Masterpieces of the Russian Theatre

 (Moscow / St.Petersburg)

 GROUP TOUR
8 Days / 7 Nights

 

Program of the tour:

Day.1

Arrival to Moscow. Traditional Russian “Bread & Salt” welcome at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. Check-in. Dinner at the hotel.

Day 2

Breakfast. The theater life in Moscow tour. Tour of the Kremlin including visit to a Cathedral. Ballet or opera performance on the new stage of the Bolshoy Theater. Dinner at a city restaurant.

Day 3

Breakfast. Tour of the Bolshoy Theater museum. Tour of the former count Sheremetyev’s Wooden Palace, where Sheremetyev’s serfs used to perform at the private theatre. Dinner at the hotel. Visiting an evening performance in the Obraztsov State Academic Puppet Theater, or a Symphony Orchestra Concert.

Day 4

Breakfast. Trip to Sergiev Posad for the tour of the St.Trinity Sergius Monastery. Return to Moscow. Visiting a circus performance. Dinner at the restaurant owned by a theater. Transfer to the train station. Overnight train to St.Petersburg (2nd class, 4 passengers in a compartment).

Day 5

Arrival in St.Petersburg. Transfer to the hotel. Check-in. The “Theater life in St.Petersburg” tour. Ballet or opera performance at the Mariinsky Theater. Dinner at a city restaurant.

Day 6

Breakfast. The tour of the Hermitage Museum. Trip to Pushkin for the tour of the Catherine’s Palace, with its famous Amber Room. Dinner at the Podvorye Russian restaurant. Return to St.Petersburg.

Day 7

Breakfast. Visit to the Vaganova Ballet school. Attending a rehearsal at the Hermitage Theater. Dinner at the hotel.

Day 8

Breakfast. Transfer to the airport. Departure.

 The price of the tour is quoted by request.