Discover Russia

Day 01 : Arrival to St. Petersburg

Arrival to St. Petersburg Start early morning from New Delhi airport to St.Petersburg. Arrival to St. Petersburg, go through immigration, collect baggage, then you will be meet and welcome. Transfer to hotel .City’s short introduction. Check In & time to relax.Dinner at Indian restaurant.Overnight at hotel.

Day 02 : City Tour

09:00 Breakfast at the hotel. 10:00 Assemble at Hotel Lobby and meet English speaking Guide. City tour (3 hours):– Tour of a city, rightfully described as – Drive along the «Great Perspective» world famous today as Nevsky Prospect lined with marble palaces of Russian royalty and aristocracy, with most fashionable boutiques and art salons arranged in old settings of the 18th century, trading rows and arcades, with impressive classical and Renaissance cathedrals and churches as its backdrop, enjoy this 4.5 km long thoroughfare cut through woods and marshes from the Admiralty with the city’s symbol (2 ship) on top of its gilded spire to the Monastery of Alexander Nevsky, one of four Russia’s Lavras with its magnificent Trinity Cathedral and its cemetery where Dostoevsky, Tchaikovsky and other world celebrities were buried;

– Stop over at an excellent picture opportunity with a stunning panorama along the Neva’s embankments, by the city’s Rostral Columns you will have a view of the 5 buildings of the State Hermitage Museum and the fortress of St. Peter and Paul – the cradle of Russia’s new capital, the first public museum of the country – the Chamber of Curiosities, founded by Peter the Great and the 4th world’s largest domed structures – St. Isaac Cathedral with «The Bronze Horseman» unveiled in Senate Square.

– Rabbit island, visit Peter & Paul fortress.

– Drive by Summer Garden with the oldest royal stone palace and breathtaking collection of Italian statues and sculpture set in a natural environment of linden trees and ponds with ducks and swans, all surrounded by cast iron fence whose beauty is frequently described as every kilo of cast iron being worth a kilo of gold.

– Stop in the Field of Mars with the eternal flame lit in the center of the monument to victims of revolutions and wars, take pictures of the Resurrection Cathedral on the Spilt Blood at its background, one of the most unusual monuments of Russian Orthodox architecture built on the spot where Alexander II was assassinated.- Drive through the Square of Arts which is a perfect classical ensemble of the city.

14:00 Lunch Stop at Indian Restaurant

18:00 Neva river cruise

19:30 Dinner at Indian restaurant .

Transfer to hotel. Check in. Overnight at hotel.

Day 03 : Peterhoff Park

After a 22-mile drive through the suburbs of St. Petersburg reach Peterhoff, a former summer residence of the Russian tsars’ in the 18-th – 19-th centuries. Explore Peterhoff designed to the request of Peter the Great to rival Versailles. 300-acre parks on the shore of the Finish Gulf, spectacular fountains, the Grand Palace, crowning the hill above the fountains and about 20 smaller Palaces and pavilions represent «Russian Versailles» now. Enjoy picturesque Lower Gardens with three unique cascades, dozens of powerful water jets, and miniature palaces – Monplaisir, Marly and Hermitage. Take a deep breath looking at the centre of the composition, the Grand Palace, and Grand Cascade, including staircases, waterfalls, an avenue of 64 fountains and 37 gilded statues. Take a picture of the symbol of Peterhoff, «Samson killing a lion» fountain, an allegory of the crucial victory of Russians over the Swedish army at Poltava in 1709.

14:00 Lunch Stop at Indian Restaurant

15:30 Palace Square and visit Hermitage museum or free time. Its priceless collection occupies 5 historical buildings of which the Winter Palace – the former residence of the Russian Royal family – is the most remarkable. Its rooms decorated with marble and gold provide a fine background for the treasures of the Hermitage. You might be surprised to know that the collection of this unique museum contains over 3 million exhibits including the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael and other famous artists.

16:30 – 19:00 Shopping at Nevsky Street / Galleria Mall 19:30 Dinner at Indian restaurant

Back to the hotel and overnight.

Day 04 : TsarskoyeSelo

08:00 Breakfast in hotel. Assemble at Hotel Lobby and meet English speaking Guide.

09:30 Transfer to Visit TsarskoyeSelo. The TsarskoyeSelo palace and park ensemble is a superb monument of world- ranking architecture and garden-and-park design dating from the 18 to early 20 centuries. TsarskoyeSelo is a cluster of very fine examples of Baroque and Classical architecture and it was also the first place in the Russian capital where interiors decorated in the Moderne (Art Nouveau) style appeared. Today, as we enter the palace, we can sense the spirit of the times of Empresses Elizabeth and Catherine II and admire unique works of fine and applied art.

Return to city.

14:00 Lunch Stop at Indian Restaurant

Shopping tour.

Back to the hotel and overnight.

Day 05 : St. Petersburg – Moscow by Sapsan

09:00 Breakfast at the hotel. 11:00 Meeting at lobby with guide. Transfer to railway station. Train to Moscow

Lunch Box in train

(SAPSAN – morning time depart, at 13:00. Arrive to Moscow at 17:00).

Dinner at Indian restaurant

Day 06 : City Tour of Moscow

09:00 Breakfast in hotel. 10:00 – Proceed for City tour including: Sofia’s Embankment, The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Russia’s spiritual New Maiden Convent, a fortress and monastic ensemble of the 16th century, a world-famous Moscow State University campus a panorama platform on Vorobiovy (Sparrow) Hills. The White House of the Russian Federation, a landmark of post-reformed Moscow’s boulevards, a historical and cultural center of Moscow with its museums, theatres, and memorial places. Theatre square, the world-famous Bolshoi Russian Circus

13:00 Lunch at Indian restaurant

Moscow Metro Tour and Stations & Walking Tour at Arbat Street- famous souvenir shopping street

19:00 Dinner at Indian restaurant

Return to hotel. Overnight at hotel.

Day 06 : Kremlin Tour, Red Square, Metro Tour

09:00 Breakfast at the hotel. 10:00 Meeting at lobby with guide.

Proceed to visit Kremlin Territory + Cathedral.

– Cathedral Square, a breathtaking architectural ensemble of the 15th – 17th centuries, where the life of Russian grand princes and tsar started and ended, the Annunciation Cathedral where they were baptized/Christianize, the Assumption Cathedral where they were crowned and the Archangel Michael Cathedral where they were buried.

– Tsar’s bell and Tsar Cannon, stunning examples of casting of the 16th – 18th

– The Grand Kremlin Palace, from the imperial residence to the Russian President’s gala reception quarters.

– Political and governmental buildings of the Kremlin, the Senate, the Palace of Congresses, the the Arsenal.

– Kremlin walls and towers, a unique fortress of middle Ages’

– Bell Tower

– Lunch at Indian restaurant

– Moscow RED Square Tour: Red Square, enjoy a unique architectural ensemble of the 4th largest square in the world, The Cathedrals of St. Basil and Our Lady of Kazan, The biggest History Museum of Russia, The Trading Arcades of GUM (State Universal Store), Lenin’s tomb and Aleksandrovsky Garden, Evening Russian Ballet.

19:00 Dinner at Indian restaurant Overnight at hotel.

Day 08 : Drop at Airport

Breakfast at the Hotel. 12:00 – Check Out. Free time and transfer to Airport to Delhi.