Moscow is a city that can take months, if not years, to get to be known properly, and visitors often do not know where to start - there is so much to see! We will show you the city in a day packed with variety and wonder. In the first half of the day, we will take you around the highlights of the city on our comfortable tour bus, and our guide will keep you entertained with fascinating true stories about the city’s past, present, and future.
We will stop for lunch in a traditional Russian restaurant, where you’ll be able to discover the country’s rich culinary heritage. After lunch, we will take you to the most historic site in Moscow: the Kremlin. We will show you around this city within a city, and you will visit the ancient Kremlin cathedrals, where generations of tsars were crowned and buried.
Then you will visit one of Moscow’s oldest and most fascinating museums - the Kremlin Armory. With its unique collections from the Tsar period: historical armor and weapons, Russian and European silver and gold tableware and jewelry, ancient state regalia, and ceremonial vestments, historic clothing, the carriages used by many of Russia’s tsars, and Fabergé eggs, it truly has something for everybody!
Within the Armory is another great treasure house - the Kremlin Diamond Fund, which hides the former Imperial treasury - the personal gem collections of Russia’s tsars - updated with more recently - discovered specimens. Here you will see the Great Imperial Crown made for Catherine the Great - which alone contains 5000 diamonds - along with other priceless cut and uncut diamonds and other precious stones, many with a fascinating history.
Price per person
Accommodation | Single | Double (per person) | Additional |
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Cosmos Hotel 3* | |||
Adult
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$265
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$222
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$226
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Infant (0-3)
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$59
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$59
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Child (4-11)
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$182
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$185
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Arbat Hotel 3* | |||
Adult
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$297
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$244
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$257
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Infant (0-3)
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$59
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$59
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Child (4-11)
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$203
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$216
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Radisson Slavyanskaya & Business Center 4* | |||
Adult
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$365
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$285
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$271
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Infant (0-3)
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$59
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$59
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Child (4-11)
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$244
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$230
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President Hotel 4* | |||
Adult
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$340
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$276
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$283
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Infant (0-3)
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$59
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$59
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Child (4-11)
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$235
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$242
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Marriot Tverskaya Hotel 4* | |||
Adult
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$344
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$279
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$269
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Infant (0-3)
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$59
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$59
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Child (4-11)
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$239
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$228
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Sheraton Palace 5* | |||
Adult
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$379
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$297
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$279
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Infant (0-3)
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$59
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$59
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Child (4-11)
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$257
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$239
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Marriott Grand Hotel 5* | |||
Adult
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$386
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$301
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$283
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Infant (0-3)
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$59
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$59
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Child (4-11)
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$260
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$242
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Marriott Royal Aurora 5* | |||
Adult
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$549
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$383
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$336
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Infant (0-3)
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$59
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$59
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Child (4-11)
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$342
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$296
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Hotel National, a Luxury Collection 5* | |||
Adult
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$493
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$354
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$319
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Infant (0-3)
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$59
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$59
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Child (4-11)
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$314
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$278
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- Hotel accommodation (3 nights)
- Meals according to the program (3 breakfasts)
- Transport service according to the program
- Excursions according to the program
- All entrance tickets according to the program
- Way to Moscow and back (air, railway tickets)
- Meeting (or seeing off) at the train station or at the airport
- Lunches and dinners
- Meeting (or seeing off) at the station or at the airport: railway station-hotel - 500 rubles/car, airport-hotel - 1500 rubles/Car
- Additional excursions from our catalog
- River walks
- Tickets to the theater, circus
- You can extend your stay in Moscow for any number of days. We will book additional nights at the hotel and draw up an excursion program if necessary
Itinerary
- Arrival at the hotel on your own. Individual transfer if needed, for add. fee: railway station-hotel - 500 rubles/car, airport-hotel - 1500 rubles/car
- Check-in at 14.00. If you arrived earlier, you can leave your baggage for free in the hotel's luggage room
- 11:00 Meeting with the guide - at the main entrance to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior (metro station Kropotkinskaya) - you get to the meeting point on your own. It is possible to order an individual transfer from the hotel to the meeting point for extra charge fee - RUB 500 / car
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11:00 - 12:00
Visiting the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
During the tour: You will be able to admire the elaborate interior of this vast building: the famous frescos, the beautiful white marble and gold iconostasis, and the monumental dome, with its windows that fill the whole space with light. You will hear about the artists who contributed to the original cathedral, and their skilled successors who carefully recreated the destroyed exterior and interior decorations from the surviving 19th Century sketches and designs. You will learn about the building’s turbulent history, and enjoy unrivaled panoramic views of the center of Moscow from its 40-meter-high viewing platform. The views of the Kremlin, the Moscow River, the Pushkin Museum and Bolotny Island are unmissable! This great cathedral, a symbol of faith, martyrdom and resurrection opens its doors to you!
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12:00 - 12:30
Observation deck of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior
Continuing an ancient tradition of building churches to commemorate military victories, this cathedral was founded in honour of the Russian defeat of Napoleon in the 1812 Patriotic War. Its construction took more than 40 years and the cathedral was finally opened in 1882. Tchaikovsky’s famous 1812 Overture was premiered there. Covered in brilliant while marble, with a vast golden dome, it was the tallest Orthodox church in the world and dominated the Moscow skyline.
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12:30 - 14:00
Arbat District: the Art Quarter
We would like to invite you to take a walk with us along the historic Old Arbat! We will talk about the history and architecture of the most romantic street in Moscow. You will hear a lot of interesting facts about the grand houses that were located here and their wealthy residents. You will learn how a once inexpensive inn for carriage drivers has since turned into one of the best restaurants in the capital! You will see the famous house where A. Pushkin and N. Goncharova spent their honeymoon and stand at the wall dedicated to the memory of post punk/new wave icon Viktor You will be carried away down the beautiful side streets such as: Bolshaya Afanasyevsky, Nikolopeskovsky, Filippovsky, Krivoarbatsky. In a bygone era, these streets were part of Arbat and were bustling with its spirit. B.Okudzhava dedicated some of his lyrical poems to Arbat, his favourite street from childhood. A. Rybakov, author of the famous novel ‘Children of the Arbat’ also lived here. There is also a little corner of Bulgakov's Moscow on Arbat - the former Torgsin store (now the ‘The Seventh Continent’), where the novel ‘The Master and Margarita’ unfolded. Every house on Arbat is a piece of history, and we will dive into this history head first.
- Return to the hotel on your own
- 07:00 - 10:00 Breakfast at the hotel (buffet)
- 11:00 Meeting with the guide - at the arch of the Main entrance to VDNKh (VDNKh metro station) - you get to the meeting point on your own. It is possible to order an individual transfer from the hotel to the meeting point for extra charge fee - RUB 500/car
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11:00 - 12:30
Excursion around VDNKh «Legends and Myths»
Discover VDNKh exhibition park - the the great footprint of the Soviet Union in Moscow. See the fountains and pavilions in all shapes and styles, the hallmark monuments, the enormous Monument to the Conquerors of Space etc...
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12:30 - 13:00
Pavilion of Moscow City Scale Model
The unique interactive scale model of the city is considered to be the central core of the exposition. The work on the model commenced in autumn 2012. 368,64 square metres of the model precisely depict the city area within the Boulevard and Garden Ring, include more than 20 000 buildings and structures at 1:400 scale. The model has been realistically accomplished: the chiming clock on the Spasskaya tower strikes at certain hours, bas-reliefs and panel pictures on certain buildings have been reconstructed in details. All models are placed on real underlying cause; each hill and all low grounds are accurately depicted. The model is completed with interactive system, which lightens buildings from inside. One can operate it choosing objects according to directory.
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13:30 - 14:30
Pavilion of Cosmonautics and Aviation Centre
The Cosmonautics and Aviation Centre takes you on a journey from the first idea of conquering the universe to space exploration projects of the future. Not only can you take a trip around the solar system here, but you can also see more than 120 unique samples of aircraft and space technology, exhibits of military-industrial enterprises, more than 2,000 rare archival documents, photographs and video materials about the history of space-related achievements.
- Return to the hotel on your own
- 07:00 - 10:00 Breakfast at the hotel (buffet)
- 11:00 Meeting with the guide - at the monument to Minin and Pozharsky on Red Square (metro station Okhotny Ryad) - you get to the meeting point on your own. It is possible to order an individual transfer from the hotel to the meeting point for extra charge fee - RUB 500/car
- 11:00 - 14:30 Bus-tour «Date with Moscow» with a ride on the cable car (during the tour there are several exits: Red Square, Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Vorobyovy Gory observation deck)
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12:00 - 12:30
Moscow Cable Car
Fly over the Moskva River! A new centre of gravity on Vorobyovy Hills, Moscow's first cable car spans the two banks of the Moskva River. It is difficult to imagine another place in Moscow where a cable car would fit in as organically, or be as much in demand as here. The powerful cable car flies you from the Luzhniki Sports Complex to the legendary Vorobyovy Gory observation deck in no time. The 720-metre-long route has three stations: Vorobyovy Gory (28 Kosygina Street), Novaya Liga (Vorobyovskaya Embankment) and Luzhniki (24c1 Luzhnetskaya Embankment). The cable cars can carry 1,600 passengers an hour. The cable car pylons rise to the height of a nine-storey building (35 metres) above the banks of the Moskva River. Each of the 33 comfortable roofed gondolas has eight seats. The gondolas are equipped with media screens, audio guides in four languages (Russian, English, Chinese and Spanish), LED illumination and hooks for bicycles, skis and snowboards. The gondolas have room for baby strollers and wheelchairs. The gondola fleet also has two VIP gondolas for newlyweds and the more demanding passengers.
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14:30 - 15:00
Moscow City Skyscraper Quarter with a guide
The thirst to be as high up as possible drives man to do jaw-dropping things…In order to see the world from a bird's eye view, people scale mountains and even climb the upper floors of towers and skyscrapers! Do you also dream of climbing higher? Do you want to send your nerves into overdrive? To do this, you do not have to go to New York or Abu Dhabi. The Moscow International Business Centre (Moscow City) complex of skyscrapers is an animated symphony of glass and concrete in high-tech style. Stunning views and indescribable feelings await you! The capital is really beneath your feet!
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15:00 - 16:00
The highest observation deck - Panorama 360
The highest observation deck in Europe on the 89th floor! The highest ice cream factory in the world with non-stop tasting. Panoramic view of Moscow at a height of 327 meters. The highest chocolate factory with possible tasting. 3D Moscow-City Towers’ models virtual exhibition. «360» panoramic restaurant of authorial and European cuisine on the 89th floor etc...
- Return to the hotel on your own
- 07:00 - 10:00 Breakfast at the hotel (buffet). Check-out at 12:00. You can leave your baggage for free in the hotel's luggage room
- 11:00 Meeting with the guide - at the monument to Zhukov G.K. in front of the Historical Museum (metro station Okhotny Ryad) - you can get to the meeting point on your own. It is possible to order an individual transfer from the hotel to the place of departure for an extra charge fee - RUB 500/car
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11:00 - 13:00
Walking tour «Red Square + Department Store No1 (GUM) + Alexandrovsky Garden: Legends of Moscow»
There is a well-known saying that "all roads lead to Rome”, and, in Russia, it is still very much the case that "all roads lead to Moscow", and to Red Square, in the very centre of the city. After all, the roads in this enormous country are measured from Zero kilometer, right in front of the main entrance to the square. But Red Square is more than just the geographical centre of Moscow, it is the city’s living heart. It may not be the biggest urban square in the world - it measures just 330 meters by 75 meters - but you can feel the history here in every stone. There are many tourist routes through old Moscow, but an excursion around Red Square and Alexander Garden should definitely be at the top of the list. Here you can feel the Russia’s pulse, be transported through its history and appreciate its values. Red Square and Alexander Garden welcomes you with open arms!
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13:00 - 14:30
Moscow Kremlin walking tour with a visit to one cathedral
The Moscow Kremlin is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation. We invite visitors on a sightseeing tour around the capital’s number one attraction.
- At the end of the tour, you independently get to the station / airport or hotel and pick up your luggage from the storage room. Individual transfer at will, for add. fee: hotel - railway station - 500 rubles/car, hotel - airport - 1500 rubles/car