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Optional
Excursions
These excursions are intended
as add-ons to our standard land touring programme. Many of them
will already be included in the tour you have booked. Please
note cruise passengers will receive a list of optional
excursions from Cruise Director. Prices are based on two or more
people and include transport, expert guide and all entrance
fees. Please note we can not be held responsible for excursions
not booked via our UK or Russian offices, and although you may
add excursions at any time after you book, some museums require
considerable advance notice so the sooner you book the better.
Moscow Optional
Excursions
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Code
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Name
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Days
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Duration
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Description
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Cost
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M1
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Moscow City Tour
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Daily
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3 hours
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Panoramic tour - see Red Square, GUM,
Lenin’s Tomb, Kremlin (from the outside), Sparrow Hills
viewpoint, Bolshoi Theatre, Russia’s White House and the
Lyubanka KGB building. |
£45
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M2
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Moscow By Night
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Daily
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2 hours
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A fantastic tour to see Moscow lit up by
night. Our tour will take you down Moscow’s grand boulevards
culminating with a walk over Alexander Garden on to Red
Square. Quite simply breathtaking. |
£40
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M3
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Kremlin and Red Square
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Daily except Thursdays
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3 hours
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See the Grand Kremlin Palace, Tsar Cannon,
Tsar Bell, Cathedral Square and the beautiful towers and
gardens. We also visit inside one of the cathedrals.
Afterwards we head on to Red Square to wonder at Russia’s
most famous landmarks. |
£55
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M4
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Moscow Metro and Arbat Street
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Daily
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2 hours
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Visit several of Moscow’s beautiful Metro
Stations. Wonderful mosaics, stained glass and marble
sculptures make this the world’s finest transport system.
After this a leisurely walk down the artisan Arbat Street. A
pedestrian area with many shops, restaurants, art shops,
singers & poets performing, portrait artists, theatres and
souvenir sellers ! |
£30
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M5 |
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
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Daily except Monday |
3 hours
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More than 500,000 works of art,
archeological finds, masterpieces by Botticelli, Poussin,
Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gaugin, Matisse and
Picasso are also displayed here |
£50
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M6
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Tretyakov Gallery
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Daily except Monday |
3 hours
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Possesses the finest collection of
traditional Russian painting in the world. 130,000 exhibits
of Russian art from the 11th to 20th centuries. Considerable
collection of Russian icons |
£50
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M7
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Moscow State Circus |
Daily except Monday and Tuesday
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3 hours
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The world famous Moscow circus ‘at home’ in
the famous Nikullin Circus building. See the world’f inest
acrobats and circus performers in this purpose built arena
where you are always very close to the action. A great
Russian tradition. |
£65
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M8 |
Kremlin Royal Treasures -
The Armoury (must be in addition to an already booked or
included Kremlin excursion) |
Daily except Thursdays |
1.5 hours
|
The Royal collection of carriages, military
trophies and precious gifts presented to various Tsar’s and
Tsarinas. Also wedding dresses, coronation items (crowns and
clothing) and so many diamonds and so much gold it is
difficult to believe. |
£35 |
|
M9 |
Novodevichy Moinastery |
Daily except Tuesday |
3 hours |
Unesco World Heritage Site – monastery
founded in 1524. Magnificent churches and the burial place
of many boyars, Royal family members, writers, 1812 veterans
and statesmen |
£45
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M10
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Golden Ring - Day Trip to Vladimir and
Suzdal
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Daily
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15 hours
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A long day trip to the Golden Ring with your
own guide and driver including sightseeing and entrance fees
in both cities & included lunch. Visit the Kremlin of Suzdal
and wonder at the beauty of Vladimir. |
£220
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M11
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Golden Ring - Trip to
Sergiev Posad, the home of
Russian Orthodoxy
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Daily
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7 hours
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The home of Russian Orthodoxy, 70 km from
Moscow. Visit the fascinating St.Sergius Monastery which has
7 churches, 2 cathedrals, a priests’ seminary and surrounded
by 11 ornate towers. You will also see a lot of the Russian
countryside and quaint villages |
£120
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St.Petersburg Optional
Excursions
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Code
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Name
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Days
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Duration
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Description
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Cost
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S1
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St.Petersburg City Tour
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Daily
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3 hours
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An excellent orientation tour of the city
visiting Nevsky Prospekt, the field of Mars, see the
Admiralty, Nevsky Prospekt, Battleship Aurora, the
spectacular ‘Spilled Blood’ cathedral, and the beautiful
palace lined canals. |
£40
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S2
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Peter & Paul Fortress
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Daily except Wed
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2 hours
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St.Petersburg’s first building built by
Peter the Great in 1703. Not only a fortress also a
political prison, burial place of all the Romanov Royal
Family & wonderful views of the Neva. Also have a walk on
St.Petersburg’s beach ! |
£40
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S3
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St.Isaac’s Cathedral
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Daily except Wed
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2 hours
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One of the finest architectural monuments of
the XIX century - capacity to accommodate 10,000 people with
112 solid granite columns & 400 relieves and bronze
sculptures. The precious stones used inside are breathtaking |
£30
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S4
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The Hermitage / Winter Palace
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Daily except Monday |
3.5 hours
|
Undoubtedly the world’s finest museum.
Collection of 5 buildings inc. the Winter Palace, residence
of the Tsars. Art collection includes Da Vinci, Picasso,
Monet, Degas, Rembrandt and much more. |
£60
|
|
S5
|
Catherine’s Palace at Pushkin (Tsar’s
Village)
|
Daily except Tuesday
|
4 hours
|
Summer residence of the Tsars. 20 miles from
St.Petersburg Pushkin is unmissable. Perhaps Russia’s finest
palace, our trip includes a visit to the famous Amber Room.
Best done on departure day after check out ‘on the way’ to
the airport |
£70
|
|
S6
|
Pavlovsk Summer Palace (Tsar’s Village)
|
Daily except Friday
|
4 hours
|
Used as a summer residence for Emperor Paul
I (son of Catherine the Great) and his family, Pavlovsk has
Europe’s biggest landscaped park and a beautiful palace much
of which is opened to the public. This excursion is
breathtaking year round |
£70
|
|
S7
|
Petrodvorets Summer Palace
|
Daily except Monday
|
4 hours
|
Peter the Great’s Summer Palace in the town
of Peterhoff. Many rooms as they were nearly 300 years ago &
Russia’s greatest park with the gold Samson fountain (and
150 others!). Lunch included. Return hydrofoil trip from
Hermitage Embankment possible for +£25. |
£70
|
|
S8
|
Russsian Museum
|
Daily except Tuesday
|
3 hours
|
Excellent collection of mostly Russian Art
situated in Arts Square in central St.Petersburg. Many
sculptures and Masters’ paintings , icons , antiquities make
this museum unmissable for those interested in modern and
ancient Russian history. |
£50
|
|
S9
|
Nikolaevsky Palace
Folklore Dance
Spectacular |
Daily
|
3 hours
|
All dancing and singing folklore show with
buffet included at the interval. Set in a former royal
palace in central St.Petersburg this excursion is often
described as St.Petersburg’s best night out ! Please note
transport is not included. |
£60
|
|
S10
|
Yusupov Palace
|
Daily |
3 hours |
A beautiful palace with a murky past! See
elaborate ceremonial rooms, the theatre and the basement
rooms, associated with the assassination of Rasputin.
Includes spooky Rasputin waxwork figure exhibit |
£70 |
|
S11
|
Day trip to Novgorod the Great
|
Daily
|
9 hours
|
Russia’s first capital and one of her oldest
cities. We visit Russia’s oldest Kremlin built in 864 with
St.Sophia’s Cathedral which is adorned with beautiful
frescoes. For a feel of ancient Russia in contrast to ‘new’
St.Petersburg this excursion is wonderful. |
£170
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