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Dear Friends, We Would Like to Present You Grandrus Tours- an Incoming Travel Agency, Located in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, Since Dear Friends, We would like to present you GrandRus tours- an Incoming travel agency, located in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, since 2006. We receive tourists and business people from Europe, the United States, Asia and Latin America. We have everything necessary for this purpose: partnerships relations with hotels, museums, restaurants, high- quality transportation services, attention individual approach to our clients and as well as professional, and experienced staff knowing fluent in several foreign languages. We can also provide you with visa support, interpretation services, guided tours, train and airplane tickets as well as entrance admissions to cultural events. As a company we constantly strive to aim improve development and growth of our quality constantly and in doing so we visit visiting the largest major international exhibitions fairs in Madrid (FITUR), Helsinki (MATKA), Poznan (Tour Salon), Buenos Aires (FIT), Rio de Janeiro (ABAV), Mexico (FITA), São Paulo (WTM) Mumbai (OTM) and Singapure (ITB ASIA). You will find in GrandRus tours, a reliable and trustworthy agency in the Russian Federation to which will dully represent you and your clients. Yours sincerely, GrandRus tours team [email protected] 0079213743630 0079523921032 0079213838430 Karavannaya 1-229 191025 Saint Petersburg Russia www.grandrus.com Official Rates 2018. PRICE NETTO. Index Program Moscow and St. Petersburg. 7 nights / 8 days Moscow. Excursions Tour prices in Moscow St. Petersburg. Excursions Tour prices in St. Petersburg We offer tours: Russia: • Moscow and St. Petersburg. 7 nights / 8 days • The cities of the Golden Ring. Sergiev Posad-Moscow-Vladimir-Suzdal-Moscow-St Petersburg. 12 nights / 13 days • The jewels of Russia. Moscow-Saint Petersburg-Novgorod. Nights 9 /10 days • St. Petersburg. Baltic cruise. From 1 to 3 days • Trans-Siberian Road / Trans- Mongolian • Individual travel/ private tours Extensions: • Baltics • Ukraine and Poland • Scandinavia • Central Asia. The Silk Road • Georgia and Armenia We offer our classical program during the season 2018. Two capitals. Moscow and St. Petersburg. 7 nights / 8 days. From Friday to Friday. Day 1. MOSCOW. Arrival in Moscow. Meeting with English speaking guide. Transfer to hotel. Overnight at hotel. Due to the time of arrival, we can organize an activity, or simply have a splendid afternoon in the Russian capital. Night in Moscow. Day 2. MOSCOW. Breakfast. City tour. During the tour, we walk through the most attractive areas of Moscow: Red Square, Lenin’s Mausoleum and St. Basil's Cathedral with its famous multicolored domes built by order of Tsar Ivan the Terrible; we will see the magnificent building of GUM or "Universal Top Shops", where historically the center of the country's largest trade was. Nearby is the famous Bolshoi Theater, the imposing building of the Lubyanka, the former KGB, close to the wonderful churches of the old Kitay Gorod. Next stop will be near the majestic Cathedral of Christ the Savior of the Patriarch of Moscow, the highest Orthodox Church in the world. We will visit Moscow Subway, opened in 1935 and considered as a true museum. Today it is the main means of transport in the city with 300 km of lines and 182 stations, 44 of which are considered the heritage of cultural heritage of the country. Night in Moscow. Day 3. MOSCOW. Breakfast. In the morning, we visit the territory of the ancient fortress called Kremlin, XII century. Even now, all the major organs of political and religious government is located on its territory. We visit the Assumption Cathedral, Cathedral Arkhanguelsky, the Belfry of Ivan the Great and other monuments. Night in Moscow. Day 4. MOSCOW - SAINT PETERSBURG. Breakfast. Transfer to the railway station for the fast train Sapsan. Arrival in St. Petersburg. Meeting with English speaking guide on the platform. Transfer to hotel. Accommodations. Day 5. SAINT PETERSBURG. Breakfast. In the morning we have city tour of St. Petersburg: Nevsky prospect we travel - the splendid Vasilievsky Island - the old port, the university area, the Theatre Square, we enter to the Church of St. Nicholas, district of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Saint Isaak 's Square and St. Isaac 's Cathedral with its huge columns of red granite, you will see the Battleship Aurora- old imperial Navy, whose cannon on October 25, 1917 marked the beginning of the Russian Revolution. Then we visit the Peter and Paul Fortress. In 1998 in a chapel of the Cathedral buried the remains of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his family. Night in St. Petersburg. Day 6. SAINT PETERSBURG. Breakfast. In the morning we will visit the country's largest museum- Hermitage, you will walk through the Winter Palace, residence of the czars that consists of 5 buildings. Today the Hermitage remains one of the largest art galleries in the world. The Museum has a collection of paintings of the Italian, Flemish, French, Spanish painters etc. The works of Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Rembrandt, as well as Matisse, Gaugin, Van Gogh, Picasso etc. Free time on afternoon. Night in St. Petersburg. Day 7. SAINT PETERSBURG. Breakfast. Peterhof, also called Russian Versailles " was the main summer residence of the tsars . Located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland , by the sea and about 25 km from the city of St. Petersburg , it is undoubtedly one of the main attractions of the ancient imperial capital. It is a vast complex including the Grand Palace and the park to visit , and several minor pavilions and palaces scattered across the beautiful gardens. These have a special attraction with its 150 fountains and three waterfalls , along with the colorful " water games " , all ornate golden statues of incomparable beauty. Night in St. Petersburg . Night in St. Petersburg. Day 8. SAINT PETERSBURG. Breakfast. Transfer to airport. Basic or similar hotels Category 4* Moscow: Park Inn Sadu 4* or similar Sain Petersburg: Sokos Hotel 4* or similar PRICE NETTO PER PERSON IN USD 01/01- 16/04, 16/10/2017 – 16/04/2019 (LOW SEASON) SUPLEMENT CAT. 4* 2 3-6 7-8 9-10 FOR PAX PAX PAX PAX INDIVIDUAL 1200 1151 821 767 DBL/PP usd usd usd usd 350 usd PRICE NETTO PER PERSON IN USD 17/04 – 14/05 & 01/07 – 15/10 /2017(HIGH SEASON) * 2 3-6 7-8 9-10 SUPLEMENT CAT. 4* FOR PAX PAX PAX PAX INDIVIDUAL 1483 1446 1117 1062 DBL/PP usd usd usd usd 600 usd Please note that rates are not available during the periods: 05.02-08.02.18 – Prodexpo 03.04- 04.04.18 - Mosbuild 15.05-19.05.18 – Legal Forum 23.05-27.05.18 – Economy Forum 14.06-15.07.18 – World Cup 2018 10.09-13.09.18 – Food World Exhibition Octubre 2018 – Gas Forum 2018 05.12 -08.12.18 - El Congreso de Bonos 2018 INCLUDED SERVICES -All transfers indicated in the itinerary by car without the guide -Fast train ticket Moscow- Saint Petersburg (economy class) - Expected Hotels or similar category - Meals according itinerary (B) - The Museum Entrances as per itinerary -English speaking guide throughout the tour. NOT INCLUDED SERVICES - International Flights - Domestic flights - Health Insurance - Drinks, gratuities - Tips to guide and driver - Visa - Tipping in hotels and restaurants Moscow. Excursions. Moscow is the capital of Russia, founded in 1147 by Prince Yuri Dolgoruky. Currently it is the political, industrial, commercial, scientific, cultural and historic center, is a city on seven mountains, where a truly exotic atmosphere breathes. Walking through its streets and avenues you discover a country of legends, where the most original fantasies became reality. Tsarist architecture with Soviet-era and modern buildings are full of charm. Only in Moscow, you can see with your own eyes the creation of the history of a great country, raise the curtain on the mystery and understand what is called "the soul of Russia." City Tour. 5 hours. During the tour we walk through the most attractive areas of Moscow: Red Square where is located Lenin's Mausoleum and St. Basil's Cathedral with its famous multicolored domes built according to the order of Tsar Ivan the Terrible and the magnificent building of GUM or "Universal Top Shops", where historically the center of the country's largest trade was. Nearby is the famous Bolshoi Theater, the imposing building Lubyanka, Russian KGB and beautiful churches of the old district Kitay Gorod. You will discover the majestic Cathedral of Christ the Savior of the Patriarch of Moscow, which is considered the highest Orthodox Church in the world. Pax 1 2 3 4 5 6 7-8 9-10 Transport car minivan minibus Price per pax, USD 212 106 700 53 50 44 38 29 Kremlin and the Armory. 3 hours. Walking/ without transportation. It is the old fortress called Kremlin, was built in the XII century. Even now, all the major organs of political and religious government is located on its territory. In the grounds of the Kremlin are represented monuments of six centuries each of which left their mark on the architectural image of the Kremlin. These monuments are witnesses of the most important events in the history of Russia. In the territory of the Kremlin, you will see the Assumption Cathedral, Cathedral Arkhanguelsky, the Belfry of Ivan the Great and other important monuments of the country. Pax 1 2 3 4 5 6 7-8 9-10 Price per pax, USD 226 120 84 67 56 49 45 36 The Armory It is a museum of the great treasures of Russian princes, which was founded in the fourteenth century during the government of the Great Moscow Prince Ivan Kalita. From its founding until the eighteenth century the Armory collected weapons, objects of gold, silver, precious stones etc. Decorative art objects were donated by foreign ambassadors, collection of arms, XIII-XVIII centuries, clothing, textiles, jewelry.
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