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Tour #9. The Graceful
Magnificence of the Russian Empire.
9 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.
Reception Petersburgs nights .
Day 2
Excursion to the Hermitage Museum the former residence of the Russian
Emperors, one of the largest art museums of the world.
Excursion to St.Isaac's Cathedral one of the largest cathedrals 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. The museum palace of Paul the First and park.
Day 4
Visit of the Alexandro-Nevsky Monastery.
Russian Museum.
Day 5
Boat ride to Peterhoff. Visit of the Grand Palace, summer residence of Peter
the First and park, the masterpiece of fountain art of the 18th century.
Transfer to the airport or railway station.
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. Architectual 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
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.
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