Day 1 (Friday): Arrivall Moscow
Arrival in Moscow, optional transfer to Hotel Novotel Moscow Centre**** or similar, check-in, welcome meeting.
Day 2 (Saturday): Moscow
Moscow, The Mother of Russia, is a genuine Russian city with the Kremlin and its onion domed cathedrals. The dramatic changes over the last decade have made the city to one of the most dynamic metropolis in the world. The morning sightseeing tour includes all the highlights of the vast city: the Red Square with Kremlin, the Theatre Square with Bolshoi Theatre, Sparrow Hills with Moscow University and a visit to the famous Moscow Metro. In the afternoon is offered an optional excursion to the Kremlin grounds with a visit to one of the cathedrals. The evening offers an optional Moscow by night tour including an unforgettable river cruise with the White Flotilla.
Day 3 (Sunday): Moscow
The morning offers an optional excursion to Novodevichy Convent, a 16th century cluster of sparkling domes, one of the city’s most beautiful groups of buildings and full of history and treasures. The adjacent Novodevichy Cemetery is Moscow‘s most prestigious resting place after the Kremlin. The balance of the day is reserved for an optional excursion to the Tretyakov Gallery with its outstanding collection of French impressionists. In the early evening we go to the Kievskaya Railway Station and board our overnight train to Kyiv.
Day 4 (Monday): Moscow - Kyiv
We arrive early in the morning in the green Ukrainian capital and go to Hotel Radisson Blu Podil**** for breakfast. Founded in the late 9th century Kyiv is one of the oldest cities of Europe and the cradle of Slavic civilization and Orthodox Christianity. The morning sightseeing tour introduces us to the historic city and all its treasures including St. Vladimir’s Cathedral, Golden Gates, St. Sophia Cathedral, St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery, Independence Square, Opera House and St. Andrew’s Cathedral, check-in. The afternoon offers an optional visit to the unique Chernobyl Museum dedicated the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, which also signaled the beginning of the end of Soviet Ukraine.
Day 5 (Tuesday): Kyiv
The morning is reserved for an optional excursion to the world famous Cave Monastery featuring amazing architectural monuments, ranging from bell towers to cathedrals to underground cave systems and to strong stone fortification walls. The afternoon offers a leisurely excursion to the large Pirogovo Ethnographic Open Air Museum, where farmstead, wooden churches, windmill and village architecture from all regions of the large country will bring us back to the atmosphere of 18th and 19th century rural Ukraine. The evening offers an optional Ukrainian dinner with vodka tasting at the traditional Restaurant Shynok.
Day 6 (Wednesday): Kyiv
Optional transfer to the airport.
4 overnights at centrally located 4 star hotels
1 overnight at the train Moscow-Kyiv (2nd class, 4-berth compartments)
6 x buffet breakfast
Welcome meeting with champagne-cocktail or juice
Personalized welcome package
Entrances to Moscow Metro and St. Sophia’s Cathedral in Kyiv
Service of German and English speaking tour escort on all tours
Service of Italian and Spanish speaking tour escort on all tours
Service of 1st class coach or 1st class minivan throughout the itinerary
Portage at hotels and railway stations
Transfer airport to Hotel Novotel Moscow Centre: EUR 80.00 for private car (1-3 persons), EUR 100.00 for private minivan (4-7 persons) (optional)
3-hour excursion to Kremlin and visit to a cathedral: EUR 60.00 pp (optional)
4-hour excursion to Novodevichy Convent: EUR 55.00 pp (optional)
3-hour Moscow by night tour and river cruise: EUR 50.00 pp (optional)
3-hour visit to the Tretyakov Gallery: EUR 45.00 pp (optional)
3-hours visit to Chernobyl Museum: EUR 35.00 PP (optional)
3-hours visit to the Cave Monastery: EUR 45.00 pp (optional)
4-hours excursion to the Pirogovo Ethnographic Open Air Museum: EUR 40.00 pp (optional)
Ukrainian dinner at Restaurant Shynok: EUR 65.00 pp (optional)
Supplement for 1st class, 2-berth, compartment at overnight train: EUR 175.00 (optional)
Transfer Hotel Radisson Blu Podil to airport: EUR 90.00 for private car (1-3 persons), EUR 110.00 for private minivan (4-7 persons) (optional)
Half board at hotels (4 x 3 course dinner with coffee/tea): EUR 160,00 pp (optional)
For cancellation up to 30 days, a full refund will be given. For cancellation up to 15 days, 50% refund will be given.
