Duration: 2 hours Overview: This lively Bus City Sightseeing Tour of Moscow with commentary is an excellent way to see the exterior of famous buildings and places to which you may return at your leisure. This tour will stop at 13 stops where you can get off the bus, have a walk and get on the next bus or even simply stay on the bus for the whole route - the choice is yours! During this tour you will get a panoramic city tour where you will see the Kremlin from the Sophiiskaya Embankment, Christ the Savior Cathedral, Tretiakov Gallery and Gorky Park. You will also get to see The White House of Russia, Lenin Hill with the Moscow State University, New Maiden Convent and much more. The professional English speaking guide will tell you all about the history, politics and culture of Moscow.

Duration: 3 hours Overview: The Kremlin Grounds walking tour includes a visit to the territory of the Kremlin, where you will get to see Ivan the Great Belltower, the Tsar Bell, the Great Kremlin Palace and much more. You will also have the opportunity to visit the small city in the centre of Moscow, which was once the residence of the Czars and Patriarchs containing Russia's main cathedral's; the Assumption Cathedral, Annunciation Cathedral and Archangel's Cathedral.

Duration: Please check with us Overview: The Bolshoi is still one of the greatest theatres in the world, with its own proud traditions and unforgettable atmosphere. An evening at the Bolshoi really is an essential part of a visit to Moscow. The building itself is one of Moscow's most symbolic sights, a truly impressive example of Russian Classical architecture that faces the Kremlin walls, and some fairly tacky open air bars and restaurants, with proud indifference. The Bolshoi is the second biggest opera house in Europe (after La Scala), and grandeur and artistic strength are combined in everything from the impressive statue of Apollo that crowns the facade to the ballet's famously muscular style of choreography.

Duration: 2 hours Overview: Moscow is amazing at any time of the day but is even better by night! See some of the highlights of Moscow in illumination. See Tverskaya street, Sofiyskaya and Kremlin embankments as well as Christ the Savior Cathedral, Novodevichy Convent and Poklonnaya Hill. The tour also takes you to Sparrow Hills for a panoramic view of the city where you can admire the Red Stars of the Kremlin. You will also see St Basil's Cathedral from the Red square.

Duration: 2 hours Overview: Take a guided tour of the underground kingdom of the Moscow Metropolitan, admiring the mosaics and marble of this utopia underground. Moscow Metro is one of the most efficient and extensive metro systems in the world, but its real draw for tourists is the extravagant decoration of its soviet-era stations, each one of them a work of art in itself. The metro currently comprises 172 stations, and the system carries well over seven million passengers a day on average, more than the Paris and New York systems put together, this system is one of the marvels of inner city transport.

Duration: 2 hours Overview: The Moscow Circus productions are shows for children and adults alike. The current show "A Russian Folk Fair" is based on Russian traditions and culture. The production is a dramatic tale told and based on a foundation of the circus arts, and the famed performers of the Moscow Circus, in a Theater-Circus format. Combined with Russian folk musicians, dancers, and ornate costumes and backdrops, the show combines drama, cultural history, and, most of all, the excitement and entertainment that can only be created by some of the greatest circus performers on earth.

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Duration: 5 hours Overview: Indulge yourself with this dinner and sightseeing experience. At the beginning of your evening you will be picked up by our local representatives (driver and assistant) at your hotel and escorted to the pier where a modern beautiful river boat awaits for you. You will then glide effortlessly past the Kremlin, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and other world famous monuments. Sit at a cozy table and enjoy your three course dinner accompanied by pleasant music. Go on the open deck to enjoy fresh cool air and admire the ancient Moscow bridges decorated in thousands of colored lights (12 bridges along the route). After the cruise ends our representatives will return you safely to your hotel.

Duration: 5 hours Overview: Take this private tour to see the highlights of Moscow! Your city tour will be provided by a professional guide, who will show you the main avenues including Tverskaya Street, Sofiyskaya and Kremlin embankments and New Arbat Street. The tour will also take you to some of the famous attractions; Christ the Savior Cathedral, Novodevichy convent, Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow State University and to Sparrows Hill for a panoramic view of the city, where you can admire the Red Stars of Kremlin. You will also see St Basil's Cathedral and Lenin mausoleum from the Red Square. After the city tour, visit Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts and enjoy a collection of foreign art dating back to ancient times, right up to modern day. The tour finishes at the museum.

Duration: 5 hours Overview: Take this private tour to see the highlights of Moscow! Your city tour will be provided by a professional guide, who will show you the main avenues including Tverskaya Street, Sofiyskaya and Kremlin embankments and New Arbat Street. The tour will also take you to some of the famous attractions; Christ the Savior Cathedral, Novodevichy convent, Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow State University and to Sparrows Hill for a panoramic view of the city, where you can admire the Red Stars of Kremlin. You will also see St Basils Cathedral and Lenin mausoleum from the Red Square. After the city tour, visit Tretyakov Gallery - one of the largest museums in Russia, with over 100,000 works of art including icons, paintings, graphics and sculpture. The tour finishes at the museum.

Duration: 3 hours Overview: Take a trip to the beautiful village of Kolomenskoye, a unique oasis in the centre of Moscow. It was the summer residence of Russian Tzars since the time of Ivan the Terrible. You'll visit the Museum of Wooden Architecture and the house where Peter the Great once lived. The tour also takes you to the beautiful Church of the Ascension, built in honor of the birth of Basil III's son and designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Duration: 3 hours Overview: This vodka tasting tour will enable you to learn the story of what real vodka is, when its manufacture began and the role it has played in the history of the Russian civilization. See the process of distillation. A large part of the Museum's collection is devoted to the 20th century with all its upheavals. A part of the collection is devoted to the Great Patriotic War in particular to the story of introducing a daily ration of vodka for the soldiers of the 1st line, which is traditionally called "Commissar's 100 Grams". After the museum visit you will have an opportunity to taste 3 types of vodka served with snacks.

Duration: 13 hours Overview: This is a private excursion to the beautiful towns of the Golden Ring, Suzdal and Vladimir to see the Unesco World Heritage sites. Suzdal dates back to at least the year 1024 and it is a religious center with numerous monasteries. It retains the look and feel of a small village with streams and several city streets still unpaved. The city tour includes entrance to the Kremlin, the Krestovaya Palata, the Museum of Wooden Architecture, the grounds of Spaso-Efimievsky monastery, Preobrazhensky Cathedral.

Vladimir was one of the medieval capitals of Russia. The city tour includes entrance to the Assumption Cathedral constructed in 1158,1160 with the interior painted by Andrei Rublev.

Duration: 3 hours Overview: See the major places of interest, architectural and historical sights and monuments like the Palace Square and The Winter Palace (a former residence of Russian Tsars), S. Isaac’s Square (Monument to Nicholas I), Decembrists' Square, the Square of Arts, the Field of Mars, the Summer Garden, the Marble Palace, Michael's Castle, the Church of Our Savior (outside view only), the cruiser Aurora (a revolutionary monument), the Spit of Basil's Island , a beautiful view of St Peter & Paul Fortress, the Hermitage and the Admiralty. You will also pass by Nevsky Prospect - the main boulevard of St Petersburg.

Duration: 5 hours Overview: Tsarskoye Selo (formerly known as Pushkin) is one of St. Petersburg's numerous Imperial estates. Located just 25 kilometers south of St Petersburg, the estate boasts a large landscape park, dotted with architectural follies, and centered on the magnificent blue, white and gold Catherine Palace that houses some beautiful Baroque interiors, including the luxurious Grand Hall and a long, gold, mirrored ballroom. The Palace also boasts a unique Amber Room, whose priceless amber panels were stolen by Nazi troops during WWII, but which are now being painstakingly recreated by Russian craftsmen.

Duration: 4 hours Overview: This tour will take you to visit the Hermitage Museum, one of the most impressive art collections in the world. The Hermitage was founded on the original 18th century collection of Empress Catherine the Great and is housed in the magnificent Baroque Winter Palace (the main residence of the Russian Tzars of the Romanov Dynasty) and three other majestic buildings along the Neva River embankment - Small Hermitage, Old Hermitage and New Hermitage.

Duration: 4 hours Overview: During this city tour you will see all the major architectural and historical attractions such as the Palace Square, the Winter Palace (former residence of Russian Tsars), St. Isaac's Square, Decembrists' Square, the Square of Arts, the Field of Mars, the Summer Garden, the Marble Palace, Michael's Castle, the Church of Our Savior (outside), the cruise Aurora, the Spit of Basil's Island, admire a beautiful view of St Peter & Paul Fortress, the Hermitage and the Admiralty. You will also pass by Nevsky Prospect - the main boulevard of St Petersburg.

Visit St. Isaac's Cathedral which was originally the city's main church and the largest cathedral in Russia. The facades are decorated with sculpture and massive granite columns made of single pieces of red granite, while the interiors dazzle the eye with mosaic icons, paintings and columns made of malachite.

Duration: 4 hours Overview: During this city tour you will see all the major architectural and historical attractions such as the Palace Square, the Winter Palace (former residence of Russian Tsars), St. Isaac's Square, Decembrists' Square, the Square of Arts, the Field of Mars, the Summer Garden, the Marble Palace, Michael's Castle, the Church of Our Savior, the cruise Aurora, the Spit of Basil's Island, admire a beautiful view of St Peter & Paul Fortress, the Hermitage and the Admiralty. You will also pass by Nevsky Prospect - the main boulevard of St Petersburg.

Also visit the Spilled Blood Cathedral (also known as Church of Our Savior), one of the most beautiful cathedrals in St Petersburg and constructed in the style of the 16th - 17th century Russian architecture. The Cathedral stands out for its complicated and picturesque outline, as well as for its rich and multicolored decoration.

Duration: 4 hours Overview: During this city tour you will see all the major architectural and historical attractions such as the Palace Square, the Winter Palace (former residence of Russian Tsars), St. Isaac's Square, Decembrists' Square, the Square of Arts, the Field of Mars, the Summer Garden, the Marble Palace, Michael's Castle, the Church of Our Savior (Outside), the cruise Aurora, the Spit of Basil's Island, admire a beautiful view of St Peter & Paul Fortress, the Hermitage and the Admiralty. You will also pass by Nevsky Prospect - the main boulevard of St Petersburg.

Also during this tour you will visit (inside view) St Nicholas Orthodox Church built in the Late Empire style and decorated by Moscow's Peschekhonovs icon painters.

Duration: 4 hour Overview: During this city tour you will see all the major architectural and historical attractions such as the Palace Square, the Winter Palace (former residence of Russian Tsars), St. Isaac's Square, Decembrists' Square, the Square of Arts, the Field of Mars, the Summer Garden, the Marble Palace, Michael's Castle, the Church of Our Savior (Outside), the cruise Aurora, the Spit of Basil's Island, admire a beautiful view of St Peter & Paul Fortress, the Hermitage and the Admiralty. You will also pass by Nevsky Prospect - the main boulevard of St Petersburg.

Also during this city tour we will visit the Alexander Nevsky Monastery complex that is home to some of the oldest buildings in the city, as well as to cemeteries which contain the graves of some of the giants of Russian culture, including Tchikovsky, Dostoevsky and Glinka.

Duration: 3 hours Overview: The State Russian Museum contains the world's largest collection of Russian fine art. It was opened in 1898. The collections of the Russian Museum total more than 400,000 exhibits. All genres and schools of fine, applied and folk art from the 10th to the 20th century are presented in the museum. The main complex of museum buildings - the Mikhailovsky Palace and Benois Wing - houses the permanent exhibition of the Russian Museum.

Duration: 4 hours Overview: This tour will take you to see the major places of interests; architectural and historical sights and monuments like Palace Square, the Winter Palace (former residence of Russian Tsars), St. Isaac's Square (monument to Nicholas I), Decembrists' Square, the Square of Arts, the Field of Mars, the Summer Garden, the Marble Palace, Michael's Castle, the Church of Our Savior (outside), the cruiser Aurora (A revolutionary monument), the Spit of Basil's Island (Architectural ensemble of the early 19th century as well as the former trade port of St Petersburg), the Hermitage and the Admiralty. You will also pass by Nevsky Prospect - the main boulevard of St Petersburg.

Visit St Peter & Paul Fortress (the first structure in St Petersburg, built to protect Peter the Great's northern city from the threat of Swedish attacks and now the emblem of the city and the resting place of many of the Romanov dynasty).

Duration: 5 hours Overview: Peterhof is one of the oldest countryside residences of the Russian Tzars, world famous for its palaces and fountains and located by the shore of the Gulf of Finland. It is an outstanding example of palace architecture. There are 11 museums in Peterhof and you can also visit the small palaces (Cottage, Monplaisir, Marli, Hermitage, Catherine's pavilion and Bath pavilion). The Grand Palace was built by Peter the Great, initially as a resting place en route to the Imperial naval base at Kronshtadt. But the Tzar family was quick to recognize the attractiveness of the area and masterminded a vast estate intended to rival the famous gardens of Versailles in France.

Duration: 5 hours Overview: Pavlovsk is St. Petersburg's historical Imperial estate and lies just 29 kilometers from the city. Named after Paul I, who received the park grounds as a gift from his mother Catherine the Great in 1777, Pavlovsk is home to the Grand Palace and hundreds of acres of densely forested parkland.

Much of Pavlovsk's charm is derived from its wonderful landscape park. Located along the picturesque valley of the Slavyanka River, the extensive park is dotted with small pavilions and architectural follies, including the Temple of Friendship, the Colonnade of Apollo, the Pavilion of the Three Graces, the Dairy Farm and the Rose Pavilion. The dense Birch forest that fills the park, as well as the numerous inter-linking paths and the brooks and tributary streams of the Slavyanka that cover it make the park a wonderful setting for a long walk and gives the visitor a taste of the Russian countryside.

Duration: 4 hours Overview: This classical palace stands in the lovely park, which covers the whole of St. Petersburg's small Yelagin Island, which has always been a favorite promenade place of St. Petersburgers for its picturesque site, park, ponds and a superb view of the Gulf of Finland. Once the property of nobleman Ivan Yelagin, the palace was bought by Empress Maria Fedorovna and rebuilt by Italian architect Carlo Rossi. The palace was a summer residence for the Imperial family. The interior's jewel is the Oval hall decorated with caryatids and semi columns supporting the cupola. The ensemble comprises the Palace, the kitchen building, the stables, the music pavilion, the conservatory and the embankment pavilion.

Duration: 4 hours Overview: The Yusupov Palace is a unique historical landmark of federal importance showcasing the architectural trends from the 18th to 20th centuries. It has been acclaimed as the "encyclopedia" of St. Petersburg's aristocratic interior design. It was the residence of the wealthy and respected Yusupov family and which saw one of the most dramatic episodes in Russia's history - the murder of Grigory Rasputin.

Duration: Please contact us for details. Overview: The evening begins in the Nikolaevsky Palace restaurant where you discover traditional Russian dance and music during an elegant reception. There is no doubt; without the folk show "Feel yourself Russian" your visit to Russia wouldn't be complete. The show consists of two parts.

The show starts with the dance group "Reverance", the beautiful ladies in their crinolines and the elegant cavalier, accompanied by the "Classica" string quartet. It is followed by a folk instruments ensemble "The Souvenir" with their brilliant performance of folk compositions. Then a Cossack song and dance company "Maidan" reproduces on stage Cossack songs and dances in their original form. The skilful musicians of "Naigrysh", a folk instruments quartet, perform versions of the famous Russian tunes and the folk music of various nationalities. The dancers of "Petersburg Stars" have their own repertoire: dancing miniatures of the Urals and Siberia.

In the intermission, refreshments will be served. Enjoy a buffet table of fruit, canapés with red and black caviar, ham, smoked sausage, cheeses, soft drinks, Russian vodka, champagne, mineral water, and juice. During the interval, classical music known worldwide is performed by a string quartette.

Duration: please check with us Overview: For more than two centuries the Mariinsky Theatre has been presenting the world with a plethora of great artistes. Known during Soviet times as the Kirov Opera and Ballet Theater, it reverted to its original name in 1992. The present building, which dates back to 1859, originally housed another theater but was remodeled and taken over by the Mariinsky company. During pre-revolutionary times the theater enjoyed royal patronage and has played host to some of Russia’s most celebrated classical performers; Fiodor Shaliapin sang there, and the dancers Vatslav Nizhinsky, Matilda Kshesinskaya, Anna Pavlova also graced its stage.

The building and its marvelous 1,625-seat auditorium were severely damaged during the 900 day Siege of Leningrad, but was later restored in 1944. Since then the theater has maintained its excellent reputation, particularly for classical ballet. The theater rose to the dizzying heights of international success under the leadership of the conductor Yuri Temirkanov and the current Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Valery Gergiev. The theater’s Ballet Department also flourished under the famous Leonid Yakobson and has enjoyed performances by the world-renown Rudolf Nureyev.

Some of the famous shows are:
Swan Lake
The Nutcracker
Giselle
Romeo and Juliet
The Sleeping Beauty

Duration: please contact us Overview: The Hermitage Theatre, one of the oldest theatres in Russia, was built by order of Catherine the Great in 1782-1785 to a design by the architect Giacomo Quarenghi. It was constructed in the austere Neoclassical style on the site of what was once Peter I's Winter Palace. Its unusual auditorium was designed to resemble an amphitheatre, the walls and columns decorated with colored imitation marble. Statues of Apollo and the nine Muses are placed in niches, with bas-relief portraits of famous musicians and poets above them.

Since completion of the reconstruction, the Theatre has been used not only for scholarly purposes - lectures, seminars, conferences - but has also functioned once more as a true theatre, with plays and concerts accessible to the public. Musical festivals are organized and conducted in the Hermitage Theatre, and there are now traditional performances by graduating students of the famous Vaganova School of Ballet. Lovers of classical music can attend performances of the State Hermitage's own orchestra, St Petersburg Camerata.