Moscow history. 5-day sightseeing tour

Breakfast at the hotel.

10:00 Meeting with the guide at the main entrance to the VDNH Park.
Walking tour to VDNKH, visit to the Cosmonautics Museum.

The Museum of Cosmonautics is one of the largest scientific and technical museums in the world. The history of the museum began in the second half of the 20th century, when in 1964 a monument to the "Conquerors of Space" appeared on the map of Moscow. You will learn a lot about the history of Soviet and Russian cosmonautics, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky's projects to realize the dream of mankind about space flights, about the formation of the space industry in the USSR, about the founder of practical cosmonautics Sergei Korolev, as well as the first artificial Earth satellites, the first human flight into space, flights to the Moon, international cooperation in space, spaceports and modern launch vehicles!

The place of the end of the program: VDNH, no later than 14:00.
Program duration: ~ 4 hours.

Independent return to the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Departure for the excursion program to Sergiev Posad from the hotel by bus at 08:45.

Excursion to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.
The Trinity-Sergius Lavra is a pearl of Orthodox shrines in Russia with a centuries–old history. The architectural ensemble of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra is under UNESCO protection.
Trinity Cathedral (interior) is the main cathedral church and the oldest surviving structure of the Trinity Monastery, the first stone building of the Lavra. The main shrine of the cathedral is the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh.

The Assumption Cathedral (interior) is the architectural center of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. It is inferior in seniority to the famous Trinity Cathedral, but nevertheless, with its location and strict majesty, it heads the Lavra group of buildings.

13:00 Lunch at a cafe in the city.

14:00 Departure to Moscow.

The place of the end of the program: the hotel, no later than 15:00.
Program duration: ~ 6 hours.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Departure for the excursion program from the hotel by bus at 10:20.

Sightseeing tour of the city - "Moscow has many faces".
A sightseeing tour accompanied by a professional guide is a unique opportunity to get acquainted with the capital in all its beauty and diversity, enjoy the urban landscapes, learn a lot of interesting historical facts, and fall in love with this city forever! 

You will drive along the famous embankments and streets of the historic city: 

• Boulevard and Garden Ring, Kutuzovsky Prospekt; 
• Bolshoi Theatre and Manege;

You'll see: 

• Stalin's skyscrapers;
• The Arc de Triomphe;
• the golden domes of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior;
• swan pond near the walls of the Novodevichy Monastery;
• Vorobyovy Gory, Moscow State University building; 
• Luzhniki Stadium; 
• modern skyscrapers of Moscow City and much more. 

At the end of the sightseeing tour, you will walk along the famous paving stones of Red Square, see the multicolored domes of St. Basil's Cathedral, and enjoy the splendor of the panorama of the ancient Kremlin from the Sofia embankment of the Moskva River. 

Visiting the territory of the Moscow Kremlin (self-guided sightseeing). The entrance ticket gives you the opportunity to see the cathedral square, the architectural ensemble of the Middle Ages: churches, the bell tower of Ivan the Great and outstanding works of Russian foundry art — Tsar Cannon and Tsar Bell, as well as the unique interiors of the Assumption, Arkhangelsk, Annunciation cathedrals.

The place of the end of the program: the hotel, no later than 15:00.
Program duration: ~ 5 hours.

It is possible to change the order of excursions, as well as replace them with equivalent ones.