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City Tour with (5 hrs) Tretyakov Art Gallery (3.5 hrs) See the highlights of Moscow – Red The Gallery houses a collection of Russian Square, the Kremlin walls and Cathedral art that traces the development of Russian of Christ the Saviour. Travel underground culture, offering a rich and revealing for an amazing display of marble, mosaics, insight into the history and attitude of chandeliers and sculptures. Each metro the Russian people. The collection ranges station is unique. Established in 1935, the from 11th century icons to the politically Moscow Metro is one of the most efficient charged canvases of Russia’s favourite transport systems in the world. realist master, Ilya Repin. A worthwhile Daily. extension to the Tretyakov project is the new building of the City Tour with Metro and located at Krymsky Val (not far from Gorky St. Basil’s Cathedral (6 hrs) Park), which houses a unique exhibition See Moscow’s major sights including a trip Novodevichy Convent of national 20th century art. Well-known on the famous Metro and enter Moscow’s artists such as Kandinsky, Chagall and most iconic building – St. Basil’s Cathedral Monino Aviation Museum Malevich are well represented. – commissioned by Ivan the Terrible in Daily except Mon. 1552 to celebrate the capture of the Tatar city of Kazan. Pushkin Fine Arts Museum (3.5 hrs) Daily except Wed. The Pushkin Fine Arts Museum contains the second largest collection of Western Food Lovers’ City Tour with Metro (7 hrs) European art in Russia, ranging from the See Moscow’s major landmarks by car and Middle Ages to the 20th century – Italian enjoy a tour of the amazing Moscow Metro. Renaissance, Dutch still-life paintings, Gain an insight into the city’s culinary Rembrandt, Rubens and the ancient world history, joining the locals as they shop for (Egypt, Syria, Assyria, Greece, Rome). The fresh produce and gourmet items. Visit museum also houses a separate exhibition Moscow’s oldest farmers’ market where featuring the largest collection of French store holders from all over Russia and Impressionist painters in Russia. Central Asia display their amazing Daily except Mon. produce, inviting you to taste. Browse through the opulent Eliseevsky Food Store, Novodevichy Convent & Cemetery (3 hrs) established exclusively for the nobility in Novodevichy Convent was founded in 1901 and nicknamed ‘The Palace of 1524. Apart from its religious significance, Gluttony’. It remains a popular shopping it served as a place of imprisonment for stop for Muscovites to this day. noble­women. Adjoining the convent is Daily. a necropolis where many cultural and political figures are buried – the writers Moscow by Night (3 hrs) Red Square Chekhov and Gogol, singer Feodor Experience the fairy tale magic of Moscow Chaliapin, poet Mayakovsky, composer by night. You will see all the major sights and . Choose from a local cruise Cannon, Kremlin walls and towers. Shostakovich and political figures such as magnificently illuminated with many great operating May-Sep with your own guide Enter a cathedral where the tsars were Krushchev and Yeltsin. photo opportunities. or a Radisson Royal Cruise without guide baptised, crowned and buried. Visit Daily except Tue & first Mon of month. Daily. which also operates at night and all year the State Armoury Museum, housing a round with meals and drinks on board. unique collection of crown jewels, gems, Central Museum of Contemporary Moscow River Cruise (2 hrs) Daily. thrones, carriages, costumes (including Russian History (3 hrs) NEW Join the locals on a leisurely Moscow the wedding and coronation dresses worn Housed in the opulent 18th century River cruise. Glide past Moscow’s major Kremlin, Cathedral & Armoury (4 hrs) by Catherine the Great), Fabergé Eggs and mansion that was once the premises of the landmarks – the Kremlin, Cathedral of Not to be missed! Visit the Kremlin much more. exclusive English Club, this museum covers Christ the Saviour, Novodevichy Convent grounds to see the Tsar’s Bell and Daily except Thu. Russia’s recent and turbulent history from

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1905 to the present. You will learn all of the monument was opened as the Sightseeing prices about the country’s revolutionary, political, Cosmonautics Memorial Base. It features Prices shown per person in AUD. Applicable Jan-Dec 2017. economic and cultural struggles including satellite models, original space suits, the the Space Race and Perestroika. interior of part of the Mir space station Tour 1 per 2 per and documents from famous cosmonauts Daily except Mon. City Tour with Metro (by car & on foot) 360 180 such as Yuri Gagarin. Bunker 42 (2.5 hrs) Daily except Mon & Tue. City Tour with Metro & St. Basil’s Cathedral 428 214 Relive the tensions of the Cold War when Food Lovers’ City Tour with Metro 484 241 you descend 65 metres below ground to Monino Aviation Museum (6 hrs) the top secret nuclear bunker 42, a unique One of the world’s largest aviation Moscow by Night 360 180 underground facility located in the centre museums, featuring over 170 aircraft Moscow River Cruise (by metro) 169 97 of Moscow. Opened as an emergency including MiGs and Sukhois. This open-air Kremlin, Cathedral & Armoury (on foot) 259 153 command post headquarters­ in 1951 and aviation museum is located 40 km east secretly connected to the Taganskaya of Moscow on an air force base. Tours are Kremlin, Cathedral & Armoury (by car) 360 207 metro station. This fascinating once-secret conducted by on-site guides. Tretyakov Art Gallery (icons & 18th-19th century) 302 158 military complex, bunker and Spare Long- Daily except Mon & Tue. Range Aviation Command Post complex is Tretyakov Art Gallery (20th century) 302 158 now a museum dedicated to the Cold War. Sergiev Posad (6 hrs) Pushkin Fine Arts Museum 410 212 Daily. Travel by car 75 km north of Moscow, passing picturesque dacha settlements, Novodevichy Convent & Cemetery 311 162 Cosmonautics Museum (3.5 hrs) to the UNESCO World Heritage listed Museum of Contemporary Russian History (on foot/metro) 252 131 A must for space devotees. The world’s Trinity Monastery complex of St. Sergius. Bunker 42 (on foot/metro) 270 167 first satellite was sent into space from the Founded in the 14th century by St. Sergius Soviet Union on 4 October 1957. A contest of Radonezh, Sergiev Posad is the Cosmonautics Museum 302 158 was announced to design a monument spiritual bastion of Russian Orthodoxy Monino Aviation Museum 506 252 to mark this historic event and five years and a popular place of pilgrimage. Boris later the huge monument was unveiled Godunov is buried here – the only tsar not Sergiev Posad (fully escorted day trip) 423 216 on Moscow’s Prospekt Mira. In 1981, to buried in the Kremlin or St. Petersburg’s Moscow Circus (with transfers) 194 124 celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Peter & Paul Fortress. zz Sightseeing is by car unless otherwise specified. the first manned space flight, the base Daily except Mon. zz Duration of sightseeing tours is approximate and includes travelling time.

Theatres & concerts

No visit to Moscow is complete without experiencing its rich cultural life. Tickets to the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow Conservatory and legendary Bolshoi Theatre can be pre- booked in conjunction with accommodation. Programs are usually available one month prior. Tickets for the original Nikulin Moscow Circus are available including return transfers by car. Moscow, River Cruise Sergiev Posad Eliseevsky food store

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