White nights of Saint-Petersburg
This is a classical tour to Saint-Petersburg for 8 days/7 nights. You will be able to visit the most famous sightseeings of the city on Neva and its not less famous suburbs: Peterhof, Tsarsoye Selo, Gatchina. You will hear the legends about the early days of Saint-Petersburg, get to know the world-famous names related to the city and enjoy its modern which is very bright and thrilling.
Day 1 Meeting in the airport and transfer to the hotel. General acquaintance with the city. Duration - 3 hours
Day 2 Breakfast in the hotel
Excursion to the Hermitage
Ecxursion to the St-Isaac’s Catherdral
Lunch
Walking excursion “Malaya Sadovaya Street — a mini-Paris”. Duration - 4 hours
Day 3 Breakfast in the hotel
Excursion “ A.S.Pushkin in Saint-Petersburg and Tsarskoye Selo”, with a visit to the Big Palace of Catherine, The Lyceum and the park (7-8 hours), with the lunch
Day 4 Breakfast in the hotel
Excursion to Gatchina and visit to the Big Palace and the Priorat Palace. Lunch. Duration - 7 hours.
Day 5 Breakfast in the hotel
Excursion “Dostoevsky in Saint-Petersburg” with memory-places of the writer and his museum (4 hours).
Lunch
Boot-trip along the rivers and channels (1,5 hours) — can be replaces in the cold season with another excursion or walking
Day 6 Breakfast in the hotel
Excursion to the “City of Fountains” (Peterhof) with a visit to the Low park an one of the Small Palaces, with a lunch (6 hours).
Day 7 Breakfast in the hotel
Excursion “Saint-Petersburg — a city of all beliefs” with a visit to the Alexander Nevsky Convent, Kazan Cathedral and the Church of Blessed Ksenia, with the lunch (5 hours)
Day 8 Breakfast in the hotel
Walking at the Vasilyevsky Island and Petrograd side (2 hours)
Transfer to the airport.
Prices include: transfer, transportation, hotel 3-4*, breakfasts and lunches, excursions in English by an experiences guide with historical background. Prices variate betweeen the group prices (from 6 tourists) and individual ones.
The Golden Ring of Russia
We use the term ´the Golden Ring of Russia´ to describe several towns to the north-east from Moscow, mostly 12. They are very old, if ancient, they all are beautiful and contain many historical artifacts. The Russian middle-age history is conserved there. If you decide to visit them all or only some of them, you will undoubtedly enjoy it in any time of year. In the winter, there are thrilling snow games, snow fortresses, sleighing, skating… In the summer — the famous Volga cruises, swimming, walking in the forests… And in any time — fun-fairs, feasts with bliny and pirogi, much Russian folk-music and dances and visits to monasteries, kremlins, churches with golden cupola’s.
Towns of the Golden Ring — 5 days/4 nights
Day 1: Coming to Moscow. The introduction to Moscow: the Red Square and the center of the city. Transfer to Yaroslavl and to the hotel.
Day 2 : The breakfast in the hotel. Trip to the town of Suzdal. Introduction to the town. Visit to the Museum of the Wooden architecture. Moving to the town of Vladimir. Excursion in the town, to the Assumption Cathedral and the Golden Gate. Coming back late to Yaroslavl.
Day 3: Breakfast in the hotel. Introduction to Yaroslavl with the visit to the “transfiguration of the Savior” Monastery. Visit to the Tolga Women’s Monastery. In the evening the tourists can walk on their own or visit a Russian sauna (banya).
Day 4: Breakfast in the hotel. Trip to the old orthodox village of Palekh. A theater performance about icon-painters. Trip to the town of Plyos and visit to the museum of the Russian painter Levitan. Coming back to Yaroslavl.
Day 5: Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to Moscow and to the airport.
Unique trips for active people!
Castles and fortresses near Saint-Petersburg + the thrilling kayaking along the river Wuoksa and the lake Ladoga — for people who like both history and adventures!
Trip 1. The River Wuoksa, Staraya (Old) Ladoga and Tikhvin
Day 1. Coming to Saint-Petersburg. Transfer to the hotel. A walking excursion in the center of the city of the tsar Peter.
Day 2-3. Staraya Ladoga en Tikhvin. A day-trip to Staraya Ladoga (Old Ladoga) — the oldest town in the north-east of Russia (9 century). Visit to the fortresses and observing of the archeological collections of ancient Russia. The lunch and the diner in the restaurant. Free time and the night in the hotel. Moving to Tikhvin: the Dormition Monastery with the famous Theotokos of Tikhvin icon and the museum of the composer Rimsky-Korsakov. The diner in the restaurant and coming back to Saint-Petersburg.
Day 4. Day-trip to the town of Vyborg — a middle-age town and a fortress to the north from Saint-Petersburg and not far from Finland. Excursion on the way. Arrival to Vyborg and walking through the town. The Castle of Vyborg and the tower of Olaf. The lunch in the restaurant “The Round Tower”. Excursion in the park Monrepo. Coming back to Saint-Petersburg. If you are a Middle-ages fan, you can visit the big festival of May tree that is always hold in the end of May. Concerts, knights in costumes, dances of the Middle-Ages and much more
Day 5-6. Kayaking along the River Vuoksa in the Karelian Isthmus, with a night stay in a tent. Arrival to the tourist center in the village Losevo. You get the kayaks and the munitions together with a presentation of a coach. Two hours kayaking followed by the lunch at one of islands. Then our trip goes on two-three hours more. We prepare a camp-fire at an island. The tourists can have a free time for fishing, picking up mushrooms and berries, walking, playing games. In the evening there is a romantic evening near the camp-fire with guitar-singing. In the morning we go kayaking between islands, walking, swimming and enjoying with fascinating landscapes. When you are back from this trip, you get a chance to go rafting with a coach (possible from 1 hour). Coming back to Saint-Petersburg.
Day 7. Transfer to the airport.
Price for a tour of 7 days/6 nights is 800-1020 euro p/p and depends on the size of the group.
The price includes:
Transfer to the hotel/airport, transport at all the days, 5 nights in the hotel with breakfast, 5 lunches, 5 diners, excursions with an English speaking guide, kayaking wth an englis speaking coach, the lease of a kayak, paddles and saving munitions.
You can lease a tent, a sleeping-bag and other munitions you need for a low price in the tourist center. If you go rafting, you should pay it apart.
Moscow 6 days/5 nights
Day 1. Transfer from the airport. Bus excursion along the main sightseeing of Moscow: the Red Square, the Historical museum and St. Basil’s Cathedral, the Moscow river embankment with a Kremlin panorama, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Novodevichy Convent, the Poklonnaya Mountain, the Moscow University, the Borodino panorama on Kutuzov prospect .
Day 2. Excursion to the Kremlin: the Armory, Assumption Cathedral, Archangelsky Cathedral, Annunciation Cathedral, the Church of the Deposition of the Holy Robe, the Bell-Tower of Ivan the Great, the Tsar Canon and the Tsar Bell. Lunch in the center of Moscow. A walking tour to the Arbat street which is traditionally connected with people of arts.
Day 3. Excursion to Novodevichy monastery and cemetery where almost all the famous and most popular artists are graved. After the lunch you will visit the Tretyakov Gallery with the greatest collection of Russian paintings and icons.
Day 4. A free day. You can rest or go shopping, visit some places of interest, such as parks, museums, exhibitions or concerts. Every tourist will get an informational support . As wished, we can provide you with tickets to events — from the Zoo up to the Bolshoi Theater.
Day 5. Visit to Kolomenskoye — the former residence of Russian tsars, with its beautiful Church of Ascension (the UNESCO World Heritage), the Church of St. John the Baptist, the Kazanskaya Church, The Stone and the Wooden gates.
Day 6. Transfer to the airport.
Moscow 10 days/9 nights
Day 1. Transfer from the airport. Bus excursion along the main sightseeing of Moscow: the Red Square, the Historical museum and St. Basil’s Cathedral, the Moscow river embankment with a Kremlin panorama, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Novodevichy Convent, the Poklonnaya Mountain, the Moscow University, the Borodino panorama on Kutuzov prospect .
Day 2. Excursion to the Kremlin: the Armory, Assumption Cathedral, Archangelsky Cathedral, Annunciation Cathedral, the Church of the Deposition of the Holy Robe, the Bell-Tower of Ivan the Great, the Tsar Canon and the Tsar Bell. Lunch in the center of Moscow. A walking tour to the Arbat street which is traditionally connected with people of arts.
Day 3. Visit to Kolomenskoye — the former residence of Russian tsars, with its beautiful Church of Ascension (the UNESCO World ), the Church of St. John the Baptist, the Kazanskaya Church, The Stone and the Wooden gates.
Day 4. Excursion to Novodevichy monastery and cemetery where almost all the famous and most popular artists are graved. After the lunch you will visit the Tretyakov Gallery with the greatest collection of Russian paintings and icons.
Day 5. Visit to Tsaritsino — the State Historical, Architectural, Artistic and Landscape Museum-Preserve, which was built for Catherine the Second, with a very beautiful park. Then the tourists can get a chance to make a trip in the famous Moscow Metro — one of the biggest and the most beautiful in the world and the second busiest after Tokyo.
Day 6. A free day. You can rest or go shopping, visit some places of interest, such as parks, museums, exhibitions or concerts. Every tourist will get an informational support . As wished, we can provide you with tickets to events — from the Zoo up to the Bolshoi Theater.
Day 7. Visit to Kuskovo — the summer residence of earls Sheremetevs, a beautiful monument of fine architecture with several bigger and smaller palaces, grots, churches and pavilions.
Day 8. Excursion to the museum of Pyotr Chaikovski in the town of Klin. You get acquainted with the life of the greatest Russian composer, with his music and his personal things which are stored in the museum. In the evening it is possible to attend a concert of classical music.
Day 9. Visit to Sergiyev Posad and the well-known Trinity Sergius Lavra.
Day 10. Transfer to the airport.
