Discover the Baltics and Russia
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Day 1 Bohemian Quarter with its colourful wooden buildings. Arrive Warsaw (2 Nights) Included Meals - Breakfast Tucked away, but not forgotten, the Baltics stand at the edge of Europe revived and Day 9 reinvigorated after years of Nazi and Soviet occupation. Storybook capitals and stunning natural landscapes lie ahead, but first Poland's capital gets the nod as your Tallinn – St. Petersburg (4 Nights) launchpad to a region that has emerged vibrant despite its tragic history. Meet your Head east to the town of Narva, dominated by the mighty Hermannsburg Fortress, Travel Director and fellow travellers, then enjoy dinner together. where we cross the River Narva, which forms the Russian border. Then, it's on to St. Petersburg, founded by Peter the Great. This port city is Russia's cultural centre Holiday Inn Express Hub Hotel - and with its worldfamous opera, ballet and art museums, it offers a fascinating look into Russia's past. Included Meals - Dinner Day 2 Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson Pribaltiyskaya Warsaw sightseeing and free time Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner A lesson in courage and perseverance awaits this morning as you join a Local Day 10 Specialist to visit Warsaw's Old Town. Its façades are more modern than medieval and a testament to the resilience of the Poles who have lovingly restored their St. Petersburg sightseeing and free time capital city after it was razed to the ground in retaliation for the 1944 Warsaw The tales of Romanov royalty come to life as you join a Local Specialist for an Uprising. See the site of the Warsaw Ghetto, immortalised in the poignant Roman exhilarating sightseeing tour of St. Petersburg's iconic sights. See the Tsar's Winter Polanski film The Pianist, then spend the rest of the day exploring the city your Palace, Nevsky Prospekt and St. Isaac's Cathedral. Learn how the enduring way. This afternoon, perhaps join an optional visit to the 17thcentury Baroque presence of The Bronze Horseman ensures the city will never yield to enemy forces, Wilanów Palace, once the summer home of King Jan Sobieski III, followed by an then explore the Peter and Paul Fortress, the final resting place of the tsars and optional evening of traditional music and dance. tsarinas whose magic touch can still be seen in the pastel façades of this glorious city. This afternoon, you could choose to embark on an Optional Experience to the Included Meals - Breakfast Hermitage to see one of the largest and most valuable collections of art in the world. Day 3 Warsaw – Vilnius (2 Nights) Included Meals - Breakfast Day 11 The journey north begins today, through pastoral landscapes and rural villages to Vilnius, Lithuania's elegant capital. There isn't a city in Northern Europe with a St. Petersburg free day medieval Old Town its size and you'll have an opportunity to explore every inch of its What could be better than a full day to marvel at the legacy left behind by a tsar who Baroque, Gothic and Renaissance splendour on your own and with a Local wanted to build a city to rival the great capitals of Europe? Spend your day exploring Specialist. Signs of the city's 50years of Soviet occupation can still be seen, but it the rise and fall of the Romanovs as you wander past the elegant mansions, wide is the city's beautiful architectural heritage, gritty street art and youthful spirit which boulevards and leafy canals that are all that remains of an uninhabitable swamp. take centre stage on your visit. Launch into a love affair with Lithuanian food this evening by joining an optional dinner and folklore show. Skanaus! Included Meals - Breakfast
Hotel - Art City Inn Day 12 St. Petersburg free day Included Meals - Breakfast Don't resist the urge to walk in the footsteps of the tsars today and consider an Day 4 optional visit to the opulent summer residence of Peter the Great in Petrodvorets. Vilnius sightseeing and free time Peter wasn't afraid to think big and you'll see how the lavish, lush gardens of this sunkissed retreat were created to rival the opulence of Versailles. Today is your final All the iconic sights of Vilnius are revealed this morning as you join a Local day to explore this imperial city and surrounds on your terms. Specialist to see the 16thcentury Bishop's Palace and the University, the oldest in the Baltics. Explore the Baroque Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, built on the site Included Meals - Breakfast of a temple to the pagan goddess of love. Then walk to the Gates of Dawn, the Carmelite Church of St. Theresa and former Jewish Ghetto, passing the Cathedral, Day 13 new Royal Palace excavations and the former site of the synagogue, destroyed St. Petersburg – Novgorod (1 Night) during World War II. This afternoon, head back to the former communist era on an Leave St. Petersburg behind, bound for the 'Birthplace of Russia', the ancient city of Optional Experience to the KGB museum. Novgorod. Here you'll delve into the legacy of the Rurik dynasty which ruled Russia for over seven centuries. You'll view the Millennium Monument, St. Sophia Cathedral Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner and the Kremlin whose fortified red façades overlook the Volkhov River. Tonight, Day 5 dinner is served at your hotel. Vilnius – Šiauliai – Riga (2 Nights) Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson Switch the new capital for the old capital on an Optional Experience to Trakai with its enchanting lakeside castle. Later, don't leave Vilnius without fueling up on some Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner of the city's famous kibinai pasties. Savoury or sweet, take your pick, before you Day 14 leave the city bound for the Hill of Crosses at Šiauliai where millions of crosses jostle for their spot in a nonviolent protest against decades of Russian and Soviet Novgorod – Tver – Moscow (3 Nights) rule. Arrive in the ancient city of Riga later its Gothic skyline has witnessed Big and bold, Moscow towers unashamedly above other cities, claiming its rightful German, Scandinavian and Russian rule across eight centuries, and you'll get to spot as the deserving modernday capital of Russia. But first, enjoy a brief lunch visit hear all their tales of triumph and tragedy over the next day. in the Tver region. Arriving in Moscow, spend some time delving into the victories and tragedies that have shaped this magnificent city. You'll have an opportunity later to Tallink Hotel - embark on an Optional Experience to visit an illuminated Red Square and Moscow's grandiose Metro stations, themselves great works of art. Here style and substance Included Meals - Breakfast coexist effortlessly making Moscow's Metro the most beautiful subway system in Day 6 the world. Riga sightseeing and free time Hotel - Holiday Inn Express Paveletskaya Riga's UNESCOlisted Old Town reveals one of the world's finest collections of Art Nouveau buildings and a rich Hanseatic trade heritage that comes to life in the Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch colourful stories shared by your Local Specialist this morning. Stroll through the Day 15 winding medieval streets keeping your camera at hand to capture St. Peter's Church, the Three Brothers and Riga Cathedral. The rest of the day is free to explore Moscow sightseeing and free time Riga on your terms. Admire the skyline from the comfort of a canal boat, indulge in Moscow oozes grandeur around every turn, from the colourful domes of St. Basil's the herbal flavours of the city's favourite Black Balsam at a traditional city tavern, or Cathedral to the imposing Red Square the site of grand celebrations, fierce fighting join an Optional Experience at the Bergi Open Air Museum, revealing Latvia's and the seat of Russian power for centuries. A Local Specialist will reveal some of cultural heritage. its iconic sights, past the spires of St. Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin Walls. An Optional Experience to the heart of Moscow will take you behind the scenes of its Included Meals - Breakfast red walls to the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and Ivan the Great's Bell Tower. Day 7 Admire great imperial riches during an optional visit to the Treasure Chamber of the Riga – Tallinn (2 Nights) Russian tsars, including priceless Fabergé eggs, resplendent Imperial carriages and Catherine the Great's diamonds. Follow the Gulf of Riga north into Estonia, travelling via Pärnu, a popular beach resort for Tallinn locals. Arriving in their fairytale hometown a little later, you'll Included Meals - Breakfast encounter a lively blend of Scandinavian and Russian flavours. It is the enchanting Day 16 and wellpreserved Old Town that will capture your heart however, as you take a step back in time and wander through cobbled streets lined with redroofed Hanseatic Moscow free day merchant houses and medieval churches. The city's strategic location has made it a Rub shoulders with the locals this morning, immersing yourself in Moscow's vibrant gateway to the Baltics and Russia for centuries and it has lost none of this oldworld kofe culture before a full day to explore the city your way. From catching a few rays ambience as you'll come to discover over the next day. in Gorky Park to shopping up a storm in GUM, one of the largest shopping centres in Europe, there's something to satisfy every interest in the Russian capital. You L'Ermitage Hotel - could choose instead to join an Optional Experience to the 14thcentury Sergiyev Posad, a place of pilgrimage and the largest religious and cultural centre in Russia. Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner
Day 8 Included Meals - Breakfast
Tallinn sightseeing and free time Day 17 Behind the 13thcentury Walls of Tallinn lies a UNESCOlisted treasure trove of Depart Moscow beautifully preserved medieval façades. Admire the city's gabled houses and hidden You've walked in the footsteps of Peter the Great and discovered the vibrant culture, courtyards that reveal the rich heritage of a city which once held pride of place in the haunting history and imposing monuments of the Baltics and Russia on this epic Hanseatic League. Your Local Specialist will take you past the 15thcentury Luhike journey. All that's left is to say a fond do svidaniya to new friends and prepare to Jalg Gate and you'll visit Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, a symbol of Russian power return home. Find out more about your free airport transfer at with its magnificent goldplated dome. Leave the city behind on an Optional costsavertour.com/freetransfers. Experience to Lahema National Park. You'll enjoy afternoon tea and pastries in one of the 18thcentury manor houses before returning to Tallinn. A second Optional Included Meals - Breakfast Experience could see you visit Tallinn's Kalamaja, a fishing harbour turned
is not to missed. This optional involves reservation and entrance pre HERE'S A SAMPLE OF YOUR CHOICE OPTIONAL EXPERIENCES payments. If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will be incurred.
Adult Price: €44.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 2
Chopin’s Warsaw The spirit of Warsaw and the music of Chopin go hand in hand. This exclusive private recital of his music, performed for you by a celebrated AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 Polish pianist in one of Warsaw’s historic buildings, is one of the Venice Of The North Cruise And Champagne unforgettable memories of this trip. Sparkling wine will be served during Soak up the atmosphere and romance of this former imperial capital, the intermission. known as the "Venice of the North". Board a private boat to cruise through Adult Price: €46.00* the canals and along the River Neva. You'll sip champagne as your Local Specialist provides commentary about the city that has inspired artists for generations.
Adult Price: €46.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 2
Wilanow Palace This splendid baroque palace was built in the late 17th century as a summer home for King Jan Sobieski III. On our visit, led by our Local AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 Specialist, we’ll see the collection of royal furniture, portraits and china Imperial Splendours And Architectural Gems that forms part of the National Museum. Your Local Specialist will offer a guided tour of the interiors of two iconic Adult Price: €36.00* churches. The Church of the Saviour on the Spilt Blood, built to commemorate the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, has one of the country's most intricate displays of mosaic icons. Additionally, St Isaac's Cathedral is the 4thlargest cathedral in the world. Designed by a French architect, its immense interior is comprised of malachite and other AVAILABLE ON DAY 3 precious materials. Lithuanian Folklore and Traditional Dinner Adult Price: €44.00* Savour a hearty Lithuanian dinner of local specialities with us in beautiful surroundings. We'll also enjoy a cooking demonstration and be entertained by a Folklore show.
Adult Price: €62.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 12
Imperial Summer Residences. Pushkin and Petrodvorets On this fullday tour, your Local Specialist will take you to the villages of Pushkin and Petrodvorets, where you will visit Catherine's Palace and AVAILABLE ON DAY 4 Peterhof Gardens. Recently restored, Catherine's Palace is most famous KGB Museum Visit for the fabled and wholly unique Amber Room. Located on the Baltic, The former KGB headquarters are a grim reminder of the regime of terror Peterhof Gardens are modeled after those at Versailles. Following a that existed under Soviet occupation. A Local Specialist takes you guided tour, you'll have time to enjoy a stroll as you marvel at the gilded through the emphatically named Museum of Genocide Victims, which fountains. In case of closure or unavailability of Catherine’s Palace, we will recounts the Soviet years of political oppression and the partisan fight for visit the delightful Palace of Pavlovsk, which was built by Catherine the independence. In the basement, reflect while in the cells used for the Great. The price will then be €73.00. This optional involves reservations torture and imprisonment of dissidents right up until the late 1980's. and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% cancellation fee will be incurred. Adult Price: €34.00* Adult Price: €92.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 5 AVAILABLE ON DAY 12 Trakai Castle And Town With our Local Specialist, we’ll explore the old Lithuanian capital of Rasputin and the Romanovs Trakai, with its beautiful lakeside castle. The castle has been This tour pays tribute to one of Russia's noble and royal families and painstakingly restored to reveal the former grandeur and history of the provides an explanation for the collapse of the monarchy. You'll visit the Grand Duchy. We’ll also see old wooden cottages built by the Karaites, a opulent interior of Yusupov Palace, one of the grandest noble residences sect originating in Baghdad, and have time to shop for crafts in Trakai. in the country, and learn about the plot to murder the mystic Rasputin.
Adult Price: €43.00* Adult Price: €49.00*
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Bergi Open Air Museum Visit and Lunch Metro And Red Square By Night One of the showpieces of Latvia's cultural heritage, the ethnographic open Often cited as the most beautiful subway system in the world, Moscow's air museum is situated in a pine forest on the banks of the Jugla Lake. grandiose Metro stations are decorated with mosaics, stained glass and With our Local Specialist, we’ll explore some of the ninety traditional bronze statues. They're also one of the few remaining places featuring buildings rebuilt here, including farmhouses, windmills and fishermen's Communist iconography. We'll see them with our Local Specialist and houses, before a delicious traditional meal. complete our visit with a walk through Red Square, where the evening illuminations should provide enviable photo opportunities. Adult Price: €50.00* Adult Price: €37.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 8 AVAILABLE ON DAY 15 Kalamaja Bohemian Quarter & Seaplane Harbour Today, with our Local Specialist, we'll visit the quiet little neighbourhood of Kremlin And The Heart Of Moscow Kalamaja. Eyecatching for its colourful wooden buildings, it served as the You'll discover ancient cathedrals, the world's largest cannon, and the town’s main fishing harbour throughout most of Tallinn’s history and has emperors' bell all housed within the Kremlin walls on a guided tour. You'll since turned into its Bohemian Quarter. It’s a mustsee destination for also visit the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, built on the site where the anyone interested in architecture & history. We'll then visit 'Seaplane Soviet government dynamited the original Cathedral, it was funded by Harbour', where Charles Lindbergh landed after his first solo flight across donations from millions of Muscovites. Finally take a stroll with a Local the Atlantic Ocean. Specialist through the famous Arbat Street, once inhabited by the tsar's artisans and equerries. Often referred to as Moscow's Montmartre, it's Adult Price: €44.00* lined with càfes, restaurants and shops selling local souvenirs. This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. Cancellation within 24 hours will incur a 50% cancellation fee.
Adult Price: €57.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 8
Dinner in Tallinn Tonight we'll enjoy a threecourse dinner with your newfound friends in this beautifully historic city. AVAILABLE ON DAY 15
Adult Price: €53.00* Treasures Of The Tsars Skip the queues with our Local Specialist and journey through the Treasure Chamber of the Russian Tsars one of the most important museums in Russia due to its unique collection. You’ll see priceless AVAILABLE ON DAY 10 Faberge eggs and Catherine the Great's diamonds and many gowns. You’ll also discover the Imperial carriages, which are studded with Evening At The Ballet precious stones and gold; coronation thrones; and other oneofakind There may be an opportunity to attend a ballet performance in the historic items from the Romanov Dynasty. This optional involves reservation and atmosphere of a Tsarist era theatre. Subject to availability of tickets and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% performance. Price will vary from €100€130, depending on the venue and cancellation fee will be incurred. the Ballet Company. This optional involves reservations and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% cancellation fee Adult Price: €56.00* will be incurred.
Adult Price: €0.00*
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Sergiyev Posad The Real Russia AVAILABLE ON DAY 10 68 km from Moscow, Sergiyev Posad (known as Zagorsk in the Soviet era) is the centre of the Orthodox faith and Russia's most important Russian Folklore Evening pilgrimage site. With our Local Specialist, we'll visit the recentlyrenovated A chance to attend one of the best Russian folklore programs in St. TroitseSergiieyeva Lavra, a working monastery, unique in the fact that it Petersburg. You’ll enjoy a highenergy performance featuring Cossack still operated during the atheist years of Communist rule. We'll also have dances, songs, instruments and costumes from around Russia. During time to browse the markets, where you might like to buy locallycrafted intermission, sample local champagne and vodka. An unforgettable lacquer boxes or Matryoshka dolls. This optional involves reservation and experience! This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% Cancellation within 24 hours will incur a 50% cancellation fee. cancellation fee will be incurred.
Adult Price: €67.00* Adult Price: €56.00*
*We're always sourcing more great experiences for you to AVAILABLE ON DAY 10 choose from. When you join us on your tour, your Travel Director will share the most up to date choices for your trip and travel season. For this reason, the The Hermitage Museum optional experiences and pricing offered here are a guide only and subject to With our Local Specialist, we'll have the opportunity to experience one of change. the largest and mostvaluable collections of art in the world. Set in the splendour of the Winter Palace, with its elaborate interiors, the Hermitage Discover the Baltics and Russia
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Day 1 Bohemian Quarter with its colourful wooden buildings. Arrive Warsaw (2 Nights) Included Meals - Breakfast Tucked away, but not forgotten, the Baltics stand at the edge of Europe revived and Day 9 reinvigorated after years of Nazi and Soviet occupation. Storybook capitals and stunning natural landscapes lie ahead, but first Poland's capital gets the nod as your Tallinn – St. Petersburg (4 Nights) launchpad to a region that has emerged vibrant despite its tragic history. Meet your Head east to the town of Narva, dominated by the mighty Hermannsburg Fortress, Travel Director and fellow travellers, then enjoy dinner together. where we cross the River Narva, which forms the Russian border. Then, it's on to St. Petersburg, founded by Peter the Great. This port city is Russia's cultural centre Holiday Inn Express Hub Hotel - and with its worldfamous opera, ballet and art museums, it offers a fascinating look into Russia's past. Included Meals - Dinner Day 2 Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson Pribaltiyskaya Warsaw sightseeing and free time Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner A lesson in courage and perseverance awaits this morning as you join a Local Day 10 Specialist to visit Warsaw's Old Town. Its façades are more modern than medieval and a testament to the resilience of the Poles who have lovingly restored their St. Petersburg sightseeing and free time capital city after it was razed to the ground in retaliation for the 1944 Warsaw The tales of Romanov royalty come to life as you join a Local Specialist for an Uprising. See the site of the Warsaw Ghetto, immortalised in the poignant Roman exhilarating sightseeing tour of St. Petersburg's iconic sights. See the Tsar's Winter Polanski film The Pianist, then spend the rest of the day exploring the city your Palace, Nevsky Prospekt and St. Isaac's Cathedral. Learn how the enduring way. This afternoon, perhaps join an optional visit to the 17thcentury Baroque presence of The Bronze Horseman ensures the city will never yield to enemy forces, Wilanów Palace, once the summer home of King Jan Sobieski III, followed by an then explore the Peter and Paul Fortress, the final resting place of the tsars and optional evening of traditional music and dance. tsarinas whose magic touch can still be seen in the pastel façades of this glorious city. This afternoon, you could choose to embark on an Optional Experience to the Included Meals - Breakfast Hermitage to see one of the largest and most valuable collections of art in the world. Day 3 Warsaw – Vilnius (2 Nights) Included Meals - Breakfast Day 11 The journey north begins today, through pastoral landscapes and rural villages to Vilnius, Lithuania's elegant capital. There isn't a city in Northern Europe with a St. Petersburg free day medieval Old Town its size and you'll have an opportunity to explore every inch of its What could be better than a full day to marvel at the legacy left behind by a tsar who Baroque, Gothic and Renaissance splendour on your own and with a Local wanted to build a city to rival the great capitals of Europe? Spend your day exploring Specialist. Signs of the city's 50years of Soviet occupation can still be seen, but it the rise and fall of the Romanovs as you wander past the elegant mansions, wide is the city's beautiful architectural heritage, gritty street art and youthful spirit which boulevards and leafy canals that are all that remains of an uninhabitable swamp. take centre stage on your visit. Launch into a love affair with Lithuanian food this evening by joining an optional dinner and folklore show. Skanaus! Included Meals - Breakfast
Hotel - Art City Inn Day 12 St. Petersburg free day Included Meals - Breakfast Don't resist the urge to walk in the footsteps of the tsars today and consider an Day 4 optional visit to the opulent summer residence of Peter the Great in Petrodvorets. Vilnius sightseeing and free time Peter wasn't afraid to think big and you'll see how the lavish, lush gardens of this sunkissed retreat were created to rival the opulence of Versailles. Today is your final All the iconic sights of Vilnius are revealed this morning as you join a Local day to explore this imperial city and surrounds on your terms. Specialist to see the 16thcentury Bishop's Palace and the University, the oldest in the Baltics. Explore the Baroque Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, built on the site Included Meals - Breakfast of a temple to the pagan goddess of love. Then walk to the Gates of Dawn, the Carmelite Church of St. Theresa and former Jewish Ghetto, passing the Cathedral, Day 13 new Royal Palace excavations and the former site of the synagogue, destroyed St. Petersburg – Novgorod (1 Night) during World War II. This afternoon, head back to the former communist era on an Leave St. Petersburg behind, bound for the 'Birthplace of Russia', the ancient city of Optional Experience to the KGB museum. Novgorod. Here you'll delve into the legacy of the Rurik dynasty which ruled Russia for over seven centuries. You'll view the Millennium Monument, St. Sophia Cathedral Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner and the Kremlin whose fortified red façades overlook the Volkhov River. Tonight, Day 5 dinner is served at your hotel. Vilnius – Šiauliai – Riga (2 Nights) Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson Switch the new capital for the old capital on an Optional Experience to Trakai with its enchanting lakeside castle. Later, don't leave Vilnius without fueling up on some Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner of the city's famous kibinai pasties. Savoury or sweet, take your pick, before you Day 14 leave the city bound for the Hill of Crosses at Šiauliai where millions of crosses jostle for their spot in a nonviolent protest against decades of Russian and Soviet Novgorod – Tver – Moscow (3 Nights) rule. Arrive in the ancient city of Riga later its Gothic skyline has witnessed Big and bold, Moscow towers unashamedly above other cities, claiming its rightful German, Scandinavian and Russian rule across eight centuries, and you'll get to spot as the deserving modernday capital of Russia. But first, enjoy a brief lunch visit hear all their tales of triumph and tragedy over the next day. in the Tver region. Arriving in Moscow, spend some time delving into the victories and tragedies that have shaped this magnificent city. You'll have an opportunity later to Tallink Hotel - embark on an Optional Experience to visit an illuminated Red Square and Moscow's grandiose Metro stations, themselves great works of art. Here style and substance Included Meals - Breakfast coexist effortlessly making Moscow's Metro the most beautiful subway system in Day 6 the world. Riga sightseeing and free time Hotel - Holiday Inn Express Paveletskaya Riga's UNESCOlisted Old Town reveals one of the world's finest collections of Art Nouveau buildings and a rich Hanseatic trade heritage that comes to life in the Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch colourful stories shared by your Local Specialist this morning. Stroll through the Day 15 winding medieval streets keeping your camera at hand to capture St. Peter's Church, the Three Brothers and Riga Cathedral. The rest of the day is free to explore Moscow sightseeing and free time Riga on your terms. Admire the skyline from the comfort of a canal boat, indulge in Moscow oozes grandeur around every turn, from the colourful domes of St. Basil's the herbal flavours of the city's favourite Black Balsam at a traditional city tavern, or Cathedral to the imposing Red Square the site of grand celebrations, fierce fighting join an Optional Experience at the Bergi Open Air Museum, revealing Latvia's and the seat of Russian power for centuries. A Local Specialist will reveal some of cultural heritage. its iconic sights, past the spires of St. Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin Walls. An Optional Experience to the heart of Moscow will take you behind the scenes of its Included Meals - Breakfast red walls to the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and Ivan the Great's Bell Tower. Day 7 Admire great imperial riches during an optional visit to the Treasure Chamber of the Riga – Tallinn (2 Nights) Russian tsars, including priceless Fabergé eggs, resplendent Imperial carriages and Catherine the Great's diamonds. Follow the Gulf of Riga north into Estonia, travelling via Pärnu, a popular beach resort for Tallinn locals. Arriving in their fairytale hometown a little later, you'll Included Meals - Breakfast encounter a lively blend of Scandinavian and Russian flavours. It is the enchanting Day 16 and wellpreserved Old Town that will capture your heart however, as you take a step back in time and wander through cobbled streets lined with redroofed Hanseatic Moscow free day merchant houses and medieval churches. The city's strategic location has made it a Rub shoulders with the locals this morning, immersing yourself in Moscow's vibrant gateway to the Baltics and Russia for centuries and it has lost none of this oldworld kofe culture before a full day to explore the city your way. From catching a few rays ambience as you'll come to discover over the next day. in Gorky Park to shopping up a storm in GUM, one of the largest shopping centres in Europe, there's something to satisfy every interest in the Russian capital. You L'Ermitage Hotel - could choose instead to join an Optional Experience to the 14thcentury Sergiyev Posad, a place of pilgrimage and the largest religious and cultural centre in Russia. Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner
Day 8 Included Meals - Breakfast
Tallinn sightseeing and free time Day 17 Behind the 13thcentury Walls of Tallinn lies a UNESCOlisted treasure trove of Depart Moscow beautifully preserved medieval façades. Admire the city's gabled houses and hidden You've walked in the footsteps of Peter the Great and discovered the vibrant culture, courtyards that reveal the rich heritage of a city which once held pride of place in the haunting history and imposing monuments of the Baltics and Russia on this epic Hanseatic League. Your Local Specialist will take you past the 15thcentury Luhike journey. All that's left is to say a fond do svidaniya to new friends and prepare to Jalg Gate and you'll visit Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, a symbol of Russian power return home. Find out more about your free airport transfer at with its magnificent goldplated dome. Leave the city behind on an Optional costsavertour.com/freetransfers. Experience to Lahema National Park. You'll enjoy afternoon tea and pastries in one of the 18thcentury manor houses before returning to Tallinn. A second Optional Included Meals - Breakfast Experience could see you visit Tallinn's Kalamaja, a fishing harbour turned
is not to missed. This optional involves reservation and entrance pre HERE'S A SAMPLE OF YOUR CHOICE OPTIONAL EXPERIENCES payments. If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will be incurred.
Adult Price: €44.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 2
Chopin’s Warsaw The spirit of Warsaw and the music of Chopin go hand in hand. This exclusive private recital of his music, performed for you by a celebrated AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 Polish pianist in one of Warsaw’s historic buildings, is one of the Venice Of The North Cruise And Champagne unforgettable memories of this trip. Sparkling wine will be served during Soak up the atmosphere and romance of this former imperial capital, the intermission. known as the "Venice of the North". Board a private boat to cruise through Adult Price: €46.00* the canals and along the River Neva. You'll sip champagne as your Local Specialist provides commentary about the city that has inspired artists for generations.
Adult Price: €46.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 2
Wilanow Palace This splendid baroque palace was built in the late 17th century as a summer home for King Jan Sobieski III. On our visit, led by our Local AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 Specialist, we’ll see the collection of royal furniture, portraits and china Imperial Splendours And Architectural Gems that forms part of the National Museum. Your Local Specialist will offer a guided tour of the interiors of two iconic Adult Price: €36.00* churches. The Church of the Saviour on the Spilt Blood, built to commemorate the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, has one of the country's most intricate displays of mosaic icons. Additionally, St Isaac's Cathedral is the 4thlargest cathedral in the world. Designed by a French architect, its immense interior is comprised of malachite and other AVAILABLE ON DAY 3 precious materials. Lithuanian Folklore and Traditional Dinner Adult Price: €44.00* Savour a hearty Lithuanian dinner of local specialities with us in beautiful surroundings. We'll also enjoy a cooking demonstration and be entertained by a Folklore show.
Adult Price: €62.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 12
Imperial Summer Residences. Pushkin and Petrodvorets On this fullday tour, your Local Specialist will take you to the villages of Pushkin and Petrodvorets, where you will visit Catherine's Palace and AVAILABLE ON DAY 4 Peterhof Gardens. Recently restored, Catherine's Palace is most famous KGB Museum Visit for the fabled and wholly unique Amber Room. Located on the Baltic, The former KGB headquarters are a grim reminder of the regime of terror Peterhof Gardens are modeled after those at Versailles. Following a that existed under Soviet occupation. A Local Specialist takes you guided tour, you'll have time to enjoy a stroll as you marvel at the gilded through the emphatically named Museum of Genocide Victims, which fountains. In case of closure or unavailability of Catherine’s Palace, we will recounts the Soviet years of political oppression and the partisan fight for visit the delightful Palace of Pavlovsk, which was built by Catherine the independence. In the basement, reflect while in the cells used for the Great. The price will then be €73.00. This optional involves reservations torture and imprisonment of dissidents right up until the late 1980's. and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% cancellation fee will be incurred. Adult Price: €34.00* Adult Price: €92.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 5 AVAILABLE ON DAY 12 Trakai Castle And Town With our Local Specialist, we’ll explore the old Lithuanian capital of Rasputin and the Romanovs Trakai, with its beautiful lakeside castle. The castle has been This tour pays tribute to one of Russia's noble and royal families and painstakingly restored to reveal the former grandeur and history of the provides an explanation for the collapse of the monarchy. You'll visit the Grand Duchy. We’ll also see old wooden cottages built by the Karaites, a opulent interior of Yusupov Palace, one of the grandest noble residences sect originating in Baghdad, and have time to shop for crafts in Trakai. in the country, and learn about the plot to murder the mystic Rasputin.
Adult Price: €43.00* Adult Price: €49.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 6 AVAILABLE ON DAY 14
Bergi Open Air Museum Visit and Lunch Metro And Red Square By Night One of the showpieces of Latvia's cultural heritage, the ethnographic open Often cited as the most beautiful subway system in the world, Moscow's air museum is situated in a pine forest on the banks of the Jugla Lake. grandiose Metro stations are decorated with mosaics, stained glass and With our Local Specialist, we’ll explore some of the ninety traditional bronze statues. They're also one of the few remaining places featuring buildings rebuilt here, including farmhouses, windmills and fishermen's Communist iconography. We'll see them with our Local Specialist and houses, before a delicious traditional meal. complete our visit with a walk through Red Square, where the evening illuminations should provide enviable photo opportunities. Adult Price: €50.00* Adult Price: €37.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 8 AVAILABLE ON DAY 15 Kalamaja Bohemian Quarter & Seaplane Harbour Today, with our Local Specialist, we'll visit the quiet little neighbourhood of Kremlin And The Heart Of Moscow Kalamaja. Eyecatching for its colourful wooden buildings, it served as the You'll discover ancient cathedrals, the world's largest cannon, and the town’s main fishing harbour throughout most of Tallinn’s history and has emperors' bell all housed within the Kremlin walls on a guided tour. You'll since turned into its Bohemian Quarter. It’s a mustsee destination for also visit the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, built on the site where the anyone interested in architecture & history. We'll then visit 'Seaplane Soviet government dynamited the original Cathedral, it was funded by Harbour', where Charles Lindbergh landed after his first solo flight across donations from millions of Muscovites. Finally take a stroll with a Local the Atlantic Ocean. Specialist through the famous Arbat Street, once inhabited by the tsar's artisans and equerries. Often referred to as Moscow's Montmartre, it's Adult Price: €44.00* lined with càfes, restaurants and shops selling local souvenirs. This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. Cancellation within 24 hours will incur a 50% cancellation fee.
Adult Price: €57.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 8
Dinner in Tallinn Tonight we'll enjoy a threecourse dinner with your newfound friends in this beautifully historic city. AVAILABLE ON DAY 15
Adult Price: €53.00* Treasures Of The Tsars Skip the queues with our Local Specialist and journey through the Treasure Chamber of the Russian Tsars one of the most important museums in Russia due to its unique collection. You’ll see priceless AVAILABLE ON DAY 10 Faberge eggs and Catherine the Great's diamonds and many gowns. You’ll also discover the Imperial carriages, which are studded with Evening At The Ballet precious stones and gold; coronation thrones; and other oneofakind There may be an opportunity to attend a ballet performance in the historic items from the Romanov Dynasty. This optional involves reservation and atmosphere of a Tsarist era theatre. Subject to availability of tickets and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% performance. Price will vary from €100€130, depending on the venue and cancellation fee will be incurred. the Ballet Company. This optional involves reservations and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% cancellation fee Adult Price: €56.00* will be incurred.
Adult Price: €0.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 16
Sergiyev Posad The Real Russia AVAILABLE ON DAY 10 68 km from Moscow, Sergiyev Posad (known as Zagorsk in the Soviet era) is the centre of the Orthodox faith and Russia's most important Russian Folklore Evening pilgrimage site. With our Local Specialist, we'll visit the recentlyrenovated A chance to attend one of the best Russian folklore programs in St. TroitseSergiieyeva Lavra, a working monastery, unique in the fact that it Petersburg. You’ll enjoy a highenergy performance featuring Cossack still operated during the atheist years of Communist rule. We'll also have dances, songs, instruments and costumes from around Russia. During time to browse the markets, where you might like to buy locallycrafted intermission, sample local champagne and vodka. An unforgettable lacquer boxes or Matryoshka dolls. This optional involves reservation and experience! This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% Cancellation within 24 hours will incur a 50% cancellation fee. cancellation fee will be incurred.
Adult Price: €67.00* Adult Price: €56.00*
*We're always sourcing more great experiences for you to AVAILABLE ON DAY 10 choose from. When you join us on your tour, your Travel Director will share the most up to date choices for your trip and travel season. For this reason, the The Hermitage Museum optional experiences and pricing offered here are a guide only and subject to With our Local Specialist, we'll have the opportunity to experience one of change. the largest and mostvaluable collections of art in the world. Set in the splendour of the Winter Palace, with its elaborate interiors, the Hermitage Discover the Baltics and Russia
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Day 1 Bohemian Quarter with its colourful wooden buildings. Arrive Warsaw (2 Nights) Included Meals - Breakfast Tucked away, but not forgotten, the Baltics stand at the edge of Europe revived and Day 9 reinvigorated after years of Nazi and Soviet occupation. Storybook capitals and stunning natural landscapes lie ahead, but first Poland's capital gets the nod as your Tallinn – St. Petersburg (4 Nights) launchpad to a region that has emerged vibrant despite its tragic history. Meet your Head east to the town of Narva, dominated by the mighty Hermannsburg Fortress, Travel Director and fellow travellers, then enjoy dinner together. where we cross the River Narva, which forms the Russian border. Then, it's on to St. Petersburg, founded by Peter the Great. This port city is Russia's cultural centre Holiday Inn Express Hub Hotel - and with its worldfamous opera, ballet and art museums, it offers a fascinating look into Russia's past. Included Meals - Dinner Day 2 Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson Pribaltiyskaya Warsaw sightseeing and free time Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner A lesson in courage and perseverance awaits this morning as you join a Local Day 10 Specialist to visit Warsaw's Old Town. Its façades are more modern than medieval and a testament to the resilience of the Poles who have lovingly restored their St. Petersburg sightseeing and free time capital city after it was razed to the ground in retaliation for the 1944 Warsaw The tales of Romanov royalty come to life as you join a Local Specialist for an Uprising. See the site of the Warsaw Ghetto, immortalised in the poignant Roman exhilarating sightseeing tour of St. Petersburg's iconic sights. See the Tsar's Winter Polanski film The Pianist, then spend the rest of the day exploring the city your Palace, Nevsky Prospekt and St. Isaac's Cathedral. Learn how the enduring way. This afternoon, perhaps join an optional visit to the 17thcentury Baroque presence of The Bronze Horseman ensures the city will never yield to enemy forces, Wilanów Palace, once the summer home of King Jan Sobieski III, followed by an then explore the Peter and Paul Fortress, the final resting place of the tsars and optional evening of traditional music and dance. tsarinas whose magic touch can still be seen in the pastel façades of this glorious city. This afternoon, you could choose to embark on an Optional Experience to the Included Meals - Breakfast Hermitage to see one of the largest and most valuable collections of art in the world. Day 3 Warsaw – Vilnius (2 Nights) Included Meals - Breakfast Day 11 The journey north begins today, through pastoral landscapes and rural villages to Vilnius, Lithuania's elegant capital. There isn't a city in Northern Europe with a St. Petersburg free day medieval Old Town its size and you'll have an opportunity to explore every inch of its What could be better than a full day to marvel at the legacy left behind by a tsar who Baroque, Gothic and Renaissance splendour on your own and with a Local wanted to build a city to rival the great capitals of Europe? Spend your day exploring Specialist. Signs of the city's 50years of Soviet occupation can still be seen, but it the rise and fall of the Romanovs as you wander past the elegant mansions, wide is the city's beautiful architectural heritage, gritty street art and youthful spirit which boulevards and leafy canals that are all that remains of an uninhabitable swamp. take centre stage on your visit. Launch into a love affair with Lithuanian food this evening by joining an optional dinner and folklore show. Skanaus! Included Meals - Breakfast
Hotel - Art City Inn Day 12 St. Petersburg free day Included Meals - Breakfast Don't resist the urge to walk in the footsteps of the tsars today and consider an Day 4 optional visit to the opulent summer residence of Peter the Great in Petrodvorets. Vilnius sightseeing and free time Peter wasn't afraid to think big and you'll see how the lavish, lush gardens of this sunkissed retreat were created to rival the opulence of Versailles. Today is your final All the iconic sights of Vilnius are revealed this morning as you join a Local day to explore this imperial city and surrounds on your terms. Specialist to see the 16thcentury Bishop's Palace and the University, the oldest in the Baltics. Explore the Baroque Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, built on the site Included Meals - Breakfast of a temple to the pagan goddess of love. Then walk to the Gates of Dawn, the Carmelite Church of St. Theresa and former Jewish Ghetto, passing the Cathedral, Day 13 new Royal Palace excavations and the former site of the synagogue, destroyed St. Petersburg – Novgorod (1 Night) during World War II. This afternoon, head back to the former communist era on an Leave St. Petersburg behind, bound for the 'Birthplace of Russia', the ancient city of Optional Experience to the KGB museum. Novgorod. Here you'll delve into the legacy of the Rurik dynasty which ruled Russia for over seven centuries. You'll view the Millennium Monument, St. Sophia Cathedral Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner and the Kremlin whose fortified red façades overlook the Volkhov River. Tonight, Day 5 dinner is served at your hotel. Vilnius – Šiauliai – Riga (2 Nights) Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson Switch the new capital for the old capital on an Optional Experience to Trakai with its enchanting lakeside castle. Later, don't leave Vilnius without fueling up on some Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner of the city's famous kibinai pasties. Savoury or sweet, take your pick, before you Day 14 leave the city bound for the Hill of Crosses at Šiauliai where millions of crosses jostle for their spot in a nonviolent protest against decades of Russian and Soviet Novgorod – Tver – Moscow (3 Nights) rule. Arrive in the ancient city of Riga later its Gothic skyline has witnessed Big and bold, Moscow towers unashamedly above other cities, claiming its rightful German, Scandinavian and Russian rule across eight centuries, and you'll get to spot as the deserving modernday capital of Russia. But first, enjoy a brief lunch visit hear all their tales of triumph and tragedy over the next day. in the Tver region. Arriving in Moscow, spend some time delving into the victories and tragedies that have shaped this magnificent city. You'll have an opportunity later to Tallink Hotel - embark on an Optional Experience to visit an illuminated Red Square and Moscow's grandiose Metro stations, themselves great works of art. Here style and substance Included Meals - Breakfast coexist effortlessly making Moscow's Metro the most beautiful subway system in Day 6 the world. Riga sightseeing and free time Hotel - Holiday Inn Express Paveletskaya Riga's UNESCOlisted Old Town reveals one of the world's finest collections of Art Nouveau buildings and a rich Hanseatic trade heritage that comes to life in the Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch colourful stories shared by your Local Specialist this morning. Stroll through the Day 15 winding medieval streets keeping your camera at hand to capture St. Peter's Church, the Three Brothers and Riga Cathedral. The rest of the day is free to explore Moscow sightseeing and free time Riga on your terms. Admire the skyline from the comfort of a canal boat, indulge in Moscow oozes grandeur around every turn, from the colourful domes of St. Basil's the herbal flavours of the city's favourite Black Balsam at a traditional city tavern, or Cathedral to the imposing Red Square the site of grand celebrations, fierce fighting join an Optional Experience at the Bergi Open Air Museum, revealing Latvia's and the seat of Russian power for centuries. A Local Specialist will reveal some of cultural heritage. its iconic sights, past the spires of St. Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin Walls. An Optional Experience to the heart of Moscow will take you behind the scenes of its Included Meals - Breakfast red walls to the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and Ivan the Great's Bell Tower. Day 7 Admire great imperial riches during an optional visit to the Treasure Chamber of the Riga – Tallinn (2 Nights) Russian tsars, including priceless Fabergé eggs, resplendent Imperial carriages and Catherine the Great's diamonds. Follow the Gulf of Riga north into Estonia, travelling via Pärnu, a popular beach resort for Tallinn locals. Arriving in their fairytale hometown a little later, you'll Included Meals - Breakfast encounter a lively blend of Scandinavian and Russian flavours. It is the enchanting Day 16 and wellpreserved Old Town that will capture your heart however, as you take a step back in time and wander through cobbled streets lined with redroofed Hanseatic Moscow free day merchant houses and medieval churches. The city's strategic location has made it a Rub shoulders with the locals this morning, immersing yourself in Moscow's vibrant gateway to the Baltics and Russia for centuries and it has lost none of this oldworld kofe culture before a full day to explore the city your way. From catching a few rays ambience as you'll come to discover over the next day. in Gorky Park to shopping up a storm in GUM, one of the largest shopping centres in Europe, there's something to satisfy every interest in the Russian capital. You L'Ermitage Hotel - could choose instead to join an Optional Experience to the 14thcentury Sergiyev Posad, a place of pilgrimage and the largest religious and cultural centre in Russia. Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner
Day 8 Included Meals - Breakfast
Tallinn sightseeing and free time Day 17 Behind the 13thcentury Walls of Tallinn lies a UNESCOlisted treasure trove of Depart Moscow beautifully preserved medieval façades. Admire the city's gabled houses and hidden You've walked in the footsteps of Peter the Great and discovered the vibrant culture, courtyards that reveal the rich heritage of a city which once held pride of place in the haunting history and imposing monuments of the Baltics and Russia on this epic Hanseatic League. Your Local Specialist will take you past the 15thcentury Luhike journey. All that's left is to say a fond do svidaniya to new friends and prepare to Jalg Gate and you'll visit Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, a symbol of Russian power return home. Find out more about your free airport transfer at with its magnificent goldplated dome. Leave the city behind on an Optional costsavertour.com/freetransfers. Experience to Lahema National Park. You'll enjoy afternoon tea and pastries in one of the 18thcentury manor houses before returning to Tallinn. A second Optional Included Meals - Breakfast Experience could see you visit Tallinn's Kalamaja, a fishing harbour turned
is not to missed. This optional involves reservation and entrance pre HERE'S A SAMPLE OF YOUR CHOICE OPTIONAL EXPERIENCES payments. If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will be incurred.
Adult Price: €44.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 2
Chopin’s Warsaw The spirit of Warsaw and the music of Chopin go hand in hand. This exclusive private recital of his music, performed for you by a celebrated AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 Polish pianist in one of Warsaw’s historic buildings, is one of the Venice Of The North Cruise And Champagne unforgettable memories of this trip. Sparkling wine will be served during Soak up the atmosphere and romance of this former imperial capital, the intermission. known as the "Venice of the North". Board a private boat to cruise through Adult Price: €46.00* the canals and along the River Neva. You'll sip champagne as your Local Specialist provides commentary about the city that has inspired artists for generations.
Adult Price: €46.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 2
Wilanow Palace This splendid baroque palace was built in the late 17th century as a summer home for King Jan Sobieski III. On our visit, led by our Local AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 Specialist, we’ll see the collection of royal furniture, portraits and china Imperial Splendours And Architectural Gems that forms part of the National Museum. Your Local Specialist will offer a guided tour of the interiors of two iconic Adult Price: €36.00* churches. The Church of the Saviour on the Spilt Blood, built to commemorate the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, has one of the country's most intricate displays of mosaic icons. Additionally, St Isaac's Cathedral is the 4thlargest cathedral in the world. Designed by a French architect, its immense interior is comprised of malachite and other AVAILABLE ON DAY 3 precious materials. Lithuanian Folklore and Traditional Dinner Adult Price: €44.00* Savour a hearty Lithuanian dinner of local specialities with us in beautiful surroundings. We'll also enjoy a cooking demonstration and be entertained by a Folklore show.
Adult Price: €62.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 12
Imperial Summer Residences. Pushkin and Petrodvorets On this fullday tour, your Local Specialist will take you to the villages of Pushkin and Petrodvorets, where you will visit Catherine's Palace and AVAILABLE ON DAY 4 Peterhof Gardens. Recently restored, Catherine's Palace is most famous KGB Museum Visit for the fabled and wholly unique Amber Room. Located on the Baltic, The former KGB headquarters are a grim reminder of the regime of terror Peterhof Gardens are modeled after those at Versailles. Following a that existed under Soviet occupation. A Local Specialist takes you guided tour, you'll have time to enjoy a stroll as you marvel at the gilded through the emphatically named Museum of Genocide Victims, which fountains. In case of closure or unavailability of Catherine’s Palace, we will recounts the Soviet years of political oppression and the partisan fight for visit the delightful Palace of Pavlovsk, which was built by Catherine the independence. In the basement, reflect while in the cells used for the Great. The price will then be €73.00. This optional involves reservations torture and imprisonment of dissidents right up until the late 1980's. and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% cancellation fee will be incurred. Adult Price: €34.00* Adult Price: €92.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 5 AVAILABLE ON DAY 12 Trakai Castle And Town With our Local Specialist, we’ll explore the old Lithuanian capital of Rasputin and the Romanovs Trakai, with its beautiful lakeside castle. The castle has been This tour pays tribute to one of Russia's noble and royal families and painstakingly restored to reveal the former grandeur and history of the provides an explanation for the collapse of the monarchy. You'll visit the Grand Duchy. We’ll also see old wooden cottages built by the Karaites, a opulent interior of Yusupov Palace, one of the grandest noble residences sect originating in Baghdad, and have time to shop for crafts in Trakai. in the country, and learn about the plot to murder the mystic Rasputin.
Adult Price: €43.00* Adult Price: €49.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 6 AVAILABLE ON DAY 14
Bergi Open Air Museum Visit and Lunch Metro And Red Square By Night One of the showpieces of Latvia's cultural heritage, the ethnographic open Often cited as the most beautiful subway system in the world, Moscow's air museum is situated in a pine forest on the banks of the Jugla Lake. grandiose Metro stations are decorated with mosaics, stained glass and With our Local Specialist, we’ll explore some of the ninety traditional bronze statues. They're also one of the few remaining places featuring buildings rebuilt here, including farmhouses, windmills and fishermen's Communist iconography. We'll see them with our Local Specialist and houses, before a delicious traditional meal. complete our visit with a walk through Red Square, where the evening illuminations should provide enviable photo opportunities. Adult Price: €50.00* Adult Price: €37.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 8 AVAILABLE ON DAY 15 Kalamaja Bohemian Quarter & Seaplane Harbour Today, with our Local Specialist, we'll visit the quiet little neighbourhood of Kremlin And The Heart Of Moscow Kalamaja. Eyecatching for its colourful wooden buildings, it served as the You'll discover ancient cathedrals, the world's largest cannon, and the town’s main fishing harbour throughout most of Tallinn’s history and has emperors' bell all housed within the Kremlin walls on a guided tour. You'll since turned into its Bohemian Quarter. It’s a mustsee destination for also visit the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, built on the site where the anyone interested in architecture & history. We'll then visit 'Seaplane Soviet government dynamited the original Cathedral, it was funded by Harbour', where Charles Lindbergh landed after his first solo flight across donations from millions of Muscovites. Finally take a stroll with a Local the Atlantic Ocean. Specialist through the famous Arbat Street, once inhabited by the tsar's artisans and equerries. Often referred to as Moscow's Montmartre, it's Adult Price: €44.00* lined with càfes, restaurants and shops selling local souvenirs. This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. Cancellation within 24 hours will incur a 50% cancellation fee.
Adult Price: €57.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 8
Dinner in Tallinn Tonight we'll enjoy a threecourse dinner with your newfound friends in this beautifully historic city. AVAILABLE ON DAY 15
Adult Price: €53.00* Treasures Of The Tsars Skip the queues with our Local Specialist and journey through the Treasure Chamber of the Russian Tsars one of the most important museums in Russia due to its unique collection. You’ll see priceless AVAILABLE ON DAY 10 Faberge eggs and Catherine the Great's diamonds and many gowns. You’ll also discover the Imperial carriages, which are studded with Evening At The Ballet precious stones and gold; coronation thrones; and other oneofakind There may be an opportunity to attend a ballet performance in the historic items from the Romanov Dynasty. This optional involves reservation and atmosphere of a Tsarist era theatre. Subject to availability of tickets and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% performance. Price will vary from €100€130, depending on the venue and cancellation fee will be incurred. the Ballet Company. This optional involves reservations and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% cancellation fee Adult Price: €56.00* will be incurred.
Adult Price: €0.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 16
Sergiyev Posad The Real Russia AVAILABLE ON DAY 10 68 km from Moscow, Sergiyev Posad (known as Zagorsk in the Soviet era) is the centre of the Orthodox faith and Russia's most important Russian Folklore Evening pilgrimage site. With our Local Specialist, we'll visit the recentlyrenovated A chance to attend one of the best Russian folklore programs in St. TroitseSergiieyeva Lavra, a working monastery, unique in the fact that it Petersburg. You’ll enjoy a highenergy performance featuring Cossack still operated during the atheist years of Communist rule. We'll also have dances, songs, instruments and costumes from around Russia. During time to browse the markets, where you might like to buy locallycrafted intermission, sample local champagne and vodka. An unforgettable lacquer boxes or Matryoshka dolls. This optional involves reservation and experience! This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% Cancellation within 24 hours will incur a 50% cancellation fee. cancellation fee will be incurred.
Adult Price: €67.00* Adult Price: €56.00*
*We're always sourcing more great experiences for you to AVAILABLE ON DAY 10 choose from. When you join us on your tour, your Travel Director will share the most up to date choices for your trip and travel season. For this reason, the The Hermitage Museum optional experiences and pricing offered here are a guide only and subject to With our Local Specialist, we'll have the opportunity to experience one of change. the largest and mostvaluable collections of art in the world. Set in the splendour of the Winter Palace, with its elaborate interiors, the Hermitage Discover the Baltics and Russia
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Plane End Location
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Over night Ferry
Day 1 Bohemian Quarter with its colourful wooden buildings. Arrive Warsaw (2 Nights) Included Meals - Breakfast Tucked away, but not forgotten, the Baltics stand at the edge of Europe revived and Day 9 reinvigorated after years of Nazi and Soviet occupation. Storybook capitals and stunning natural landscapes lie ahead, but first Poland's capital gets the nod as your Tallinn – St. Petersburg (4 Nights) launchpad to a region that has emerged vibrant despite its tragic history. Meet your Head east to the town of Narva, dominated by the mighty Hermannsburg Fortress, Travel Director and fellow travellers, then enjoy dinner together. where we cross the River Narva, which forms the Russian border. Then, it's on to St. Petersburg, founded by Peter the Great. This port city is Russia's cultural centre Holiday Inn Express Hub Hotel - and with its worldfamous opera, ballet and art museums, it offers a fascinating look into Russia's past. Included Meals - Dinner Day 2 Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson Pribaltiyskaya Warsaw sightseeing and free time Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner A lesson in courage and perseverance awaits this morning as you join a Local Day 10 Specialist to visit Warsaw's Old Town. Its façades are more modern than medieval and a testament to the resilience of the Poles who have lovingly restored their St. Petersburg sightseeing and free time capital city after it was razed to the ground in retaliation for the 1944 Warsaw The tales of Romanov royalty come to life as you join a Local Specialist for an Uprising. See the site of the Warsaw Ghetto, immortalised in the poignant Roman exhilarating sightseeing tour of St. Petersburg's iconic sights. See the Tsar's Winter Polanski film The Pianist, then spend the rest of the day exploring the city your Palace, Nevsky Prospekt and St. Isaac's Cathedral. Learn how the enduring way. This afternoon, perhaps join an optional visit to the 17thcentury Baroque presence of The Bronze Horseman ensures the city will never yield to enemy forces, Wilanów Palace, once the summer home of King Jan Sobieski III, followed by an then explore the Peter and Paul Fortress, the final resting place of the tsars and optional evening of traditional music and dance. tsarinas whose magic touch can still be seen in the pastel façades of this glorious city. This afternoon, you could choose to embark on an Optional Experience to the Included Meals - Breakfast Hermitage to see one of the largest and most valuable collections of art in the world. Day 3 Warsaw – Vilnius (2 Nights) Included Meals - Breakfast Day 11 The journey north begins today, through pastoral landscapes and rural villages to Vilnius, Lithuania's elegant capital. There isn't a city in Northern Europe with a St. Petersburg free day medieval Old Town its size and you'll have an opportunity to explore every inch of its What could be better than a full day to marvel at the legacy left behind by a tsar who Baroque, Gothic and Renaissance splendour on your own and with a Local wanted to build a city to rival the great capitals of Europe? Spend your day exploring Specialist. Signs of the city's 50years of Soviet occupation can still be seen, but it the rise and fall of the Romanovs as you wander past the elegant mansions, wide is the city's beautiful architectural heritage, gritty street art and youthful spirit which boulevards and leafy canals that are all that remains of an uninhabitable swamp. take centre stage on your visit. Launch into a love affair with Lithuanian food this evening by joining an optional dinner and folklore show. Skanaus! Included Meals - Breakfast
Hotel - Art City Inn Day 12 St. Petersburg free day Included Meals - Breakfast Don't resist the urge to walk in the footsteps of the tsars today and consider an Day 4 optional visit to the opulent summer residence of Peter the Great in Petrodvorets. Vilnius sightseeing and free time Peter wasn't afraid to think big and you'll see how the lavish, lush gardens of this sunkissed retreat were created to rival the opulence of Versailles. Today is your final All the iconic sights of Vilnius are revealed this morning as you join a Local day to explore this imperial city and surrounds on your terms. Specialist to see the 16thcentury Bishop's Palace and the University, the oldest in the Baltics. Explore the Baroque Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, built on the site Included Meals - Breakfast of a temple to the pagan goddess of love. Then walk to the Gates of Dawn, the Carmelite Church of St. Theresa and former Jewish Ghetto, passing the Cathedral, Day 13 new Royal Palace excavations and the former site of the synagogue, destroyed St. Petersburg – Novgorod (1 Night) during World War II. This afternoon, head back to the former communist era on an Leave St. Petersburg behind, bound for the 'Birthplace of Russia', the ancient city of Optional Experience to the KGB museum. Novgorod. Here you'll delve into the legacy of the Rurik dynasty which ruled Russia for over seven centuries. You'll view the Millennium Monument, St. Sophia Cathedral Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner and the Kremlin whose fortified red façades overlook the Volkhov River. Tonight, Day 5 dinner is served at your hotel. Vilnius – Šiauliai – Riga (2 Nights) Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson Switch the new capital for the old capital on an Optional Experience to Trakai with its enchanting lakeside castle. Later, don't leave Vilnius without fueling up on some Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner of the city's famous kibinai pasties. Savoury or sweet, take your pick, before you Day 14 leave the city bound for the Hill of Crosses at Šiauliai where millions of crosses jostle for their spot in a nonviolent protest against decades of Russian and Soviet Novgorod – Tver – Moscow (3 Nights) rule. Arrive in the ancient city of Riga later its Gothic skyline has witnessed Big and bold, Moscow towers unashamedly above other cities, claiming its rightful German, Scandinavian and Russian rule across eight centuries, and you'll get to spot as the deserving modernday capital of Russia. But first, enjoy a brief lunch visit hear all their tales of triumph and tragedy over the next day. in the Tver region. Arriving in Moscow, spend some time delving into the victories and tragedies that have shaped this magnificent city. You'll have an opportunity later to Tallink Hotel - embark on an Optional Experience to visit an illuminated Red Square and Moscow's grandiose Metro stations, themselves great works of art. Here style and substance Included Meals - Breakfast coexist effortlessly making Moscow's Metro the most beautiful subway system in Day 6 the world. Riga sightseeing and free time Hotel - Holiday Inn Express Paveletskaya Riga's UNESCOlisted Old Town reveals one of the world's finest collections of Art Nouveau buildings and a rich Hanseatic trade heritage that comes to life in the Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch colourful stories shared by your Local Specialist this morning. Stroll through the Day 15 winding medieval streets keeping your camera at hand to capture St. Peter's Church, the Three Brothers and Riga Cathedral. The rest of the day is free to explore Moscow sightseeing and free time Riga on your terms. Admire the skyline from the comfort of a canal boat, indulge in Moscow oozes grandeur around every turn, from the colourful domes of St. Basil's the herbal flavours of the city's favourite Black Balsam at a traditional city tavern, or Cathedral to the imposing Red Square the site of grand celebrations, fierce fighting join an Optional Experience at the Bergi Open Air Museum, revealing Latvia's and the seat of Russian power for centuries. A Local Specialist will reveal some of cultural heritage. its iconic sights, past the spires of St. Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin Walls. An Optional Experience to the heart of Moscow will take you behind the scenes of its Included Meals - Breakfast red walls to the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and Ivan the Great's Bell Tower. Day 7 Admire great imperial riches during an optional visit to the Treasure Chamber of the Riga – Tallinn (2 Nights) Russian tsars, including priceless Fabergé eggs, resplendent Imperial carriages and Catherine the Great's diamonds. Follow the Gulf of Riga north into Estonia, travelling via Pärnu, a popular beach resort for Tallinn locals. Arriving in their fairytale hometown a little later, you'll Included Meals - Breakfast encounter a lively blend of Scandinavian and Russian flavours. It is the enchanting Day 16 and wellpreserved Old Town that will capture your heart however, as you take a step back in time and wander through cobbled streets lined with redroofed Hanseatic Moscow free day merchant houses and medieval churches. The city's strategic location has made it a Rub shoulders with the locals this morning, immersing yourself in Moscow's vibrant gateway to the Baltics and Russia for centuries and it has lost none of this oldworld kofe culture before a full day to explore the city your way. From catching a few rays ambience as you'll come to discover over the next day. in Gorky Park to shopping up a storm in GUM, one of the largest shopping centres in Europe, there's something to satisfy every interest in the Russian capital. You L'Ermitage Hotel - could choose instead to join an Optional Experience to the 14thcentury Sergiyev Posad, a place of pilgrimage and the largest religious and cultural centre in Russia. Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner
Day 8 Included Meals - Breakfast
Tallinn sightseeing and free time Day 17 Behind the 13thcentury Walls of Tallinn lies a UNESCOlisted treasure trove of Depart Moscow beautifully preserved medieval façades. Admire the city's gabled houses and hidden You've walked in the footsteps of Peter the Great and discovered the vibrant culture, courtyards that reveal the rich heritage of a city which once held pride of place in the haunting history and imposing monuments of the Baltics and Russia on this epic Hanseatic League. Your Local Specialist will take you past the 15thcentury Luhike journey. All that's left is to say a fond do svidaniya to new friends and prepare to Jalg Gate and you'll visit Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, a symbol of Russian power return home. Find out more about your free airport transfer at with its magnificent goldplated dome. Leave the city behind on an Optional costsavertour.com/freetransfers. Experience to Lahema National Park. You'll enjoy afternoon tea and pastries in one of the 18thcentury manor houses before returning to Tallinn. A second Optional Included Meals - Breakfast Experience could see you visit Tallinn's Kalamaja, a fishing harbour turned
is not to missed. This optional involves reservation and entrance pre HERE'S A SAMPLE OF YOUR CHOICE OPTIONAL EXPERIENCES payments. If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will be incurred.
Adult Price: €44.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 2
Chopin’s Warsaw The spirit of Warsaw and the music of Chopin go hand in hand. This exclusive private recital of his music, performed for you by a celebrated AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 Polish pianist in one of Warsaw’s historic buildings, is one of the Venice Of The North Cruise And Champagne unforgettable memories of this trip. Sparkling wine will be served during Soak up the atmosphere and romance of this former imperial capital, the intermission. known as the "Venice of the North". Board a private boat to cruise through Adult Price: €46.00* the canals and along the River Neva. You'll sip champagne as your Local Specialist provides commentary about the city that has inspired artists for generations.
Adult Price: €46.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 2
Wilanow Palace This splendid baroque palace was built in the late 17th century as a summer home for King Jan Sobieski III. On our visit, led by our Local AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 Specialist, we’ll see the collection of royal furniture, portraits and china Imperial Splendours And Architectural Gems that forms part of the National Museum. Your Local Specialist will offer a guided tour of the interiors of two iconic Adult Price: €36.00* churches. The Church of the Saviour on the Spilt Blood, built to commemorate the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, has one of the country's most intricate displays of mosaic icons. Additionally, St Isaac's Cathedral is the 4thlargest cathedral in the world. Designed by a French architect, its immense interior is comprised of malachite and other AVAILABLE ON DAY 3 precious materials. Lithuanian Folklore and Traditional Dinner Adult Price: €44.00* Savour a hearty Lithuanian dinner of local specialities with us in beautiful surroundings. We'll also enjoy a cooking demonstration and be entertained by a Folklore show.
Adult Price: €62.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 12
Imperial Summer Residences. Pushkin and Petrodvorets On this fullday tour, your Local Specialist will take you to the villages of Pushkin and Petrodvorets, where you will visit Catherine's Palace and AVAILABLE ON DAY 4 Peterhof Gardens. Recently restored, Catherine's Palace is most famous KGB Museum Visit for the fabled and wholly unique Amber Room. Located on the Baltic, The former KGB headquarters are a grim reminder of the regime of terror Peterhof Gardens are modeled after those at Versailles. Following a that existed under Soviet occupation. A Local Specialist takes you guided tour, you'll have time to enjoy a stroll as you marvel at the gilded through the emphatically named Museum of Genocide Victims, which fountains. In case of closure or unavailability of Catherine’s Palace, we will recounts the Soviet years of political oppression and the partisan fight for visit the delightful Palace of Pavlovsk, which was built by Catherine the independence. In the basement, reflect while in the cells used for the Great. The price will then be €73.00. This optional involves reservations torture and imprisonment of dissidents right up until the late 1980's. and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% cancellation fee will be incurred. Adult Price: €34.00* Adult Price: €92.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 5 AVAILABLE ON DAY 12 Trakai Castle And Town With our Local Specialist, we’ll explore the old Lithuanian capital of Rasputin and the Romanovs Trakai, with its beautiful lakeside castle. The castle has been This tour pays tribute to one of Russia's noble and royal families and painstakingly restored to reveal the former grandeur and history of the provides an explanation for the collapse of the monarchy. You'll visit the Grand Duchy. We’ll also see old wooden cottages built by the Karaites, a opulent interior of Yusupov Palace, one of the grandest noble residences sect originating in Baghdad, and have time to shop for crafts in Trakai. in the country, and learn about the plot to murder the mystic Rasputin.
Adult Price: €43.00* Adult Price: €49.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 6 AVAILABLE ON DAY 14
Bergi Open Air Museum Visit and Lunch Metro And Red Square By Night One of the showpieces of Latvia's cultural heritage, the ethnographic open Often cited as the most beautiful subway system in the world, Moscow's air museum is situated in a pine forest on the banks of the Jugla Lake. grandiose Metro stations are decorated with mosaics, stained glass and With our Local Specialist, we’ll explore some of the ninety traditional bronze statues. They're also one of the few remaining places featuring buildings rebuilt here, including farmhouses, windmills and fishermen's Communist iconography. We'll see them with our Local Specialist and houses, before a delicious traditional meal. complete our visit with a walk through Red Square, where the evening illuminations should provide enviable photo opportunities. Adult Price: €50.00* Adult Price: €37.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 8 AVAILABLE ON DAY 15 Kalamaja Bohemian Quarter & Seaplane Harbour Today, with our Local Specialist, we'll visit the quiet little neighbourhood of Kremlin And The Heart Of Moscow Kalamaja. Eyecatching for its colourful wooden buildings, it served as the You'll discover ancient cathedrals, the world's largest cannon, and the town’s main fishing harbour throughout most of Tallinn’s history and has emperors' bell all housed within the Kremlin walls on a guided tour. You'll since turned into its Bohemian Quarter. It’s a mustsee destination for also visit the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, built on the site where the anyone interested in architecture & history. We'll then visit 'Seaplane Soviet government dynamited the original Cathedral, it was funded by Harbour', where Charles Lindbergh landed after his first solo flight across donations from millions of Muscovites. Finally take a stroll with a Local the Atlantic Ocean. Specialist through the famous Arbat Street, once inhabited by the tsar's artisans and equerries. Often referred to as Moscow's Montmartre, it's Adult Price: €44.00* lined with càfes, restaurants and shops selling local souvenirs. This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. Cancellation within 24 hours will incur a 50% cancellation fee.
Adult Price: €57.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 8
Dinner in Tallinn Tonight we'll enjoy a threecourse dinner with your newfound friends in this beautifully historic city. AVAILABLE ON DAY 15
Adult Price: €53.00* Treasures Of The Tsars Skip the queues with our Local Specialist and journey through the Treasure Chamber of the Russian Tsars one of the most important museums in Russia due to its unique collection. You’ll see priceless AVAILABLE ON DAY 10 Faberge eggs and Catherine the Great's diamonds and many gowns. You’ll also discover the Imperial carriages, which are studded with Evening At The Ballet precious stones and gold; coronation thrones; and other oneofakind There may be an opportunity to attend a ballet performance in the historic items from the Romanov Dynasty. This optional involves reservation and atmosphere of a Tsarist era theatre. Subject to availability of tickets and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% performance. Price will vary from €100€130, depending on the venue and cancellation fee will be incurred. the Ballet Company. This optional involves reservations and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% cancellation fee Adult Price: €56.00* will be incurred.
Adult Price: €0.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 16
Sergiyev Posad The Real Russia AVAILABLE ON DAY 10 68 km from Moscow, Sergiyev Posad (known as Zagorsk in the Soviet era) is the centre of the Orthodox faith and Russia's most important Russian Folklore Evening pilgrimage site. With our Local Specialist, we'll visit the recentlyrenovated A chance to attend one of the best Russian folklore programs in St. TroitseSergiieyeva Lavra, a working monastery, unique in the fact that it Petersburg. You’ll enjoy a highenergy performance featuring Cossack still operated during the atheist years of Communist rule. We'll also have dances, songs, instruments and costumes from around Russia. During time to browse the markets, where you might like to buy locallycrafted intermission, sample local champagne and vodka. An unforgettable lacquer boxes or Matryoshka dolls. This optional involves reservation and experience! This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% Cancellation within 24 hours will incur a 50% cancellation fee. cancellation fee will be incurred.
Adult Price: €67.00* Adult Price: €56.00*
*We're always sourcing more great experiences for you to AVAILABLE ON DAY 10 choose from. When you join us on your tour, your Travel Director will share the most up to date choices for your trip and travel season. For this reason, the The Hermitage Museum optional experiences and pricing offered here are a guide only and subject to With our Local Specialist, we'll have the opportunity to experience one of change. the largest and mostvaluable collections of art in the world. Set in the splendour of the Winter Palace, with its elaborate interiors, the Hermitage Discover the Baltics and Russia
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Day 1 Bohemian Quarter with its colourful wooden buildings. Arrive Warsaw (2 Nights) Included Meals - Breakfast Tucked away, but not forgotten, the Baltics stand at the edge of Europe revived and Day 9 reinvigorated after years of Nazi and Soviet occupation. Storybook capitals and stunning natural landscapes lie ahead, but first Poland's capital gets the nod as your Tallinn – St. Petersburg (4 Nights) launchpad to a region that has emerged vibrant despite its tragic history. Meet your Head east to the town of Narva, dominated by the mighty Hermannsburg Fortress, Travel Director and fellow travellers, then enjoy dinner together. where we cross the River Narva, which forms the Russian border. Then, it's on to St. Petersburg, founded by Peter the Great. This port city is Russia's cultural centre Holiday Inn Express Hub Hotel - and with its worldfamous opera, ballet and art museums, it offers a fascinating look into Russia's past. Included Meals - Dinner Day 2 Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson Pribaltiyskaya Warsaw sightseeing and free time Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner A lesson in courage and perseverance awaits this morning as you join a Local Day 10 Specialist to visit Warsaw's Old Town. Its façades are more modern than medieval and a testament to the resilience of the Poles who have lovingly restored their St. Petersburg sightseeing and free time capital city after it was razed to the ground in retaliation for the 1944 Warsaw The tales of Romanov royalty come to life as you join a Local Specialist for an Uprising. See the site of the Warsaw Ghetto, immortalised in the poignant Roman exhilarating sightseeing tour of St. Petersburg's iconic sights. See the Tsar's Winter Polanski film The Pianist, then spend the rest of the day exploring the city your Palace, Nevsky Prospekt and St. Isaac's Cathedral. Learn how the enduring way. This afternoon, perhaps join an optional visit to the 17thcentury Baroque presence of The Bronze Horseman ensures the city will never yield to enemy forces, Wilanów Palace, once the summer home of King Jan Sobieski III, followed by an then explore the Peter and Paul Fortress, the final resting place of the tsars and optional evening of traditional music and dance. tsarinas whose magic touch can still be seen in the pastel façades of this glorious city. This afternoon, you could choose to embark on an Optional Experience to the Included Meals - Breakfast Hermitage to see one of the largest and most valuable collections of art in the world. Day 3 Warsaw – Vilnius (2 Nights) Included Meals - Breakfast Day 11 The journey north begins today, through pastoral landscapes and rural villages to Vilnius, Lithuania's elegant capital. There isn't a city in Northern Europe with a St. Petersburg free day medieval Old Town its size and you'll have an opportunity to explore every inch of its What could be better than a full day to marvel at the legacy left behind by a tsar who Baroque, Gothic and Renaissance splendour on your own and with a Local wanted to build a city to rival the great capitals of Europe? Spend your day exploring Specialist. Signs of the city's 50years of Soviet occupation can still be seen, but it the rise and fall of the Romanovs as you wander past the elegant mansions, wide is the city's beautiful architectural heritage, gritty street art and youthful spirit which boulevards and leafy canals that are all that remains of an uninhabitable swamp. take centre stage on your visit. Launch into a love affair with Lithuanian food this evening by joining an optional dinner and folklore show. Skanaus! Included Meals - Breakfast
Hotel - Art City Inn Day 12 St. Petersburg free day Included Meals - Breakfast Don't resist the urge to walk in the footsteps of the tsars today and consider an Day 4 optional visit to the opulent summer residence of Peter the Great in Petrodvorets. Vilnius sightseeing and free time Peter wasn't afraid to think big and you'll see how the lavish, lush gardens of this sunkissed retreat were created to rival the opulence of Versailles. Today is your final All the iconic sights of Vilnius are revealed this morning as you join a Local day to explore this imperial city and surrounds on your terms. Specialist to see the 16thcentury Bishop's Palace and the University, the oldest in the Baltics. Explore the Baroque Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, built on the site Included Meals - Breakfast of a temple to the pagan goddess of love. Then walk to the Gates of Dawn, the Carmelite Church of St. Theresa and former Jewish Ghetto, passing the Cathedral, Day 13 new Royal Palace excavations and the former site of the synagogue, destroyed St. Petersburg – Novgorod (1 Night) during World War II. This afternoon, head back to the former communist era on an Leave St. Petersburg behind, bound for the 'Birthplace of Russia', the ancient city of Optional Experience to the KGB museum. Novgorod. Here you'll delve into the legacy of the Rurik dynasty which ruled Russia for over seven centuries. You'll view the Millennium Monument, St. Sophia Cathedral Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner and the Kremlin whose fortified red façades overlook the Volkhov River. Tonight, Day 5 dinner is served at your hotel. Vilnius – Šiauliai – Riga (2 Nights) Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson Switch the new capital for the old capital on an Optional Experience to Trakai with its enchanting lakeside castle. Later, don't leave Vilnius without fueling up on some Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner of the city's famous kibinai pasties. Savoury or sweet, take your pick, before you Day 14 leave the city bound for the Hill of Crosses at Šiauliai where millions of crosses jostle for their spot in a nonviolent protest against decades of Russian and Soviet Novgorod – Tver – Moscow (3 Nights) rule. Arrive in the ancient city of Riga later its Gothic skyline has witnessed Big and bold, Moscow towers unashamedly above other cities, claiming its rightful German, Scandinavian and Russian rule across eight centuries, and you'll get to spot as the deserving modernday capital of Russia. But first, enjoy a brief lunch visit hear all their tales of triumph and tragedy over the next day. in the Tver region. Arriving in Moscow, spend some time delving into the victories and tragedies that have shaped this magnificent city. You'll have an opportunity later to Tallink Hotel - embark on an Optional Experience to visit an illuminated Red Square and Moscow's grandiose Metro stations, themselves great works of art. Here style and substance Included Meals - Breakfast coexist effortlessly making Moscow's Metro the most beautiful subway system in Day 6 the world. Riga sightseeing and free time Hotel - Holiday Inn Express Paveletskaya Riga's UNESCOlisted Old Town reveals one of the world's finest collections of Art Nouveau buildings and a rich Hanseatic trade heritage that comes to life in the Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch colourful stories shared by your Local Specialist this morning. Stroll through the Day 15 winding medieval streets keeping your camera at hand to capture St. Peter's Church, the Three Brothers and Riga Cathedral. The rest of the day is free to explore Moscow sightseeing and free time Riga on your terms. Admire the skyline from the comfort of a canal boat, indulge in Moscow oozes grandeur around every turn, from the colourful domes of St. Basil's the herbal flavours of the city's favourite Black Balsam at a traditional city tavern, or Cathedral to the imposing Red Square the site of grand celebrations, fierce fighting join an Optional Experience at the Bergi Open Air Museum, revealing Latvia's and the seat of Russian power for centuries. A Local Specialist will reveal some of cultural heritage. its iconic sights, past the spires of St. Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin Walls. An Optional Experience to the heart of Moscow will take you behind the scenes of its Included Meals - Breakfast red walls to the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and Ivan the Great's Bell Tower. Day 7 Admire great imperial riches during an optional visit to the Treasure Chamber of the Riga – Tallinn (2 Nights) Russian tsars, including priceless Fabergé eggs, resplendent Imperial carriages and Catherine the Great's diamonds. Follow the Gulf of Riga north into Estonia, travelling via Pärnu, a popular beach resort for Tallinn locals. Arriving in their fairytale hometown a little later, you'll Included Meals - Breakfast encounter a lively blend of Scandinavian and Russian flavours. It is the enchanting Day 16 and wellpreserved Old Town that will capture your heart however, as you take a step back in time and wander through cobbled streets lined with redroofed Hanseatic Moscow free day merchant houses and medieval churches. The city's strategic location has made it a Rub shoulders with the locals this morning, immersing yourself in Moscow's vibrant gateway to the Baltics and Russia for centuries and it has lost none of this oldworld kofe culture before a full day to explore the city your way. From catching a few rays ambience as you'll come to discover over the next day. in Gorky Park to shopping up a storm in GUM, one of the largest shopping centres in Europe, there's something to satisfy every interest in the Russian capital. You L'Ermitage Hotel - could choose instead to join an Optional Experience to the 14thcentury Sergiyev Posad, a place of pilgrimage and the largest religious and cultural centre in Russia. Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner
Day 8 Included Meals - Breakfast
Tallinn sightseeing and free time Day 17 Behind the 13thcentury Walls of Tallinn lies a UNESCOlisted treasure trove of Depart Moscow beautifully preserved medieval façades. Admire the city's gabled houses and hidden You've walked in the footsteps of Peter the Great and discovered the vibrant culture, courtyards that reveal the rich heritage of a city which once held pride of place in the haunting history and imposing monuments of the Baltics and Russia on this epic Hanseatic League. Your Local Specialist will take you past the 15thcentury Luhike journey. All that's left is to say a fond do svidaniya to new friends and prepare to Jalg Gate and you'll visit Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, a symbol of Russian power return home. Find out more about your free airport transfer at with its magnificent goldplated dome. Leave the city behind on an Optional costsavertour.com/freetransfers. Experience to Lahema National Park. You'll enjoy afternoon tea and pastries in one of the 18thcentury manor houses before returning to Tallinn. A second Optional Included Meals - Breakfast Experience could see you visit Tallinn's Kalamaja, a fishing harbour turned
is not to missed. This optional involves reservation and entrance pre HERE'S A SAMPLE OF YOUR CHOICE OPTIONAL EXPERIENCES payments. If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will be incurred.
Adult Price: €44.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 2
Chopin’s Warsaw The spirit of Warsaw and the music of Chopin go hand in hand. This exclusive private recital of his music, performed for you by a celebrated AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 Polish pianist in one of Warsaw’s historic buildings, is one of the Venice Of The North Cruise And Champagne unforgettable memories of this trip. Sparkling wine will be served during Soak up the atmosphere and romance of this former imperial capital, the intermission. known as the "Venice of the North". Board a private boat to cruise through Adult Price: €46.00* the canals and along the River Neva. You'll sip champagne as your Local Specialist provides commentary about the city that has inspired artists for generations.
Adult Price: €46.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 2
Wilanow Palace This splendid baroque palace was built in the late 17th century as a summer home for King Jan Sobieski III. On our visit, led by our Local AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 Specialist, we’ll see the collection of royal furniture, portraits and china Imperial Splendours And Architectural Gems that forms part of the National Museum. Your Local Specialist will offer a guided tour of the interiors of two iconic Adult Price: €36.00* churches. The Church of the Saviour on the Spilt Blood, built to commemorate the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, has one of the country's most intricate displays of mosaic icons. Additionally, St Isaac's Cathedral is the 4thlargest cathedral in the world. Designed by a French architect, its immense interior is comprised of malachite and other AVAILABLE ON DAY 3 precious materials. Lithuanian Folklore and Traditional Dinner Adult Price: €44.00* Savour a hearty Lithuanian dinner of local specialities with us in beautiful surroundings. We'll also enjoy a cooking demonstration and be entertained by a Folklore show.
Adult Price: €62.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 12
Imperial Summer Residences. Pushkin and Petrodvorets On this fullday tour, your Local Specialist will take you to the villages of Pushkin and Petrodvorets, where you will visit Catherine's Palace and AVAILABLE ON DAY 4 Peterhof Gardens. Recently restored, Catherine's Palace is most famous KGB Museum Visit for the fabled and wholly unique Amber Room. Located on the Baltic, The former KGB headquarters are a grim reminder of the regime of terror Peterhof Gardens are modeled after those at Versailles. Following a that existed under Soviet occupation. A Local Specialist takes you guided tour, you'll have time to enjoy a stroll as you marvel at the gilded through the emphatically named Museum of Genocide Victims, which fountains. In case of closure or unavailability of Catherine’s Palace, we will recounts the Soviet years of political oppression and the partisan fight for visit the delightful Palace of Pavlovsk, which was built by Catherine the independence. In the basement, reflect while in the cells used for the Great. The price will then be €73.00. This optional involves reservations torture and imprisonment of dissidents right up until the late 1980's. and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% cancellation fee will be incurred. Adult Price: €34.00* Adult Price: €92.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 5 AVAILABLE ON DAY 12 Trakai Castle And Town With our Local Specialist, we’ll explore the old Lithuanian capital of Rasputin and the Romanovs Trakai, with its beautiful lakeside castle. The castle has been This tour pays tribute to one of Russia's noble and royal families and painstakingly restored to reveal the former grandeur and history of the provides an explanation for the collapse of the monarchy. You'll visit the Grand Duchy. We’ll also see old wooden cottages built by the Karaites, a opulent interior of Yusupov Palace, one of the grandest noble residences sect originating in Baghdad, and have time to shop for crafts in Trakai. in the country, and learn about the plot to murder the mystic Rasputin.
Adult Price: €43.00* Adult Price: €49.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 6 AVAILABLE ON DAY 14
Bergi Open Air Museum Visit and Lunch Metro And Red Square By Night One of the showpieces of Latvia's cultural heritage, the ethnographic open Often cited as the most beautiful subway system in the world, Moscow's air museum is situated in a pine forest on the banks of the Jugla Lake. grandiose Metro stations are decorated with mosaics, stained glass and With our Local Specialist, we’ll explore some of the ninety traditional bronze statues. They're also one of the few remaining places featuring buildings rebuilt here, including farmhouses, windmills and fishermen's Communist iconography. We'll see them with our Local Specialist and houses, before a delicious traditional meal. complete our visit with a walk through Red Square, where the evening illuminations should provide enviable photo opportunities. Adult Price: €50.00* Adult Price: €37.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 8 AVAILABLE ON DAY 15 Kalamaja Bohemian Quarter & Seaplane Harbour Today, with our Local Specialist, we'll visit the quiet little neighbourhood of Kremlin And The Heart Of Moscow Kalamaja. Eyecatching for its colourful wooden buildings, it served as the You'll discover ancient cathedrals, the world's largest cannon, and the town’s main fishing harbour throughout most of Tallinn’s history and has emperors' bell all housed within the Kremlin walls on a guided tour. You'll since turned into its Bohemian Quarter. It’s a mustsee destination for also visit the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, built on the site where the anyone interested in architecture & history. We'll then visit 'Seaplane Soviet government dynamited the original Cathedral, it was funded by Harbour', where Charles Lindbergh landed after his first solo flight across donations from millions of Muscovites. Finally take a stroll with a Local the Atlantic Ocean. Specialist through the famous Arbat Street, once inhabited by the tsar's artisans and equerries. Often referred to as Moscow's Montmartre, it's Adult Price: €44.00* lined with càfes, restaurants and shops selling local souvenirs. This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. Cancellation within 24 hours will incur a 50% cancellation fee.
Adult Price: €57.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 8
Dinner in Tallinn Tonight we'll enjoy a threecourse dinner with your newfound friends in this beautifully historic city. AVAILABLE ON DAY 15
Adult Price: €53.00* Treasures Of The Tsars Skip the queues with our Local Specialist and journey through the Treasure Chamber of the Russian Tsars one of the most important museums in Russia due to its unique collection. You’ll see priceless AVAILABLE ON DAY 10 Faberge eggs and Catherine the Great's diamonds and many gowns. You’ll also discover the Imperial carriages, which are studded with Evening At The Ballet precious stones and gold; coronation thrones; and other oneofakind There may be an opportunity to attend a ballet performance in the historic items from the Romanov Dynasty. This optional involves reservation and atmosphere of a Tsarist era theatre. Subject to availability of tickets and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% performance. Price will vary from €100€130, depending on the venue and cancellation fee will be incurred. the Ballet Company. This optional involves reservations and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% cancellation fee Adult Price: €56.00* will be incurred.
Adult Price: €0.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 16
Sergiyev Posad The Real Russia AVAILABLE ON DAY 10 68 km from Moscow, Sergiyev Posad (known as Zagorsk in the Soviet era) is the centre of the Orthodox faith and Russia's most important Russian Folklore Evening pilgrimage site. With our Local Specialist, we'll visit the recentlyrenovated A chance to attend one of the best Russian folklore programs in St. TroitseSergiieyeva Lavra, a working monastery, unique in the fact that it Petersburg. You’ll enjoy a highenergy performance featuring Cossack still operated during the atheist years of Communist rule. We'll also have dances, songs, instruments and costumes from around Russia. During time to browse the markets, where you might like to buy locallycrafted intermission, sample local champagne and vodka. An unforgettable lacquer boxes or Matryoshka dolls. This optional involves reservation and experience! This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% Cancellation within 24 hours will incur a 50% cancellation fee. cancellation fee will be incurred.
Adult Price: €67.00* Adult Price: €56.00*
*We're always sourcing more great experiences for you to AVAILABLE ON DAY 10 choose from. When you join us on your tour, your Travel Director will share the most up to date choices for your trip and travel season. For this reason, the The Hermitage Museum optional experiences and pricing offered here are a guide only and subject to With our Local Specialist, we'll have the opportunity to experience one of change. the largest and mostvaluable collections of art in the world. Set in the splendour of the Winter Palace, with its elaborate interiors, the Hermitage