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HOLIDAYS TO RUSSIA
HELSINKI & ST PETERSBURG
7 days from £1030 pp
As much a work of art as a city, Russia’s past capital, St. Petersburg is a captivating cocktail of experiences. This twin centre holiday begins with time in Helsinki before taking the rail route past medieval Vyborg, across the Karelian Isthmus and into the ancient capital of the Czars.
Here you will find the Hermitage Museum, Winter Palace, St Isaac’s Cathedral, Peter and Paul Fortress, Yusupov Palace and Rusputin rooms. For students of history there is the Cruiser Aurora from which, in 1917, the signal was given to start the Revolution. Out of town lies the Petrodvorets, the Summer Palace of the Czars - an unmissable sight here being the Grand Cascade, a sparkling veil of water created by sixty four fountains, showering down in front of the Great Palace.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- St Petersburg City sightseeing including the Admiralty, Nevski Prospect, the Palace Square and Peter and Paul Fortress
- Visits to the Hermitage and Pushkin
- Tour leader from Helsinki to St. Petersburg and return
- English speaking local guides in St Petersburg
- Newly renovated tourist class hotel in St. Petersburg
- 6 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 3 dinners included
- Travel on the Finnish train ‘Sibelius’ in 2nd class compartments
- Railway station transfers in St Petersburg
- 4* Hotel in Helsinki
- All rooms with private wc/shower
DAY 1 UK – HELSINKI Scheduled Finnair flight to Helsinki. Overnight at Hotel Plaza for two nights.
DAY 2 HELSINKI at your leisure.
DAY 3 HELSINKI – ST. PETERSBURG Early morning departure to St. Petersburg by rail and transfer on arrival. Highlights of the day: Guided tour on arrival: ‘Bronze Horseman’: Admiralty: Nevski Prospect Boulevard: Palace Square: Peter and Paul Fortress. Overnight at Hotel Moskva for three nights.
DAY 4 ST. PETERSBURG EXCURSION Highlights of the day: Hermitage Museum – Cathedral of St. Isaac.
DAY 5 PUSHKIN EXCURSION Highlight of the day: Pushkin (summer residence of the Imperial Family from Peter the Great to the last Czar).
DAY 6 ST. PETERSBURG – HELSINKI Morning at leisure. Afternoon transfer to the station for return journey to Helsinki. Late arrival. Overnight at Plaza Hotel.
DAY 7 HELSINKI – UK Morning at leisure. Scheduled Finnair flight to UK.
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