DAY 1: SINGAPORE/MOSCOW LENIN MAUSOLEUM – Also known as Lenin’s Tomb, it is IZMAILOVO MARKET – Sprawling weekend flea CHANGI AIRPORT – Ready for an 8D unforgettable situated in Red Square in the centre of Moscow. It is a market with vendors of funky antiques, furnishings, trip to Russia! mausoleum that currently serves as the resting place souvenirs & collectibles, it is ideal for buying the most of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin. His preserved body varied souvenirs, the famous matrioshka nested dolls, has been on public display there since shortly after his handicrafts, leather, paintings, souvenirs of the former DAY 2: MOSCOW death in 1924, with rare exceptions in wartime. USSR (Soviet medals, Cossack sabers, Soviet caps, (LUNCH/DINNER) etc). The market is built like a Russian medieval citadel SAPSAN HIGH SPEED TRAIN – The modern bullet train ST. BASIL’S CATHEDRAL – Regarded as a symbol of formed by a series of colorful towers. has been among the top means of travel between the country, the building, now a museum, was built from Moscow and St. Petersburg since 2009. This outstanding DAY 3: MOSCOW 1555 to 1561 on orders from Ivan the Terrible and DAY 5: MOSCOW high-speed Russian train is capable of traveling at the commemorates the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. It (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER) (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER) speed of 250 kph (about 155 mph), connecting the two was the city’s tallest building until the completion of the Russian capitals from one city centre to the other in as MANEGE SQUARE – The building of the Manege gave ZAMOSKVORECHYE DISTRICT – An old Moscow district Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600. little as 3 hours and 35 minutes. the name to the square on which it is located. The full of atmosphere and unique architecture has an square is decorated with flowerbeds, fountains with MOSCOW CATHEDRAL MOSQUE – It is sometimes arty vibe, with orchestral and choral performances sculptures depicting characters of Russian folk tales. It NEVSKY PROSPECT & NEVSKY CONVENT – The main called “Tatar Mosque” because of its congregation at the Moscow International House of Music, and jazz was first mentioned during the end of the 15th century street in the city of St. Petersburg in Russia. It takes its consisting mainly of ethnic Tatars. Socially, the Moscow and alternative acts at Dom cultural center. The A.A. although it was finally shaped in 1932-1938. Since the name from the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, the monastery Congregational Mosque is often viewed as the central Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum displays Manege was intended for military parades, exhibitions which stands at the eastern end of the street, and which mosque in Russia. It is one of the four mosques in Moscow. costumes, playbills and other memorabilia. and concerts, it was also a place for folk festivals, fairs in turn commemorates the Russian hero Prince Saint Alexander Nevsky (1221-1263). etc. Now, under the Manege Square, there is one of the CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE SAVIOUR (E) – A Russian major trading centers of the capital – Okhotny Ryad. Orthodox cathedral, this newly restored example came SMOLNY CATHEDRAL – It is one of the most beautiful into being from 1994 until 2000 and is a shiny beacon churches in St. Petersburg, rise majestically from its ALEXANDROVSKY GARDEN – It was one of the first for the Russian Orthodox Church at home and a close waterside location on the banks of the Neva River. The urban public parks in Moscow, Russia. The park replica of the original 19th Century cathedral built in Cathedral was designed by Italian architect Bartolomeo comprises three separate gardens, which stretches honour of the victory over Napoleon. The sprawling Rastrelli, who came to Russia as a boy with his father, along all the length of the western Kremlin wall for 865 cathedral houses a museum on the history of the site who was invited to the country by Peter the Great and metres (2,838 ft) between the building of the Moscow DAY 4: MOSCOW where you can see pictures of the giant swimming who constructed the Winter Palace and the palace at Manege and the Kremlin. pool the Soviets built here and the huge Lenin topped (BREAKFAST) Tsarskoe Selo. Smolny Cathedral was one of Rastrelli KREMLIN – A fortified complex in the centre of Moscow, skyscraper they had originally planned for. TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER – This is a memorial Jr.’s last projects, and one that the great architect left overlooking the Moskva River, it is the best known of dedicated to the Soviet soldiers who fell during the unfinished. the kremlins (Russian citadels) and includes five palaces, BOLSHOI THEATRE – A historic theatre in Moscow, Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). The remains of the originally designed by architect Joseph Bové, which four cathedrals, and the enclosing Kremlin Wall with THE SAINT PETERSBURG MOSQUE – Opened in 1913, unknown soldier, killed in the Battle of Moscow and holds ballet and opera performances. Before the Kremlin towers. In addition, within this complex is the was the largest mosque in Europe outside Turkey, its initially buried in a mass grave at Zelenograd, were October Revolution it was a part of the Imperial Grand Kremlin Palace that was formerly the Tsar’s minarets 49 meters in height and the dome is 39 meters relocated to the Kremlin Wall in December of 1966. Theatres of the Russian Empire along with Maly Theatre Moscow residence. The complex now serves as the high. The mosque is situated in downtown St Petersburg. official residence of the President of the Russian in Moscow and a few theatres in Saint Petersburg. RED SQUARE – An open square in Moscow adjoining the It can accommodate up to five thousand worshippers. Federation and as a museum. historic fortress and centre of government known as the MEMORIAL MOSQUE – Erected in 1995–97, a laying THE WINTER PALACE – St. Petersburg’s most famous Kremlin, it was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage stone with inscription: “In memory of perished Muslim THE OLD MOSQUE OF MOSCOW – Built in 1823, it is building, the Winter Palace not only physically List in 1990. Dating from the late 15th century, just soldiers during the Great Patriotic War – the sons and the oldest mosque in Moscow and was shut down by dominates Palace Square and the south embankment after the Kremlin walls were completed, Red Square the daughters of our multinational Motherland the the Soviets in 1939 and the minaret was demolished. of the Neva River, but also plays a central political, has long been a focal point in the social and political Memorial Mosque will be erected on initiative of Moscow The last imam was purged. Worshipping in the symbolic, and cultural role in the three-century history history of Russia and the former Soviet Union. Government and Spiritual Directorate of the Muslims of mosque did not resume until 1993 and the minaret of the city. has been rebuilt after that. Central European Russia” was placed in the 11th March GUM DEPARTMENT STORE – Russia’s most iconic 1995. Peculiarities of various architectural schools of ST. ISAAC’S CATHEDRAL department store, a 126-year-old building in the heart Muslim East are combined in the mosque exterior: Tatar, – Originally the main church MOSCOW METRO TOUR – Experience one of the of Moscow. Comprising of some 200 shops, you can Uzbek, and Caucasian. The mosque became one of the and the largest cathedral in Russia. It was built between world’s most incredible public transport systems of the simply find anything you need here. Shops ranging from most original architectural beautifications of the city. 1818 and 1858, by the French-born architect, to be exclusive, upmarket boutiques to popular chain outlets Moscow Metro. Learn the incredible story about the one of the most impressive landmarks of the Russian and from fast food cafes to elegant restaurants. The Moscow Metro to get a better appreciation of why it is Imperial capital. One hundred and eighty years later three-level, glass-roofed building is exquisite and well not just a city transportation system, but doubles as an DAY 6: MOSCOW/ST. PETERSBURG the gilded dome of St. Isaac’s still dominates the skyline worth exploring even if you’re not shopping. underground public art gallery! of St. Petersburg. The church, designed to accommodate (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER) 14,000 standing worshipers, was closed in the early 1930s and reopened as a museum. Note: To ensure the tour runs smoothly, the itinerary sequence is subject to changes in light of any unforseen circumstances or change in weather condition. Note: To ensure the tour runs smoothly, the itinerary sequence is subject to changes in light of any unforseen circumstances or change in weather condition. CHURCH OF THE SPILLED BLOOD – One of the main sights of Saint Petersburg, Russia, it was first built in 1883 to honor the memory of Alexander II. A unique sight in Saint Petersburg, that is rich in history and is also an incredible example of Yaroslavl church architectural style with beautiful domes and the mosaic collection. DAY 7: ST. PETERSBURG DAY 8: ST. PETERSBURG (BREAKFAST) (BREAKFAST) PETER-AND-PAUL FORTRESS – The Fortress is the PETERHOF GRAND PALACE AND PARKS - It is a series original citadel of St. Petersburg, Russia, founded by of palaces and gardens located in Petergof, Saint Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini’s Petersburg, Russia, commissioned by Peter the Great as designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress. In the a direct response to the Palace of Versailles. Originally early 1920s, it was still used as a prison and execution intending it in 1709 for country habitation, Peter the ground by the Bolshevik government.