Vladimir Holidays
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Day 1: Moscow
Welcome to Russia and the start of your long weekend! Arrival transfer from the airport to hotel and check in.
Day 2: Moscow
Today enjoy a guided tour of Moscow’s most famous sites - in Red Square see the beautiful St. Basil’s Cathedral, with its wildly colourful turban shaped domes, wander around the historic GUM department store and if open, pay your respects to Lenin at the mausoleum. This afternoon explore the grounds of the mighty Kremlin - Russia’s powerhouse, visit its gold domed cathedrals, Ivan the Great Bell Tower and the Armoury, where you can see incredible jewels and ancient artifacts. Overnight - Vega Izmailovo
Day 4: Moscow - Vladimir
Today drive to Vladimir, the city which gave way to Moscow as Russia’s capital. Enjoy a guided tour of the the impressive defensive fort built in 1108, the beautiful Assumption Cathedral with frescoes by the greatest of old Russian painters, Andrei Rubliov and the famous Golden Gate. Overnight - Vega Izmailovo
Day 5: Vladimir - Suzdal
Drive to the beautiful, rural Suzdal. Exploring the town mostly on foot with a local guide, see the enchanting wooden houses, medieval churches and the Assumption Refractory and prison, built on the order of Catherine II, to house those who committed crimes against the church. Suzdal is also famed as a place of exile for many Russian ladies of noble birth, including Peter the Great’s first wife Overnight - Russian Village
Day 6: Suzdal - Moscow
Free morning to explore. This afternoon drive back to Moscow. Overnight - Sokol Hotel
Day 7: Moscow
We say good bye with a transfer to the airport in time for your flight home. Overnight - Vega Izmailovo
- 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 Vladimir
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Local Time: 10:12 PM
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