DATE & PRICE
September 23 – October 4, 2010
Los Angeles Departure $5,690
per person double occupancy
Single Supplement $1,290
Business and First Class Airfare
available upon request
Limited to 20 travelers

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

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

ACCOMMODATIONS
Moscow – Peter I Hotel
St. Petersburg – Nevsky Palace

LECTURER
Professor Bob Feldman

Photo Gallery

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 - USA
Depart for Moscow.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 - MOSCOW
Transfer to the deluxe Peter I Hotel near Red Square and the Kremlin.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 - 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 26 - 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. In the evening attend a spectacular folkdance performance. (BL)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 - 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. Enjoy an exclusive performance of young virtuoso musicians. (BL)

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 - 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 29 - 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 30 - 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, have dinner with a Russian family. (BD)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 - ST. PETERSBURG
Board a hydrofoil to Peterhof, summer palace of Peter the Great. In the evening attend a ballet. (BL)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 - 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. (BL)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3 - 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, OCTOBER 4 - ST. PETERSBURG
Transfer to the airport for your flight back home (B)