After an immersion in the Russian capital, follow in the footsteps of the Golden Horde to Tatarstan. Discover Kazan, the sublime capital of Tatarstan, before crossing the picturesque island of Sviajsk. Then explore the Raïfa monastery and the Temple of all religions, before relaxing on the banks of the Volga River.
Arrival in Moscow. Welcome by your driver and transfer to the hotel.
Free time for dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Meeting with your personal guide and drive for a Moscow city tour by transport: Discover the Red Square, St. Basil Cathedral, the GUM supermarket, the Kremlin, the Bolshoy theatre, Tverskaya Street, and the Sparrow mountain ("Vorobyevi Gory") with its superb view over Moscow and finally the view of the Novodevichy convent.
Free time for lunch, then guided tour of the Tretyakov Gallery: Housed in the private mansion of collector Pavel Tretyakov, in the heart of the picturesque Moscow district of "Zamoskvorietchié", the "Tretyakova" gathers the most important collection of Russian art and icons in the world and covers the history of Russia in the 11th and 20th centuries.
Free time for dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Free day in Moscow for a personal discovery of the city (Option: guided tour of the Kremlin and the Armoury Chamber).
Transfer to the train station at 8 pm to catch the night train for Kazan (Option: flight Moscow-Kazan, departure at night, flight duration - 1.5 hour).
Free time for dinner and night in the train.
Arrival in Kazan. Meeting at the train station with your driver and transfer to the hotel.
Meeting with your English-speaking tour guide for the "Kazan millennia" city tour by transport: the Cathedral of Peter and Paul, the mosques Azimovskaya and Marddjani and the must-see sights of the city, such as the Liberty Square, the Tukaya, May 1st, the Kaban Lake, the Kazanskii Posad, the University.
Free time for lunch. Walking tour of the Kazan Kremlin. During the city tour, you will see a set of remarkable historical monuments which are typical for Tatar and Russian cultures and you will be fascinated by the 13 towers, the Qul Sharif mosque, the Blagoveshenskii Cathedral, the Syuyumbuke, and Spasskaya Towers and the Presidential Palace.
Free time for dinner and night at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Set off for a day excursion to discover three emblematic places in the Kazan region : the Svyazhsk Peninsula boasts and remarkable number of Monastery churches, one of which will soon be listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO ; the monastery of Raïfa, located near a beautiful lake, was one of the first Orthodox sites built after the capture of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible ; the Temple of all religions is an immense and colourful architectural complex designed to represent the 16 largest religions in the world.
Free time for dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Free day for a personal discovery of the city (optional : 1/ day excursion to Bolgar, a major village famous for its white mosque and open-air museum; 2 / day excursion to Yochkar Ola, a surprising European-style city and capital of the Republic of Maris; 3 / day excursion to Yelabuga, a picturesque tatar village full of architectural monuments from the 19th century).
Free time for dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel. Free morning.
Transfer to the airport. Return flight.
Alternative program on request :
> More or less tours can be organised
. Accommodation (as mentioned or similar) in standard room on double basis (unless your quotation indicates another room category)
. Breakfasts
. Transport mentioned
. Guided tours mentioned with an English-speaking guide and entrance tickets
. Unsigned meals (lunch, diner)
. Possible public transport costs
. Tips and personal expenses
. Optional tours and services
. These services are only included if they are explicitly indicated in your quotation
. Deposit of 30% of the total amount of the tour when booking it
. The rest of amount (70%) 45 days before departure
. The order of the visits may be modified according to the confirmation of the touristic sites or for any other technical reasons
. Non-contractual photos
. In case of a delay in the delivery of baggage at the airport, and according to the Warsaw Convention, the recipient (the passenger) must personally send a written protest to the actual carrier (the company operating the flight, which may be different from the company selling the ticket in the case of a code-share flight) within 21 days from the day on which the baggage was placed at his disposal.
. If the cancellation occurs more than 45 days before your departure, the cancellation fee is 15% of the total amount of the trip.
. Between 45 days and 31 days before departure, it amounts 30% of the total amount of the trip.
. Between 30 days and 15 days, it amounts 50%.
. Between 14 days and 8 days, it amounts 75%.
. If the cancellation occurs less than 7 days before departure, the cancellation fee is 100% of the total amount.
Special cases: 100% cancellation fee may be applied upon registration on certain services, including, unless otherwise stated, on all plane tickets, train tickets and show tickets. These charges are calculated in addition to the general cancellation fee.
The combination of travel services offered to you is a package within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2015/2302 and Article L.211-2 II of the Tourism Code. You will therefore benefit from all the rights granted to packages. Tsar Voyages will be responsible for the proper execution of the package as a whole. In addition, Tsar Voyages has a protection in order to refund your payments and, if the transport is included in the package, to ensure your repatriation in case it becomes insolvent.
Please note that Tsar Voyages cannot be held responsible for the following events:
. Consequences of unforeseeable or unavoidable events of a third party such as: wars, political unrest, strikes, riots, technical or administrative incidents outside Tsar Voyages, airspace congestion, bad weather, delays (including in the dispatch of mail...), breakdowns, loss or theft of luggage or other personal effects of travellers.
. Cancellation imposed by exceptional and unavoidable circumstances, for reasons related to the maintenance of the security of the travellers, for injunction of an administrative authority: in this case, Tsar Voyages reserves the right to modify the dates, schedules or routes planned in order to ensure the security of the travellers, without any possible recourse.
. The person making the registration in the name and on behalf of all the participants in the trip undertakes to transmit to each traveller the information provided concerning the trip so that Tsar Voyages cannot be held responsible for any defect or omission in the transmission of this information.
