Day 1 Moscow

Arrival in Moscow. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 2 Kremlin and Red Square

Breakfast at the hotel. Moscow city tour by metro and on foot, including the Kremlin and Red Square. Time at leisure.

Day 3 Kolomenskoye Estate and New Maidens' Convent
Tour to the Novodevichy Convent and Kolomenskoe Estate. Time at leisure.

Day 4 Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov Veliky
Transfer to Sergiev Posad where you visit Trinity Monastery of St.Sergius, Trinity Cathedral, Cathedral of the Assumption. Transfer to Pereslavl-Zalessky. City tour - Red Square and the 1152 Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour, Nikitsky Monastery. Departure for Rostov Veliky.

Day 5 Yaroslavl

Rostov city tour - Kremlin (architecture, the Enamel Museum or the Museum of ancient Russian art). Yaroslavl city tour - city center, Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour, Church of Elijah the Prophet. Departure for Suzdal.

Day 6 Suzdal and Vladimir

Suzdal city tour - Kremlin where you visit the Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral, Cross Hall, Saviour Monastery of St. Euthymius, the Museum of Wooden Architecture or the Intercession Convent. Visit town of Vladimir.
Transfer to Moscow. Departure by train to Velikiy Novgorod. Overnight on the train.

Day 7 Novgorod and Surroundings

After early arrival in Velikiy Novgorod. Transfer to the hotel. Tour 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).

Day 8 Saint Petersburg

Departure by train to St.Petersburg.
St. Petersburg tour with a local guide, including Peter and Paul's Fortress or St. Isaac's Cathedral. Time at leisure.

Day 9 Saint Petersburg

Walking tour to the Hermitage Museum. Time at leisure. Departure for Petrozavodsk by train.
Overnight at train.

Day 10 Petrozavodsk and Kizhi

Arrival in Petrozavodsk. Petrozavodsk city walking tour. Departure for the Island of Kizhi, located in Lake Onego. Arrival at the Island, meet the guide there. Walking tour to the open-air Museum of Wooden Architecture Kizhi.
Time at leisure.

Day 11 Kivach Waterfalls, Petroglyphs, the White Sea - Baltic Canal

Departure for the White Sea coast. Visit the Kivach Waterfalls and Nature Reserve, featuring typical northern forest plants and animals.
Walking tour (about 4 km roundtrip along the forest path) to Petroglyphs - an archeological sight, prehistoric rock-carvings. Observation of the White Sea - Baltic Canal, constructed during Stalin's time. Arrival to the White Sea coast (towns of Kem or Belomorsk) in the evening.

Day 12 Solovetsky Islands

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure for the Solovetsky Islands by morning boat.
Transfer to the hotel. 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.

Day 13 Solovetsky Islands

Breakfast at the hotel. Boat tour to Zayatsky Island. The main places of interest of this Island, covered with tundra-type vegetation are its prehistoric stone labyrinths and the old wooden church of Andrew the First Caller. Being a protected area, the Island is frequented by seals and sea birds. Departure for Kem or Belomorsk by evening boat. Transfer to the train station. Departure for St.Petersburg by train.

Day 14 Saint Petersburg

Arrival at St.Petersburg.Time at leisure.

Day 15 Saint Petersburg

Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to the airport or train station.
Departure.

Duration: 14 days / 13 nights
Dates & Price: Upon Request

Price Includes:

1.Accommodation at tourist class hotels or mini-hotels.
2. Car/bus and boat transfers as per itinerary.
3. Meals as per itinerary
4. Tours as per itinerary with local English-speaking guides.
5. Train tickets Moscow - Velikiy Novgorod (2nd class sleeper), Velikiy Novgorod - St.Petersburg (2nd class seat), St.Petersburg - Petrozavodsk (2nd class sleeper), Kem - St.Petersburg (2nd class sleeper).

The cost does not include:

* Purchase of alcoholic drinks, beer, cigarettes.
* Purchase of souvenirs.
* Airfare to and from Moscow

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