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Tour #13. The Golden Ring
of Russia 10 days in Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, Yaroslavl
Itinerary
Day 1
Airport or railway station pickup
Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation.
Orientation bus tour The foundation of the north capital, the centre of
science and art: (The house of Peter the First. Menshikov`s and Marble
palaces. Church of Our Savior. Summer Garden and the Field of Mars).
Excursion to the cruiser Aurora. Visit of the Peter & Paul Fortress (the
first construction in St. Petersburg) and St. Peter and Paul Cathedral.
Day 2
Excursion to the Hermitage Museum the winter palace of Russian Emperors,
one of the largest art museums of the world.
Excursion to St.Isaac's Cathedral, the forth largest cathedral in Europe and
one of the symbols of St. Petersburg.
Day 3
Tour to Pavlovsk and Pushkin. The Grand Palace of Catherine, Alexandrovsky
palace and park. Visit the palace of Paul I and landscape park.
Day 4
Visit of Alexandro-Nevsky Monastery.
Russian Museum
Day 5
Visit of the Grand Palace, summer residence of Peter the First and park, the
masterpiece of fountain art of the 18th century.
Departure to Moscow.
Day 6
Orientation bus tour. Dedication to Muscovites. The main streets and squares
of the city, world known sights of the capital. Moscow Kremlin. Historical
architectural complex of Sobornaya Plochad. Church of Christ the Savior,
Novodevichy monastery. Vorobjevy Gory. Poklonnaya Gora, Kutuzovsky prospect,
Arbat street. Night reception Russian nights, Russian cuisine and folk
show.
Day 7
Excursion Kitaji-gorod. Architectural and historical memorials of
15th-16th centuries. Visit to the unique collection of Russian artists
paintings in Tretjyakovskaya gallery.
Night performance in one of Moscow theatres.
Day 8
Trip to Sergiev Posad. Troitse-Sergieva monastery founded by Sergy
Radonezsky more than 600 years ago. Architecture of churches of the ancient
monastery. Troitsky cathedral. Famous icons of Andrei Rublev. Fresco. Old
Russian needlework of the 14-17th centuries.
Day 9
Trip to Pereslavl-Zalessky. Church town of the 12th century.
Day 10
Trip to Yaroslavl. Spaso-Preobrazensky monastery the oldest architectural
memorial of Povolzje of the 12th century. Church of Ilija the Prophet of the
17th century.
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