Moscow & St. Petersburg Tour 8 days

Day 1

Upon arrival at Moscow airport you will be greeted by DV Journeys representative and transferred by private vehicle to your hotel.

Overnight: Hotel National

Meal Plan:

Day 2

Day 5

Day 3

Your full day tour of this magnificent city begins with a visit to Red Square. The focal point of the city. Walk through the square to St. Basil's Cathedral, a colorful multi-domed complex built between 1555 and 1560. The cathedral's architects were supposedly blinded by Ivan the Terrible so that they could never recreate such splendor again. Continue on to the Novodevichy Convent, one of the finest examples of 16th and 17th century architecture in the city, it houses a museum of rare and ancient Russian art as well as Moscow's most prestigious cemetery. Here rest such eminent notables as Chekov, Prokofiev, Stanislavsky and Kruschev, to name a few. This afternoon visit the Tretyakov Gallery, which contains the best collections of Russian art in the world. The Galery houses an outstanding display of pre-revolutionary Russian art as well as an extensive collection of icons

Overnight: Hotel National

Meal Plan: Breakfast

This morning you will visit one of Moscow's great sites, the Kremlin. Here you will visit the Assumption and Archangel Cathedrals, both of which are significant in their own right. Also in the Kremlin you will visit the Armory Museum, which dates back to 145, and the Diamond Fund, which contains many gems including the 190-carat diamond given to Catherine the Great by her lover.

Overnight: overnight train journey to St. Petersburg

lMeal Plan: Breakfast

A full day's sightseeing includes the Peter and Paul Fortress, designed to stave off enemy attacks on the city and later one of the most terrifying prisons in czarist Russia; St. Isaac's Cathedral with its gold dome and the Yusupov Palace, the location forever associated with the murder of the infamous Grigory Rasputin.

Overnight:Hotel Astoria

Meal Plan: Breakfast

Your Moscow& St.Petersburg Tour Cost

Length of Trip: 8 Days

Highlights:Moscow & St.Petersburg

Departures: Any day of the week

Tour Cost per person: $2,850

All prices are per person, double occupancy.

Your Moscow& St.Petersburg Tour Includes:

3 nights Accommodation at the Hotel National *****
3 nights Accommodation at the Hotel Astoria*****
Overnight train to St.Petersburg
Buffet Breakfast Daily
Round Trip Private Transfer
All Sightseeing and Entrance Fees Per Described Itinerary
English Speaking Guide
Russian Entry Visa
All Taxes

Tour Does not include: Airfare;

Accidentals; Gratuities; Optional excursions; all other items of a personal nature.

Day 4

Arrive in St. Petersburg, founded by Peter the Great in 1703, for a morning at leisure. This afternoon visit the Hermitage Museum and its extensive collection of artwork, considered to be one of the finest in the world.

Overnight:Hotel Astoria

Meal Plan: Breakfast

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

This morning, meet your private car for your transfer to St .Petersburg airport and your flight home.

Overnight: Hotel Astoria

Meal Plan: Breakfast

This morning, leave the city and drive out to the countryside to the village of Pushkin (formerly known as Tsarskoye Selo), renamed in 1937 on the centenary of the famous Russian poet's death. Visit the grounds of the sparkling Catherine Palace. This palace was built in the mid 18th century for Tsarina Elizabeth, who named it the Catherine Palace in honor of her mother. The yellow and blue facade with its snowy white columns is one of the most famous examples of Russian baroque architecture

Overnight:Hotel Astoria

Meal Plan: Breakfast

Today we will visit Petrodvorets (Peterhof), the great summer estate of Peter the Great, nestled on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. After his victory over the Swedes at Poltava in 1709 Peter decided to build a palace 'befitting to the very highest of monarchs' and a visit to Versailles in 1717 furthered these ambitions. Over 5,000 laborers, serfs and soldiers were employed in the creation of this magnificent estate that was officially opened in 1723. A prominent highlight is the Grand Cascade, a delightful sequence of 37 gilded bronze sculptures, 64 fountains and 142 water jets descending from the terraces of the Great Palace to the Marine Canal and the sea. The park features numerous palaces, summer houses and pavilions, specifically designed for holding Imperial dinner parties.

Overnight: Hotel Astoria

Meal Plan: Breakfast

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