Vladimir). Includes: (B).
Day 6: Suzdal and Vladimir.
Breakfast at the hotel. Suzdal city tour - Kremlin (architecture, the Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral, Cross Hall), Saviour Monastery of St. Euthymius, the Museum of Wooden Architecture or the Intercession Convent. Transfer to Vladimir. Vladimir city tour. Transfer to Moscow. Arrival in Moscow, transfer to the train station. 21:50 - Departure by train to Velikiy Novgorod. Overnight at train. Includes: (B).
Day 7: Novgorod and Surroundings.
06:10 - Arrival in Velikiy Novgorod. Transfer to the hotel. Tour by car or bus to the St. Yury Monastery of the 11th Century and the Museum of Wooden Architecture "Vitoslavitsy". Walking tour to the Kremlin of Novgorod, St. Sophia Cathedral of the 11th century, Yaroslav's Courtyard (the ancient Marketplace, where architectural monuments of the 11th-17th Centuries are located). Overnight at the hotel. Includes: (B).
Day 8: Saint Petersburg.
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the train station, 08:00 - Departure by train to St.Petersburg (we may replace the train transfer with the bus transfer). 11:20 - Arrival in St.Petersburg. Meet by the guide at the train station. St.Petersburg tour with a local guide by car or bus, including Peter and Paul's Fortress or St. Isaac's Cathedral. Lunch. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation. Time at leisure. Overnight at the hotel. Includes: (B, L).
Day 9: Saint Petersburg.
Breakfast at the hotel. Walking tour to the Hermitage Museum. Time at leisure. Overnight at the hotel. Includes: (B).
Day 10: Saint Petersburg.
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport or train station. Departure. Includes: (B).
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Prices:
- Single supplement at the hotels - 280 USD
- Supplement for private accommodation at sleeping cabin for 2 people at the trains Moscow-Novgorod: 59 USD/person.
Price Includes:
- Accommodation at standard tourist class hotels or mini-hotels.
- Car/bus and boat transfers as per itinerary.
- Meals as per itinerary (B - breakfast, L - lunch, D - dinner).
- Tours as per itinerary with local English-speaking guides.
- Train tickets Moscow - Velikiy Novgorod (2nd class sleeper), Velikiy Novgorod - St.Petersburg (2nd class seat).
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