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Sample Itinerary - REF RUSSIA 186
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Day 1: St Petersburg - Novgorod
Transfer from hotel in St Petersburg (TBA booked independant of this trip) to the bus stop for a shuttle transfer to Novgorod. Novgorod is one of Russia’s oldest cities, located within reach of the Volkhov River and Lake Ilmen. It was formed as a town in the middle of the 10th century. In Novgorod you will be met by your guide to enjoy a full days tour taking in the riverside fortified kremlin (St Sophia, Yaroslav Yard), Yuriev Monastery and the Museu of Wooden Architecture. The fortress was mentioned in chronicles as early as in 1044, whilst today’s walls and towers, despite being re-built in 15th century, are impressive all the same.
Day 2: Novgorod - Moscow
Day at leisure Novgorod. Tonight we travel by overnight sleeper train from Novgorod to Moscow. Overnight - Sadko Hotel
Day 3: Moscow
Early this morning, we arrive into Moscow - the capital that spawned dozens of spy novels! We enjoy a city tour including passing by new Maiden Convent, visit the highest viewpoint over the city: Sparrow Hills and Christ the Saviour Church. This afternoon, at the south end of the square, feast your eyes on the wildly coloured, turban domed St Basil’s Cathedral, an enduring Russian symbol commissioned by Ivan IV (also known as Ivan the terrible) in 1555. We also visit the Tretaykov Gallery. Overnight Moscow - Maxima Panorama Hotel Overnight - 4 berth overnight sleeper train
Day 4: Moscow
Today we will ride on the capital’s efficient Metro to Red Square. From here, we’ll take in the jewels of Russia’s capital on a guided walk in the Kitay-Gorod and Lubyanka area, taking in sights such as the Lenin’s Mausoleum, Kitai Gorod Area, the ritzy GUM department store and the epitome of Russian power – the Kremlin - Russia’s bastion of political might, where we enjoy a guided walk through the grounds, seeing numerous government buildings, gold-domed cathedrals and the tsar bell. Overnight Moscow - Maxima Panorama Hotel Overnight - 3 star Hotel
Day 5: Moscow - Suzdal
Today, we drive to Suzdal to enjoy a city tour incluing a visit to the Kremlin, Museum of Wooden Architecture. Overnight - 3 star Hotel
Day 6: Suzdal - Moscow
We drive to Bladimir today to visit the Assumption and St Dmitris Cathedral. Before driving back to Moscow we visit Bogolubovo. Overnight Moscow - Maxima Panorama Hotel Overnight - Sokol Hotel
Day 7: Moscow
Day at leisure in Moscow. Overnight Moscow - Maxima Panorama Hotel Overnight - 3 star Hotel
- Karelia
- Kostroma
- Moscow
- The Kremlin
- KGB Headquarters
- Red Square
- St Basils Cathedral
- Lenin's Mausoleum
- Inside a Soviet Bunker
- Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre
- Moscow State University
- Novodevichy Monastery
- Novgorod
- Olkhon Island
- Petropavlovsk
- Pskov and Pechory
- St Petersburg
- The Hermitage
- St Isaacs Cathedral
- Peterhof
- Catherine Palace
- Peter and Paul Fortress
- The Church on Spilled Blood
- The Bronze Horseman and Decembrists Square
- Smolny Cathedral
- Suzdal
- Vladimir
- Vladivostok
- Volga River
- Yaroslavl
- Yekaterinburg
Pskov and Pechory
Located in the north west of Russia, just 30km from Estonia, the ancient and historical Pskov with its fortified Kremlin ...
Weather in Suzdal
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