New Year in The Russian Capitals

Location: Saint Petersburg

Accommodation: Hotel

Arrival to St. Petersburg, optional transfer to Hotel Ambassador**** or similar and check-in. Welcome meeting and optional welcome dinner at the hotel

Location: Saint Petersburg

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals: Breakfast

St. Petersburg is an amazing city. Its imperial palaces and museums enjoy worldwide fame, while the Neva River and the many canals have deservedly given the city the title “The Venice of the North”. When the city is covered in snow it has a special romantic atmosphere. During the morning sightseeing tour we get acquainted with all the splendours of the city: the Winter Palace, St. Isaac’s Cathedral, the Church of the Bleeding Savior, the Nevsky Convent and much more. The afternoon offers an optional visit to Zarskoye Selo with the impressive Catherine’s Palace and the Amber Room, which vanished during World War II and was restored for St. Petersburg’s tri-centennial celebrations, after we continue to Pavlovsk and experience real Russian winter adventure in a troika ride.

Location: Saint Petersburg

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals: Breakfast

Morning offers an optional visit to the world-famous Hermitage Art Museum. In the evening we enjoy an optional entertaining and fabulous Russian New Year Gala at the hotel.

Location: Saint Petersburg

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals: Breakfast

The optional tour this morning offers a visit to a mass in the Orthodox Kazan Cathedral and a visit to the Peter and Paul Fortress to see the Peter-and-Paul Cathedral, the pantheon of the Russian Czar from Peter the Great to Nicolas the 2nd. In the evening enjoy an optional farewell dinner at Restaurant Demidov.

Location: Saint Petersburg

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals: Breakfast

Morning at leisure. Around noon, we go to the Moscow Railway Station and board the Sapsan high-speed train bound for Moscow. The train ride takes us through endless Russian landscapes along the River Volga. In the evening we arrive to Moscow and check in at Hotel Mercure Arbat Moscow**** or similar.

Location: Moscow

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals: Breakfast

Moscow, The Mother of Russia, is a genuine Russian city with the Kremlin and its onion domed cathedrals. The dramatic changes over the last decade have made the city to one of the most dynamic metropolis in the world. The morning sightseeing tour includes all the highlights of the vast city: the Red Square with Kremlin, the Theatre Square with Bolshoi Theatre, Sparrow Hills with Moscow University and a visit to the famous Moscow Metro. In the afternoon we propose an optional excursion to the Kremlin grounds with a visit to one of the cathedrals. The evening offers an optional excursion with an ice-breaker cruise on the Moscow River admiring illuminated Moscow by night.

Location: Moscow

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals: Breakfast

Today we recommend an optional excursion to Novodevichy Convent, a 16th century cluster of sparkling domes, one of the city’s most beautiful groups of buildings and full of history and treasures. The adjacent Novodevichy Cemetery is Moscow‘s most prestigious resting place after the Kremlin. The balance of the day is reserved for an optional excursion to the Tretyakov Gallery with its outstanding collection of French impressionists. The evening offers an optional dinner at Restaurant on the 29th floor of one of the seven famous high-rises of Moscow.

Location: Moscow

Meals: Breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel and optional transfer to the airport.