3 Day Shore Excursion of St. Petersburg and Moscow Tour – INTENSIVE

Day 1: Arrival in St. Petersburg

8:30 AM

Your private, fully licensed guide and professional driver of a comfortable air-conditioned vehicle will greet you at passport immigration control next to your ship.
Set off for a JOURNEY TO PUSHKIN (TZARSKOE SELO) – one of St. Petersburg’s suburbs within an hour’s drive from the city center. You will visit former Tsars’ summer residence – Catherine’s Palace including the famous Amber Room – the 8th “wonder” of the World and Catherine’s Park

12:00-13:00 lunch( optional)*

PETERHOF TOUR – Another summer residence of Russian emperors. You will see the Upper Garden which resembles Versailles in its planning and, of course, the Lower Park with its incomparable Fountains, and tour the TSARS BATH HOUSE.
On the way back to St. Petersburg you will have a chance to see the “not so touristy” St. Petersburg and to have a short METRO TRIP the interiors recall palaces, not subways.
CITY OVERVIEW TOUR. You will be able to see and take pictures of the most famous and beautiful sights of St. Petersburg center, get acquainted with the history of the city and the Romanov family.
FOLKLORE SHOW “Feel Yourself Russian”: Russian dances, songs, tricks, traditional Russian instruments (balalaika, gusli, playing on wooden spoons, or on saws), and much more. Russian Buffet has included: snacks, caviar, and champagne.

22:00 

Return to the ship

Day 2: St. Petersburg to Moscow

6:00 AM

Your driver meets you at passport immigration control next to your ship.
Transfer to Moscovsky railway station, boarding bullet train, and depart for Moscow.

11:00 

Your fully licensed guide and driver will greet you next to the train carriage in Moscow.
You begin exploring the capital of Russia visiting the KREMLIN with Assumption, Archangel, Annunciation Cathedrals.

12:00-13:00 lunch (optional)*

ARMOURY MUSEUM TOUR – It is famous for the Tsar’s regalia such as crown jewels and crowns, orbs and scepters, clothing of the Russian tsars and tsarinas, royal carriages, collection of arms and armory, and gifts to the Russian Tsar.
DIAMOND FUND is an exceptional exhibition of precious stones, gold and platinum nuggets, and crown jewels of the Russian tsars.

You will have the opportunity to walk down TVERSKAYA Street where almost every notable event is celebrated. You will see famous “personalities” (modern people representing those in Russian history and culture), and you’ll visit Moscow’s central shopping mall – GUM. Walk to famous RED SQUARE, visiting Russian “stone flower” ST. BASIL CATHEDRAL.

19:30 

Board bullet train, departure for St. Petersburg.

23:30 

Your driver meets you next to the train carriage.

00:00 

Return to the ship

Day 3: Sightseeing Tour – Canal Cruise

9:00 AM

Your private guide and driver meet you at passport immigration control next to your ship.
PRIVATE CANAL CRUISE along rivers and canals of the “Venice of the North”
HERMITAGE EXCURSION – Includes the 4 buildings of this ensemble: the Winter Palace, the Small Hermitage, the New Hermitage, and the Old Hermitage.

13:00-14:00 lunch(optional)*

Enjoy the beauty of SAVIOR ON THE SPILT BLOOD CATHEDRAL, which startles visitors with its mighty size, multicolored “onion” domes, the magnitude of its decor. The interior has the largest surface in the world covered with mosaics created to depict religious subjects.

16:00 

Return to the ship