7-Day St. Petersburg to Moscow Tour: Chinese and English Language Guide**中英文双语导游服务 || UNESCO World Heritage**

Arrival in St. Petersburg, optional transfer to the hotel. Check-in and enjoy a welcome meeting.

St. Petersburg is an amazing city. Its imperial palaces and museums enjoy worldwide fame, while the Neva River and the many canals have deservedly given the city the title of Venice of the North. During the morning sightseeing tour we get acquainted with all the splendors of the city: Peter and Paul Fortress, the Winter Palace, St. Isaac's Cathedral, Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, Nevsky Convent, and much more. In the afternoon we offer an optional excursion to Zarskoye Selo with the impressive Catherine's Palace and Amber Room (own expense). In the evening enjoy an optional visit to the Nikolaevsky Palace with an exciting Russian folklore show and Russian champagne and snacks (own expense).

The morning is reserved for an optional visit to Peterhof, an uncontested masterpiece of the time of Peter the Great, with the impressive Grand Palace, Grand Cascade and Water Avenue, and wonderful parks (own expense). In the afternoon, an visit to the world-famous Hermitage Museum is included in your package. In the evening enjoy an optional Russian dinner at Restaurant Pryanosti and Radosti.

The early morning is reserved for an optional St. Petersburg channel cruise. Around noon we head to the Moscow Railway Station and board the Sapsan high-speed train bound for Moscow. The train ride takes us through endless Russian landscapes along the River Volga. In the late afternoon we arrive at Moscow.

Moscow, The Mother of Russia, is a genuine Russian city with the Kremlin and its onion domed cathedrals. The dramatic changes over the last decade have made the city to one of the most dynamic metropolis in the world. The morning sightseeing tour includes the highlights of the vast city: the Red Square with St. Basil’s Cathedral, the Theatre Square with Bolshoi Theatre and Sparrow Hills with Moscow University and we visit the Kremlin grounds and one of the cathedrals. In the afternoon we have included a guided tour of the Moscow Metro including the historical stations on the Ring-Line and a guided stroll along the famous pedestrian Arbat Street. The evening offers an optional Moscow by night tour including an unforgettable river cruise on the White Flotilla.

The day offers an optional full day excursion to the quaint town of Sergiev Posad, where we visit the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, the most important Russian monastery and the spiritual heart of the Russian Orthodox Church. The whole Lavra has been beautifully restored for the 700-year celebrations of the birth of St. Sergius of Radonezh. The evening offers an optional visit to the Old Russian Circus at your own expense.

Optional transfer to the airport.