Back to the USSR

5 days / 4 nights

1.Day:

Arrival in Moscow. Meeting with an English-speaking guide in the airport. Transfer to the hotel “Hilton Leningradskaya” 4*. Check-in.

Excursion to the Moscow Metro, the monument to the Soviet Era.
Moscow Metro is reputed as the most beautiful in the world. Opened in 1935, it is well known for the ornate design of many of its stations, which contain outstanding examples of socialist realist art. You will see the genuine underground marble palaces decorated in abundance with mosaic, stained-glass windows, and candelabrum. Every station has its peculiar style.

Dinner in the stylized restaurant “Metro”.
Return to the hotel by metro.

2. Day:

Breakfast in the hotel.
09:00 – 13:00 – Meet with our guide in the lobby. City Sightseeing Tour.
During the tour you will see the most impressive sights of the Russian capital: the Red Square, St.Basil’s Cathedral, Mausoleum, Moskva-river, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior (one of the largest Orthodox Churches in the world), the Convent of the Maidens, Moscow State University and Vorobyevy Hills (beautiful panorama of Moscow), Triumph Arch, Boulevard Ring, central streets and squares,
Stalin High-Rise Buildings (a.k.a “Seven Sisters”).
Each high-rise building is a unique architectural construction. Erected in 1950-s, they all are still the symbol of the nation’s power. Separately, one of the seven immortalizes its share: the main building of the Moscow State University – the depth of the Soviet and Russian sciences; Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Russian international authority; sky-scrape on Kotelnicheskaya embankment – dramatic and film art; high-rise near ZOO – strength of aircraft industry…….

13:00 – 14:30 – Lunch in the restaurant “Vysotka” (located in the high-rise building near ZOO).
15:00 – 17:00 – Tour round the ensemble of Moscow Kremlin + Cathedrals.
17:30 – Return to the hotel.
19:00 - Visit to a Theatre (ballet or opera) or Circus (optional).

3.Day:

Breakfast in the hotel.
10:00 – 13:00 – Meet with our guide in the lobby. Unusual tour trough the tunnels of the Secret Command Post “Taganskiy” – bunker at a depth of 65 meters.
14:00 – 15:30 – Lunch in the restaurant “GlavPivTorg” (taste of Russian cuisine in the interiors reflecting the atmosphere of 1970-s).
16:00 – 17:30 – walk on the territory of VDNKh.
The abbreviation “VDNKh” means display of outstanding achievements in national economy. At Soviet time VDNKh was the main agricultural exhibition of the state, and made a distinctive contribution to Moscow architecture. Real exhibition city, sprung up on the northern outskirts of the capital, is inclusive of ponds, parks, experimental plots and 250 of various buildings. Today, it is called “VVC” – All-Russian Exhibition Center – and is the first-rate show complex.
17:30 – Return to the hotel.
Free time.

4.Day:

Breakfast in the hotel.
10:00 – 12:00 – Meet with our guide in the lobby. Excursion to the Museum of GULag history. The museum has three parts including archives; and pictures by former prisoners of the labor the camps hang on the museum’s walls. The museum introduces the GULAG system and the history of mass political repression throughout the USSR during the Stalin Era.
Free Time.

5.Day:

Breakfast in the hotel.
Check-out at 12:00.
Transfer to the airport.

Cost of this program is inclusive of excursion and transport service, English-speaking guide’s work, entrance tickets to the museums and Metro, dinner in the restaurant “Metro”.

Price per person is 758 euro (in the group of 15 persons) or 739 euro (in the group of 30 persons).
Additional payment for single accommodation is 336 euro.