Cossack Explorer
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Over night Ferry
Day 1 Included Meals - Breakfast Arrive Helsinki (1 Night) Day 8 Kickstart your adventure through the Cossacks in Helsinki, the quirky capital of Moscow – Minsk (2 Nights) Finland. Helsinki's pretty boulevards and stunning architecture melts into its stunning natural surroundings, with Baltic bays and islands, lush parks and gardens, This morning you'll wave farewell to Mother Russia and begin the journey west on and thick forests all around. Once you've checked in to your hotel, you'll have some the next exciting part of your Helsinki to Berlin tour. As you cross the Belarus border time to relax before meeting your Travel Director and fellow travellers for a glimpse of to Minsk. Driving past Borodino, you'll be reminded of Napoleon's great 19thcentury what's to come. battle, immortalised in the famous novel War and Peace as a 'continuous slaughter which could be of no avail either to the French of the Russians'. Arriving in the Hotel - Holiday Inn West Ruoholahti Belarus capital later, you'll be left in no doubt of the city's strong ties with Russia. Your orientation tour will reveal a perfectly Soviet city, rebuilt after World War II in a Day 2 style that would make Stalin proud. Dinner is served at your hotel this evening. Helsinki – St. Petersburg (3 Nights) Planeta Say goodbye to Finland this morning and travel east to the imperial city of St. Hotel - Petersburg where Peter the Great's magic touch on its pastelcoloured façades and Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner gorgeous canals provides the perfect introduction to our adventure through Russia. Tonight, dinner is served at your hotel. Day 9 Minsk sightseeing and free time Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson Pribaltiyskaya The war was not kind to Minsk, but the grand buildings, large squares and elegant Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner avenues that characterise the Belarus capital today tell a tale of Soviet supremacy. Your Local Specialist will reveal the city's history of occupation and all its iconic Day 3 sights, including the Hero City Memorial, built to commemorate the city's status as St. Petersburg sightseeing and free time one of the Hero Cities of the former Soviet Union. You'll have the rest of the afternoon
With your Local Specialist by your side, the stories of Russia's royalty come to life to explore Minsk your way, delving into its Sovietstyle architecture followed by an as you visit some of St. Petersburg's most famous sights. See the Tsar's Winter elegant night of art and culture should you choose to visit the celebrated National Palace, St. Isaac's Cathedral and The Bronze Horseman, who's enduring presence Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre. in the heart of St. Petersburg ensures the city will never yield to enemy forces. Included Meals - Breakfast Discover the goldenspired Peter and Paul Fortress, the final resting place of the Romanovs then spend the rest of the day exploring the city your way. Alternatively, Day 10 consider an Optional Experience to the Church of our Saviour on Spilled Blood and Minsk – Brest – Warsaw (2 Nights) St. Isaac's Cathedral, the fourthlargest cathedral in the world. Or you could choose to visit the Hermitage Museum on an Optional Experience to see the masterpieces The highlights of your Eastern Europe value tour just keep on rolling today as you of Matisse, Vermeer and Rembrandt on display and admire the opulence of the city's take a scenic journey across the expansive plains of Belarus, heading west towards Baroque, Neoclassical and Orthodox architectural heritage. Warsaw. You'll stop for lunch at Brest, a celebrated site of Soviet resistance during World War II. Later today, you'll arrive in Poland's capital, a modern metropolis which Included Meals - Breakfast has risen with all the invigorating spirit of a phoenix after a recent tumultuous past.
Day 4 Hotel - Ibis Ostrobramska St. Petersburg free day Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Trace the magic touch of centuries of tsarist rule as you embark on a full free day of St. Petersburg sightseeing on your own terms. Take a stroll down Nevsky Prospekt Day 11 and snack on a soft, hot and sweet pyshki or two, or embark on a full day Optional Warsaw sightseeing and free time Experience to the imperial summer residences at Pushkin and Petrodvorets. You're Today is all about unearthing the turbulent history of Warsaw. Meet up with your in for a cultural extravaganza this evening should you choose to join an optional Local Specialist this morning for a sightseeing tour where you'll see firsthand how evening at the ballet in a tsaristera theatre or attend one of the best Russian folklore the resilient Poles rebuilt their city after the destruction of World War II. You'll visit performances featuring Cossack dances, songs and costumes. St. John's Cathedral and the Royal Palace in the Old Town, then see the site of the Included Meals - Breakfast Warsaw Ghetto which confined over 400,000 nearstarving Jews during World War II. With the rest of the day free to explore your way, why not join your fellow travellers Day 5 tonight on an Optional Experience which will reveal the heart and soul of Warsaw. St. Petersburg – Novgorod (1 Night) Included Meals - Breakfast Today you'll embark on a scenic journey across the vast landscapes of Russia, bound for the ancient city of Novgorod, the 'Birthplace of Russia'. Here you'll delve Day 12 into the legacy of the Rurik dynasty which ruled Russia for over seven centuries. Warsaw – Berlin (2 Nights) You'll view the Millennium Monument, St. Sophia Cathedral and the Kremlin whose Blaze a trail west along the Autostrada Wolności (Motorway of Freedom) which was fortified red façades overlook the Volkhov River. Tonight, dinner is served at your first initiated by Nazi Germany to connect Berlin with Poland and left unfinished for hotel. decades after World War II. Continue your journey through Bohemia as you cross Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson the border into Germany and head to its vibrant multicultural capital city of Berlin. You'll have the rest of the day free to begin your exploration of Berlin your way. Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner Alternatively, you could join an Optional Experience with good food, wine, beer and music, followed by a BerlinByNight tour of the illuminated capital. Day 6 Novgorod – Tver – Moscow (2 Nights) Hotel - Amber Econtel Charlottenburg Looming larger than life, the Russian capital of Moscow lies ahead, but not before Included Meals - Breakfast you pay a brief lunch visit to the Tver region, the traditional pit stop on the popular travel route between St. Petersburg and Moscow. Arriving in Moscow later today, Day 13 you'll have the opportunity to join your fellow travellers on an Optional Experience to Berlin sightseeing and free time visit an illuminated Red Square and Moscow's grandiose Metro stations. The Embrace the lively spirit of your Berlin hosts when you join your Local Specialist for stations themselves are impressive works of art and style and substance coexist a guided sightseeing tour that will bring the tumultuous history of this city to life. effortlessly here, making Moscow's Metro the most beautiful subway system in the View the Reichstag building, German State Opera House, the Tiergarten, Unter den world. Linden and Brandenburg Gate, the iconic 18thcentury military monument that has Hotel - Hilton Garden Inn Krasnoselskaya since come to symbolise peace and unity. Spend the rest of the day exploring the city's energy on your own or maybe join an Optional Experience to uncover the Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch secrets of Berlin's World War II and Cold War past.
Day 7 Included Meals - Breakfast Moscow sightseeing and free time Day 14 Strut your stuff in one of Europe's mightiest capitals, joining a Local Specialist for a Depart Berlin guided sightseeing tour that will delve into the indomitable spirit of the Russian nation. Moscow oozes grandeur around every turn, from the colourful domes of St. Your epic encounter with imperial Russia, Soviet powerhouses and the capitals of Basil's Cathedral to the imposing Red Square the site of grand celebrations, fierce Poland and Germany has come to an end. You've seen grandiose monuments and fighting and the seat of Russian power for centuries. An Optional Experience to the witnessed the revival of cities that were once reduced to rubble. Say a fond farewell heart of Moscow will take you behind the scenes of its red walls to the Cathedral of to your travel companions and your Travel Director as you prepare to return home. Christ the Saviour and Ivan the Great's Bell Tower or admire great imperial riches Find out more about your free airport transfer at costsavertour.com/freetransfers. during an optional visit to the Treasure Chamber of the Russian tsars. Included Meals - Breakfast
HERE'S A SAMPLE OF YOUR CHOICE OPTIONAL EXPERIENCES
AVAILABLE ON DAY 6
AVAILABLE ON DAY 3 Metro And Red Square By Night Venice Of The North Cruise And Champagne Often cited as the most beautiful subway system in the world, Moscow's Soak up the atmosphere and romance of this former imperial capital, grandiose Metro stations are decorated with mosaics, stained glass and known as the "Venice of the North". Board a private boat to cruise through bronze statues. They're also one of the few remaining places featuring the canals and along the River Neva. You'll sip champagne as your Local Communist iconography. We'll see them with our Local Specialist and Specialist provides commentary about the city that has inspired artists for complete our visit with a walk through Red Square, where the evening generations. illuminations should provide enviable photo opportunities.
Adult Price: €46.00* Adult Price: €37.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 3 AVAILABLE ON DAY 7
Evening At The Ballet Kremlin And The Heart Of Moscow There may be an opportunity to attend a ballet performance in the historic You'll discover ancient cathedrals, the world's largest cannon, and the atmosphere of a Tsarist era theatre. Subject to availability of tickets and emperors' bell all housed within the Kremlin walls on a guided tour. You'll performance. Price will vary from €100€130, depending on the venue and also visit the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, built on the site where the the Ballet Company. This optional involves reservations and entrance Soviet government dynamited the original Cathedral, it was funded by prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% cancellation fee donations from millions of Muscovites. Finally take a stroll with a Local will be incurred. 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: €0.00* 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 3
Imperial Splendours And Architectural Gems Your Local Specialist will offer a guided tour of the interiors of two iconic churches. The Church of the Saviour on the Spilt Blood, built to AVAILABLE ON DAY 7 commemorate the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, has one of the country's most intricate displays of mosaic icons. Additionally, St Isaac's Treasures Of The Tsars Cathedral is the 4thlargest cathedral in the world. Designed by a French Skip the queues with our Local Specialist and journey through the architect, its immense interior is comprised of malachite and other Treasure Chamber of the Russian Tsars one of the most important precious materials. This optional involves reservation and entrance pre museums in Russia due to its unique collection. You’ll see priceless payments. If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will Faberge eggs and Catherine the Great's diamonds and many gowns. be incurred. You’ll also discover the Imperial carriages, which are studded with precious stones and gold; coronation thrones; and other oneofakind Adult Price: €44.00* items from the Romanov Dynasty. This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. Cancellation within 24 hours will incur a 50% cancellation fee.
Adult Price: €56.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 3
Russian Folklore Evening A chance to attend one of the best Russian folklore programs in St. Petersburg. You’ll enjoy a highenergy performance featuring Cossack AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 dances, songs, instruments and costumes from around Russia. During intermission, sample local champagne and vodka. An unforgettable Chopin’s Warsaw experience! This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. The spirit of Warsaw and the music of Chopin go hand in hand. This If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will be exclusive private recital of his music, performed for you by a celebrated incurred. Polish pianist in one of Warsaw’s historic buildings, is one of the unforgettable memories of this trip. Sparkling wine will be served during Adult Price: €67.00* the intermission.
Adult Price: €46.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 3
The Hermitage Museum AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 With our Local Specialist, we'll have the opportunity to experience one of the largest and mostvaluable collections of art in the world. Set in the Polish Dinner and Music splendour of the Winter Palace, with its elaborate interiors, the Hermitage Poland has a rich culture and famous folk art. On this trip, you'll have the is not to missed. This optional involves reservation and entrance pre chance to enjoy music and traditional dance while savouring a delicious payments. If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will meal of homemade Polish specialities. be incurred. Adult Price: €59.00*
Adult Price: €44.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 13
AVAILABLE ON DAY 4 Berlin's Secret Past Revealed
Imperial Summer Residences. Pushkin And Petrodvorets Uncover secrets of Berlin’s past with your Local Specialist on a guided On this fullday tour, your Local Specialist will take you to the villages of tour of the city. View the Holocaust Memorial, touch a remaining section Pushkin and Petrodvorets, where you will visit Catherine's Palace and of the Berlin Wall, see the site of Checkpoint Charlie, and learn more Peterhof Gardens. Recently restored, Catherine's Palace is most famous about Berlin’s WWII and Cold War past. for the fabled and wholly unique Amber Room. Located on the Baltic, Adult Price: €32.00* Peterhof Gardens are modeled after those at Versailles. Following a guided tour, you'll have time to enjoy a stroll as you marvel at the gilded fountains. In case of closure or unavailability of Catherine’s Palace, we will visit the delightful Palace of Pavlovsk, which was built by Catherine the Great. The price will then be €73.00. This optional involves reservations AVAILABLE ON DAY 13 and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% Farewell Dinner and Berlin by Night cancellation fee will be incurred. Join us for a farewell dinner to reminisce about your holiday and enjoy Adult Price: €92.00* great food and company. We'll then discover the stunning illuminated landmarks of the German capital.
Adult Price: €60.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 5
Rasputin And The Romanovs *We're always sourcing more great experiences for you to This tour pays tribute to one of Russia's noble and royal families and choose from. When you join us on your tour, your Travel Director will share provides an explanation for the collapse of the monarchy. You'll visit the the most up to date choices for your trip and travel season. For this reason, the opulent interior of Yusupov Palace, one of the grandest noble residences optional experiences and pricing offered here are a guide only and subject to in the country, and learn about the plot to murder the mystic Rasputin. change.
Adult Price: €49.00* Cossack Explorer
Your itinerary
Start Location Visited Location
Plane End Location
Cruise Train
Over night Ferry
Day 1 Included Meals - Breakfast Arrive Helsinki (1 Night) Day 8 Kickstart your adventure through the Cossacks in Helsinki, the quirky capital of Moscow – Minsk (2 Nights) Finland. Helsinki's pretty boulevards and stunning architecture melts into its stunning natural surroundings, with Baltic bays and islands, lush parks and gardens, This morning you'll wave farewell to Mother Russia and begin the journey west on and thick forests all around. Once you've checked in to your hotel, you'll have some the next exciting part of your Helsinki to Berlin tour. As you cross the Belarus border time to relax before meeting your Travel Director and fellow travellers for a glimpse of to Minsk. Driving past Borodino, you'll be reminded of Napoleon's great 19thcentury what's to come. battle, immortalised in the famous novel War and Peace as a 'continuous slaughter which could be of no avail either to the French of the Russians'. Arriving in the Hotel - Holiday Inn West Ruoholahti Belarus capital later, you'll be left in no doubt of the city's strong ties with Russia. Your orientation tour will reveal a perfectly Soviet city, rebuilt after World War II in a Day 2 style that would make Stalin proud. Dinner is served at your hotel this evening. Helsinki – St. Petersburg (3 Nights) Planeta Say goodbye to Finland this morning and travel east to the imperial city of St. Hotel - Petersburg where Peter the Great's magic touch on its pastelcoloured façades and Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner gorgeous canals provides the perfect introduction to our adventure through Russia. Tonight, dinner is served at your hotel. Day 9 Minsk sightseeing and free time Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson Pribaltiyskaya The war was not kind to Minsk, but the grand buildings, large squares and elegant Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner avenues that characterise the Belarus capital today tell a tale of Soviet supremacy. Your Local Specialist will reveal the city's history of occupation and all its iconic Day 3 sights, including the Hero City Memorial, built to commemorate the city's status as St. Petersburg sightseeing and free time one of the Hero Cities of the former Soviet Union. You'll have the rest of the afternoon
With your Local Specialist by your side, the stories of Russia's royalty come to life to explore Minsk your way, delving into its Sovietstyle architecture followed by an as you visit some of St. Petersburg's most famous sights. See the Tsar's Winter elegant night of art and culture should you choose to visit the celebrated National Palace, St. Isaac's Cathedral and The Bronze Horseman, who's enduring presence Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre. in the heart of St. Petersburg ensures the city will never yield to enemy forces. Included Meals - Breakfast Discover the goldenspired Peter and Paul Fortress, the final resting place of the Romanovs then spend the rest of the day exploring the city your way. Alternatively, Day 10 consider an Optional Experience to the Church of our Saviour on Spilled Blood and Minsk – Brest – Warsaw (2 Nights) St. Isaac's Cathedral, the fourthlargest cathedral in the world. Or you could choose to visit the Hermitage Museum on an Optional Experience to see the masterpieces The highlights of your Eastern Europe value tour just keep on rolling today as you of Matisse, Vermeer and Rembrandt on display and admire the opulence of the city's take a scenic journey across the expansive plains of Belarus, heading west towards Baroque, Neoclassical and Orthodox architectural heritage. Warsaw. You'll stop for lunch at Brest, a celebrated site of Soviet resistance during World War II. Later today, you'll arrive in Poland's capital, a modern metropolis which Included Meals - Breakfast has risen with all the invigorating spirit of a phoenix after a recent tumultuous past.
Day 4 Hotel - Ibis Ostrobramska St. Petersburg free day Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Trace the magic touch of centuries of tsarist rule as you embark on a full free day of St. Petersburg sightseeing on your own terms. Take a stroll down Nevsky Prospekt Day 11 and snack on a soft, hot and sweet pyshki or two, or embark on a full day Optional Warsaw sightseeing and free time Experience to the imperial summer residences at Pushkin and Petrodvorets. You're Today is all about unearthing the turbulent history of Warsaw. Meet up with your in for a cultural extravaganza this evening should you choose to join an optional Local Specialist this morning for a sightseeing tour where you'll see firsthand how evening at the ballet in a tsaristera theatre or attend one of the best Russian folklore the resilient Poles rebuilt their city after the destruction of World War II. You'll visit performances featuring Cossack dances, songs and costumes. St. John's Cathedral and the Royal Palace in the Old Town, then see the site of the Included Meals - Breakfast Warsaw Ghetto which confined over 400,000 nearstarving Jews during World War II. With the rest of the day free to explore your way, why not join your fellow travellers Day 5 tonight on an Optional Experience which will reveal the heart and soul of Warsaw. St. Petersburg – Novgorod (1 Night) Included Meals - Breakfast Today you'll embark on a scenic journey across the vast landscapes of Russia, bound for the ancient city of Novgorod, the 'Birthplace of Russia'. Here you'll delve Day 12 into the legacy of the Rurik dynasty which ruled Russia for over seven centuries. Warsaw – Berlin (2 Nights) You'll view the Millennium Monument, St. Sophia Cathedral and the Kremlin whose Blaze a trail west along the Autostrada Wolności (Motorway of Freedom) which was fortified red façades overlook the Volkhov River. Tonight, dinner is served at your first initiated by Nazi Germany to connect Berlin with Poland and left unfinished for hotel. decades after World War II. Continue your journey through Bohemia as you cross Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson the border into Germany and head to its vibrant multicultural capital city of Berlin. You'll have the rest of the day free to begin your exploration of Berlin your way. Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner Alternatively, you could join an Optional Experience with good food, wine, beer and music, followed by a BerlinByNight tour of the illuminated capital. Day 6 Novgorod – Tver – Moscow (2 Nights) Hotel - Amber Econtel Charlottenburg Looming larger than life, the Russian capital of Moscow lies ahead, but not before Included Meals - Breakfast you pay a brief lunch visit to the Tver region, the traditional pit stop on the popular travel route between St. Petersburg and Moscow. Arriving in Moscow later today, Day 13 you'll have the opportunity to join your fellow travellers on an Optional Experience to Berlin sightseeing and free time visit an illuminated Red Square and Moscow's grandiose Metro stations. The Embrace the lively spirit of your Berlin hosts when you join your Local Specialist for stations themselves are impressive works of art and style and substance coexist a guided sightseeing tour that will bring the tumultuous history of this city to life. effortlessly here, making Moscow's Metro the most beautiful subway system in the View the Reichstag building, German State Opera House, the Tiergarten, Unter den world. Linden and Brandenburg Gate, the iconic 18thcentury military monument that has Hotel - Hilton Garden Inn Krasnoselskaya since come to symbolise peace and unity. Spend the rest of the day exploring the city's energy on your own or maybe join an Optional Experience to uncover the Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch secrets of Berlin's World War II and Cold War past.
Day 7 Included Meals - Breakfast Moscow sightseeing and free time Day 14 Strut your stuff in one of Europe's mightiest capitals, joining a Local Specialist for a Depart Berlin guided sightseeing tour that will delve into the indomitable spirit of the Russian nation. Moscow oozes grandeur around every turn, from the colourful domes of St. Your epic encounter with imperial Russia, Soviet powerhouses and the capitals of Basil's Cathedral to the imposing Red Square the site of grand celebrations, fierce Poland and Germany has come to an end. You've seen grandiose monuments and fighting and the seat of Russian power for centuries. An Optional Experience to the witnessed the revival of cities that were once reduced to rubble. Say a fond farewell heart of Moscow will take you behind the scenes of its red walls to the Cathedral of to your travel companions and your Travel Director as you prepare to return home. Christ the Saviour and Ivan the Great's Bell Tower or admire great imperial riches Find out more about your free airport transfer at costsavertour.com/freetransfers. during an optional visit to the Treasure Chamber of the Russian tsars. Included Meals - Breakfast
HERE'S A SAMPLE OF YOUR CHOICE OPTIONAL EXPERIENCES
AVAILABLE ON DAY 6
AVAILABLE ON DAY 3 Metro And Red Square By Night Venice Of The North Cruise And Champagne Often cited as the most beautiful subway system in the world, Moscow's Soak up the atmosphere and romance of this former imperial capital, grandiose Metro stations are decorated with mosaics, stained glass and known as the "Venice of the North". Board a private boat to cruise through bronze statues. They're also one of the few remaining places featuring the canals and along the River Neva. You'll sip champagne as your Local Communist iconography. We'll see them with our Local Specialist and Specialist provides commentary about the city that has inspired artists for complete our visit with a walk through Red Square, where the evening generations. illuminations should provide enviable photo opportunities.
Adult Price: €46.00* Adult Price: €37.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 3 AVAILABLE ON DAY 7
Evening At The Ballet Kremlin And The Heart Of Moscow There may be an opportunity to attend a ballet performance in the historic You'll discover ancient cathedrals, the world's largest cannon, and the atmosphere of a Tsarist era theatre. Subject to availability of tickets and emperors' bell all housed within the Kremlin walls on a guided tour. You'll performance. Price will vary from €100€130, depending on the venue and also visit the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, built on the site where the the Ballet Company. This optional involves reservations and entrance Soviet government dynamited the original Cathedral, it was funded by prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% cancellation fee donations from millions of Muscovites. Finally take a stroll with a Local will be incurred. 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: €0.00* 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 3
Imperial Splendours And Architectural Gems Your Local Specialist will offer a guided tour of the interiors of two iconic churches. The Church of the Saviour on the Spilt Blood, built to AVAILABLE ON DAY 7 commemorate the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, has one of the country's most intricate displays of mosaic icons. Additionally, St Isaac's Treasures Of The Tsars Cathedral is the 4thlargest cathedral in the world. Designed by a French Skip the queues with our Local Specialist and journey through the architect, its immense interior is comprised of malachite and other Treasure Chamber of the Russian Tsars one of the most important precious materials. This optional involves reservation and entrance pre museums in Russia due to its unique collection. You’ll see priceless payments. If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will Faberge eggs and Catherine the Great's diamonds and many gowns. be incurred. You’ll also discover the Imperial carriages, which are studded with precious stones and gold; coronation thrones; and other oneofakind Adult Price: €44.00* items from the Romanov Dynasty. This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. Cancellation within 24 hours will incur a 50% cancellation fee.
Adult Price: €56.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 3
Russian Folklore Evening A chance to attend one of the best Russian folklore programs in St. Petersburg. You’ll enjoy a highenergy performance featuring Cossack AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 dances, songs, instruments and costumes from around Russia. During intermission, sample local champagne and vodka. An unforgettable Chopin’s Warsaw experience! This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. The spirit of Warsaw and the music of Chopin go hand in hand. This If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will be exclusive private recital of his music, performed for you by a celebrated incurred. Polish pianist in one of Warsaw’s historic buildings, is one of the unforgettable memories of this trip. Sparkling wine will be served during Adult Price: €67.00* the intermission.
Adult Price: €46.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 3
The Hermitage Museum AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 With our Local Specialist, we'll have the opportunity to experience one of the largest and mostvaluable collections of art in the world. Set in the Polish Dinner and Music splendour of the Winter Palace, with its elaborate interiors, the Hermitage Poland has a rich culture and famous folk art. On this trip, you'll have the is not to missed. This optional involves reservation and entrance pre chance to enjoy music and traditional dance while savouring a delicious payments. If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will meal of homemade Polish specialities. be incurred. Adult Price: €59.00* Adult Price: €44.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 13
AVAILABLE ON DAY 4 Berlin's Secret Past Revealed Imperial Summer Residences. Pushkin And Petrodvorets Uncover secrets of Berlin’s past with your Local Specialist on a guided On this fullday tour, your Local Specialist will take you to the villages of tour of the city. View the Holocaust Memorial, touch a remaining section Pushkin and Petrodvorets, where you will visit Catherine's Palace and of the Berlin Wall, see the site of Checkpoint Charlie, and learn more Peterhof Gardens. Recently restored, Catherine's Palace is most famous about Berlin’s WWII and Cold War past. for the fabled and wholly unique Amber Room. Located on the Baltic, Adult Price: €32.00* Peterhof Gardens are modeled after those at Versailles. Following a guided tour, you'll have time to enjoy a stroll as you marvel at the gilded fountains. In case of closure or unavailability of Catherine’s Palace, we will visit the delightful Palace of Pavlovsk, which was built by Catherine the Great. The price will then be €73.00. This optional involves reservations AVAILABLE ON DAY 13 and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% Farewell Dinner and Berlin by Night cancellation fee will be incurred. Join us for a farewell dinner to reminisce about your holiday and enjoy Adult Price: €92.00* great food and company. We'll then discover the stunning illuminated landmarks of the German capital.
Adult Price: €60.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 5
Rasputin And The Romanovs *We're always sourcing more great experiences for you to This tour pays tribute to one of Russia's noble and royal families and choose from. When you join us on your tour, your Travel Director will share provides an explanation for the collapse of the monarchy. You'll visit the the most up to date choices for your trip and travel season. For this reason, the opulent interior of Yusupov Palace, one of the grandest noble residences optional experiences and pricing offered here are a guide only and subject to in the country, and learn about the plot to murder the mystic Rasputin. change.
Adult Price: €49.00* Cossack Explorer
Your itinerary
Start Location Visited Location
Plane End Location
Cruise Train
Over night Ferry
Day 1 Included Meals - Breakfast Arrive Helsinki (1 Night) Day 8 Kickstart your adventure through the Cossacks in Helsinki, the quirky capital of Moscow – Minsk (2 Nights) Finland. Helsinki's pretty boulevards and stunning architecture melts into its stunning natural surroundings, with Baltic bays and islands, lush parks and gardens, This morning you'll wave farewell to Mother Russia and begin the journey west on and thick forests all around. Once you've checked in to your hotel, you'll have some the next exciting part of your Helsinki to Berlin tour. As you cross the Belarus border time to relax before meeting your Travel Director and fellow travellers for a glimpse of to Minsk. Driving past Borodino, you'll be reminded of Napoleon's great 19thcentury what's to come. battle, immortalised in the famous novel War and Peace as a 'continuous slaughter which could be of no avail either to the French of the Russians'. Arriving in the Hotel - Holiday Inn West Ruoholahti Belarus capital later, you'll be left in no doubt of the city's strong ties with Russia. Your orientation tour will reveal a perfectly Soviet city, rebuilt after World War II in a Day 2 style that would make Stalin proud. Dinner is served at your hotel this evening. Helsinki – St. Petersburg (3 Nights) Planeta Say goodbye to Finland this morning and travel east to the imperial city of St. Hotel - Petersburg where Peter the Great's magic touch on its pastelcoloured façades and Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner gorgeous canals provides the perfect introduction to our adventure through Russia. Tonight, dinner is served at your hotel. Day 9 Minsk sightseeing and free time Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson Pribaltiyskaya The war was not kind to Minsk, but the grand buildings, large squares and elegant Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner avenues that characterise the Belarus capital today tell a tale of Soviet supremacy. Your Local Specialist will reveal the city's history of occupation and all its iconic Day 3 sights, including the Hero City Memorial, built to commemorate the city's status as St. Petersburg sightseeing and free time one of the Hero Cities of the former Soviet Union. You'll have the rest of the afternoon
With your Local Specialist by your side, the stories of Russia's royalty come to life to explore Minsk your way, delving into its Sovietstyle architecture followed by an as you visit some of St. Petersburg's most famous sights. See the Tsar's Winter elegant night of art and culture should you choose to visit the celebrated National Palace, St. Isaac's Cathedral and The Bronze Horseman, who's enduring presence Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre. in the heart of St. Petersburg ensures the city will never yield to enemy forces. Included Meals - Breakfast Discover the goldenspired Peter and Paul Fortress, the final resting place of the Romanovs then spend the rest of the day exploring the city your way. Alternatively, Day 10 consider an Optional Experience to the Church of our Saviour on Spilled Blood and Minsk – Brest – Warsaw (2 Nights) St. Isaac's Cathedral, the fourthlargest cathedral in the world. Or you could choose to visit the Hermitage Museum on an Optional Experience to see the masterpieces The highlights of your Eastern Europe value tour just keep on rolling today as you of Matisse, Vermeer and Rembrandt on display and admire the opulence of the city's take a scenic journey across the expansive plains of Belarus, heading west towards Baroque, Neoclassical and Orthodox architectural heritage. Warsaw. You'll stop for lunch at Brest, a celebrated site of Soviet resistance during World War II. Later today, you'll arrive in Poland's capital, a modern metropolis which Included Meals - Breakfast has risen with all the invigorating spirit of a phoenix after a recent tumultuous past.
Day 4 Hotel - Ibis Ostrobramska St. Petersburg free day Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Trace the magic touch of centuries of tsarist rule as you embark on a full free day of St. Petersburg sightseeing on your own terms. Take a stroll down Nevsky Prospekt Day 11 and snack on a soft, hot and sweet pyshki or two, or embark on a full day Optional Warsaw sightseeing and free time Experience to the imperial summer residences at Pushkin and Petrodvorets. You're Today is all about unearthing the turbulent history of Warsaw. Meet up with your in for a cultural extravaganza this evening should you choose to join an optional Local Specialist this morning for a sightseeing tour where you'll see firsthand how evening at the ballet in a tsaristera theatre or attend one of the best Russian folklore the resilient Poles rebuilt their city after the destruction of World War II. You'll visit performances featuring Cossack dances, songs and costumes. St. John's Cathedral and the Royal Palace in the Old Town, then see the site of the Included Meals - Breakfast Warsaw Ghetto which confined over 400,000 nearstarving Jews during World War II. With the rest of the day free to explore your way, why not join your fellow travellers Day 5 tonight on an Optional Experience which will reveal the heart and soul of Warsaw. St. Petersburg – Novgorod (1 Night) Included Meals - Breakfast Today you'll embark on a scenic journey across the vast landscapes of Russia, bound for the ancient city of Novgorod, the 'Birthplace of Russia'. Here you'll delve Day 12 into the legacy of the Rurik dynasty which ruled Russia for over seven centuries. Warsaw – Berlin (2 Nights) You'll view the Millennium Monument, St. Sophia Cathedral and the Kremlin whose Blaze a trail west along the Autostrada Wolności (Motorway of Freedom) which was fortified red façades overlook the Volkhov River. Tonight, dinner is served at your first initiated by Nazi Germany to connect Berlin with Poland and left unfinished for hotel. decades after World War II. Continue your journey through Bohemia as you cross Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson the border into Germany and head to its vibrant multicultural capital city of Berlin. You'll have the rest of the day free to begin your exploration of Berlin your way. Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner Alternatively, you could join an Optional Experience with good food, wine, beer and music, followed by a BerlinByNight tour of the illuminated capital. Day 6 Novgorod – Tver – Moscow (2 Nights) Hotel - Amber Econtel Charlottenburg Looming larger than life, the Russian capital of Moscow lies ahead, but not before Included Meals - Breakfast you pay a brief lunch visit to the Tver region, the traditional pit stop on the popular travel route between St. Petersburg and Moscow. Arriving in Moscow later today, Day 13 you'll have the opportunity to join your fellow travellers on an Optional Experience to Berlin sightseeing and free time visit an illuminated Red Square and Moscow's grandiose Metro stations. The Embrace the lively spirit of your Berlin hosts when you join your Local Specialist for stations themselves are impressive works of art and style and substance coexist a guided sightseeing tour that will bring the tumultuous history of this city to life. effortlessly here, making Moscow's Metro the most beautiful subway system in the View the Reichstag building, German State Opera House, the Tiergarten, Unter den world. Linden and Brandenburg Gate, the iconic 18thcentury military monument that has Hotel - Hilton Garden Inn Krasnoselskaya since come to symbolise peace and unity. Spend the rest of the day exploring the city's energy on your own or maybe join an Optional Experience to uncover the Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch secrets of Berlin's World War II and Cold War past.
Day 7 Included Meals - Breakfast Moscow sightseeing and free time Day 14 Strut your stuff in one of Europe's mightiest capitals, joining a Local Specialist for a Depart Berlin guided sightseeing tour that will delve into the indomitable spirit of the Russian nation. Moscow oozes grandeur around every turn, from the colourful domes of St. Your epic encounter with imperial Russia, Soviet powerhouses and the capitals of Basil's Cathedral to the imposing Red Square the site of grand celebrations, fierce Poland and Germany has come to an end. You've seen grandiose monuments and fighting and the seat of Russian power for centuries. An Optional Experience to the witnessed the revival of cities that were once reduced to rubble. Say a fond farewell heart of Moscow will take you behind the scenes of its red walls to the Cathedral of to your travel companions and your Travel Director as you prepare to return home. Christ the Saviour and Ivan the Great's Bell Tower or admire great imperial riches Find out more about your free airport transfer at costsavertour.com/freetransfers. during an optional visit to the Treasure Chamber of the Russian tsars. Included Meals - Breakfast
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AVAILABLE ON DAY 3 Metro And Red Square By Night Venice Of The North Cruise And Champagne Often cited as the most beautiful subway system in the world, Moscow's Soak up the atmosphere and romance of this former imperial capital, grandiose Metro stations are decorated with mosaics, stained glass and known as the "Venice of the North". Board a private boat to cruise through bronze statues. They're also one of the few remaining places featuring the canals and along the River Neva. You'll sip champagne as your Local Communist iconography. We'll see them with our Local Specialist and Specialist provides commentary about the city that has inspired artists for complete our visit with a walk through Red Square, where the evening generations. illuminations should provide enviable photo opportunities.
Adult Price: €46.00* Adult Price: €37.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 3 AVAILABLE ON DAY 7
Evening At The Ballet Kremlin And The Heart Of Moscow There may be an opportunity to attend a ballet performance in the historic You'll discover ancient cathedrals, the world's largest cannon, and the atmosphere of a Tsarist era theatre. Subject to availability of tickets and emperors' bell all housed within the Kremlin walls on a guided tour. You'll performance. Price will vary from €100€130, depending on the venue and also visit the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, built on the site where the the Ballet Company. This optional involves reservations and entrance Soviet government dynamited the original Cathedral, it was funded by prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% cancellation fee donations from millions of Muscovites. Finally take a stroll with a Local will be incurred. 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: €0.00* 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 3
Imperial Splendours And Architectural Gems Your Local Specialist will offer a guided tour of the interiors of two iconic churches. The Church of the Saviour on the Spilt Blood, built to AVAILABLE ON DAY 7 commemorate the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, has one of the country's most intricate displays of mosaic icons. Additionally, St Isaac's Treasures Of The Tsars Cathedral is the 4thlargest cathedral in the world. Designed by a French Skip the queues with our Local Specialist and journey through the architect, its immense interior is comprised of malachite and other Treasure Chamber of the Russian Tsars one of the most important precious materials. This optional involves reservation and entrance pre museums in Russia due to its unique collection. You’ll see priceless payments. If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will Faberge eggs and Catherine the Great's diamonds and many gowns. be incurred. You’ll also discover the Imperial carriages, which are studded with precious stones and gold; coronation thrones; and other oneofakind Adult Price: €44.00* items from the Romanov Dynasty. This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. Cancellation within 24 hours will incur a 50% cancellation fee.
Adult Price: €56.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 3
Russian Folklore Evening A chance to attend one of the best Russian folklore programs in St. Petersburg. You’ll enjoy a highenergy performance featuring Cossack AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 dances, songs, instruments and costumes from around Russia. During intermission, sample local champagne and vodka. An unforgettable Chopin’s Warsaw experience! This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. The spirit of Warsaw and the music of Chopin go hand in hand. This If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will be exclusive private recital of his music, performed for you by a celebrated incurred. Polish pianist in one of Warsaw’s historic buildings, is one of the unforgettable memories of this trip. Sparkling wine will be served during Adult Price: €67.00* the intermission.
Adult Price: €46.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 3
The Hermitage Museum AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 With our Local Specialist, we'll have the opportunity to experience one of the largest and mostvaluable collections of art in the world. Set in the Polish Dinner and Music splendour of the Winter Palace, with its elaborate interiors, the Hermitage Poland has a rich culture and famous folk art. On this trip, you'll have the is not to missed. This optional involves reservation and entrance pre chance to enjoy music and traditional dance while savouring a delicious payments. If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will meal of homemade Polish specialities. be incurred. Adult Price: €59.00* Adult Price: €44.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 13
AVAILABLE ON DAY 4 Berlin's Secret Past Revealed Imperial Summer Residences. Pushkin And Petrodvorets Uncover secrets of Berlin’s past with your Local Specialist on a guided On this fullday tour, your Local Specialist will take you to the villages of tour of the city. View the Holocaust Memorial, touch a remaining section Pushkin and Petrodvorets, where you will visit Catherine's Palace and of the Berlin Wall, see the site of Checkpoint Charlie, and learn more Peterhof Gardens. Recently restored, Catherine's Palace is most famous about Berlin’s WWII and Cold War past. for the fabled and wholly unique Amber Room. Located on the Baltic, Adult Price: €32.00* Peterhof Gardens are modeled after those at Versailles. Following a guided tour, you'll have time to enjoy a stroll as you marvel at the gilded fountains. In case of closure or unavailability of Catherine’s Palace, we will visit the delightful Palace of Pavlovsk, which was built by Catherine the Great. The price will then be €73.00. This optional involves reservations AVAILABLE ON DAY 13 and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% Farewell Dinner and Berlin by Night cancellation fee will be incurred. Join us for a farewell dinner to reminisce about your holiday and enjoy Adult Price: €92.00* great food and company. We'll then discover the stunning illuminated landmarks of the German capital.
Adult Price: €60.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 5
Rasputin And The Romanovs *We're always sourcing more great experiences for you to This tour pays tribute to one of Russia's noble and royal families and choose from. When you join us on your tour, your Travel Director will share provides an explanation for the collapse of the monarchy. You'll visit the the most up to date choices for your trip and travel season. For this reason, the opulent interior of Yusupov Palace, one of the grandest noble residences optional experiences and pricing offered here are a guide only and subject to in the country, and learn about the plot to murder the mystic Rasputin. change.
Adult Price: €49.00* Cossack Explorer
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Day 1 Included Meals - Breakfast Arrive Helsinki (1 Night) Day 8 Kickstart your adventure through the Cossacks in Helsinki, the quirky capital of Moscow – Minsk (2 Nights) Finland. Helsinki's pretty boulevards and stunning architecture melts into its stunning natural surroundings, with Baltic bays and islands, lush parks and gardens, This morning you'll wave farewell to Mother Russia and begin the journey west on and thick forests all around. Once you've checked in to your hotel, you'll have some the next exciting part of your Helsinki to Berlin tour. As you cross the Belarus border time to relax before meeting your Travel Director and fellow travellers for a glimpse of to Minsk. Driving past Borodino, you'll be reminded of Napoleon's great 19thcentury what's to come. battle, immortalised in the famous novel War and Peace as a 'continuous slaughter which could be of no avail either to the French of the Russians'. Arriving in the Hotel - Holiday Inn West Ruoholahti Belarus capital later, you'll be left in no doubt of the city's strong ties with Russia. Your orientation tour will reveal a perfectly Soviet city, rebuilt after World War II in a Day 2 style that would make Stalin proud. Dinner is served at your hotel this evening. Helsinki – St. Petersburg (3 Nights) Planeta Say goodbye to Finland this morning and travel east to the imperial city of St. Hotel - Petersburg where Peter the Great's magic touch on its pastelcoloured façades and Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner gorgeous canals provides the perfect introduction to our adventure through Russia. Tonight, dinner is served at your hotel. Day 9 Minsk sightseeing and free time Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson Pribaltiyskaya The war was not kind to Minsk, but the grand buildings, large squares and elegant Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner avenues that characterise the Belarus capital today tell a tale of Soviet supremacy. Your Local Specialist will reveal the city's history of occupation and all its iconic Day 3 sights, including the Hero City Memorial, built to commemorate the city's status as St. Petersburg sightseeing and free time one of the Hero Cities of the former Soviet Union. You'll have the rest of the afternoon
With your Local Specialist by your side, the stories of Russia's royalty come to life to explore Minsk your way, delving into its Sovietstyle architecture followed by an as you visit some of St. Petersburg's most famous sights. See the Tsar's Winter elegant night of art and culture should you choose to visit the celebrated National Palace, St. Isaac's Cathedral and The Bronze Horseman, who's enduring presence Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre. in the heart of St. Petersburg ensures the city will never yield to enemy forces. Included Meals - Breakfast Discover the goldenspired Peter and Paul Fortress, the final resting place of the Romanovs then spend the rest of the day exploring the city your way. Alternatively, Day 10 consider an Optional Experience to the Church of our Saviour on Spilled Blood and Minsk – Brest – Warsaw (2 Nights) St. Isaac's Cathedral, the fourthlargest cathedral in the world. Or you could choose to visit the Hermitage Museum on an Optional Experience to see the masterpieces The highlights of your Eastern Europe value tour just keep on rolling today as you of Matisse, Vermeer and Rembrandt on display and admire the opulence of the city's take a scenic journey across the expansive plains of Belarus, heading west towards Baroque, Neoclassical and Orthodox architectural heritage. Warsaw. You'll stop for lunch at Brest, a celebrated site of Soviet resistance during World War II. Later today, you'll arrive in Poland's capital, a modern metropolis which Included Meals - Breakfast has risen with all the invigorating spirit of a phoenix after a recent tumultuous past.
Day 4 Hotel - Ibis Ostrobramska St. Petersburg free day Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Trace the magic touch of centuries of tsarist rule as you embark on a full free day of St. Petersburg sightseeing on your own terms. Take a stroll down Nevsky Prospekt Day 11 and snack on a soft, hot and sweet pyshki or two, or embark on a full day Optional Warsaw sightseeing and free time Experience to the imperial summer residences at Pushkin and Petrodvorets. You're Today is all about unearthing the turbulent history of Warsaw. Meet up with your in for a cultural extravaganza this evening should you choose to join an optional Local Specialist this morning for a sightseeing tour where you'll see firsthand how evening at the ballet in a tsaristera theatre or attend one of the best Russian folklore the resilient Poles rebuilt their city after the destruction of World War II. You'll visit performances featuring Cossack dances, songs and costumes. St. John's Cathedral and the Royal Palace in the Old Town, then see the site of the Included Meals - Breakfast Warsaw Ghetto which confined over 400,000 nearstarving Jews during World War II. With the rest of the day free to explore your way, why not join your fellow travellers Day 5 tonight on an Optional Experience which will reveal the heart and soul of Warsaw. St. Petersburg – Novgorod (1 Night) Included Meals - Breakfast Today you'll embark on a scenic journey across the vast landscapes of Russia, bound for the ancient city of Novgorod, the 'Birthplace of Russia'. Here you'll delve Day 12 into the legacy of the Rurik dynasty which ruled Russia for over seven centuries. Warsaw – Berlin (2 Nights) You'll view the Millennium Monument, St. Sophia Cathedral and the Kremlin whose Blaze a trail west along the Autostrada Wolności (Motorway of Freedom) which was fortified red façades overlook the Volkhov River. Tonight, dinner is served at your first initiated by Nazi Germany to connect Berlin with Poland and left unfinished for hotel. decades after World War II. Continue your journey through Bohemia as you cross Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson the border into Germany and head to its vibrant multicultural capital city of Berlin. You'll have the rest of the day free to begin your exploration of Berlin your way. Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner Alternatively, you could join an Optional Experience with good food, wine, beer and music, followed by a BerlinByNight tour of the illuminated capital. Day 6 Novgorod – Tver – Moscow (2 Nights) Hotel - Amber Econtel Charlottenburg Looming larger than life, the Russian capital of Moscow lies ahead, but not before Included Meals - Breakfast you pay a brief lunch visit to the Tver region, the traditional pit stop on the popular travel route between St. Petersburg and Moscow. Arriving in Moscow later today, Day 13 you'll have the opportunity to join your fellow travellers on an Optional Experience to Berlin sightseeing and free time visit an illuminated Red Square and Moscow's grandiose Metro stations. The Embrace the lively spirit of your Berlin hosts when you join your Local Specialist for stations themselves are impressive works of art and style and substance coexist a guided sightseeing tour that will bring the tumultuous history of this city to life. effortlessly here, making Moscow's Metro the most beautiful subway system in the View the Reichstag building, German State Opera House, the Tiergarten, Unter den world. Linden and Brandenburg Gate, the iconic 18thcentury military monument that has Hotel - Hilton Garden Inn Krasnoselskaya since come to symbolise peace and unity. Spend the rest of the day exploring the city's energy on your own or maybe join an Optional Experience to uncover the Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch secrets of Berlin's World War II and Cold War past.
Day 7 Included Meals - Breakfast Moscow sightseeing and free time Day 14 Strut your stuff in one of Europe's mightiest capitals, joining a Local Specialist for a Depart Berlin guided sightseeing tour that will delve into the indomitable spirit of the Russian nation. Moscow oozes grandeur around every turn, from the colourful domes of St. Your epic encounter with imperial Russia, Soviet powerhouses and the capitals of Basil's Cathedral to the imposing Red Square the site of grand celebrations, fierce Poland and Germany has come to an end. You've seen grandiose monuments and fighting and the seat of Russian power for centuries. An Optional Experience to the witnessed the revival of cities that were once reduced to rubble. Say a fond farewell heart of Moscow will take you behind the scenes of its red walls to the Cathedral of to your travel companions and your Travel Director as you prepare to return home. Christ the Saviour and Ivan the Great's Bell Tower or admire great imperial riches Find out more about your free airport transfer at costsavertour.com/freetransfers. during an optional visit to the Treasure Chamber of the Russian tsars. Included Meals - Breakfast
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AVAILABLE ON DAY 6
AVAILABLE ON DAY 3 Metro And Red Square By Night Venice Of The North Cruise And Champagne Often cited as the most beautiful subway system in the world, Moscow's Soak up the atmosphere and romance of this former imperial capital, grandiose Metro stations are decorated with mosaics, stained glass and known as the "Venice of the North". Board a private boat to cruise through bronze statues. They're also one of the few remaining places featuring the canals and along the River Neva. You'll sip champagne as your Local Communist iconography. We'll see them with our Local Specialist and Specialist provides commentary about the city that has inspired artists for complete our visit with a walk through Red Square, where the evening generations. illuminations should provide enviable photo opportunities.
Adult Price: €46.00* Adult Price: €37.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 3 AVAILABLE ON DAY 7
Evening At The Ballet Kremlin And The Heart Of Moscow There may be an opportunity to attend a ballet performance in the historic You'll discover ancient cathedrals, the world's largest cannon, and the atmosphere of a Tsarist era theatre. Subject to availability of tickets and emperors' bell all housed within the Kremlin walls on a guided tour. You'll performance. Price will vary from €100€130, depending on the venue and also visit the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, built on the site where the the Ballet Company. This optional involves reservations and entrance Soviet government dynamited the original Cathedral, it was funded by prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% cancellation fee donations from millions of Muscovites. Finally take a stroll with a Local will be incurred. 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: €0.00* 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 3
Imperial Splendours And Architectural Gems Your Local Specialist will offer a guided tour of the interiors of two iconic churches. The Church of the Saviour on the Spilt Blood, built to AVAILABLE ON DAY 7 commemorate the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, has one of the country's most intricate displays of mosaic icons. Additionally, St Isaac's Treasures Of The Tsars Cathedral is the 4thlargest cathedral in the world. Designed by a French Skip the queues with our Local Specialist and journey through the architect, its immense interior is comprised of malachite and other Treasure Chamber of the Russian Tsars one of the most important precious materials. This optional involves reservation and entrance pre museums in Russia due to its unique collection. You’ll see priceless payments. If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will Faberge eggs and Catherine the Great's diamonds and many gowns. be incurred. You’ll also discover the Imperial carriages, which are studded with precious stones and gold; coronation thrones; and other oneofakind Adult Price: €44.00* items from the Romanov Dynasty. This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. Cancellation within 24 hours will incur a 50% cancellation fee.
Adult Price: €56.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 3
Russian Folklore Evening A chance to attend one of the best Russian folklore programs in St. Petersburg. You’ll enjoy a highenergy performance featuring Cossack AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 dances, songs, instruments and costumes from around Russia. During intermission, sample local champagne and vodka. An unforgettable Chopin’s Warsaw experience! This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. The spirit of Warsaw and the music of Chopin go hand in hand. This If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will be exclusive private recital of his music, performed for you by a celebrated incurred. Polish pianist in one of Warsaw’s historic buildings, is one of the unforgettable memories of this trip. Sparkling wine will be served during Adult Price: €67.00* the intermission.
Adult Price: €46.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 3
The Hermitage Museum AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 With our Local Specialist, we'll have the opportunity to experience one of the largest and mostvaluable collections of art in the world. Set in the Polish Dinner and Music splendour of the Winter Palace, with its elaborate interiors, the Hermitage Poland has a rich culture and famous folk art. On this trip, you'll have the is not to missed. This optional involves reservation and entrance pre chance to enjoy music and traditional dance while savouring a delicious payments. If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will meal of homemade Polish specialities. be incurred. Adult Price: €59.00* Adult Price: €44.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 13
AVAILABLE ON DAY 4 Berlin's Secret Past Revealed Imperial Summer Residences. Pushkin And Petrodvorets Uncover secrets of Berlin’s past with your Local Specialist on a guided On this fullday tour, your Local Specialist will take you to the villages of tour of the city. View the Holocaust Memorial, touch a remaining section Pushkin and Petrodvorets, where you will visit Catherine's Palace and of the Berlin Wall, see the site of Checkpoint Charlie, and learn more Peterhof Gardens. Recently restored, Catherine's Palace is most famous about Berlin’s WWII and Cold War past. for the fabled and wholly unique Amber Room. Located on the Baltic, Adult Price: €32.00* Peterhof Gardens are modeled after those at Versailles. Following a guided tour, you'll have time to enjoy a stroll as you marvel at the gilded fountains. In case of closure or unavailability of Catherine’s Palace, we will visit the delightful Palace of Pavlovsk, which was built by Catherine the Great. The price will then be €73.00. This optional involves reservations AVAILABLE ON DAY 13 and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% Farewell Dinner and Berlin by Night cancellation fee will be incurred. Join us for a farewell dinner to reminisce about your holiday and enjoy Adult Price: €92.00* great food and company. We'll then discover the stunning illuminated landmarks of the German capital.
Adult Price: €60.00*
AVAILABLE ON DAY 5
Rasputin And The Romanovs *We're always sourcing more great experiences for you to This tour pays tribute to one of Russia's noble and royal families and choose from. When you join us on your tour, your Travel Director will share provides an explanation for the collapse of the monarchy. You'll visit the the most up to date choices for your trip and travel season. For this reason, the opulent interior of Yusupov Palace, one of the grandest noble residences optional experiences and pricing offered here are a guide only and subject to in the country, and learn about the plot to murder the mystic Rasputin. change.
Adult Price: €49.00* Cossack Explorer
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Plane End Location
Cruise Train
Over night Ferry
Day 1 Included Meals - Breakfast Arrive Helsinki (1 Night) Day 8 Kickstart your adventure through the Cossacks in Helsinki, the quirky capital of Moscow – Minsk (2 Nights) Finland. Helsinki's pretty boulevards and stunning architecture melts into its stunning natural surroundings, with Baltic bays and islands, lush parks and gardens, This morning you'll wave farewell to Mother Russia and begin the journey west on and thick forests all around. Once you've checked in to your hotel, you'll have some the next exciting part of your Helsinki to Berlin tour. As you cross the Belarus border time to relax before meeting your Travel Director and fellow travellers for a glimpse of to Minsk. Driving past Borodino, you'll be reminded of Napoleon's great 19thcentury what's to come. battle, immortalised in the famous novel War and Peace as a 'continuous slaughter which could be of no avail either to the French of the Russians'. Arriving in the Hotel - Holiday Inn West Ruoholahti Belarus capital later, you'll be left in no doubt of the city's strong ties with Russia. Your orientation tour will reveal a perfectly Soviet city, rebuilt after World War II in a Day 2 style that would make Stalin proud. Dinner is served at your hotel this evening. Helsinki – St. Petersburg (3 Nights) Planeta Say goodbye to Finland this morning and travel east to the imperial city of St. Hotel - Petersburg where Peter the Great's magic touch on its pastelcoloured façades and Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner gorgeous canals provides the perfect introduction to our adventure through Russia. Tonight, dinner is served at your hotel. Day 9 Minsk sightseeing and free time Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson Pribaltiyskaya The war was not kind to Minsk, but the grand buildings, large squares and elegant Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner avenues that characterise the Belarus capital today tell a tale of Soviet supremacy. Your Local Specialist will reveal the city's history of occupation and all its iconic Day 3 sights, including the Hero City Memorial, built to commemorate the city's status as St. Petersburg sightseeing and free time one of the Hero Cities of the former Soviet Union. You'll have the rest of the afternoon
With your Local Specialist by your side, the stories of Russia's royalty come to life to explore Minsk your way, delving into its Sovietstyle architecture followed by an as you visit some of St. Petersburg's most famous sights. See the Tsar's Winter elegant night of art and culture should you choose to visit the celebrated National Palace, St. Isaac's Cathedral and The Bronze Horseman, who's enduring presence Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre. in the heart of St. Petersburg ensures the city will never yield to enemy forces. Included Meals - Breakfast Discover the goldenspired Peter and Paul Fortress, the final resting place of the Romanovs then spend the rest of the day exploring the city your way. Alternatively, Day 10 consider an Optional Experience to the Church of our Saviour on Spilled Blood and Minsk – Brest – Warsaw (2 Nights) St. Isaac's Cathedral, the fourthlargest cathedral in the world. Or you could choose to visit the Hermitage Museum on an Optional Experience to see the masterpieces The highlights of your Eastern Europe value tour just keep on rolling today as you of Matisse, Vermeer and Rembrandt on display and admire the opulence of the city's take a scenic journey across the expansive plains of Belarus, heading west towards Baroque, Neoclassical and Orthodox architectural heritage. Warsaw. You'll stop for lunch at Brest, a celebrated site of Soviet resistance during World War II. Later today, you'll arrive in Poland's capital, a modern metropolis which Included Meals - Breakfast has risen with all the invigorating spirit of a phoenix after a recent tumultuous past.
Day 4 Hotel - Ibis Ostrobramska St. Petersburg free day Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Trace the magic touch of centuries of tsarist rule as you embark on a full free day of St. Petersburg sightseeing on your own terms. Take a stroll down Nevsky Prospekt Day 11 and snack on a soft, hot and sweet pyshki or two, or embark on a full day Optional Warsaw sightseeing and free time Experience to the imperial summer residences at Pushkin and Petrodvorets. You're Today is all about unearthing the turbulent history of Warsaw. Meet up with your in for a cultural extravaganza this evening should you choose to join an optional Local Specialist this morning for a sightseeing tour where you'll see firsthand how evening at the ballet in a tsaristera theatre or attend one of the best Russian folklore the resilient Poles rebuilt their city after the destruction of World War II. You'll visit performances featuring Cossack dances, songs and costumes. St. John's Cathedral and the Royal Palace in the Old Town, then see the site of the Included Meals - Breakfast Warsaw Ghetto which confined over 400,000 nearstarving Jews during World War II. With the rest of the day free to explore your way, why not join your fellow travellers Day 5 tonight on an Optional Experience which will reveal the heart and soul of Warsaw. St. Petersburg – Novgorod (1 Night) Included Meals - Breakfast Today you'll embark on a scenic journey across the vast landscapes of Russia, bound for the ancient city of Novgorod, the 'Birthplace of Russia'. Here you'll delve Day 12 into the legacy of the Rurik dynasty which ruled Russia for over seven centuries. Warsaw – Berlin (2 Nights) You'll view the Millennium Monument, St. Sophia Cathedral and the Kremlin whose Blaze a trail west along the Autostrada Wolności (Motorway of Freedom) which was fortified red façades overlook the Volkhov River. Tonight, dinner is served at your first initiated by Nazi Germany to connect Berlin with Poland and left unfinished for hotel. decades after World War II. Continue your journey through Bohemia as you cross Hotel - Park Inn by Radisson the border into Germany and head to its vibrant multicultural capital city of Berlin. You'll have the rest of the day free to begin your exploration of Berlin your way. Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner Alternatively, you could join an Optional Experience with good food, wine, beer and music, followed by a BerlinByNight tour of the illuminated capital. Day 6 Novgorod – Tver – Moscow (2 Nights) Hotel - Amber Econtel Charlottenburg Looming larger than life, the Russian capital of Moscow lies ahead, but not before Included Meals - Breakfast you pay a brief lunch visit to the Tver region, the traditional pit stop on the popular travel route between St. Petersburg and Moscow. Arriving in Moscow later today, Day 13 you'll have the opportunity to join your fellow travellers on an Optional Experience to Berlin sightseeing and free time visit an illuminated Red Square and Moscow's grandiose Metro stations. The Embrace the lively spirit of your Berlin hosts when you join your Local Specialist for stations themselves are impressive works of art and style and substance coexist a guided sightseeing tour that will bring the tumultuous history of this city to life. effortlessly here, making Moscow's Metro the most beautiful subway system in the View the Reichstag building, German State Opera House, the Tiergarten, Unter den world. Linden and Brandenburg Gate, the iconic 18thcentury military monument that has Hotel - Hilton Garden Inn Krasnoselskaya since come to symbolise peace and unity. Spend the rest of the day exploring the city's energy on your own or maybe join an Optional Experience to uncover the Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch secrets of Berlin's World War II and Cold War past.
Day 7 Included Meals - Breakfast Moscow sightseeing and free time Day 14 Strut your stuff in one of Europe's mightiest capitals, joining a Local Specialist for a Depart Berlin guided sightseeing tour that will delve into the indomitable spirit of the Russian nation. Moscow oozes grandeur around every turn, from the colourful domes of St. Your epic encounter with imperial Russia, Soviet powerhouses and the capitals of Basil's Cathedral to the imposing Red Square the site of grand celebrations, fierce Poland and Germany has come to an end. You've seen grandiose monuments and fighting and the seat of Russian power for centuries. An Optional Experience to the witnessed the revival of cities that were once reduced to rubble. Say a fond farewell heart of Moscow will take you behind the scenes of its red walls to the Cathedral of to your travel companions and your Travel Director as you prepare to return home. Christ the Saviour and Ivan the Great's Bell Tower or admire great imperial riches Find out more about your free airport transfer at costsavertour.com/freetransfers. during an optional visit to the Treasure Chamber of the Russian tsars. Included Meals - Breakfast
HERE'S A SAMPLE OF YOUR CHOICE OPTIONAL EXPERIENCES
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Venice Of The North Cruise And Champagne Often cited as the most beautiful subway system in the world, Moscow's Soak up the atmosphere and romance of this former imperial capital, grandiose Metro stations are decorated with mosaics, stained glass and known as the "Venice of the North". Board a private boat to cruise through bronze statues. They're also one of the few remaining places featuring the canals and along the River Neva. You'll sip champagne as your Local Communist iconography. We'll see them with our Local Specialist and Specialist provides commentary about the city that has inspired artists for complete our visit with a walk through Red Square, where the evening generations. illuminations should provide enviable photo opportunities.
Adult Price: €46.00* Adult Price: €37.00*
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Evening At The Ballet Kremlin And The Heart Of Moscow There may be an opportunity to attend a ballet performance in the historic You'll discover ancient cathedrals, the world's largest cannon, and the atmosphere of a Tsarist era theatre. Subject to availability of tickets and emperors' bell all housed within the Kremlin walls on a guided tour. You'll performance. Price will vary from €100€130, depending on the venue and also visit the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, built on the site where the the Ballet Company. This optional involves reservations and entrance Soviet government dynamited the original Cathedral, it was funded by prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% cancellation fee donations from millions of Muscovites. Finally take a stroll with a Local will be incurred. 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: €0.00* 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 3
Imperial Splendours And Architectural Gems Your Local Specialist will offer a guided tour of the interiors of two iconic churches. The Church of the Saviour on the Spilt Blood, built to AVAILABLE ON DAY 7 commemorate the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, has one of the country's most intricate displays of mosaic icons. Additionally, St Isaac's Treasures Of The Tsars Cathedral is the 4thlargest cathedral in the world. Designed by a French Skip the queues with our Local Specialist and journey through the architect, its immense interior is comprised of malachite and other Treasure Chamber of the Russian Tsars one of the most important precious materials. This optional involves reservation and entrance pre museums in Russia due to its unique collection. You’ll see priceless payments. If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will Faberge eggs and Catherine the Great's diamonds and many gowns. be incurred. You’ll also discover the Imperial carriages, which are studded with precious stones and gold; coronation thrones; and other oneofakind Adult Price: €44.00* items from the Romanov Dynasty. This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. Cancellation within 24 hours will incur a 50% cancellation fee.
Adult Price: €56.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 3
Russian Folklore Evening A chance to attend one of the best Russian folklore programs in St. Petersburg. You’ll enjoy a highenergy performance featuring Cossack AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 dances, songs, instruments and costumes from around Russia. During intermission, sample local champagne and vodka. An unforgettable Chopin’s Warsaw experience! This optional involves reservation and entrance prepayments. The spirit of Warsaw and the music of Chopin go hand in hand. This If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will be exclusive private recital of his music, performed for you by a celebrated incurred. Polish pianist in one of Warsaw’s historic buildings, is one of the unforgettable memories of this trip. Sparkling wine will be served during Adult Price: €67.00* the intermission.
Adult Price: €46.00*
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The Hermitage Museum AVAILABLE ON DAY 11 With our Local Specialist, we'll have the opportunity to experience one of the largest and mostvaluable collections of art in the world. Set in the Polish Dinner and Music splendour of the Winter Palace, with its elaborate interiors, the Hermitage Poland has a rich culture and famous folk art. On this trip, you'll have the is not to missed. This optional involves reservation and entrance pre chance to enjoy music and traditional dance while savouring a delicious payments. If you decide to cancel the optional a 50% cancellation fee will meal of homemade Polish specialities. be incurred. Adult Price: €59.00*
Adult Price: €44.00*
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AVAILABLE ON DAY 4 Berlin's Secret Past Revealed
Imperial Summer Residences. Pushkin And Petrodvorets Uncover secrets of Berlin’s past with your Local Specialist on a guided On this fullday tour, your Local Specialist will take you to the villages of tour of the city. View the Holocaust Memorial, touch a remaining section Pushkin and Petrodvorets, where you will visit Catherine's Palace and of the Berlin Wall, see the site of Checkpoint Charlie, and learn more Peterhof Gardens. Recently restored, Catherine's Palace is most famous about Berlin’s WWII and Cold War past. for the fabled and wholly unique Amber Room. Located on the Baltic, Adult Price: €32.00* Peterhof Gardens are modeled after those at Versailles. Following a guided tour, you'll have time to enjoy a stroll as you marvel at the gilded fountains. In case of closure or unavailability of Catherine’s Palace, we will visit the delightful Palace of Pavlovsk, which was built by Catherine the Great. The price will then be €73.00. This optional involves reservations AVAILABLE ON DAY 13 and entrance prepayments. If you decide to cancel the optional, a 50% Farewell Dinner and Berlin by Night cancellation fee will be incurred. Join us for a farewell dinner to reminisce about your holiday and enjoy Adult Price: €92.00* great food and company. We'll then discover the stunning illuminated landmarks of the German capital.
Adult Price: €60.00*
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Rasputin And The Romanovs *We're always sourcing more great experiences for you to This tour pays tribute to one of Russia's noble and royal families and choose from. When you join us on your tour, your Travel Director will share provides an explanation for the collapse of the monarchy. You'll visit the the most up to date choices for your trip and travel season. For this reason, the opulent interior of Yusupov Palace, one of the grandest noble residences optional experiences and pricing offered here are a guide only and subject to in the country, and learn about the plot to murder the mystic Rasputin. change.
Adult Price: €49.00*