Harbin Ice Festival & Maslenitsa

Accommodation

• 3-, 4- or 5-star hotel of your choice, hand-picked by our staff for their excellent amenities and central location
• 2 nights Harbin // 2 nights Ulan-Ude // 3 nights Lake Baikal/Irkutsk // 2 nights Yekaterinburg // 2 nights Krasnoyarsk // 2 nights Kazan / 1 night Nizhny Novgorod // 1 night Vladimir // 1 night Suzdal // 1 night Yaroslavl
• 3 nights in Moscow // 4 nights in St. Petersburg
• 4 nights on board

Meals

• Full breakfast at the hotels (except Day 1)
• 3 lunches: Buryat lunch at Lake Baikal // Russian lunch in Taltsy with tea and honey degustation // Tatar cooking master-class with lunch in Kazan
• 2 lunches in local restaurants in Vladimir and Suzdal
• Russian pancake Maslenitsa Experience in Yaroslavl (lunch)
• Degustation of Medovukha in Suzdal
• Group tour: Welcome dinner

Transportation

• Train 1st class compartment (2-berth) as per itinerary

• from Harbin to Ulan-Ude

• from Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk

• from Yekaterinburg to Kazan by train fare first class

• from Kazan to Nizhny Novgorod

• from Nizhny Novgorod to Golden Ring

• from Moscow to St Petersburg

• Train 2nd class train compartment as per itinerary

• from Harbin to Ulan-Ude

• from Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk

• from Yekaterinburg to Kazan by train fare economy

• from Kazan to Nizhny Novgorod

• from Nizhny Novgorod to Golden Ring

• from Moscow to St Petersburg

• Meet & greet at the airports/train stations
• Private return airport/train station transfers
• Private transportation on tours as per program in a comfortable a/c car/minivan/bus (except on walking tours)
• Metro pass for Moscow & St. Petersburg

Sightseeing

• Harbin full day (8 hours) guided tour: Harbin Ice Festival
• Ulan-Ude full day (8 hours) guided tour: Atsagatsy Datsan & Buryat village // Ulan-Ude full day (8 hours) guided tour: Ivolginky Datsan & Old believers village
• Irkutsk half-day (4 hours) guided tour: St. Epiphany Cathedral, Kirov Square, Taltsy Museum guided tour with national folk performance
• Listvyanka full day (8 hours) guided tour: Baikal Museum of Limnology, Chersky Stone observation point, local souvenir market
• Krasnoyarsk full day (8 hours) guided tour: the chapel of Saint Paraskeva Pyatnits Communal Bridge, Krasnoyarsk dam (Hydroelectric Power Station) // Full day (8 hours) guided tour to Natural Krasnoyarsk Stolby Reserve
• Full-day (8 hours) guided tour of Yekaterinburg: highlights include Ganina Yama Monastery, Church of All Saints, Europe-Asia Border, the Pyzhma military museum
• Full-day (8 hours) guided tour of Kazan: highlights include the Kazan Kremlin, Kul Sharif Mosque, Syumbike tower, Old Tatar village
• Nizhny Novgorod day (6 hours) guided tour: the Kremlin, historic downtown
• The Golden Ring guided tours: Vladimir: the Assumption Cathedral, St Demetrius Cathedral, Golden Gates, Museum of Crystal // Yaroslavl: the Residence of Maslenitsa // Suzdal: Kremlin and the ensemble of the Monastery of St. Euthymius
• The Golden Ring guided tours: Rostov the Great: the Rostov Kremlin, master class on national crafts // Bogolyubovo: the Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin on the Nerl River
• Full-day (8 hours) guided tour of Moscow; Highlights include Moscow Kremlin (visiting the Cathedrals and the Armory), the Red Square, St. Basil's Cathedral (outside), Lenin’s Mausoleum (outside), GUM, the Bolshoi Theatre (outside), metro tour
• Moscow full day (8 hours) guided tour: the State Tretyakov Gallery, Kolomenskoye Estate and the traditional Maslenitsa festivities
• Full-day (8 hours) guided tour of St. Petersburg; Highlights include the Winter Palace and the Hermitage, St. Isaac Cathedral, Kazan Cathedral and the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
• Pushkin/Tsarskoe Selo day (6 hours) guided tour: Catherine’s palace & Amber room, Maslenitsa Celebration

Entrance tickets & visas

• Entrance tickets to all included sightseeing attractions (except optional)
• Russian visa & Chinese visa letters of invitation (required by the Embassies to grant you the visa) is provided free of charge

We value your comfort

• Dedicated local English-speaking guide in all places as per program
• 24/7 support before and during your trip with us
• Best places to stay, to eat, to go out and have fun - safe and secure with the tour operator that specializes in Russia. Tips already included
• Group tours are fully escorted by a bilingual tour director
• Maximum group size 16 people