Orthodox Moscow

6 days / 5 nights

1.Day:

Arrival in Moscow. Transfer to the Hotel “AEROSTAR” 4*.
Check-in. Free time.

2. Day:

Breakfast in the Hotel.
09.00 – Meet with our guide in the lobby.
9.30 - 14.00 – City tour with visit to the New Convent of the Maidens, cemetery and Smolensky Cathedral.
You will visit the oldest convent (founded in 1524 to celebrate the retaking of Smolensk from Lithuania), which was originally popular with noblewomen, who would often retire here, but it was also used as a prison for rebellious royals, including Peter the Great's half-sister and his first wife.The cemetery, cluster of 16 sparkling domes behind turreted walls, is the resting place of world-known writers, composers and politicians (Chekhov, Eisenstein, Gogol, Khrushchev, Kropotkin, Mayakovsky, Prokofiev, Stanislavsky and Shostakovich, Khruschev, etc).
14.00 - 15.30- Lunch in the restaurant (Russian cuisine).
16.00 – Return to the Hotel.
Free time.

3.Day:

Breakfast in the Hotel.
09.00 - Meet with our guide in the lobby.
09.10 – Trip to New-Jerusalem. New Jerusalem Monastery is located on the river Istra not far from Moscow. It was founded in 1656 by Patriarch Nikon of Moscow, who patterned the monastery after Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Tsar Alexis dubbed the monastery "New Jerusalem" after visiting the site and seeing the resemblance.
15.00 – Return to Moscow.
15.00-16.00 – Lunch in the city restaurant.
Free time.

4.Day:

Breakfast in the Hotel.
09.30 - Meet with our guide in the lobby.
10.00 - 12.00 – Excursion to the Spaso – Andronnikov Monastery and the Andrei Rublev Museum of Early Russian Culture and Art. Named after the famous icon painter and monk, this museum, located inside the walls of this Monastery, contains an impressive collection of early Russian icons dating from the 14th to 19th centuries, along with early wooden sculptures and copies of old frescoes.
13.00 - 14.30 - Tour round the ensemble of Moscow Kremlin + Cathedrals.
15.00 - 16.30 – Lunch in the restaurant «Kitaigorodskaya Stena».
17.00 – Return to the Hotel.
Free time.

5.Day:

Breakfast in the Hotel.
09.20 – Trip to Sergiev Posad. The Holy Trinity Lavra (Trinity-Sergius Monastery) is the most important monastery in Russia and the spiritual center of Russian Orthodox Christianity.
13.30 - 15.00 – Lunch in the restaurant «Russian homestead» in Sergiev Posad.
15.30 – Departure to Moscow.
17.30 – Return to the Hotel.
Free time.

6.Day:

Breakfast in the Hotel.
Transfer to the airport. Homecoming.

Price per Person / Package - 529 Euro p.P

For the group of 14 Persons:
(price is inclusive of.: accommodation in the standard double room in the 4* hotel, breakfasts in the hotel, Transfer airport - Hotel – airport, English-speaking guide’s work, all transfers and excursions as per the program, 4 lunches, entrance tickets).