Take a look at two of Russia’s most striking cities on a Russia tour come early july! Explore the sights of Moscow – Russia’s lively capital, before continuing to rural Pskov and Pechory for a local banya experience and capping off the adventure in St Petersburg, the jewel in Russia’s imperial crown.
Take a guided walk with this st petersburg guided tours across the legendary Red Square and the Kitay-Gorod and Lubyanka area. In Red Square, feast your eyes on the intensely coloured, onion domed St Basil’s Cathedral, the main topic of countless postcards. Along one side runs the elegant façade of the illustrious GUM department store, once the sole selection for shopping in the Communist era. Also in Red Square is Lenin’s Mausoleum.
Journeying to Red Square in your Russia tour via the underground Metro, you can have a guided tour of the mighty Kremlin. The fortified stronghold built in the 11th century, was home to the campaigns of Ivan the Terrible, Stalin, Lenin, Napoleon and recently Gorbachev, Yeltsin and Putin. Inside the causes we view the Russian Palaces of Congresses, Senate and Supreme Soviet buildings and make visits to the Assumption Cathedral, Ivan the Great Bell Tower, Tsar Bell and Armoury.
Explore St Petersburg in your Russia Tour. Founded by Peter the Great, grandiose St Petersburg is made around an intrinsic network of canals and rivers. Known as the cradle of Revolution, in the 20th century the city underwent three name changes, three revolutions and a 900-day siege. With increased than 90 museums, many which are housed in imperial palaces, plus flamboyant galleries and churches. There are masses to see on the Russia Unplugged tour.
Stroll along Nevsky Prospekt, and look at the Church on Spilled Blood and The Bronze Horseman. No Russia tour is complete with out a guided visit of the Hermitage Collection at the Winter Palace. Housing some 2.8 million pieces of art, with collections ranging from Egyptian mummies to Greek vases and a vast and dazzling variety of Old Master. St Petersburg features a thriving restaurant, bar and club scene to be enjoyed by night.