St Petersburg
and Moscow
September 23 – October 9, 2016
Tour leader: Dr Matthew Dal Santo
St Petersburg
And Moscow
Overview
With a rich and at times tumultuous history stretching back hundreds of
years, the land of the Tsars is a fascinating place to explore. Our 17-day
tour of Russian culture, history and art commences in St Petersburg,
where we explore in depth the incomparable Hermitage, where all schools
of western art are represented. A day trip to Pushkin takes us to the lavish
Catherine Palace, a Baroque masterpiece whose Amber Room has been
recently restored. We will also visit Pavlovsk, the lovely 18th-century neoclassical palace, which contains one of the most beautiful garden
ensembles in Europe. City tours will include a visit to the Russian
Museum, the home of Russian 20th century avant-garde art, Peter and
Paul Fortress and the magnificent St Isaac’s Cathedral. We begin our tour
of Moscow at the ancient Red Square. While in Moscow we visit the
Kremlin’s cathedrals and its famous Armory Collection, the collections at
the State Tretyakov Gallery and enjoy an evening performance at the
legendary Bolshoi. On leaving Moscow we travel to Sergiev Posad to see
Russia’s holiest of holies, the beautiful Trinity Monastery of St Sergius.
Our last days in Russia are spent in Suzdal, the most beautiful and best
preserved town of the Golden Ring, a group of ancient towns that
preceded Moscow as the political and cultural heart of Russia.
SOME TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
 Seven nights in St Petersburg visiting the Hermitage and the
Russian museums, to view two of the world’s greatest collections of
art
 A day trip to the magnificent Catherine Palace, including the
dazzling Amber Room
 The classic onion-domed Church of the Spilled Blood with its richly
decorated façade and interiors and the Yusupov Palace, rivalling
the finest of the Tsars residences
 Experience the grandeur of St Basil’s Cathedral and Lenin’s
mausoleum in the iconic Red Square
 Explore Moscow’s cultural diversity, from the State Armory to the
Kremlin and fabulously ornate Metro stations
 See the Russian masters at the Tretyakov Gallery
 A performance at the world famous Bolshoi
 Visit Sergiev Posad, home of the Russian Orthodox Church
 Three nights in Suzdal, one of the ancient and best preserved
towns of the Golden Ring
Your Tour Leader
Dr Matthew Dal Santo is a historian and free-lance
writer with Honours degrees from both Sydney and
Cambridge Universities. He was a Fellow in History at
Trinity College where he received his PhD and won the
Sydney University Medal in modern French literature.
Matthew speaks French, Italian, Danish, German and
Russian.
Tour Price
The tour price is $9,990 per person, twin share (land content only). The
supplement for a single room is $1,890 per person. A non-refundable
deposit of $500 per person is required to secure a place on the tour.
Included in the tour price
 All accommodation in four star hotels
 All breakfasts, six lunches and six dinners in hotels and local
restaurants
 Land travel by air-conditioned coach
 Business class rail travel between St Petersburg and Moscow
 Extensive background notes
 Services of Australian tour leader throughout the tour
 All entrance fees to sites mentioned on itinerary
 Qualified local guides
 Porterage of one piece of luggage at all hotels
 Russian visa costs and processing
Not included
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International airfares (competitive quotes available)
Travel insurance
Meals and activities not stated as included in this itinerary
Personal expenses
Air travel OPTIONS
The tour price quoted is for land content only. Please contact us for further
information on competitive Economy, Business or First Class airfares for
this tour. For this tour we recommend Emirates flights into St Petersburg
and out of Moscow.
Airport transfers
There will be a dedicated transfer into St Petersburg and from Suzdal to
Moscow Domodedovo airport to coincide with Emirates flight schedules.
This transfer is included for passengers booking their flights through
Academy Travel. Please contact Erin Laffin for further details regarding
transfers.
Enquiries and bookings
For further information or to secure a place on this
tour please contact Erin Laffin at Academy Travel, on
9235 0023 or 1800 639 699 (outside Sydney) or email
[email protected]
Images right: the extravagant and brightly coloured onion domes of St Basil’s Cathedral,
built between 1555 and 1561; and Catherine the Great by Alexi Petrovich Antropovore.
Catherine the Great is remembered as one of the greatest reformers of Russia
Images left: one of Moscow’s elegant Metro stations built by Stalin as the people’s
palaces; and dancers from the Bolshoi Ballet performing Swan Lake
St Petersburg
And Moscow
Detailed ItinerARY
All breakfasts included. Included lunches and dinners are indicated by the
letters (L) and (D).
Friday September 23
Arrive St petersburg
Emirates flights arrive in St Petersburg in the late afternoon. Passengers
arriving on the Emirates flight in the afternoon will be met by Matthew Dal
Santo and transferred to our hotel. After checking in and time to freshen
up there is a light dinner available in the hotel this evening. (D)
Saturday September 24
Touring st petersburg
This morning we depart by coach on a city tour of St Petersburg. Our first
port of call is the Peter and Paul Fortress. Built by Peter the Great in 1703,
it is the first and oldest landmark in St. Petersburg. Several buildings are
contained within the fortress, the Peter and Paul Cathedral being the most
notable as it contains the tombs of almost all the Russian rulers from Peter
the Great. Tsar Nicholas II and his family were finally laid to rest here in
July 1998 on the 80th anniversary of their executions. We visit St Isaac’s
Cathedral, whose gilded dome dominates the St Petersburg skyline while
its facades are decorated in sculpture and red granite columns, and the
interiors adorned with detailed mosaic icons, paintings and columns of
lapis lazuli and malachite. This evening we gather to enjoy a welcome
dinner in a local restaurant. (B, D)
Sunday September 25
Catherine’s palace
Above: the dome of St Isaac’s Cathedral on Palace Square;
and Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, Madonna and Child
in the Hermitage Museum
Below: the grand Catherine's Palace in Tsarskoe Selo
This morning we drive the short distance to Tsarskoe Selo, formerly
Pushkin, where we visit magnificent Catherine’s Palace. Built for Tsarina
Elizabeth by Rastrelli in 1752 in the rococo style, it was named Catherine
in honour of her mother, Catherine l, wife of Peter the Great. Catherine the
Great commissioned a Scottish architect Charles Cameron to design the
glorious gardens and construct the personal apartments of the Empress.
The palace was badly damaged during the German occupation of World
War ll, leaving only a hollow shell behind, but it has since been lovingly
restored. Inside the palace, our tour takes us through the restored
gentlemen-in-waiting’s dining room, the dazzling Great Hall, State Dining
Room, Crimson and Green Pilaster rooms and the portrait room. We also
visit the legendary Amber Room which was restored largely with German
funds and re-opened in 2004. We break for lunch at Podvorye Restaurant,
located in a typical Russian log house and serving traditional Russian
cuisine. After lunch we explore Pavlovsk Palace and its park designed by
Charles Cameron as a classic English landscaped garden and one of the
most beautiful park ensembles in Europe. We return to St Petersburg this
afternoon, stopping at Leningrad Blockade Memorial which poignantly
evokes the 900-day siege of Leningrad (1941-1944) and acts as an
important reminder of great hardships endured by its people during World
War II. (B, L)
Monday September 26
A tale of two murders
Today we visit Yusupov Palace, situated on the Moika Canal. It is one of
the most beautiful palaces in St Petersburg and contains a series of
sumptuously decorated rooms. It was here that Grigory Rasputin, the
infamous ‘holy man’ who exercised such powerful influence on the court of
Russia, was murdered in 1916 in disputed circumstances by Prince Felix
Yusupov. Shortly after Rasputin’s murder, the Soviets came to power and
confiscated the palace from the nobles. Today it serves as a Palace of
Culture for educators as well as the Rasputin Museum. This afternoon we
explore the canals of St Petersburg by boat before visiting the distinctive
Russian style, multi-domed Church of the Spilled Blood. The elaborately
decorated church was erected on the site where Alexander II was mortally
wounded by the anti-monarchist revolutionary organisation, People’s Will
in 1881. The exterior draws heavily from St Basils Cathedral in Moscow
contradicting the influence of western architecture prevalent in St
Petersburg at the time. The interior is covered with an outstanding array of
mosaics depicting scenes from Holy Scripture and the patron saints of the
Romanovs. (B)
Tuesday September 27
The hermitage museum
For most people St Petersburg is inexorably connected with its great art
museum, the Hermitage, housed in the former residence of the Tsars, the
Winter Palace. Built for Tsarina Elizabeth by the Italian-born architect,
Rastrelli, the Winter Palace was a winter residence of the Tsars until 1904,
when increasing unrest forced Nicholas II and his family to retreat to
Tsarskoe Selo. During World War I it was used as a hospital for invalids.
In July 1917 the Provisional Government took over the palace as its
headquarters, and this led in turn to its storming by the Bolsheviks who
nationalised the collection. Our day is spent uncovering the many galleries
and exploring the amazing collection housed in this extraordinary
museum.
Wednesday September 28
art & artisans
Our day commences at the Carl Fabergé museum. Located in the
Shuvalov Palace the museum house the world’s largest collection of
works by Fabergé including nine of his famous imperial Easter eggs This
afternoon we visit the Russian Museum, which was opened to the public in
1898 by Tsar Nicholas ll and, along with the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow,
contains the finest collection of Russian art in the world. From medieval
icons to soul-searching works of the Wanderers, the explosion of
Symbolism and Stalinist Social Realism, the works mirror Russia’s history.
Today the museum houses the greatest collection of Russian avant-garde
art, among them masterpieces by Chagall, Kandinsky and Malevich. (B)
Thursday September 29
At leisure
Today is at leisure to further explore St Petersburg. (B)
Above: despair personified at the Leningrad Blockade
Memorial
Below: Church of the Spilled Blood, St Petersburg; and the
Imperial Coronation Egg made under the supervision of the
Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1897
St Petersburg
And Moscow
Friday September 30
To Moscow
After a relaxed morning, we check out of the hotel and transfer to St
Petersburg railway station where we board the fast train for our four hour
journey to Moscow. On arrival we transfer to our hotel situated in the heart
of the city. Dinner is in the hotel this evening. (B, L on the train, D)
Saturday October 1
Touring moscow
Our tour commences with a visit to the iconic Red Square, a vast cobbled
area flanked by some of Moscow’s most famous sites, including St Basil’s
Cathedral with its extravagant and brightly coloured onion domes,
commissioned by Ivan the Terrible and built between 1555 and 1561. Also
in Red Square is Lenin’s Mausoleum, where the former leader’s body
remains on display to the public, and GUM department store with its
elaborate façade and designer stores having replaced the queues of the
Soviet era. After lunch in a local restaurant we return to the hotel where
the remainder of the day is at leisure. (B, L)
Sunday october 2
THE TRETYAKOV GALLERY
Today we visit the Tretyakov Gallery, home of the world’s greatest
collection of Russian art. Among the exhibits are The Trinity by Andrei
Rublev and Russia’s most revered icon, the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of
God. After a break for lunch we visit the Tolstoy museum, dedicated to the
writer’s home life and the State Gulag Museum, the only museum devoted
to history of Stalin’s vast network of labour camps that were spread across
the USSR. (B)
Monday october 3
The kremlin
Above: entrance to Moscow’s Red Square (photo by Bart
Slingerland); and Our Lady of Vladimir Icon brought from
Constantinople in the 12th Century and now housed in the
Tretyakov Gallery
Below: the Cathedral of the Assumption in the Kremlin
Today we visit the Kremlin, seat of the Tsars, headquarters of the Soviet
Union and now the residence of President Vladimir Putin. Since its
foundation in 1156, the Kremlin has been a symbol of power of the State.
We visit some of the churches in the Cathedral Square, among them the
most important church in Moscow, the Cathedral of the Assumption. Also
in the Kremlin complex is the State Armory, which showcases the wealth
accumulated by Russian tsars over many centuries and the Diamond
Fund, which boasts among its jewels the famous Orlov diamond
presented to Catherine the Great by her lover Count Grigory Orlov, as well
as the Shah Diamond given to Tsar Nicholas I by Shah Mirza. (B, L)
Tuesday october 4
At leisure
Today is at leisure to further explore Moscow. (B)
Wednesday October 5
metro tour
No visit to Moscow is complete without a ride on its famous underground,
the metro, and this morning we see some of the elegant stations
decorated in frescoes and lined with marble. Construction work on the
metro began in the early 1930s, during the period of Stalin’s first five year
plan. Nikita Khrushchev was one of the men entrusted with building a
metro that would serve as a showcase for socialism. It was declared that
‘the whole country will build the metro’. Some of the Soviet Union’s finest
artists were employed to decorate the metro. A gentle walk along the
Garden Boulevards through Moscow’s exclusive housing areas leads us
to the Pushkin Café, an elegant Russian restaurant in a converted
Baroque mansion. The afternoon is free to stroll along the Old Arbat, or to
visit the famous Yeliseev Art Deco café and deli on Tverskaya Street for a
warming cup of coffee or a shot of vodka. (B, L)
Thursday October 6
Sergiev posad
We depart Moscow by coach for Sergiev Posad, Russia’s holiest of holies,
the beautiful Trinity Monastery of St Sergius. Founded in 1340 by St
Sergius, Russia’s patron saint, it is a glorious ensemble of blue and
golden cupolas offset by snow-white walls. It was closed by the Bolsheviks
after the 1917 Revolution but re-opened after World War II as a museum,
working monastery and the residence of the patriarch. From Sergiev
Posad we travel to Suzdal, approximately four hours away, where we
remain for the rest of our stay in Russia. (B, L, D)
Above: detail of Kandinskiy’s Moscow. Red Square,
1916, in the State Tretyakov Gallery
Friday October 7
Suzdal
Suzdal is one of the most beautiful and best preserved towns of the
Golden Ring, a group of ancient towns that preceded Moscow as the
political and cultural heart of Russia. The first records of Suzdal date from
1024. With its clusters of 17th- and 18th-century whitewashed churches
and its streets of low wooden houses with traditional carved eaves and
windows, Suzdal is a living museum protected against any industrial
development. We explore it at leisure today with a local guide. (B, L, D)
Saturday October 8
vladimir
Today we visit Vladimir, founded by Vladimir Monomakh in 1108; it
became the capital of all Kievan Rus after Kiev was sacked in 1169.
Although Vladimir eventually gave way to Moscow as the capital of
Russia, the Tsars continued to be crowned in its Cathedral of the
Assumption until the 15th century. Among those crowned here were Dmitri
Donskoy and Alexander Nevskiy. The Cathedral, built in the 1150s,
originally housed Russia’s most revered icon, the Vladimir Icon of the
Mother of God. Originally brought from Kiev, it was moved to Moscow in
1390 and has been housed at the Tretyakov Gallery since 1930. The real
treasures of the Cathedral today are the frescoes painted by Andrei
Rublev in 1408. On our way back to Valdimir we visit the Church of
Intercession of Nerl, a symbol of medieval Russia situated on a lake in an
isolated meadow. In the evening we gather for our farewell dinner. (B, L,
D)
Below: the 18th-century throne of Empress Elizabeth
housed in the State Armory
St Petersburg
And Moscow
Sunday October 9
Departure
We transfer by coach to Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport to coincide with
the Emirates flight scheduled to depart this evening. (B)
Physical Requirements of THIS tour
Physical rating
Above: Golden domes of the Cathedral of the Assumption in
the Trinity Monastery of St Sergius, Sergiev Posad
Below: Detail of Andrei Rublev’s The Last Judgement in the
Assumption Cathedral, Vladimir; and the Museum of
Wooden Architecture, Suzdal
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Hotels
St Petersburg, Angleterre (7 nights)
A historic five-star hotel with elegantly furnished rooms and excellent
service situated in the shadow of St Isaacs Cathedral close to the
Hermitage Museum and within walking distance of Nevsky Prospect. Our
deluxe rooms offer views over St Isaacs Square and the cathedral and
feature Italian marble bathrooms and free wifi.
moscow, Peter 1 (6 nights)
A well regarded four-star hotel in a central position, less than 10 minutes
walk from Red Square, the Kremlin, the Bolshoi and many of Moscow’s
museums. Rooms are elegantly furnished with all the amenities of a
modern hotel.
suzdal, pushkarskaya sloboda (3 nights)
The only four-star rated hotel located within the Golden Ring region.
Consisting of several restored 19th-century buildings and modern
buildings constructed in the same style, the hotel evokes an atmosphere
of life in a Russian village. Air-conditioned rooms are clean and
comfortable all are equipped with satellite television, mini bar, safe and a
hairdryer.
* Hotels may be subject to change (to another hotel of equivalent quality). Any
changes will be advised to all clients booked on the tour.
Weather on Tour
September and October is a pleasant time to travel in Russia with the
autumnal colours on show. Days are mild with an average chance of rain
and temperatures averaging between lows of seven degrees at night and
sixteen degrees during the day decreasing to lows of 5 and highs of 12
degrees in early October. A light weather proof jacket and umbrella may
be required at times during the tour.
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for those wishing to break their journey. Please contact Erin Laffin on
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Images right: the elegant Angleterre Hotel, St Petersburg; and a deluxe room at the
hotel offering views over St Isaacs Square and the cathedral; the Grand Façade of
the Peter I Hotel; and elegant furnishings are a hallmark of our Moscow hotel
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