Itinerary Finally Arrives

The night before we leave, the itinerary for our trip finally arrived!  Several phone calls between Lafayette and Mentone and some frantic packing and we're almost ready to be on the road!

Day 1 (July 26) Thursday departure from USA for Russia

Day 2 (July 27) Friday Arrival in St Petersburg. Meeting with guide at the airport.
Day 3 (July 28) Saturday St. Petersburg. 10:00 – 14:00. City tour – all major city attractions with visit to Peter and Paul Fortress. You will see the magnificent St. Isaac’s Cathedral, Vasilyevsky Island, the University, the Winter Palace, Palace Square, Church of the Savior on the Blood, the Square of Arts and other famous places and monuments. Excursion to Peter and Paul Fortress includes a visit to the
Cathedral, which serves the burial place of the Romanov Dynasty of Russian Tsars
15:00 – 18:00 walking tour of the city center


Day 4 .(July 29) Sunday St. Petersburg. 10:30 – 13:30. Excursion to Hermitage Museum.


Day 5 (July 30) Monday St. Petersburg . 10:00 – 16:00. Visit to City Orphanage and a birthing hospital.
Optional evening folk show.

Day 6 (July 31) Tuesday. St. Petersburg. 9:30 – 15:30. Excursion to Peterhoff. With its fountains, park, and world famous palace, Peterhoff is fun for the whole family to explore and an outstanding example of
Russian artistic culture of the 18th and 19th centuries. Dinner included.


Day 7 (Aug 1) Wednesday St. Petersburg. 10:00 – 20:00. Whole day trip to Zelenogorsk with a visit to Orphanage Summer Residence. Here orphans spend the summer. If weather permits, we will spend time on the Golden Beach of Finnish Gulf in Zelenogorsk.


Day 8 (Aug 2) Thursday St. Petersburg. 10:00-11:00 Boat Cruise along the rivers and channels of St-Petersburg. Free time for shopping and leisure. (Laundry?)


Day 9 (Aug 3) Friday St. Petersburg. Morning at leisure. Transfer to the train station for 4 1/2-hour
train ride to Moscow.

Day 10 (Aug 4) Saturday Moscow. 9:30 – 16:00 City tour – Red Square, Lenin's Mausoleum, St Basil's Cathedral, the Kremlin and Novodevichy Convent. Visit to the Kremlin, including the Armory Museum. 


Day 11 (Aug 5) Sunday Moscow. 10:00 – 17:00 Visit to Tretyakov Gallery State Museum of Russian Art. Appreciate the architectural splendour of Moscow's Metro System as you tour the most spectacular
stations. Following this take a walk down the Arbat, an area where you can find the colourful performers and quaint markets as well as souvenir shops. 


Day 12 (Aug 6) Monday Moscow – USA.