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Tour #8. Art, Architecture
and Life of the Two Russian capitals.
10 days in Saint-Petersburg and Moscow
Itinerary
Day 1
Orientation bus tour through the city 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.
Visit of the waxwork exhibition The Romanov Dynasty in Stroganovsky
palace.
Reception Petersburgs nights .
Day 2
Excursion to St.Isaac's Cathedral the forth largest cathedral in Europe
and one of the symbols of St. Petersburg.
Excursion to Church of Our Savior.
Day 3
Visit of the Alexandro-Nevsky Monastery.
Excursion to Russian Museum the world largest collection of Russian art.
Day 4
Excursion to the Hermitage Museum, the winter palace of Russian Emperors,
second largest art museum in the world.
Day 5
Trip to the town of Pushkin. Cathrine Palace and park.
Trip 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 of the unique collection of Russian artists
paintings in Tretjyakovskaya gallery.
Night performance in one of Moscow theatres.
Day 8
Park museum Kolomenskoye. The palace and the park of Tsar Aleksey
Mikhailovich. Spassky gates, prikaznye palaty and other architectural
memorials of the 16th century.
Day 9
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 10
Excursion: Many-sided Moscow. Architectural and cultural peculiarities of
tsars, socialistic, and modern Moscow.
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