Enjoy an extended stay to discover the two major cities of Russia. First Moscow, its fabulous Kremlin and its thousand of churches. Then head to the Gulf of Finland to admire St. Petersburg, "Venice of the North" with its numerous canals and sumptuous palaces.
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 time in the morning for a personnal discovery of the capital (Option: guided tour of the Izmailovsky flea market and its colored kremlin). Free time for lunch.
Meeting with you guide for a tour of the Kremlin (territory and cathedrals): 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. Its walls also house the tombs of 47 tsars as well as many curiosities.
Free time for dinner, overnight stay at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Free day in Moscow for a personal discovery of the city.
In the evening, transfer to the train station to take your night train to St-Petersburg (supplement of 80€/pers. for travelling in 1st class - train compartment of two people) . Departure time to be determined according to train schedules.
Night on the train.
Early welcome by your guide at the train station (breakfast on the train).
Departure with your guide and your driver for a city tour of St. Petersburg by transport, and guided tour of Peter and Paul Fortress: You discover 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.
Free time for lunch and free afternoon for a personal discovery of the city (Option: guided tour of the sumptuous private apartments of the Yussupov Palace).
Free time for dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Meet with your guide and depart for the guided tour of the Hermitage Museum: A shining jewel of Russian Baroque art, the Hermitage Museum is one of the most important museums in the world. Listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, it contains best-known works of art of the great masters who represent Dutch, Italian, Flemish, and Spanish schools. You will be amazed by the rich collections and by the magnificence of the palace itself.
Free time for lunch and a free afternoon for a personal discovery of the city (Option: 1/ River cruise on the canals of St. Petersburg from mid-may to mi-september, 2/ Guided tour of the interactive miniature museum Petrovskaya Aquatorya)
Free time for dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
In summer, a guided tour of the Peterhof Palace: Very impressed by the splendour of the French court, Peter the Great installed his Russian Versailles on the edge of the Baltic Sea to mark his victory over the Swedes. A long canal connected to the Gulf of Finland allowed the guests to reach the palace by boat, admiring the great waterfall, this wonderful set of fountains, water jets and sculptures that still function from mid-May to September.
In winter, guided tour of the Pushkin Palace: Renamed "Pushkin" after the Revolution, the city of Tsarskoye Selo houses the splendid Catherine Palace, and the Alexander Palace built by Catherine II on the occasion of the wedding of her grandson. You will appreciate the beauty of the buildings, the interiors and the gardens. (Optional: guided tour of the Pavlovsk Palace, famous for its interiors and the beauty of its English garden).
Free time for dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Departure for a guided tour of St. Isaac Cathedral and St. Savior on the Spilled Blood Cathedral (with a breathtaking climb to its collonade). The Orthodox Cathedral of St-Isaac, built in the nineteenth century under the reigns of Alexander I, Nicholas I, and Alexander II, had remained the center of religious life in St-Petersburg until the Revolution. The third-largest cathedral in Europe, it has a magnificent view of the city and of the Neva river from its main dome which is 102 meters high.
Built by Alexander III on the spot where his father, Alexander II, was murdered in 1881, St. Savior on the Spilled Blood Cathedral was constructed in Neo-Russian style. Along with St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, the St. Savior on the Spilled Blood Cathedral is one of the most picturesque and most visited museums in St. Petersburg today.
Free time for lunch, and free afternoon for a personal discovery of the city (Option: 1/ Guided tour of the Russian Museum offering a complete panorama of all Russian painting schools from the 10th century to the present day, 2/ Guided tour of Kunstkamera, a fascinating museum of objects collected by Peter the Great).
Free time for dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Free time, depending on flight schedules.
Transfer to the airport and return flight.
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. 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.
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