DATE & PRICE
September 17 - 28, 2009
Los Angeles Departure from
$6,190 per person, double occupancy
Single Supplement: $1,490
Business and First Class Airfare
Available Upon Request
Limited to 20 travelers

TOUR PRICE INCLUDES
- International Air
- All Internal Transportation
- All Deluxe Accommodations
- Private Deluxe Motor Coach
- Full American Breakfast Daily
- 6 Lunches, 3 Dinners
- All Sightseeing Tours
- All Lecturers/Discussions
- All Transfer, Porterage & Taxes

EXPERIENCE WITH US
- Kremlin & Armory Museum
- Diamond Fund
- Young Virtuoso Performance
- Tretyakov Art Gallery
- Trinity Monastery of St. Serguis
- Hermitage Galleries & Staterooms
- Hermitage Gold Room
- Catherine’s Palace at Pushkin
- Pavlovsk Palace
- Peterhof
- World War II War Memorial
- Home Visit with Russian Families
- Ballet & Folk Dance Performances
- St. Isaac’s Cathedral
- Peter & Paul Fortress

ACCOMMODATIONS
Moscow: Marriott Grand Hotel
St. Petersburg: Nevsky Palace

Your Lecturer: Professor Robert Feldman

Photo Gallery

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 - USA
Depart for Moscow.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18- MOSCOW
Transfer to the deluxe Marriott Grand Hotel near to Red Square and the Kremlin.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 - MOSCOW
View the priceless Russian art at the Tretyakov Art Gallery. After lunch, tour the famous sights of Moscow, including Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral, the famed Moscow Metro and Moscow State University. (BL)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 - MOSCOW
Tour the Kremlin to see the Kremlin Armory Museum containing Faberge eggs, the royal crowns and regalia. Then take an exclusive tour into the Diamond Fund, a collection of masterpieces of jewelry and rare, precious stones. Stroll the impressive Cathedral Square, the central square of the Kremlin bordered by three cathedrals. In the evening attend a spectacular folkdance performance. (BL)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 - MOSCOW
Today enjoy an excursion to the Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius, one of Russia’s most important religious and historical landmarks and a place of spiritual and nationalist pilgrimage. Enjoy an exclusive performance of young virtuoso musicians. (BL)

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 - ST. PETERSBURG
Today visit the acclaimed Pushkin Fine Arts Museum before your flight to St. Petersburg. Transfer to the Nevsky Palace Hotel. (BD)

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 - ST. PETERSBURG
Explore this “Venice of the North” on a city tour. After lunch, view the exquisite collection of Scythian gold on your private visit of the Gold Room at the Hermitage Museum. (BL)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 - ST. PETERSBURG
This morning, tour the world famous Hermitage Museum with over 1000 rooms containing works of some of the greatest masters of art. In the evening attend a ballet. (BL)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 - ST. PETERSBURG
Visit the spectacular Konstantine Palace, which hosted the G8 summit. After lunch, tour the gardens at Peterhof before your hydrofoil trip back to St. Petersburg. (BL)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 - ST. PETERSBURG
Visit Senate Square and the magnificent St. Isaac’s Cathedral. Continue to Peter and Paul Fortress, with its cathedral and burial place for all tsars since Peter the Great, including Nicholas II and his family. In the evening, have dinner with a Russian family. (BD)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 - ST. PETERSBURG
Visit the memorial to the 900-day World War II siege of Leningrad. Then tour Catherine’s Palace at Pushkin and Paul’s Palace at Pavlovsk, the most elegant of the summer palaces around St. Petersburg. Tonight enjoy a special farewell Russian dinner with music. (BD)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 - ST. PETERSBURG
Transfer to the airport for your flight back home. (B)