Five Days In Moscow

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival to Moscow

Stop At: Moscow, Moscow, Central Russia
Arrival in Moscow. You will be picked up at the airport or at the train station by our driver. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation since 14:00.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Accommodation at chosen hotel category

Day 2: Moscow city tour

Stop At: Moscow, Moscow, Central Russia
Our guide meets you at the reception desk of your hotel.

3-hour Moscow city tour by car: Red Square (Cathedral of St. Basil, Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, History Museum building, Kremlin towers, Upper Trading Arcades (GUM), Lenin's tomb and necropolis), The Cathedral of Christ the Savior, New Maiden Convent, The Moscow State University campus and panorama platform on the Vorobiovy (Sparrow) Hills, Moscow boulevards, The Theater Square with the Bolshoi Theater and the Metropol hotel.

Free time for lunch (to pay on spot).
1-hour Kremlin grounds tour: Cathedral Sq. – breathtaking architectural ensemble of the 15th-17th cc. including visit of one of cathedrals (the Annunciation Cathedral where Moscow and Russian grand princes and tsars were baptized, the Assumption Cathedral where they were crowned or the Archangel Michael Cathedral where they were buried), Bell the Tsar and Cannon the Tsar – stunning examples of casting of the 16th c., Grand Kremlin Palace (residence of emperors and president’s gala reception quarters), the Senate, the Arsenal and the Palace of Congresses specially built in communist times for XXII Congress of CPSU (1961) which adopted new CPSU programme (plan of building communism by 1980).


Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation at chosen hotel category

Day 3: Moscow - Sergiev Posad

Stop At: Moscow, Moscow, Central Russia
At 09:00 our guide meets you at the reception desk of your hotel. Transfer to Sergiev Posad (62 km).

Stop At: Sergiyev Posad, Sergiyev Posad, Sergiyevo-Posadsky District, Moscow Oblast, Central Russia
Arrival in Sergiev Posad. St. Sergius Holy Trinity Monastery grounds and churches tour. Architectural ensemble of the Monastery reflects all steps of the Russian architecture development. The Trinity Cathedral has an unique iconostasis by Andrei Rublev. The Dormition Cathedral is a sepulcher of the Russian patriarchs.
Lunch at local restaurant is included.

Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Accommodation at chosen hotel category

Day 4: Moscow

Stop At: Moscow, Moscow, Central Russia
Meeting with our guide at the reception desk at your hotel.

Moscow Metro tour. You can enjoy this spectacular system of underground public transport with its mosaics, statues, stained glass and chandeliers.

Walking tour along the Arbat – a small street (850 m long) right in the center of Moscow. You will see the house of general Khitrovo where great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin spent several happy months after his wedding with Natalia Goncharova, house where poet of Silver Age Andrei Bely lived, a lot of interest revenue houses in “modern” style, for example, Filatov's House (“House with Knights”).

Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation at chosen hotel category

Day 5: Departure from Moscow

Pass By: Moscow, Moscow, Central Russia
Check out till 12:00. Transfer without guide to the airport/train station.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.