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HOLIDAYS TO RUSSIA
RUSSIA & THE BALTIC STATES
16 days from £2510 pp
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Start in the one time Grand Duchy of Warsaw; follow an old Hansa trail from Vilnius up through the heart of the Baltics to Tallinn; dazzle at the splendour of St. Petersburg; enjoy Moscow in your own time; sip vodka in Minsk for a kaleidoscopic entanglement of cultures, people and empires.
HIGHLIGHTS PLUS
- Visit the Chopin Memorial and Ghetto memorial in Warsaw & see the ‘Wedding Cake’
- See the Jesuit University and former K.G.B headquarters in Vilnius
- Visit the astonishing ‘Votive Hill of Crosses’ near Siauliai
- Visit Riga’s Domkirk and see the ‘House of Three brothers’ Swedish Gate & castle
- See Tallinn’s Weighing House, Pharmacy & Town Hall in the old Market Square
- See the Hermannsburg fortress in Narva
- In St Petersburg, see the fortress of St Peter & Paul & St Isaac’s Cathedral
- See the ‘Church of Spilled Blood’, Nevsky Prospect & cruiser ’Aurora’
- Tour Moscow’s Red Square, seeing St Basil’s Cathedral & Lenin’s tomb
- Visit one of the Cathedrals inside the Kremlin walls & explore Moscow’s Metro Stations
- See the Soviet era buildings and Lenin statue in Minsk
GUIDED CITY TOURS
- Indepth sightseeing tours with expert local guides in Warsaw, Vilnius, Riga, Tallinn, St Petersburg & Moscow
- Orientation tour in Minsk
PREMIUM SERVICE
- Escorted by a professional Tour Director
- Luxury air-conditioned 40 seat coach with onboard toilet
- First-class hotels with all service charges, taxes and porterage
- Travel bag, document wallet, map book journal and information pack
- Complimentary arrival and departure transfer
INCLUDED MEALS
- Highlight Dinner in Minsk including champagne and vodka
- 15 Buffet Breakfasts, 3 Lunches and 7 three-course table d’hôte Dinners,or Buffets plus tea or coffee
DAY 1 UK–WARSAW Scheduled BA flight to Warsaw and complimentary transfers to and overnight at Marriott Hotel for two nights.
DAY 2 WARSAW Highlights: Guided tour: Palace of Culture: Chopin Memorial: Ghetto Memorial: Old Town: Market Square (film documentary).
DAY 3 WARSAW–VILNIUS Scenic drive through Mazuria passing Augustow and Suwalki. Cross the border to Lithuania. Two nights at Hotel Artis in Vilnius.
DAY 4 VILNIUS Highlights: Guided tour: St Peter and St Paul Church: Neo-classical Cathedral: Old Town: Jesuit University: Gates of Dawn: Soviet KGB Headquarters: Trakai Castle.
DAY 5 VILNIUS-RIGA Before crossing into Latvia visit Votive Hill of Crosses (symbol of resistance against the Soviet occupation) near Siauliai. Overnight at Hotel Islande in Riga.
DAY 6 RIGA-TALLINN Highlights: Guided tour: Old Town: City Walls: Domkirk: House of the Three Brothers: Swedish Gate: Castle of the Livonian Knights. The tour continues along the shores of the Gulf of Riga, across the Estonian border, through Parnu and on to Tallinn for two nights at the Best Western Hotel Tallink.
DAY 7 TALLINN Highlights: Guided tour: Old Town: Market Square: German Weighing House: Pharmacy : Town Hall. Afternoon at leisure.
DAY 8 TALLINN-ST.PETERSBURG via Narva and the Hermannsburg Fortress on the way to St.Petersburg. Three nights at Hotel Pribaltiskaya.
DAY 9 ST. PETERSBURG Highlights: Guided tour: St. Isaac’s Cathedral: St. Peter and Paul Fortress: Siege of Leningrad Memorial: Cathedral of Kazan: Aurora (cruiser): Hermitage Museum. Champagne dinner.
DAY 10 PETRODVORETS EXCURSION Highlights: World War Two siege of Leningrad memorial: Guided tour: Petrodvorets (Peter the Great's Summer Palace).
DAY 11 ST.PETERSBURG-MOSCOW
Morning at leisure. Afternoon departure to
Moscow by train. Overnight at Hotel
Sovietsky for three nights.
DAY 12 MOSCOW Highlights: Guided tour:
Red Square: St Basil’s Cathedral : Lenin’s
Tomb: Walk inside the walls of the Kremlin
Fortress incl. visit to one cathedral: Metro
Station.
DAY 13 MOSCOW at your leisure.
DAY 14 MOSCOW-MINSK Drive towards
the Belarus border and Smolensk and
continue to Minsk. Orientation tour. Dinner,
complete with champagne and vodka.
Overnight at Hotel Planeta.
DAY 15 MINSK-WARSAW Head
southwest to Brest and after lunch cross the
border and return to Warsaw. Overnight Hotel
Hilton.
DAY 16 WARSAW–UK Transfer to airport.
Scheduled BA flight to UK.
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