Golden Roots of Russia

DAY

Itinerary

DAY 1

Moscow

First day itinerary depends on your flight details.

Arrival  Moscow

Meet by professional guide and short orientation tour on the way to the hotel;

Dinner at  hotel restaurant;

Bus & guide 6 hours

DAY 2

Moscow

In the morning after breakfast, the guide will meet you at the hotel lobby. This day your program will be as follows:

Excursion to Armory Chamber

Excursion to Kremlin territory, the official residence of Russian president.

Red Square walking tour and GUM Shop visit;

Lunch in local restaurant with Russian cuisine;

Panoramic tour of Moscow. The Novo-Devichiy Convent, Moscow State University, Church of St. Christ. Stop at Sparrow Hills;

Moscow Subway tour. Moscow subway is also well-known as underground palaces and considered as one of the most beautiful subway in the World;

Dinner in a local restaurant with view on Moscow city.

Arrival to the hotel and overnight stay;

Optional:

Optional: Gastronomic tour - Master class of making pan cakes - traditional Russian dish and the symbol of Sun in Russia.

Moscow River cruise with dinner at Radisson Royal floating restaurant;

Excursion tour to Bolshoi Theatre (backstage, scene, main hall and other halls). Not included ticket to the performance. Tickets to the performance - on request. This tour can be added by gastronomic tour to the Russian caviar restaurant.

Visit of Moscow Circus with performance;

DAY 3

Mscow-Suzdal

Breakfast.

In the morning after breakfast you will make a hotel check-out. The program of this day will be as follows:

08.30. Meet with guide.

09.00. Transfer to Sergiev Posad

10.30. Tour  to the Trinity Sergius Lavra  - Rusain Vatical and the center of Russian Orthodox Church.

12.30. Lunch (4 courses).

Transfer to Suzdal. Suzdal is one of the oldes Russia cities, "an open air museum". Many of the monasteries of Suzdal are located on the banks of the Kamenka river, that is why these places are very beautiful. Suzdal is a perfect place to understand and get to know Russia better. It can seem to you that it is possible to meet the real epic heroes from Russian folk tales in Suzdal.

Transfer to the hotel. Check in.

19.00. Dinner (3 courses).

Day 4

Suzdal-Vladimir-Moscow

08.30. Breakfast

In the morning after breakfast, you will make a hotel check-out. The program of this day will be as follows:

09.30. Tour of Suzdal: the city, the Kremlin, the territory with the Cross chamber

interior or Christmas Cathedral interior, Museum of wooden architecture

Note: In October-March instead The Museum of wooden architecture we include Spaso-Euthymius monastery territory with the Transfiguration Cathedral interior.

12.30. Lunch (4 courses).

Transfer to Vladimir. For several centures Vladimir was the nominal capital of Russia.

In Vladimir, preserved three monuments of architecture, built before the Mongol-Tatar conquest: the Golden Gate, the Assumption and Dmitrievsky cathedrals. In total there are 239 buildings in the city, protected by the state - most of them were built in the XVIII-XIX centuries.
Tour to Vladimir city, the Golden Gate, the Assumption and Dmitrievsky cathedrals

the exterior of the cathedrals, the Golden gate architecture.

Departure to Moscow

Dinner in local restaurant.

Transfer to the rail way station. Departure to St.Petersburg by "Nikolaevsky Express" or "Red Arrow trains".

Overnight in train

DAY 5

Saint Petersburg

Arrival in St.Petersburg early in the morning

Meet and greet by local Japanese speaking guide.

Transfer to the hotel. Leave luggage in a luggage room.

Breakfast at the hotel.

After breakfast your program will be as follows

Departure for Saint-Petersburg city-sightseeing tour where you will see the heart of Saint-Petersburg and feel the soul of the Emperor capital of Russia. Nevsky prospect, Kazan Cathedral, St.Isaac Square, Neva River embankment, Bronze Horseman, St.Saviour on Spilt Blood;

Lunch at local  restaurant with panoramic view over Neva River;

Hermitage visit - one of the biggest museums and collections of the works of famous painters in all Russia and World;

Dinner in local restaurant

Optional:

Gastronomic tour  - Dinner at Russian restaurant  with show of singing waiters and degustation of vodka with Russian Tsar;

Russian show with dinner and at Nikolaevsky Palace

Neva River and canals boat tour (optional drinks and snacks)

In Summer time - "White Nights" city tour, watching drawbridges.

DAY 6

Saint Petersburg

Breakfast

In the morning after breakfast you will make a hotel check-out and proceed to Saint-Petersburg excursions. The program of this day will be as follows:

Departure from the hotel;

departure to Peterhof by fast-speed boat;

excursion at Peterhof Grand Palace and parks;

Peterhof - the former summer residence of the Russian Tsars and Emperors. The park contains masterpieces of landscape design, over 150 fountains and 4 monumental cascades. The Grand Palace contains the special treasury and the private rooms of Russian Tsars.

Lunch in restaurant in Petergof.

Transfer to the airport

Visit of Outlet Village / souvenirs shop before airport(if group will have free time)

Departure.

Bus & guide 6 hours

Hotel

10+1

15+1

20+1

Single

Supplement

Metropol 5* (Japan friendly) / or similar 5*(MOW)

Suzdal - 4* - Pushkarskaya Sloboda, Azimut,Nikolaevsky Posad 

Kempinski Moika, 22  5* (Japan friendly)/ or similar  (SPB)

1350

1260

1150

430

Holiday Inn Lesnaya4*/similar (MOW)

Suzdal - 4* - Pushkarskaya Sloboda, Azimut,Nikolaevsky Posad 

Park Inn Nevsky4*/similar (SPB)

1210

1130

990

250