| Russia Family Holiday
A 10-Day tour starting from $8,570
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| About This Tour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Participate in a fun-filled yet enlightening exploration of glorious Russia. |
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• Centrally located deluxe hotels for your comfort and sightseeing convenience, including the new Ritz-Carlton Moscow
• A private 'Russian Hospitality' event at beautiful Kolomenskoye Estate to discover the traditions and customs of medieval Russia through games, dance and song • The Grand Express deluxe overnight train from Moscow to St. Petersburg • Freedom to dine at your choice of one of A&K's recommended restaurants in select cities
DAYS 1-2: USA or Canada/Moscow, Russia
Fly overnight to Moscow and transfer to your luxurious city-center hotel. The afternoon is at leisure before tonight's welcome cocktails and dinner. Ritz-Carlton Moscow D DAY 3: Moscow Walk through Red Square and visit Lenin's mausoleum, where the embalmed body of the first Soviet leader is on public display, and then continue to St. Basil's Cathedral. The rest of the day is at leisure. Ritz-Carlton Moscow B DAY 4: Moscow Admire the best collection of Russian art at the Tretyakov Gallery and then visit the Kolomeneskoye Estate, the former summer residence of the czars, for an afternoon of games, dance and song, and a snack of tea and pancakes. Dine à la carte at your hotel this evening. Ritz-Carlton Moscow B L D DAY 5: Moscow/St. Petersburg Visit the Kremlin's famous Armory collection of regalia from the Imperial era, with items owned by Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great. After lunch, visit Izmaylovo's open-air souvenir and handicraft market and paint your own matrioshka doll. This evening, board the Grand Express deluxe overnight train to St. Petersburg. Grand Express Train B L D DAY 6: St. Petersburg Visit dazzling St. Isaac's Cathedral, whose dome is covered with pure gold leaf, and the St. Peter and Paul Fortress, used as one of the most terrifying prisons of Czarist Russia. After lunch, stop in at the opulent Yusupov Palace, the scene of the murder of Grigory "Mad Monk" Rasputin. Dine à la carte in one of A&K's selected restaurants. Grand Hotel Europe B L D DAY 7: St. Petersburg/Petrodvorets/ St. Petersburg Visit Petrodvorets, the summer palace of Peter the Great. Continue to the Museum of Ethnography for a "Russian Village Festival" of folklore costumes, traditional songs and dances. Grand Hotel Europe B L DAY 8: St. Petersburg View the Hermitage Museum's art collection in the lavish Winter Palace. After lunch visit Peter the Great's first residence. Next, explore the 19th-century battleship 'Aurora,' whose blank shot in 1917 signaled the attack on the Winter Palace and the beginning of the Russian Revolution. Cruise the Neva River for a farewell dinner and a delightful way to take in the beauty of St. Petersburg. Grand Hotel Europe B D DAY 9: St. Petersburg/Pushkin/ St. Petersburg Travel to Pushkin and the grand Catherine's Palace followed by lunch in a traditional Russian izba. Your afternoon is at leisure before gathering for farewell drinks this evening to conclude this fascinating journey. Grand Hotel Europe B L DAY 10: St. Petersburg/USA or Canada Board your homebound flight. B
• Visit to Shuvalovka, a traditional Russian village
• Farewell dinner cruise on the Neva River, a delightful finale to your journey The price shown is in USD. Price is per person, based on double occupancy.
Minimum age: 6 years * Holiday surcharge may apply. Call for details. Departure dates, prices and availability may change at any time. |
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