Our best selling group tour combines the highlights of Moscow and St Petersburg and is an excellent group tour for a first time visitor to Russia or for those who enjoy a more relaxed group tour.
Please note we can offer upgrades to higher standard of hotels on this tour as well.
Price from: £1315 pp
DEPARTURE DATES
PER PERSON TWIN-SHARE
SINGLE ROOM SUPPLEMENT
Four-star Up-grade per person twin-share supplement
Four-star Up-grade single room supplement
2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Jan
£1315
£195
£395
£535
6, 13, 20, 27 Feb
£1315
£195
£395
£535
6, 13, 20, 27 Mar
£1315
£195
£395
£535
3, 10, 17, 24 Apr
£1315
£195
£465
£635
1, 8, 15, 22, 29 May
£1325
£270
£455
£829
5, 12, 19, 26 Jun
£1325
£270
£535
£995
3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Jul
£1325
£270
£375
£620
7, 14, 21, 28 Aug
£1325
£270
£375
£620
4, 11, 18, 25 Sep
£1325
£270
£455
£770
2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Oct
£1315
£195
£480
£750
6, 13, 20, 27 Nov
£1315
£195
£385
£475
4, 11, 18, 25 Dec
£1315
£195
£385
£475
Please note that the four-star hotels included on this tour are a deluxe room at the Marriott Tverskaya in Moscow and a standard room at the Hotel Ambassador in St Petersburg on half board basis.
Price Includes:
Return flights in economy class with British Airways direct from London Heathrow, All airport taxes and security charges, Accommodation in standard rooms in three/four-star hotels on half board basis (breakfast and dinner), All transfers, Train tickets in 1st class 2-berth compartments, Sightseeing with English-speaking guide as specified, Entrance fees on sightseeing tours, except on Moscow metro
Price Excludes:
Russian Visa, Regional Add-ons from Aberdeen,Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester and Newcastle from £75 per person return, supplement for sole use of 1st class 2-berth compartment on train £190
Notes:
These are guaranteed departure tours operated in conjunction with our Russian partners and are not exclusive to Regent Holidays’ clients. They operate with a minimum of 2 persons and a maximum of 25. Please note that our local partners reserve the right to change hotels to similar hotels of the same standard.
8 Day Itinerary
DAY 1
FLY TO MOSCOW
Fly to Moscow and transfer to Hotel Cosmos for 3 nights. Dinner at the
hotel restaurant “Kalinka”.
DAY 2
MOSCOW
Meet your guide in the hotel reception for a morning sightseeing tour of Moscow. After a brief stop for lunch, there is an afternoon tour of the fascinating Tretyakov Gallery. Evening performance at the Moscow State Circus after an early dinner at the hotel restaurant “Kalinka”.
NB Please note that the Moscow State Circus have some acts which include live animals i.e. lions, hedgehogs, bears and monkeys, which some clients may find distressing. Attendance is not obligatory.
DAY 3
MOSCOW
Half-day morning tour of the Kremlin including a visit to the Armoury, built in 1841 as a weapons and arms factory, which now houses
Russian treasures ranging from religious icons to Fabergé eggs.
Rest of day free before dinner at the hotel restaurant “Kalinka”.
DAY 4
MOSCOW TO ST PETERSBURG
Morning walking shopping tour of Old Arbat, once a Bohemian quarter of the city, littered with cafés and patronised by the capital’s
intellectual elite. Also included is a tour of the Moscow Metro with
its amazing décor of extravagant chandeliers and marble, socialist
mosaics and sculptures. Rest of day free before dinner at the hotel
restaurant “Kalinka”. After dinner, transfer to railway station for
overnight train to St Petersburg.
DAY 5
ST PETERSBURG
Arrive St Petersburg and transfer to Hotel Moskva for 3 nights. After
breakfast, morning city tour of St Petersburg with various photo-stops
including St Isaac’s Cathedral. Return to the hotel for check-in and
rest of day free. Dinner at the hotel
restaurant “Moskva”.
DAY 6
ST PETERSBURG
Morning tour of the world-renowned Hermitage Museum and an afternoon excursion to Peter and Paul Fortress, one of the oldest buildings in St Petersburg and resting place of Peter the Great. Dinner at the hotel restaurant
“Moskva”.
DAY 7
ST PETERSBURG
Day excursion to Pushkin, also known as Tsarskoe Selo, where you
visit the lavish Catherine’s Palace, with its impressive Amber Room.
Dinner at the hotel restaurant “Moskva”.
DAY 8
FLY TO UK
Free morning before transfer to airport for flight back to the UK.