-Day 1 Start tour
Day 2 Privyet Moscow
Meet your tour director and check into hotel
Day 3 Moscow landmarks
Optional
Moscow Circus performance
$145
Details: Moscow guided sightseeing tour
Step into the city of fortified citadels, onion domed churches, historical squares and a checkered past. Begin your tour in the center of all Russia, the Red Square. Wander through this bustling Russian marketplace and stop to gaze up at the breathtakingly colorful onion domes of St. Basil’s Cathedral. Tour the Kremlin, a historic fortified complex with four palaces and four cathedrals, and see Ivan the Great Bell Tower and Cathedral Square.
Day 5 Moscow--St. Petersburg
Travel to St. Petersburg via high-speed Sapsan train
Details: Armory Palace Museum visit
Visit the oldest and richest museum in the Moscow Kremlin, the Armory Palace Museum. Wander around the expansive halls to gaze on the sparkling Imperial Crown of Russia, the impressive ivory throne of Ivan the Terrible and thousands of other priceless artifacts from Russia’s past.
Day 6 St. Petersburg landmarks
Details: St. Petersburg guided sightseeing tour
One of Russia's former capitals, this city rivals Paris or Venice for its romantic image. Dating from the beginning of the 18th-century it was built to the exact specifications ordered by Peter the Great. The city is home to many museums, galleries, palaces, impressive squares and streets. Your sightseeing tour of this beautiful city shows you Nevsky Prospect, Palace Square, St. Isaacs Cathedral and the battle-cruiser Aurora. After lunch, tour the Hermitage museum, the former Palace of the Czars, which houses the royal art collection with over three million works of art. It is one of the largest and most impressive art museums in the world.
Day 8 St. Petersburg
Details: St. Petersburg city walk
St Petersburg, Petrograd, Leningrad, while the name of this great city has changed over the years its importance in Russia has not. Walk down Nevsky Prospekt, the main street in St Petersburg, to get a true feel of this westernmost Russian city. With its relatively low cityscape, winding canals and well-preserved buildings, St Petersburg is a modern city with a medieval feel. See the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, founded in 1710 by Peter the Great, and home to relics of Alexander Nevsky patron-saint of the St Petersburg, and the Tikhvin Cemetery.
Day 9 End tour
-Day 9 Start extension to Finland
Travel to Tallinn
Details: Tallinn guided sightseeing tour
Take a tour of the capital city of Estonia on the banks of the Gulf of Finland. Walk through over 850 years of history in the narrow cobbled streets, old stone walls and towers of Tallinn’s Old Town and see the best preserved medieval town hall in Northern Europe.
Day 10 Tallinn--Helsinki
Ferry to Helsinki
Details: Helsinki guided sightseeing tour
Tour the Temppeliaukio Church, an oddly shaped round structure that was built into rock and fitted with a glazed dome roof to allow natural sunlight in. Then visit City Museum to learn about the history of the city and see Finland’s Parliament House.
Day 11 End tour
Tour Includes:
- Round-trip airfare
- 7 overnight stays (9 with extension) in hotels with private bathrooms
- Breakfast and dinner daily
- Full-time services of a professional Tour Director
- Guided sightseeing tours & city walks as per itinerary
- Visit to select attractions as per itinerary
- Tour Diary™
- Note: On arrival day only dinner is provided; on departure day, only breakfast is provided
- Note: Tour cost does not include airline-imposed baggage fees, or fees for any required passport or visa. Please visit our Fees FAQ page for a full list of items that may not be included in the cost of your tour.
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