LONG WEEK-END IN MOSCOW
Duration: 5 days
Day 1. MOSCOW CITY TOUR
Guide & transport
Arrival at the airport. Meeting with guide.
City tour with stops at Red Square, Zaryadye Park, New Maiden Convent, observation deck of Vorobyovy Gory, Victory Park (duration: 4 hours).
Transfer to the hotel and accommodation.
Day 2. THE TRETYAKOV GALLERY & CHRIST-THE-SAVIOUR CATHEDRAL
Guide & transport
Breakfast. Meeting with guide at the hotel lobby.
Excursion to the Tretyakov Gallery. The State Tretyakov Gallery is the biggest art museum in Russia, which contains the largest collection of
Russian art of the 12th-20th centuries.
Excursion to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior – one of the largest cathedrals in Russia. Visit to the New Maiden (Novodevichy) Convent and a visit to the Novodevichy Cemetery. The Novodevichy Convent is one of the most beautiful Moscow monasteries, the Kremlin in miniature. The Novodevichy Convent became the burial place of some prominent people of Russia, such as the writers A. Chekhov and N. Gogol. During the Soviet years, the monastery was a privileged cemetery for party leaders, generals, actors and writers.
Day 3. MOSCOW METRO & ARBAT STREET
Guide only
Breakfast. Meeting with guide at the hotel lobby.
Excursion to the Moscow Metro, visiting the most beautiful stations.
Walking tour along Arbat Street.
Arbat has been a pedestrian street since 1986. Arbat is still the center of attraction for tourists and is unofficially called Old Arbat. Old Arbat is one of the few places in Russia where you can enjoy the special atmosphere of a flea market along with 19th century merchant buildings and modern shops and restaurants.
Day 4. KREMLIN GROUNDS
Guide only
Breakfast. Meeting with guide at the hotel lobby.
Visit to the Kremlin (residence of the President of Russia) and the Armoury Chamber – one of the largest museums of applied arts.
Day 5.
Guide & transport
Breakfast. Check-out. Meet the guide in the lobby of your hotel.
Transfer to airport.
Available languages
Guide:
English-speaking/French-speaking/German-speaking/Spanish-speaking/Czech-speaking. Other languages are upon request.