Moscow & St Petersburg 6 Days from £733 Day 1: Flight to Moscow Meet your NST representative on arrival and transfer by coach to your hotel for your evening meal (first meal included). Welcome meeting to discuss your itinerary. Overnight: Moscow. Day 2: Moscow Morning city tour of Moscow. Visit to the recently constructed Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, built to the same external specifications as the original which was destroyed by Stalin including new rooftop viewing galleries for sights of this spectacular city. Continue to Red Square to see St Basil’s Cathedral, Lenin’s Tomb (interior visit if open), the famous GUM shopping complex and exterior views of the Kremlin. Afternoon free for independent sightseeing, shopping or an optional excursion. Optional evening activity: ten-pin bowling or sports event (basketball, ice-hockey or football). Overnight Moscow. Day 3: Moscow & Sleeper Train Morning visit to the walled Kremlin Grounds, a city within a city and the seat of power since 1156. View the Tsar’s Bell, the Cannon and Church of the Assumption, one of several Kremlin cathedrals. Recommended optional visit to the Armoury Museum, housing many Royal artefacts and Russian treasures, including the famous Faberge egg collection. Afternoon tour of some of Moscow’s unique metro stations, each one was constructed by a different designer using bronze, crystal and mosaic to illustrate the history and development of the USSR. Optional evening show: circus or theatre (ballet, opera or classical music). Evening transfer to the railway station. Overnight: sleeper train to St Petersburg. Day 4: St Petersburg Arrive at St Petersburg and transfer to your hotel for breakfast. Half day city tour viewing famous landmarks, including St Isaac’s Cathedral (optional interior visit), the Mariinsky Theatre and the Cruiser Aurora (brief on board visit if available). Continue to Nevsky Prospekt, the city’s main street, where you can also view the Church of the Saviour of the Spilt Blood, built on the site where Tsar Alexander II was assassinated in 1881 and browse through the souvenir market nearby. Afternoon free for independent sightseeing, shopping or an optional excursion. Optional evening activity: ten-pin bowling, ice-skating or a sports event (basketball, ice hockey or football). Overnight: St Petersburg. Day 5: St Petersburg The morning is spent exploring the Hermitage Museum, one of the world’s largest art collections, housed within the impressive Winter Palace. Afternoon visit to Hare Island and the Peter and Paul Fortress. Within its walls you will visit the former prison and the Cathedral of Peter and Paul, the burial place of the Russian Tsars, including the remains of the last Romanovs. Optional evening show: folklore/jazz club/theatre (ballet, opera or classical music). Overnight: St Petersburg. Day 6: Depart St Petersburg Breakfast (last meal included). Dependent on flight timings, free time for sightseeing/shopping with use of your coach, prior to the transfer to St Petersburg airport for the return flight to the UK. | 
