Day 1
Arrive to Moscow. Check into the hotel. The rest of the day is open for individual plans.

Day 2
Breakfast at the hotel. Excursions to the Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral, Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Kutuzovsky Prospekt, Moscow State University and viewpoint at Sparrow Hills. Lunch in the city. Return to the hotel.

Day 3
Breakfast at the hotel. Excursion to the Kremlin and its various cathedrals. Tour of the Armory and Diamond Fund. Lunch in the city. Return to the hotel.

Day 4
Breakfast at the hotel. Tour of Pereslavl-Zalessky, viewing of the State Museum Reserve of History, Architecture and Art, excursion to the Botik Museum. Lunch. Travel to Sergiev Posad. Tour of the Trinity Sergius Lavra with viewing of all operating cathedrals. Travel to train station. Take the night train to Saint Petersburg.

Day 5
Morning arrival to the Moskovsky Rail Terminal in Saint Petersburg. Travel to and check into the hotel. Breakfast. Tour of the city which includes Nevsky Prospekt, all major plazas, Spit of Vasilievsky Island, Cruiser Aurora. Tour of the Peter and Paul Fortress. Peter and Paul Cathedral. Lunch. Tour of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Return to hotel.

Day 6
Breakfast at the hotel. Tour of the Hermitage. Lunch. Individual free time. St. Isaac’s Cathedral, Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, Menshikov Palace.

Day 7
Breakfast at the hotel. Excursion to the suburbs of the city, which includes tour of the Tsarskoye Selo, Catherine Palace, one of the rooms of which is the reproduced Amber Room. Guided tour of the park. Lunch. Tour of the Pavlovsk Palace and Park. Return to hotel.

Day 8
Breakfast at the hotel. Excursion to Peterhof in the suburbs of the city. Tour of the Upper and Lower Gardens. Optional tour of one of the palaces. Lunch. Travel to Pulkovo Airport.