Two Russian Capitals
St. Petersburg - Moscow
7 days, 6 nights
Day 1:
Arrival in St. Petersburg
Transfer to the hotel
Check-in
Breakfast at the hotel
Panoramic city-tour (Nevsky Prospect, the Kazan Cathedral, the Winter Palace, Vasilevsky Island, St. Isaac Cathedral, Peter and Paul Fortress)
Dinner (optional)
Free time
Day 2:
Breakfast at the hotel
Visit to Peterhof (the former residence of tsars, beautiful palaces and museums, masterpieces of landscape design, over 150 fountains, 4 monumental cascades)
Lunch at a local restaurant (optional)
Excursion to the Hermitage (over 3 million pieces of art by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens, Matisse, Picasso, etc.)
Dinner (optional)
Free time
Day 3:
Breakfast at the hotel
Visit to Pushkin (a former residence of Russian emperors, a fascinating monument of architectural and gardening arts, world-famous Amber Room)
Lunch at a local restaurant
Excursion to Yusupov Palace (elaborate ceremonial rooms, a unique home theater, places associated with the assassination of Grigory Rasputin)
Mariinsky Theatre or "Feel yourself Russian!" Folk Show (optional)
Day 4:
Breakfast at the hotel
Check-out
Excursion to Peter-and-Paul Fortress (ancient fortifications, the Peter and Paul Cathedral)
Lunch at a local restaurant
The Neva river and Canals boat trip
Transfer to railway station
Overnight train to Moscow
Day 5:
Arrival in Moscow
Transfer to the hotel
Check-in
Short lunch at the hotel (optional)
Panoramic City Tour with Novodevichiy Convent (Red Square, Alexander’s Garden, Lenin’s Tomb, GUM Shopping Mall, the Cathedrals of St. Basil and Our Lady of Kazan, the State History Museum of Russia, Novodevichiy Convent, Poklonnaya Hill and Kutuzosky prospect, Russia’s “White House”, Arbat area, The Garden Ring and the Boulevard Ring roads, the historical and cultural centre of Moscow, the Bolshoi Theater, the ex-KGB building)
Dinner (optional)
Free time
Day 6:
Breakfast at the hotel
Excursion to the Moscow Metro (one of the most beautiful subway systems in the world) and Old Arbat Street (a pedestrian zone with numerous cafes, restaurants, museums, theatres, shops)
Lunch at a local restaurant (optional)
Excursion to the State Tretyakov Gallery (one of the largest museums in the world with the most valuable collection of Russian art)
Bolshoy Theatre (optional)
Day 7:
Breakfast at the hotel
Check-out
Excursion to the Moscow Kremlin (5 Cathedrals and Armory Chamber)
Lunch at a local restaurant
Transfer to the Airport