Arrival in Moscow.
Meet at the airport or train station by the driver. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation.
Overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.
Meet by the local guide at the hotel. Moscow city tour by metro and on foot, including the Kremlin and Red Square.
Time at leisure.
Overnight at the hotel.
(B)

Breakfast at the hotel.
Tour by car or bus to Kolomenskoe Estate and the Novodevichy (New Maidens') Convent.
Time at leisure.
Overnight at the hotel.
(B)

Breakfast at the hotel.
Pick-up at the hotel by the driver. Transfer to Sergiev Posad (58 km).
Sergiev Posad city tour with the local guide - Trinity Monastery of St.Sergius, Trinity Cathedral, Cathedral of the Assumption.
Transfer to Pereslavl-Zalessky (65 km).
Brief observation of Pereslavl-Zalessky.
Departure for Rostov Velikiy (66 km).
Accommodation at the hotel in Rostov Velikiy.
Overnight at the hotel.
(B)

Breakfast at the hotel.
Rostov city tour with the local guide - Kremlin (architecture, the Enamel Museum or the Museum of ancient Russian art).
Transfer to Yaroslavl (57 km).
Yaroslavl city tour with the local guide - city center, Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour, Church of Elijah the Prophet.
Transfer to Kostroma (79 km).
Arrival in Kostroma. Accommodation at the hotel. Overnight at the hotel.
(B)

Breakfast at the hotel.
Kostroma city tour with the local guide, including the Hypatian Monastery and the Trinity Cathedral.
Departure for Suzdal (~ 190 km).
Accommodation and overnight at the hotel (we may stay for overnight in Vladimir).
(B)

Breakfast at the hotel.
Suzdal city tour with the local guide - Kremlin (architecture, the Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral, Cross Hall), Saviour Monastery of St. Euthymius, the Museum of Wooden Architecture or the Intercession Convent.
Transfer to Vladimir.
Vladimir city tour with the local guide.
Transfer to Moscow.
Arrival in Moscow, transfer to the train station.
~21:50 - Departure by train to Velikiy Novgorod.
Overnight at train.
(B)

~06:10 - Arrival in Velikiy Novgorod. Transfer to the hotel.
Meet by the local guide at the hotel.
Tour by car or bus to the St. Yury Monastery of the 11th Century and the Museum of Wooden Architecture "Vitoslavitsy".
Walking tour to the Kremlin of Novgorod, St. Sophia Cathedral of the 11th century, Yaroslav's Courtyard (the ancient Marketplace, where architectural monuments of the 11th-17th Centuries are located).
Overnight at the hotel.
(B)

Transfer to the train station. Breakfast is provided as a packed meal.
~08:05 - Departure by train Novgorod - St.Petersburg (we may replace the train transfer with a bus transfer).
~11:20 - Arrival in St.Petersburg. Meet by the local guide at the train station.
St.Petersburg tour by car or bus, including St.Isaac's Cathedral or Peter and Paul's Fortress.
Lunch.
Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation.
Time at leisure.
Overnight at the hotel.
(B, L)

Breakfast at the hotel.
Walking tour to the Hermitage Museum.
Time at leisure.
Pick-up at the hotel by the driver, transfer to Ladozhsky train station.
~22:02 - Departure by train St.Petersburg - Petrozavodsk.
Overnight at train.
(B)

~06:50 - Arrival in Petrozavodsk. Meet by the local guide at the train station.
Transfer to the hotel (early check-in is to be paid additionally). Breakfast.
Petrozavodsk city walking tour.
~11:30 - Departure for the Island of Kizhi, located in Lake Onego (75 minutes one way by hydrofoil). Arrival at the Island, meet by the local guide. Walking tour to the open-air Museum of Wooden Architecture Kizhi.
~15:45 - Departure back for Petrozavodsk.
~17:00 - Return to Petrozavodsk. Accommodation at the hotel
Time at leisure.
Overnight at the hotel.
(B)

Breakfast at the hotel.
Departure for the White Sea coast (450 km to the north). Visit the Kivach Waterfalls and Nature Reserve, featuring typical northern forest plants and animals.
Walking tour to Petroglyphs (an archeological sight, prehistoric rock-carvings) or tour of the White Sea - Baltic Canal, constructed during Stalin's time.
Arrival at the White Sea coast in the evening, accommodation and overnight at the hotel in Kem.
(B)

Breakfast at the hotel.
Departure for the Solovetsky Islands by morning boat.
Transfer to the hotel. Orientation. Accommodation.
Walking tour to the Monastery and Fortress of Solovetsky, established in the 16th Century, and to the Museum of Stalin's Gulag hard-labour camp.
Time at leisure.
Overnight at the hotel.
(B)

Breakfast at the hotel.
Bus tour to Sekirnaya Mountain in the northern part of the Island; visit to the Church of the Ascension and the observation ground.
Transfer to the pier. Departure for Kem by boat.
Transfer to the train station of Segezha or Kem, departure by overnight train for St.Petersburg. Packed breakfast is provided.
(B)

~13:00 - Arrival in St.Petersburg by train. Meet at the train station by the driver. Transfer to the hotel. Time at leisure.
Overnight at the hotel.
(B)

Breakfast at the hotel.
Pick-up at the hotel by the driver. Transfer to the train station or airport.
(B)

13.06 - 28.06.10
27.06 - 12.07.10
11.07 - 26.07.10
01.08 - 16.08.10
25.08 - 10.09.10

1. Accommodation at standard tourist class hotels or mini-hotels.
2. Car/bus and boat transfers as per itinerary.
3. Meals as per itinerary (B - breakfast, L - lunch, D - dinner).
4. Tours as per itinerary with local English-speaking guides.
5. Train tickets Moscow - Velikiy Novgorod (2nd class sleeping cabin), Velikiy Novgorod - St.Petersburg (seating carriage), St.Petersburg - Petrozavodsk (2nd class sleeping cabin), Segezha (Kem) - St.Petersburg (2nd class sleeping cabin).

Accommodation is arranged at the following hotels or mini-hotels:
Moscow - "Izmailovo Vega"/"Tourist" or similar,
Rostov Velikiy - "Moskovsky Trakt"/"Usadba Pleschanova" or similar,
Kostroma - "Azimut Kostroma" or similar,
Suzdal - "Goryachie Kluchi" or similar,
Velikiy Novgorod - "Inturist"/"Volkhov" or similar,
St.Petersburg - "Herzen House"/"Atrium" or similar.
Petrozavodsk - "Severnaya"/"Maski" or similar,
Kem - "Prichal",
Solovetsky - "Priut"/"Solovki-Hotel" or similar.