Two Capitals: Moscow and St. Petersburg. Sightseeing tour for 8 days

Breakfast. Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby. Departure for the tour by bus.

A bus and pedestrian sightseeing tour of the city is the first acquaintance with the city, its history, culture, architectural design and historical facts.

During the trip, you will drive along the central street of the city – Tverskaya, along the Garden and Boulevard Rings, explore the Bolshoi and Maly Theaters, and visit the Kremlin Embankment.

Admire Volkhonka Street– the center of Moscow's museum life, see the Triumphal Arch on Kutuzovsky Prospekt, the Government House of Russia, the newfangled Moscow City district, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the monument to Peter I on the Moskva River and many other memorable objects of our capital!

A visit to the observation deck on Vorobyovy Gory is a place of worship, a must–visit for all guests of the city.

It is from here that Moscow is clearly visible: the Luzhniki Stadium, the Novodevichy Monastery, the building of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the skyscrapers of the Moscow City business district, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Seven Sisters - the famous Stalin skyscrapers, the Ostankino TV Tower and much more.

Visit the Moscow City complex, a modern business district of the Russian capital: you will see Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment, the seven-meter monument "Tree of Life" by Ernst Neizvestny, walk along the Bagration shopping and pedestrian bridge and get acquainted with the history of the construction of skyscrapers.

The program ends at the Moscow City Center. Free time.

Additionally: Climb to the Panorama 360 observation deck of the Federation Tower in Moscow City, where you can not only see Moscow from a bird's-eye view, but also visit a real ice cream and chocolate factory and taste an unlimited amount of freshly prepared dessert. Cost: 3100 rubles.

Breakfast. Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby. Things in the hotel's luggage room. Departure for the tour by public transport (payment of the fare at your own expense).

Walking tour of Zamoskvorechye, one of the oldest districts of Moscow, the former Moscow suburb, which over time and the growth of Moscow turned from a craft district into merchant settlements with rich and picturesque estates.

It is with Zamoskvorechye that the names of Russian patrons and entrepreneurs are associated – the Tretyakovs, Morozovs, Ryabushinskys and such famous figures of culture and art as P. I. Tchaikovsky, L.N. Tolstoy, S. A. Yesenin, A. A. Akhmatova, A. A. Fet.

Visit to the Tretyakov Gallery (entrance fees) – a real treasure trove of Russian painting, graphics and sculpture: founded in 1856, the museum houses more than 180,000 exhibits, including the world-famous masterpieces of art by Andrei Rublev, "Alexander Ivanov, Valentin Serov and many others.

18:00 The end of the program in the city. Free time. Independent return to the hotel and train station.

Transfer by night train Moscow-Saint Petersburg.

Attention! Tickets are not included in the price of the tour. Available for an additional fee.

If tourists want to take the Sapsan high-speed train, then it is necessary to take an extra night stay at a hotel in Moscow or St. Petersburg.

Arrival in Saint Petersburg. Independent check-in at the hotel.

10:10 and 12:30 Meeting at Ladoga railway Station at the information board (by prior request).

Group transfer.

11:00 and 13:00 Meeting at the monument to Peter the Great at the Moscow Railway Station (by prior request). Group transfer. Independent placement.

13:00-14:30 Free time for lunch and accommodation. Meeting with the guide in the lobby of the base hotel, the sign "Greets Petersburg".

1 Bus:

• 14:30 departure from the Rossiya Hotel (including for guests from the Elkus Hotel);
• 15:00 departure from the Teatralnaya and Express Sadovaya hotels, meeting in the Teatralnaya lobby (including for guests from the Admiralteiskaya, Azimut, Ambassador, Domina, Court INN, Port Comfort Sennaya, Rimsky-Korsakov hotels").

Bus 2:

• 14:30 departure from the Dostoevsky Hotel (including for guests from the hotels Yes on Marata, Sokroma This is Peter, Sokroma Library, Oktyabrskaya, Marata Station M19);
• 14:45 departure from the hotel "Rus" (including for guests from the hotels "Arbat Nord", "Indigo", "Oktyabrskaya", "Radisson Sonya", "St. Petersburg").

Bus sightseeing tour of St. Petersburg. We will be able to see the monumental monument to Peter the Great – the Bronze Horseman, about which A.S. Pushkin wrote in his poem.

As well as St. Isaac's, Senate and Trinity Squares, we will drive along the arrow of Vasilyevsky Island, and we will also see the famous and majestic Cruiser Aurora.

16:00 Excursion to St. Isaac's Cathedral, the largest Orthodox church in St. Petersburg and the second tallest building in the historical center of the city after Peter and Paul Cathedral.

19:00 Transfer to the base hotels. Free time.

Breakfast at the hotel. Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby.

09:30-10:30 Departure from the base hotels.

10:30-13:00 "Parade Petersburg" tour. We will see Ostrovsky Square, the Palace Square, where the beautiful Hermitage is located, the Field of Mars, Malaya Sadovaya.

13:00-14:00 Free time for lunch or optional: guided tour of the rivers and canals of St. Petersburg.

Optional: Guided tour of the rivers and canals of St. Petersburg. A boat trip is a great opportunity to escape from worries, get a lot of positive emotions and admire the city from a new perspective (approximately 850 rubles. adult, 650 rubles. school, 750 rubles. student, 750 rubles. pence.)

13:30-14:30 Lunch for an additional fee (850 rubles for adults)

15:30 Guided tour to the Hermitage. You will visit one of the largest museums in the world, where you will see the greatest creations of famous artists and sculptors.

After the tour, free time at the Hermitage (open until 20:00).

Additionally: Visit to the Petrovskaya Aquatoria mock-up theater (approximately 600 rubles for adults, 400 rubles for school, 530 rubles for students, 530 rubles for pence, open until 22:00).

Imagine that St. Petersburg of the XVIII century appeared before you, where carriages ride along the streets, and sailboats glide along rivers and canals, and you can see all this in a miniature model of the Petrovsky Aquatoria.

18:30 Free time. Independent return to the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby.

10:30-11:30 Departure from the base hotels.

Bus tour "Under the shadow of the Tsarskoye Selo Gardens". Excursion to Catherine's Palace and park.

You will go to the favorite summer residence of Empress Catherine II, where you will see the beautiful Catherine Palace, stroll through the garden and enjoy the landscapes of nature and Baroque architecture.

Free time in Tsarskoye Selo (3 hours) or for an additional fee, a bus tour to Pavlovsk.

13:30-14:30 Lunch for an additional fee (approximately 850 rubles for adults)

Optional: Bus tour to Pavlovsk. Excursion to the Pavlovsk Palace, a walk in the park (approximately 1300 rubles for adults, 1000 rubles for school, 1200 rubles for students, 1200 rubles for pence).

Pavlovsk is the third largest pearl in the necklace of the palace and park ensembles of St. Petersburg. The trip promises a break from the frenzied pace of a huge metropolis, silence, peace, almost solitude.

19:00 Return to the city to the Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station. Independent return to the hotel.

23:30-02:30 Additionally: Bus tour "Night Petersburg" (approximately 1200 rubles for adults, 1000 rubles for school, 1000 rubles for students, 1000 rubles for pence).

Many well-known sights of St. Petersburg open up from a new perspective if you admire them during a night walk.

Breakfast at the hotel. Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby.

09:00 Departure from the hotels.

Bus tour "Along the old Peterhof road". The Peterhof Road is not only the main highway connecting St. Petersburg with Peterhof, but also a real cultural and historical monument, along which the best examples of palace and park ensembles of the XVII and XVIII centuries are located.

Perhaps their most striking example is the Kiryanovo estate, which belonged to E.R. Vorontsova-Dashkova, an associate of Catherine II and the first woman of non–imperial origin to hold high government posts.

On a bus tour, thanks to the opportunity to see the estates of those close to the emperors, you will be able to feel the spirit of Peter the Great's time and the "golden age" of Catherine II.

Guided tour of the Lower Park. Peterhof Lower Park is a place that is a must–visit for every tourist coming to St. Petersburg.

Just imagine, the park covers 102.5 hectares, which is comparable in size to the three squares of the Moscow Kremlin! First of all, the Lower Park is famous for the ensemble of the central part with the fountain "Samson tearing the lion's mouth".

Also, the presence of firecracker fountains will allow you to plunge into Peter the Great's time, when the tsar had fun watching how splashes of water "covered" passing ladies and gentlemen. In addition to the firecracker fountains, local squirrel residents will be waiting for you, who are always happy to have treats!

Additionally: A walk along the Gulf of Finland on the Meteor motor ship from Nizhny Park to the center of St. Petersburg on Admiralteiskaya Embankment (approximately 1400 rubles adult, 1200 rubles school).

16:00 The end of the program in the city center. Independent return to the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. Room release.

09:00-10:00 Meeting with the guide in the lobby of the base hotel. Departure from the hotels.

10:00 Bus tour "Temples of St. Petersburg". We will see military temples, temples of the Baroque and Classicism eras: Smolny Cathedral, Kazan Cathedral and the Transfiguration Cathedral, we will visit the Savior on Spilled Blood and the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.

10:30 Excursion to the Savior on Spilled Blood, an amazing temple erected in memory of the liberator Emperor Alexander II, and a unique museum of mosaic art.

13:30 Visit to the Alexander Nevsky Lavra— the first and largest monastery in the city.

15:00 The end of the program at the Moscow railway station.

15:00 Lunch for an additional fee (approximately 850 rubles for adults).

15:30-22:00 Optional: Evening Kronstadt bus tour. Sightseeing tour of Kronstadt. Visit to the Naval Cathedral.

After driving along the causeway through the Gulf of Finland, you will take a walk through the fortress city, located on a small island, and, at least for a short time, you will feel involved in the sea.

Visit to the Ostrov Fortov Museum and Historical Park, which is dedicated to the history and glory of the Russian Navy. Here you will find the Alley of Heroes, reminiscent of the road of time, a Lighthouse of memory, recreation areas for children and adults.

In the park you can learn about the history of the fleet, admire the views of the harbor, ride a panoramic swing and, of course, make a wish (2400 rubles. adult, 2000 rubles. school, 2200 rubles. student, 2200 rubles. pence).

Optional: Guided tour of the roofs of St. Petersburg. Let's take a look at St. Petersburg from an unforgettable height, look at this magical city from a new perspective and surprise our friends with unusual photos (approximately 900 rubles for adults).

Additionally: Excursion to the Peter and Paul Fortress (1600 rubles, 1250 rubles school, 1550 rubles student, 1550 rubles pence)

22:00 End in the city center at Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station at Moskovsky train Station.