ST.PETERSBURG - MOSCOW
“N.Chernishevsky”
(11 days/10 nights)
The programme is given as a guidance only, subject to change
- DAY 1
- Saint-Petersburg
Transfer airport - ship (according to the prior request)
You can buy snacks in bars on board
Information briefing & optional tours sales
Dinner aboard (for late arrivals boxed dinner is provided instead)
There will be certain tables for each group in the restaurant
Dancing music in the bar
DAY 2
6:45
Saint-Petersburg
Wake up call
- 7:00-8:30
- Breakfast aboard
Bus city tour: Smolny convent, Tavrichesky palace, Summer Garden, Palace embankment, Winter palace
8:45
Hermitage museum visit – the actual tour order may vary
(Egyptian hall, War Gallery of 1812, St. George Hall, the Peter the Great (Small Throne) Room, Italian Art collection (Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Michelangelo), Dutch Art
(Rembrandt), Spanish Art (Ribera, Velázquez))
10:30
- 13:30 – 14:30
- Lunch at city restaurant (compliment from Vodohod)
Continuation of city tour: the Spire of the Basil Island (buildings of Stock Exchange,
Kunstkamera, Zoo Museum), 12 boards, Bronze Horseman, buildings of the Senate and the Synod, St.Isaac´s cathedral, Nevsky prospekt (The church of the Savior on spilled blood, Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, Gostiny Dvor, Catherine II monument)). Tour to Peter and Paul Fortress (walking tour: the Boat house, Peter I monument,
Commandant´s house, Nevsky Gate, St.Peter and Paul´s Cathedral (visit)
Return to the ship
14:30 18:00
18:00-19:00
19:00
Dinner aboard
OPTIONAL: Rivers and Canals
19:15
OPTIONAL: Folk Show
- 22:00
- Musical evening in the bar
22:00 22:30
Return aboard after optional Rivers and Canals tour
Return aboard after optional Folk Show
23:30
OPTIONAL: St. Petersburg by night
- 02:30
- Return aboard after optional St.Petersburg by night
DAY 3
6:15
6:30-8:30
Saint-Petersburg
Wake up call Breakfast aboard
OPTIONAL: Peterhof (Grand Palace + Lower Park)
Peterhof – Visit to the Grand Palace, walking tour in the Lower Park: the Grand Cascade with the Samson Fountain, Greenhouse, Roman Fountains, The Chessboard Hill
Cascade, Trick Fountains, the Monplaisir palace, view of the Gulf of Finland
Return aboard after optional tour
7:30
14:30
- 14:30-16:00
- Lunch aboard
All aboard!
You are kindly asked to be on board in time
Departure
The ship leaves St. Petersburg for Mandrogui
Safety drill
16:45 17:00 17:30
- 18.00
- Live music in the bar
Presentation of the crew and the staff
Captain’s Welcome Cocktail
19:00
19:30-21:00
21:00
Dinner aboard
Onboard concert “Let’s make friends”!
- Dancing music in the bar
- 22:00
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- DAY 4
- Mandrogui
7:45 8:00
Wake up call
Morning exercises
8:00-09:30
9:30
Breakfast aboard
Route information “Mandrogui and Island of Kizhi”
Souvenir Shop lecture (The most interesting about the Traditional Russian crafts
MANDROGUI
09:45
Free time during the stop. The possibility to enjoy the peaceful scenery and picturesque
10:30 – 15:00 landscape. Visit of the traditional Russian village: outside and interiors of typical wooden houses, numerous crafts exhibitions, Russian pancake and pies houses, Museum of
Vodka (fee-paying entrance)
- 13:00
- «Shashlik» in a tent ashore.
All aboard!
You are kindly asked to be on board in time
Departure
14:45 15:00
The ship leaves Mandrogui for Kizhi
Russian dance class Russian language class Live music in the bar
Dinner aboard
16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 21:00 22:00 22:00
Folk music concert
Dancing music in the bar
Cine club
DAY 5
6:15
Kizhi
Wake up call
6:30-8:00
8:00 – 12:00
Breakfast aboard
KIZHI
Open-air museum of wooden architecture (Transfiguration Cathedral (outside), visit of
Intercession Cathedral, izba (traditional wooden house), sauna) (90 min. walk)
OPTIONAL: Mysteries of Restoration
(from the beginning of June only!)
All aboard!
8:00 – 10:00
10:00 – 11:00
11:45
You are kindly asked to be on board in time
Departure
12:00
The ship leaves Kizhi for Goritsy
- Lunch aboard
- 12:00-13:30
- 13:30
- Russian language class
14:30
Visit to the Captain’s Bridge
- 15:00
- OPTIONAL: Master Class of Painting Russian doll Matryoshka
Russian Tea Ceremony
Enjoy the Russian Tea Culture and learn its history.
Russian songs class
16:00 17:00 18:00 18:30 19:30 21:30 22:30
Cinema club at the Conference Hall
Live music in the bar
Dinner aboard
Classical music concert Dancing music in the bar
DAY 6
7:00
Goritsy
Wake up call
- 7:15
- Morning exercises
7:30-09:00
09.00-10.00 10:00-10:10
10:15
Breakfast aboard
Lecture about Russian fairy tales
Route information “Goritsy and Yaroslavl”
Russian Bingo
10:15
11:45-13:00
Information briefing and presentation of Moscow program
Lunch aboard GORITSY
13:00 – 16:00
Monastery of St. Cyril on the White Lake, museum of icons
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All aboard!
You are kindly asked to be on board in time
Departure
15:45 16:00
The ship leaves Goritsy for Yaroslavl
Vodka and blini tasting party
Russian dance class
Pirate’s game “Seeking for treasure”
Pirate Dinner
16:15 17:30 18:15 19:00 21:00 22:00 23:00
Live music in the bar
Onboard musicians’ concert
Dancing music in the bar
DAY 7
8:00
Yaroslavl
Wake up call
- 8:15
- Morning exercises
8:30-10:00
10:00-10:10
10:30
Breakfast aboard
Route information “Yaroslavl and Uglich”
Watching Documentary at the Conference hall
- 11.30
- Russian song class
- 12:30
- Live music in the bar
- 13:30
- Lunch aboard
YAROSLAVL
Bus city tour, local market (free time), Church of St Elijah the Prophet (outside), the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (inside visit), interactive tour to former
15:00 – 20:00
Governor’s House (Art Gallery)
All aboard!
You are kindly asked to be on board in time
Departure
19:45 20:00
The ship leaves Yaroslavl for Uglich
- Russian Dinner
- 20:00
22:00 23:00
Folk music concert
Dancing music in the bar
DAY 8
7:15
Uglich
Wake up call
- 7:30-9:00
- Breakfast aboard
UGLICH
- 9:00-12:00
- Walking city tour, territory of Kremlin, Dmitry on the Blood Church, Transfiguration
Cathedral (about 90 minutes’ walk)
All aboard!
11:45 12:00
You are kindly asked to be on board in time
Departure
The ship leaves Uglich for Moscow
- Lunch aboard
- 13:00-14:30
- 14:30
- Russian songs class
15:30 17:00
Rehearsal of the Talent Show. All performers are welcome!
Russian language class
Captain’s Dinner.
19:30-21:30
You may prefer to have a dressier outfit.
Talent show – show performed by our guests and for our guests
Dancing music in the bar
21:30 22:30
DAY 9
7:00
Moscow
Wake up call
7:15-8:45
9:45
Breakfast aboard Film about the cruise
Round Table.
10:45
Board guides are glad to answer every question you have about the Russian Reality
- Lunch aboard
- 11:30-13:00
Arrival in Moscow.
- 13:00
- Bus city tour (Leningradskaya street, Tverskaya street, Novodevichy convent (exterior),
KGB (exterior), Red square (free time), GUM, Cathedral of Christ the Savior (exterior
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16:00-18:00
17:30
OPTIONAL: Tretyakov Gallery
Return aboard for those who did not book optional tours
17:30 19:00
OPTIONAL: Circus (The performance starts at 19:00)
Dinner aboard
21:00 22:30
OPTIONAL: Moscow by night & metro
Return aboard after the Circus
Dinner aboard for those who returned from the Circus
22:30
- 22:30
- music in the bar
- 00:30
- Return on board after optional night tour
DAY 10
6:45
Moscow
Wake up call
7:00-8:30
8:30
Breakfast aboard
Departure for Kremlin + 1 Cathedral
Kremlin tour - Palace of Congresses, Senate square: Arsenal, Senate buildings; residence of the President of the Russian Federation, Tsar bell and Tsar cannon, Cathedral Square ensemble: Assumption cathedral, Archangel cathedral and
Annunciation cathedral with visit to one of them.
OPTIONAL: Armory chamber
10:00-11:30 12:00-13:30 12:15-13:30
12:30
OPTIONAL: Cathedral of the Christ the Savior with observation decks
Return aboard after Kremlin tour
Return aboard after optional excursions: Armory Chamber / Cathedral of the Christ the
Savior with observation decks
14:30
13:00 – 14:30
14:00
Lunch aboard
OPTIONAL: New Maidens’ convent (interior visit)
OPTIONAL: Transfer to the city center (free time)
OPTIONAL: National folk show “Kostroma” (The performance starts at 19:30)
(from the middle of June till the middle of September only!) Return aboard after the tour to New Maidens` Convent
Return aboard after the Transfer to the city center (free time)
Dinner aboard
14:00 18:00 18:00 18:00
19:00-20:30
- 22:30
- Dinner aboard for passengers who were on evening optional tours
- Music in the bar
- 22:30
- DAY 11
- Moscow
Breakfast aboard
Transfer ship – airport (according to the prior request)
You can buy snack in bars on board