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Dear Guests and Parthners! We invite you to visit Russia and open for yourself our country. Open our history and modern. We invite you to feel our hospitality and changes that procide in Russia. Today Russia going the way for opening to the world. The way on which “man to man” contacts and personal imression are mainstream. Programs in MOSCOW TO ISSUE the ORDER for PROGRAM During tour to Moscow you can see fabulous significant sites such as the gilded domes of the Kremlin-churches and the Christ-the-Savior Cathedral, which was destroyed by Stalin and is completely restored today. Historical buildings are still plentiful in the most ancient part of Moscow. Especially inside the oldest defense structure, the “Kremlin”, are many churches and palaces. Moscow is a large metropolis. The great part of inhabitans use the metro. Metro is usual for them. They didn’t even see the admire of beauty and splendor of the metro stations. But for your fresh glance it would be estonishement. In the Soviet days, Moscow had an uninviting reputation due to its gray atmosphere and its vastness, but that has changed rapidly of late. Lots of construction is ongoing in the center of Moscow; churches are being renovated and it seems there is construction on every open space. The enormous Manege Square is now accessible to pedestrians only, complete with modern underground shopping mall. All over town you will find plenty of restaurants, vendors and kiosks to buy something to eat or drink. Your first steps into town naturally lead you to the best-known spot in Moscow and in Russia, the famous Red Square, Krasnaja Plosjtsjad. The car-free square in front of the Kremlin has undergone tremendous change in recent years: a medieval chapel and 18-th century gateway, which had perished to make way for pompous military parades, have been reconstructed and the façade of the GUM department store has been sandblasted from gray to beige. The Lenin’s mausoleum with the preserved body of the former Soviet leader inside is still there. The Pushkin Museum mainly exhibits 19th century West European impressionists. The Tretjakow Gallery is famous for old icons and offers an overview of Russian paintings up to present time. Also the elegant Nowodewitsji Monastery is worth a visit. At the cemetery you can find the graves of many Russian celebrities, generals, politicians, authors and actors. Gorki Park is where the Russians have a good time. This amusement park with grandiose fountains, water organs, merry-go-rounds and a giant Ferris wheel dates back to Soviet times, but has already been expanded with two roller coasters. Opposite from Gorki Park is a sculpture garden with downed Soviet heroes who had to give up their spots at the central squares in Moscow. If you spend some free time you may want to stroll down the Arbat, a promenade with lots of shops, restaurants and souvenir stands. Besides T-shirts you will find typical Russian things such as religious icons and wooden matrjosjka-dolls. Nowadays modern versions are for sale as well, representing all rulers from Nikolaj II (the smallest one inside) to Putin (the outer one). It will be fun spending the evening going to a concert, ballet performance or opera. The unique presentation of such performances alone is worthwhile. Programs in St. PETERSBURG EXCURSION CYCLES in St.Petersburg EXCURSIONS by rivers & channels in St.Petersburg TO ISSUE the ORDER for PROGRAM During tour to St. Petersburg you undestood that St. Petersburg is absolutely the most beautiful city in Russia. It is not surprising that the inhabitants feel that Russia really has two capitals. The elegant mixture of Italian baroque and Russian styles is reflected in many palaces over the city. St. Petersburg was founded in the 18-th century by order of Tsar Peter the Great with the intention to make it his window to Europe. Along the wide boulevard Nevski Prospekt you will find huge stores and outdoor places where you can sit back and enjoy the bustle of a metropolis. This part of town is crisscrossed with canals and surrounded by exquisite palaces of the old aristocracy. The winter Palace, former living quarters of the tsarist family, lays on the Neva and is now the home of the largest museum in the world: the Hermitage. On the other side of the powerful Neva you see the Peter and Paul bastion, the town’s cradle in 1703. The 18-th and 19-th century tsars are buried in the church and, since 1998, Nikolaj II and his family were also laid to rest there in a separate chapel. In the days of the tsars the old fortress was also used as a prison. Further down stands tsar Peter’s small wooden home and the legendary armored cruiser Avrora. Other not-to-miss remarkable sites are the Smolny cathedral and the Alexander Nevski monastery with the burial sites for famous authors and composers. The Mariinski Theater is the stage for opera and ballet. It is the home of world famous principal conductor Gergijev and of the Kirov Dance Ensemble, which is even more valued than the Moscow Bolshoy Theatre. Pawlowa and Nijinski danced on this stage around 1900, and later also Baryshnikov and Nureyev. The impressive country homes of the 18-th century tsars are a short distance out of town and may be visited on various excursions. The magnificent palace of Catherine the Great with all its splendor of the Russian 18-th century is located in the tsar village of Pushkin. From the Hermitage a speedboat takes you by sea to Petrodvorets (Peterhof). This is where Peter the Great had a palace built to resemble Versailles surrounded by gardens with plenty waterfalls and fountains finding their way into the Gulf of Finland. Discribed upper and many other interesting your can find during visit to St. Petersburg.Both Russian Capitals you can see during complecs 7 days/6 nights tour: TWO RUSSIAN CAPITALS |
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