Special Tour 4 - Literature - St. Petersburg 4 Days
Dedicated to the famous Russian poet Pushkin

Day 1

Arrival on an afternoon flight
transportation to hotel and accommodation
Dinner at hotel

Day 2

Breakfast at the hotel
City sightseeing with introduction
of Pushkin Memorial Flat Museum
Lunch at the Literary Cafe
Visit to Tsarskoye Selo, 40 min drive
Visit to the Catherine Palace and
The Memorial Pushkin Country House
Dinner at the hotel

Day 3

Breakfast at the hotel
Hermitage Art Museum ( “Pushkin & Russian Tsars” )
Lunch at a local restaurant
Peter & Paul Fortress and Pushkin’s contemporaries,
prisoners of the Russian Bastille
Dinner at the hotel
Evening at the theatre ( libretto based on Pushkin’s novels & poems)

Day 4

Breakfast at the hotel
Visit to the Literary House ( Pushkin Department )
Lunch at a local restaurant
Transportation to airport, 45 min drive. Departure on a late afternoon flight

Optional tours:

• The Lyseum in Tsarskoye Selo
• Pskov - two day excursion to Pushkinskije Gory
• Mikhailovskoje, Svyatogorskij Monastery

Special Tour 5 - Restoration - St. Petersburg 4 Days

Day 1

Arrival on an afternoon flight
transportation to hotel and accommodation
Dinner at hotel

Day 2

Breakfast at the hotel
City sightseeing with special focus on
restoration works.
Lunch at Literaturnoye Cafe ,
the former fashionable Cafe Wulf et Beranger
Visit to Stroganov Palace with introduction
to restoration works
Dinner at the hotel

Day 3

Breakfast at the hotel
Hermitage Art Museum with visit to restored rooms
Lunch at a local restaurant
Visit to the State Academy of Appplied Art
(Baron Stieglitz Museum)
Dinner at the hotel

Day 4

Breakfast at the hotel
Visit to Tsarskoye Selo, 45 min drive;
the Catherine Palace, including excursion to
the famous Amber Room and restoration workshops
Lunch at a local restaurant
Transportation to airport, 15 min drive
Departure on a late afternoon flight

Optional tours:

• Russian Museum, visit to the exhibition entitled “ Conquering Time”, devoted to the restoration of works of art
• St.Isaac’s Cathedral and exposition “ Restoration “
• Restoration works at the Sheremetev Palace
• Gatchina, Paul’s Palace

Special Tour 6 - Peter the Great - St. Petersburg 4 Days

Day 1

Arrival on an afternoon flight
transportation to hotel and accommodation
Dinner at hotel

Day 2

Breakfast at the hotel
City sightseeing with visit to
Peter & Paul Fortress
Lunch at a local restaurant
Visit to Peter’s Cottage
Dinner at the hotel
Evening at the theatre

Day 3

Breakfast at the hotel
Hermitage Art Museum
with visit to Peter’s first Winter Palace,
(the foundations of which were discovered
during the restoration of the Hermitage Theatre)
Lunch at a local restaurant
Visit to Kunstkammer - the first museum in
St.Petersburg, Peters’s collection of curiosities and freaks
Dinner at the hotel

Day 4

Breakfast at the hotel
Visit to Peterhof (Petrodvorets),
1 hour drive, visit to the Grand Palace and
Peter’s favourite Monplaisir Palace
Lunch at a local restaurant
Transportation to airport, 50 min drive
Departure on a late afternoon flight

Optional tours:

• Peter’s Summer Palace in the Summer Garden
• Menshikov Palace
• Kronstadt, the former naval base built by the order of Peter I (1 hour drive)

Special Tour 7 - Art - St. Petersburg 4 Days

Day 1

Arrival on an afternoon flight
transportation to hotel and accommodation
Dinner at hotel

Day 2

Breakfast at the hotel
City sightseeing with a visit to Vanguard Art Gallery
Lunch at a local restaurant
Visit to the Hermitage Art Museum
Dinner at the hotel

Day 3

Breakfast at the hotel
Visit to the Russian Museum
Lunch at a local restaurant
Visit to the State Academy of Appplied Art
(Baron Stieglits Museum)
Dinner at the hotel
Evening at the theatre

Day 4

Breakfast at the hotel
Visit to Tsarskoye Selo, 45 min drive
the Catherine Palace - The Golden Age of Arts
Lunch at the Pavlovsk Palace restaurant
Visit to Paul’s Palace, 15 min drive
Transportation to airport, 25 min drive
Departure on a late afternoon flight

Optional tours:

• Academy of Fine Arts Museum
• Central Exhibition Hall
• Visit to an artist’s studio

Special Tour 8 - Rise and Fall of the Russian Empire - St. Petersburg 5 Days

Day 1
Necropolis of the Romanovs & St.Petersburg Architecture

Arrival on an afternoon flight
transportation to hotel and accommodation
Lunch at hotel
city tour with focus on the Palace Embankment
Visit to St.Peter & Paul Fortress -
the burial place of the Russian Tsars
Dinner at the hotel

Day 2
Peter’s Footsteps

Breakfast at the hotel
Visit to Peterhof (Petrodvorets), 1hour drive
Grand Palace or Monplaisir & park with its famous fountains
Lunch at “Imperial Stol” restaurant
Hermitage Art Museum including visit to the first
Winter Palace of Peter the Great
Dinner at the hotel

Day 3
Catherine the Great - the Golden Age of Russia

Breakfast at the hotel
Visit to Tsarskoye Selo (Tsar’s Village), 1,5 hrs drive
the Catherine Palace & park
Visit to Pavlovsk, the summer residence of Paul I
Lunch at “Podvorye” restaurant - Russian style cottage, good Russian meals, nice rustic atmosphere
St.Isaac’s Cathedral
Dinner at the hotel

Day 4
Nicholas II -Last Days of the Romanov family

Breakfast at the hotel
Visit to the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoye Selo,
the last refuge of Nicholas family with visit to the Cave Church,
private church of his wife Alexandra
Lunch at “Trapeza” on the grounds of the former monastic complex
Visit to Yusupov Palace - Rasputin and Autocracy Agony
Dinner at the hotel

Day 5

Breakfast at the hotel
Transportation to airport
Departure on a late afternoon flight

Note : Excursions to other palaces available upon request

Optionals:

• Evening at the theatre
• Farewell Dinner

Special Tour 9 - Architecture - St. Petersburg 5 Days

Day 1

Arrival on an afternoon flight
transportation to hotel and accommodation
Dinner at hotel

Day 2

Breakfast at the hotel
City sightseeing with a focus on the best
architectural ensembles of St.Petersburg
Lunch at a local restaurant
Visit to the Hermitage Art Museum
Dinner at the hotel

Day 3

Breakfast at the hotel
Visit to Tsarskoye Selo, 45 min drive
The Catherine Palace & park
Lunch at a local restaurant
Visit to The Peter & Paul Fortress and
Peter’s Log Cabin
Dinner at the hotel
Evening at the theatre

Day 4

Breakfast at the hotel
Visit to the Yusupov Palace
Lunch at a local restaurant
Free time
Dinner at the hotel

Day 5

Breakfast at the hotel
Excursion to the Academy of Fine Arts with
a short visit to an architect’s studio
Lunch at a local restaurant
Transportation to airport, 50 min drive
Departure on a late afternoon flight

Optional tours:

• Architecture of St.Petersburg in the 18th century
• Architecture of St.Petersburg in the 19th century
• The constructivist architecture of St.Petersburg

Special Tour 10 - Moscow - St. Petersburg 6 Days

Day 1

Arrival on an evening flight to Moscow
transportation to the hotel Belgrad and accommodation
Dinner at the hotel

Day 2

Breakfast at the hotel
City sightseeing with visit to the Red Square
Lunch in downtown Moscow
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Dinner at the hotel

Day 3

Breakfast at the hotel
Visit to the Armoury and Kremlin with
entrance to one of the Cathedrals
Lunch in the downtown
afternoon – free time
Dinner at the hotel
Check out and transportation to Leningradsky Train Station
Departure on an overnight train to St.Petersburg

Day 4

Morining arrival in St.Petersburg
Transportation to the hotel Okhtinskaya and accommodation
Breakfast at the hotel
City sightseeing including a visit to the Peter & Paul Fortress
Lunch in the downtown area
Afternoon – free time
Dinner at the hotel

Day 5

Breakfast at the hotel
Hermitage Art Museum
Lunch in the downtown
Visit to the Yusupov Palace
Dinner at the hotel
Evening at the theatre

Day 6

Breakfast at the hotel
Visit to Tsarskoye Selo, 40 min drive
the Catherine Palace & park
Lunch at a local restaurant
Transportation to airport, 15 min drive
Departure on a late afternoon flight

Special Tour 11 - Novgorod - St. Petersburg 5 Days

Day 1

Arrival on an afternoon flight to St.Petersburg
transportation to Novgorod, 3 hrs drive
Accommodation at the Intourist hotel
Dinner at the hotel

Day 2

Breakfast at the hotel
City sightseeing including the Kremlin,
Yaroslav’s Court, St.Sofia’s Cathedral and
The Museum of History, Architecture and Art
Lunch at Detinets restaurant (on the territory of the Kremlin)
Visit to the Yurjev Monastery and Cathedral of St.Georgethe
Visit to The  Museum of Wooden Architecture
Dinner at the hotel

Day 3

Breakfast at the hotel
Departure to St.Petersburg, 3 hrs drive
Arrival at the hotel Okhinskaya and accommodation
Lunch at the hotel
City sightseeing including a visit to the Peter & Paul Fortress
Dinner at the hotel
Evening at the theatre

Day 4

Breakfast at the hotel
Visit to the Hermitage Art Museum
Lunch in the downtown area
Visit to St.Isaac’s Cathedral
Dinner at the hotel

Day 5

Breakfast at the hotel
Visit to Peterhof, 50 min drive
Grand Palace & Park
Lunch at a local restaurant
Transportation to airport, 40 min drive
Departure on a afternoon flight

Standard Tour 12 - Moscow 4 Days

Day 1

Arrival in Moscow
transportation to hotel
Dinner at the hotel

Day 2

Breakfast at the hotel
City sightseeing (the center of Moscow, the Red Square,
Gorky street, the Boulevard and Arbat Street, the White City,
Kalinin Prospect, Moscow University, the Russian White House
and other highlights of Moscow)
Visit to the Tretyakov Art Gallery
Dinner at the hotel

Day 3

Breakfast at the hotel
Tour around the Kremlin including visit to
the Uspensky Cathedral
Leisure time
Dinner at the hotel

Day 4

Breakfast at the hotel
Transportation to the airport Sheremetievo

Special Tour 13 - St.Petersburg-Moscow-Suzdal-Moscow - 8 Days

Day 1

Arrival in St.Petersburg
transportation to hotel and accommodation
Dinner at the hotel

Day 2

Breakfast at the hotel
City tour including  The Peter & Paul Fortress and Peter & Paul’s Cathedral
lunch in the downtown area
Visit to St.Isaac’s Cathedral
Dinner at the hotel

Day 3

Breakfast at the hotel
Visit to the Hermitage State Museum
Excursion to the rooms of the old Winter Palace
Lunch at the hotel
leisure time
Dinner at the hotel

Day 4

Breakfast at the hotel. Transportation to the airport
Flight from St.Petersburg to Moscow. Arrival in Moscow
City tour: central Moscow 
lunch in the downtown area
Excursion to Moscow metro (underground)
dinner at the hotel

Day 5

breakfast at the hotel
Tour of the Kremlin  and one of cathedrals
and the grounds including historical monuments
lunch at the hotel
Departure on a bus to Suzdal. Arrival at hotel
Accommodation and dinner at the hotel

Day 6

Tour of Suzdal, a religious center of Russia in the 17th century
Visit to the Kremlin
(the cathedral of Nativity, the Archbishop’s Palace)
lunch at a local restaurant
dinner at the hotel

Day 7

Departure to Moscow via Vladimir.
City tour with visit to St.Dimitrius
Cathedral, Golden Gates, Assumption Cathedral.
Lunch in the downtown area
Arrival in Moscow
dinner at the hotel

Day 8

breakfast
transportation to the airport

Special Tour 14 - Meeting Package - St. Petersburg 3 Days

Day 1

Arrival on an afternoon flight
Transportation to the hotel Okhtinskaya or similar
category hotel and accommodation
City sightseeing
Dinner at the hotel

Day 2

Breakfast at the hotel
Meeting Day
(includes 8-hour rental of meeting room
Lunch and 2 coffee breaks)
Dinner at the hotel
Evening at the theatre

Day 3