Join us on 10-day Moscow to St. Petersburg tour, a fascinating historical journey through time to discover Russia’s ancient, Imperial, Soviet, and modern history. Discover the highlights of Russia’s national capital, Moscow, the ancient “Golden Ring” city of Ivanovo, and the “Northern Capital” of St. Petersburg. Bustling Moscow, home to the Kremlin and Red Square, offers unique insights into Russia’s Soviet past. The attractions of Ivanovo, one of the principal medieval Golden Ring cities, include a famous monastery and textile industry. Nearby towns offer river views, old merchants’ houses, and folk-art traditions. Meanwhile, the tour’s end point, Peter the Great’s masterpiece of St. Petersburg, offers magnificent Imperial palaces; elegant streets, monuments, and canals; as well as one of the world’s largest and most impressive art museums.
Tour itinerary:
During your free time, we offer the following optional activities (at additional cost):
Visit to the Armoury in the Kremlin (except Thursdays);
Night city tour, ‘Evening lights of Moscow’;
River cruise on the motor ship ‘Flotilla Radisson Royal’;
Tickets to the Bolshoi Theatre, concerts, the circus, or other performances.
Duration of sightseeing tour: 8-9 hours
Duration of sightseeing tour: 3-4 hours
During your free time, for an additional fee, we offer visits to:
Nikolay Dementiev’s Garden;
Burilin Ivanovo Museum of Local History;
Museum of the Soviet Car Industry.
Duration of sightseeing tour: 7 hours
During your free time, we offer the following optional activities (at additional cost):
Visit to the Krasnaya Presnya jewellery factory;
River boat cruise (May to September);
Caviar tasting at the fish farm.
Duration of sightseeing tour: 5-6 hours
Duration of sightseeing tour: 3 hours
During your free time in St. Petersburg, we offer the following optional activities (at additional cost):
Boat tour along the rivers and canals;
Night city tour, which includes watching bridges open;
Tickets to the Mariinsky Theatre.
*Closed on Mondays and the last Tuesday of each month (although the Peterhof gardens are open every day). If the Palace is closed on Day 8 of your tour, we will move this visit to another day if possible (or otherwise replace it with an alternative sight).
Duration of sightseeing tour: 6-7 hours
*Closed on Mondays. If Day 9 is a Monday, we will move this visit to another day if possible (or otherwise replace it with an alternative sight).
Duration of sightseeing tour: 5-6 hours
During your free time, we offer the following optional activities (at additional cost):
State Russian Museum (Mikhailovsky Palace);
Mikhailovsky Castle;
Menshikov Palace;
Pavlovsky Palace;
Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera);
Peter the Great’s Cabin;
Grand Model of Russia (a vast indoor scale model depicting Russia’s scenery, buildings, and everyday life);
Petrovskaya Aqvatoria Museum-Model of St. Petersburg and Suburbs of the 18th century.
- All transfers (1-2 pax by sedan type car, 3-7 pax by minivan, 8-13 pax by 30 seat bus, 14+ pax by 40-50 seat bus);
- Accommodation based on double/twin room sharing, breakfasts included;
- Sightseeing tour programme in each city with local, English-speaking guides;
- Entrance tickets to sights as per itinerary;
- Tickets for trains from Moscow – Ivanovo and Ivanovo – St. Petersburg;
- Visa support for Russian tourist visa;
- In groups of 11 or more travellers, 1 person travels free of charge and is accommodated in a single room.
- Tour leader to accompany the travellers for the whole period of the tour;
- Full board (lunches and dinners);
- Hotel charges for additional services;
- Consular fees for Russia tourist visa;
- International flight tickets before and after the tour;
- Personal travel insurance;
- Tips/gratuities for guides and drivers (although these would be appreciated).
Prices per person
Accommodation
Veliy Hotel Mokhovaya Moscow / Sverchkov 8 Hotel / Starosadskiy Hotel / Holiday Inn Express Hotel Moscow - Baumanskaya
Comfort:
Godunov Hotel / Arbat House Hotel / Pushkin Hotel / Brick Design Hotel
Ivanovo Hotel / hotel Soyuz / AMAKS Tourist hotel
Comfort:
Spa-hotel Best Western / Russian Manchester / Sheddok Hotel
Ibis St. Petersburg Centre / Station Hotel L1 / Hotel Bristol / Mini-hotel Centre
Comfort:
Solo Sokos Hotel Vasilievsky / Original Sokos Olympia Garden / Vedensky Hotel / Park Inn by Radisson Nevsky