Moscow – St. Petersburg on the I. Stravinsky motor ship

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Join us on an exciting journey to the heart of Russia: from the museum city of Uglich to the magical island of Kizhi, you will immerse yourself in the atmosphere of antiquity, art and natural beauty.

You will spend 6 nights on a cozy ship, where a rich entertainment program awaits you every day, and after the cruise you will go on a two-day adventure through the cultural capital of Russia.

Location

Moscow, Leningradskoe shosse, 51

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Tour highlights

The magical world of the Kizhi Ensemble

Get acquainted with the heritage of Karelian masters and feel the atmosphere of ancient times

Faberge's Masterpieces

Discover the success story of the court jeweler and his incredible jewelry masterpieces

Spiritual journey to Valaam

Visit ancient monasteries, churches and shrines where prayer and meditation merge with the majesty of nature

Atmospheric Tsarskoye Selo

Immerse yourself in the life of tsarist Russia with its magnificent palaces and learn about the life and rule of Russian monarchs, their tastes and preferences in architecture and art

Rest on the ship

Enjoy the beautiful scenery, rich entertainment program and delicious dishes offered in the restaurants

Itinerary

Day 1 - Check-in and departure
Independent arrival of tourists at the beginning of the tour in Moscow, Severny Rechnoy vokzal, Leningradskoe shosse 51.
14:00 Check-in begins 2 hours before departure.
Tourists register on board the ship on their own. After registration, you will be given a key to your cabin, an invitation to the restaurant (the number of the table assigned to you), an excursion booking form (to be filled out on the first day of the cruise).
Entertainment program.
An entertainment and information program will be waiting for you every day on board the ship (information about events is provided daily).
16:00 Departure of the ship.
Accommodation in a cabin of the selected "Comfort Premium" category.
Cabin service (included in the price):
Cabin cleaning – 1 time a day, in the morning.
Change of bed linen – 1 time in 5 days (within the cruise longer than 7 days)
Towels are changed once every 2 days.
Bottled water in the cabin (0.5 liters /person), daily replenishment.
You are expected on board the Igor Stravinsky motor ship:
Entertainment and services:
Every day you will find a rich entertainment program for adults and children – board and team games, interactive show programs, thematic workshops, dance lessons, concerts and musical evenings, creative meetings, talks and lectures, films and cartoons, children's animation - young travelers are entertained by a professional team of animators.
Free Wi-Fi is also provided on board (subject to technical availability) and all conditions are created so that you take care of your health and always stay in shape: morning exercises, fitness programs of varying degrees of intensity designed for any level of training, sports equipment, sauna, herbal tea and oxygen cocktail.
Meals on board the ship:
Three meals a day at the restaurant with a choice of vegetarian and low-calorie dishes are already included in the price of your cruise. Breakfast is served in a buffet format, lunch and dinner are organized according to a customized menu.
Custom menu: two options for appetizers and the first, and three options for the main hot dish and desserts.
For dinner, a light broth is served as the first hot dish.
Tea, coffee, water (cooler) – without restrictions.
Children's menu – for lunch and dinner.
For dinner, there is an additional 1 alcoholic / non–alcoholic drink, to choose from: juice, juice, wine (white or red), a mug of beer, a glass of vodka.
Access to the coffee station (opening 30 minutes before breakfast, closing coincides with the end of dinner).
Dinner (included in the price).
Day 2 - Uglich
Breakfast, lunch and dinner (included in the price).
15:00-17:30 Uglich (parking 2 hours 30 minutes).
The city of Uglich, founded in 1148, has a rare beauty and tragic history. It is located in a place where the Volga makes a sharp bend, forming a peculiar angle (from which, presumably, it got its name).
The architectural complex of the Uglich Kremlin is located in the historical center of Uglich, including the Chambers of the appanage princes, the building of the former City Duma, the Transfiguration Cathedral, the bell tower and the church of Tsarevich Dimitri on blood.
At the end of the 16th century, Maria Nagaya, the seventh wife of Ivan the Terrible, lived in honorable exile in the Kremlin in Uglich. Here, during a walk in the garden, Tsarevich Dmitry met his death. Later, at the end of the 17th century, a church was built here to commemorate this tragedy.
Uglich is included in the tourist routes of the "Golden Ring" of Russia. Today, the city is known for its unique watch models, mineral water, cheese and chocolate.
One tour to choose from (included in the price):
Option 1: Walking tour of the city.
The route runs through the Assumption Shopping Square to the territory of the Historical and Art Museum, where tourists will visit the Church of Tsarevich Dimitri "on blood" (interior), the Transfiguration Cathedral (interior).
Duration of the tour: 2 hours.
Option 2: Visit the Uglich HPP Museum.
The tour will take place if parking time allows.
Day 3 - Goritsy
Breakfast, lunch and dinner (included in the price).
13:00-16:00 Gorica (parking 3 hours 00 min.).
With the opening of the Volga-Baltic Canal, this place became known to thousands of people thanks to the ensemble of the Goritsky Resurrection Convent (1544).
In the small village of Goritsy, located on the shore of the Sheksna River, 8 km from the city of Kirillov, there is a river pier, from where a bus tour to the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery (1397) begins. The way to the main attraction of Kirillov runs through the unique national park "Russian North".
On its territory there is Mount Maura, on top of which lies a huge stone. According to legend, the indentation on this stone is the imprint of the foot of the Monk. Kirill Belozersky, the founder of the monastery.
The monastery was visited by Russian tsars and noble boyars with rich gifts. It was here that Ivan the Terrible's father came to pray for an heir.
One tour to choose from (included in the price):
Option 1: Excursion to the Kirillo-Belozersky monastery.
You will see the architectural ensemble of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery and visit the State Chamber. Guided tour of the monastery.
Duration of the tour: 2 hours.
Option 2: Tour of Kirillov "Pages of the history of a provincial city".
The tour begins at the Vologda Tower of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, where a panorama opens onto the walls of the monastery and Lake Siverskoye. The group visits the city's Lime Park in 1867, moves to Gostinodvorskaya Street, the decoration of which are the houses of local merchants.
You will get acquainted with the main operating parish church of the city – the Kazan Cathedral of the 18th and 19th centuries. Before leaving for the pier, there is free time to go out to the lake, visit the monastery, local shops, etc.
Duration of the tour: 2 hours.

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Day 4 - Kizhi
Breakfast, lunch and dinner (included in the price).
17:00-20:30 Kizhi (parking 3 hours 30 minutes).
Kizhi is the most fabulous and unusual island of the Russian North, located in one of the largest lakes in Europe – Lake Onega – 68 km from Petrozavodsk, the capital of Karelia. The Kizhi State Historical, Architectural and Ethnographic Museum-Reserve is located on the island of the same name and adjacent islands, the collection of which includes chapels, peasant houses, many outbuildings (barns, rigs, baths) and other buildings.
The foundation of the museum-reserve is the world–famous architectural ensemble of the Kizhi Pogost, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The heart of the architectural ensemble is the grandiose and majestic 22-domed Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, built, according to legend, without a single nail by the local architect Nestor in 1714. According to legend, after the construction, Nestor threw his axe into the waters of Lake Onega and said: "There has never been such a church before and there will never be again!"
One tour to choose from (included in the price):
Option 1: Excursion "Masterpieces of Kizhi Island".
It includes an inspection of the main objects of the museum:
Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord,
Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary (visit),
The bell tower is the estate of the Zaonezhsky peasant,
a visit to one of the peasant houses (D. Oshevneva or D. Elizarova) —
Chapel of the Archangel Michael,
a complex of agricultural buildings,
The Church of the Resurrection of Lazarus.
Duration of the tour: 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Option 2: Excursion "Villages of Kizhi Island".
It is recommended to visitors who come to Kizhi Island again.
It includes an inspection of the main objects of the museum:
Yamka village – visit to Berezkina's house,
Chapel of the Savior Not Made with Hands from the village of Vigovo,
Vasilevo village (if technically possible),
Chapel of the Assumption of the Virgin (if technically possible).
Duration of the tour: 2 hours and 15 minutes.

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Day 5 - Mandrogs
Breakfast, lunch and dinner (included in the price).
12:00-17:30 Mandrogi (Russian national village) (parking 5 hours 30 minutes).
Russian Russian cruise ships make a "green parking lot" here, during which you can independently combine a rich program of outdoor activities with a pleasant pastime in the ancient interiors of a village tavern or hut, visit the wonderful Museum of Russian Vodka, visit a Craft settlement and get acquainted with traditional Russian crafts.

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Day 6 - Valaam
Breakfast, lunch and dinner (included in the price)
08:00-20:00 Valaam (parking 12 hours).
The island, whose name means "high, mountainous land" in Finnish, is the largest in the Valaam Archipelago. The lush vegetation, as well as the huge water area of Lake Ladoga around create the impression of a heavenly place. However, for all the beauty of nature on the island, guests are primarily interested in its historical and cultural heritage, namely one of the oldest monasteries in Russia - Valaam Spaso–Preobrazhensky Monastery, whose complex includes temples, monasteries and chapels.
Every year thousands of tourists and pilgrims visit Valaam to join the unique Orthodox culture of the Russian North.
One tour to choose from (included in the price):
Option 1: Excursion "The Hermitage of Valaam".
Walking tour of the three Valaam hermitages: Voskresensky, Gethsemane and Konevsky, a kind of architectural and landscape solution that forms the famous "Valaam Palestine". The tour ends at the monastery farm, which has been supplying dairy products to the monastery since the end of the XIX century to the present day. A special place in the tour is given to getting acquainted with the unique natural complex of the Valaam archipelago, its flora and fauna.
Duration of the tour: 3 hours and 30 minutes.
Option 2: Excursion "Central manor".
A sightseeing walking tour of the central estate of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery begins from the pier of the Monastery Bay, from where the monastery, located on a high cliff, looks especially beautiful. Along Mount Tabor, past the Znamenskaya Chapel, the road leads to the Holy Gates of the monastery, passing through which guests enter the monastery square, the architectural ensemble of which was formed from the end of the XVIII to the beginning of the XX century. It includes the Church of Peter and Paul, the Assumption Refectory Church, the church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Life-giving Spring", the church of the Valaam Icon of the Mother of God, cell buildings and outbuildings.
A special place during the tour is given to visiting the main functioning temple of the monastery – the Transfiguration Cathedral, where the relics of the holy founders of the monastery, St. Sergius and Herman of Valaam Wonderworkers, rest.
If the ship is parked for less than 7 hours, the cost of the boat to the Central estate and back is paid additionally.
Duration of the tour: 3 hours 35 minutes.

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Day 7 - St. Petersburg, St. Isaac's Cathedral, Carl Faberge Museum
Early breakfast on board the ship (included in the price).
08:00 Arrival in St. Petersburg (release of cabins). Meeting with the guide at the pier.
Please prepare for disembarkation in advance.
Bus tour of St. Petersburg.
It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. You will see the prospects of St. Petersburg streets, the majestic expanse of the Neva River, dressed in granite embankments, bends of rivers and canals, facades of luxurious palaces, flying spans of bridges and airy patterns of fences.
Excursion to St. Isaac's Cathedral.
You will visit the largest church in St. Petersburg, which was built over 40 years, learn about the art of the first half of the XIX century and famous people who built the cathedral.
Excursion to the Carl Faberge Museum in the Shuvalov Palace with tasting of the signature dessert "Faberge Egg".
Following the principle of the great master, the real wonders of jewelry art are hidden behind the modest facades of the Shuvalov Palace. The museum has an unparalleled collection of Russian jewelry and decorative and applied arts of the XIX-XX centuries. The most valuable and famous items in the museum's collection are 9 imperial Easter eggs created by Carl Gustav Faberge.
Transfer to the hotel.
Accommodation at the hotel.
Free time.
Day 8 - Tsarskoye Selo
Breakfast at the hotel. Room release.
Bus tour to Tsarskoye Selo "Under the shadow of Tsarskoye Selo gardens".
It is possible to replace the tour with an equivalent museum.
Excursion to the Catherine Palace with the famous Amber Room and Catherine Park – a magnificent work of Russian landscape art of the XVIII-XIX centuries.
Transfer to the railway station of St. Petersburg.
After 18:00-19:00, the approximate end time of the program.

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Difficulty

Suitable for everyone

Accommodation

Cabin on the boat

6 nights
Hotel

1 night

Comfort

Premium

The tour includes accommodation:

6 nights – on the Igor Stravinsky train station in a cabin of your choice;
1 night in a hotel in the center of St. Petersburg in a superior room.

The cost of the tour for 1 person / rub. depending on the category of cabin on the ship and accommodation in the cabin / room:

	Double room	Extra charge for a single room	Discount for a child under 14 years old
Premium Comfort on the main deck	93245	73460	15954
Junior Suite with Balcony on the middle deck	113103	87950	19236

Discounts:

pensioners – 10%;
employees of law enforcement agencies and their family members – 10%;
WWII participants, blockade runners – 10%;
for large families – 10%;
for disabled people and accompanying persons – 10%.

The four-deck liner Igor Stravinsky, (premium class) built at German shipyards in 1985, also belongs to the famous project 302.

The boarding ship with luxurious interior decoration and modern minimalist interiors, which it acquired after modernization in 2019, is rightfully considered one of the most beautiful in our fleet.

To accommodate 192 passengers, there are 94 high–class double cabins - comfort and premium comfort, which are equipped with full bathrooms with a shower cabin, as well as air conditioning, TVs, safes, radio and free wi-fi.

Among the entertainment facilities, Igor Stravinsky has prepared for its passengers a dance bar on the sun deck, a gourmet restaurant, a bar with panoramic windows for a better view and a souvenir shop. There is also a fitness room with modern exercise equipment and a hairdressing salon on board.

Main Features:

Length - 129.1 m
Width - 16.7 m
Height - 13.2 m
Draft - 2.9 m
The maximum speed is 25.5 km/h
The number of passengers is 192 people.

On board the ship:

Haute cuisine Restaurant
Outdoor sun deck
Bar on the sun deck
Bar with panoramic windows
A fitness room with modern exercise equipment
Gift shop
Sauna
Hair salon
Medical center

Cabin of the ship:

The Comfort Premium 2M cabin on the Igor Stravinsky t/x is a comfortable one–room cabin with a panoramic window, designed to accommodate up to two passengers.

The approximate area of the cabin is 13 m2.

The cabin is equipped with a double bed (1600x2000 mm), which can be pushed apart if desired.

Cabin equipment: air conditioning/heater, TV, safe, internal telephone, hair dryer, refrigerator, drinking glasses, clothes brush, slippers.

Bathroom equipment in the cabin: shower, mirror, 2 glasses, toiletries (soap, shampoo, shower gel in tubes, toilet paper), a set of towels (large bath towel, medium hand towel).

Tour conditions

Group

up to 40 tourists

Minimum age

6 years old

Duration

8 days 7 nights

Group meets at

Moscow, Leningradskoe shosse, 51

Included in price

accommodation: 6 nights on the ship, 1 night in a hotel in St. Petersburg;
meals: 7 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 6 dinners (3 meals a day on the ship, breakfast on the tour of St. Petersburg);
guided tours according to the program (including museum tickets and guide services);
animation and wellness programs on the ship;
transportation services on a tour of St. Petersburg.

Paid extra

air and railway tickets to Moscow and back from St. Petersburg;
meeting;
meals not specified in the tour program;
the cost of a boat to the Central Valaam estate and back (when the ship is parked for less than 7 hours).

It's important to know

Air and railway tickets are not included in the price of the tour. You can purchase them yourself or contact us for help.

Dates and Prices

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19 – 26 May, 2025 8 days 7 nights

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