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Russia

  • Overview
  • Basics
  • Getting Ready
  • Getting There
  • Strategies
  • Accommodations
  • Itinerary
  • Moscow Highlights
  • Moscow by Area
    • Kremlin
    • Red Square, Kitay Gorod
    • Arabatskaya
    • Tverskaya
    • Zamoskvoreche
    • Further Afield
  • Beyond Moscow
  • St. Petersburg Highlights
  • St. Petersburg by Area
    • Palace Embankment
    • Vasilevsky Island
    • Sennaya Bloashchad
    • Petrogradskaya
    • Volkovo
    • Day Trips
  • Contacts

Itinerary

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Day 1
Moscow

Arrive at Moscow airport. Transfer by private vehicle to your hotel.

Afternoon on your own

Dinner at hotel

Day 2
Moscow

Breakfast at hotel

Morning walking tour

Kremlin complex

  • Cathedral of the Assumption
  • State Armoury

Lunch at Suliko

Afternoon river cruise along the Moskva. The double-decked boats are a good way to view the sites along the river and get a feel for the city.

Dinner at Kitezh

Day 3
Moscow

Breakfast at hotel.

Morning walking tour with local guide

Red Square

  • Lenin’s Tomb
  • St. Basil’s Cathedral
  • KGB Museum in Lubyanka Square.

Lunch at Pushkin Restaurant

Afternoon drive

  • Tea at the private country mansion of Boris Pasternak, author of Dr. Zhivago.
  • Tretyakov Gallery

Dinner on your own

Day 4
Moscow

Breakfast at hotel

Morning gallery tour

  • Pushkin Museum

Lunch on your own

Afternoon shopping at the GUM or Afternoon sightseeing

Options include:

  • Novodevichy Convent
  • Andrey Rublyev Museum of Ancient Russian Culture
  • Trinity Monastery of St Sergius in Sergiev Posad

Dinner at Godunov

Overnight train to St Petersburg (9 hours)

Grand Express. Leaves approx 11:30 pm. Your Grand de Luxe compartment features an en suite cabin with private bathroom, shower and WiFi.

Day 5
St. Petersburg

On arrival in St Petersburg, transfer to hotel for early check-in.

Breakfast at hotel

Morning on your own

Lunch at hotel

Afternoon sightseeing

  • Yusupov Palace,
  • St. Isaac’s Cathedral
  • Peter and Paul Fortress

Dinner at Old Customs Restaurant

Day 6
St. Petersburg

Breakfast at hotel

Morning sightseeing with local guide

  • Hermitage Museum

Lunch on your own

Afternoon shopping on your own or Afternoon sightseeing on your own

Options include:

  • Church on Spilled Blood
  • Kazan Cathedral
  • Russian Museum

Dinner on your own

Day 7
St. Petersburg

Breakfast at hotel

Morning drive

  • Catherine’s Palace
  • Pavlovsk Palace

Lunch in rustic country restaurant

Afternoon at leisure

Dinner at Davidov’s restaurant in the Astoria hotel

Evening entertainment Kirov Ballet at the Mariinski Theater

Day 8
St. Petersburg

Breakfast at hotel

Morning

Hydrofoil to Peterhof

Lunch in a pavilion beside the palace

Afternoon

  • Chinese Palace of Lomonosov

Dinner and evening entertainment Private concert of traditional Russian choir singing at the Mansion of Baron Kolkch before dinner

Day 9

Breakfast at hotel

Transfer to airport for international flight back home.

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