Go Russia - Discover Majestic Palaces and Ancient Monasteries (CB-20)

Day 1	Arrival in St. Petersburg. Transfer from the airport to the ship. Welcoming cocktail reception in the evening.
Day 2	City tour around St. Petersburg. Visit to the Peter and Paul Fortress.
Day 3	Visit to the Hermitage, housed in the former Tsars’ Winter Palace.
Day 4	Arrival to Valaam archipelago home to famous Vaalam monastery.
Day 5	Sail from the Europe’s largest Lake Onega to Lake Ladoga. We stop at Svir Stroy for a stroll around the village.
Day 6	Arrival to the Island of Kizhi via the Volga/Baltic Canal. Visit the renowned open-air Museum of Wooden Architecture, the Church of the Transfiguration, the Kizhi museum (UNESCO World Heritage site).
Day 7	Our new destination today is Goritsy which hosts the largest monastery of the Russian North - Kirillo-Belozersky monastery.
Day 8	Arrival to Yaroslavl. City tour, visit to the Spaso-Preobrazgenskiy Monastery, the Church of the Prophet Elijah and other cultural highlights.
Day 9	One of the Golden Ring’s loveliest cities – Kostroma, a true cruise highlight.
Day 10	Arrival to Uglich. Visit to the Cathedral of the Resurrection and the Kremlin. Farewell gala dinner.
Day 11	Arrival in Moscow. Guided city tour around Moscow. Visit to the Novodevichy Convent (UNESCO World Heritage site). Optional - a performance at the famous Bolshoi Theatre (by request).
Day 12	Visit the Kremlin and its Orthodox cathedrals. An optional guided tour to the Pushkin Museum or the Kremlin Armoury Museum. In the afternoon we will embark and start our amazing river journey.
Day 13	Breakfast. Transfer to airport for the flight back to the UK.

Major Highlights of this Tour:

Travel by the majestic ship Glushkov, which is considered to be one of the finest vessels on Russia's waterways today.
Red Square and other highlights in Moscow.
Highlights of “Venice of the North”, magnificent city of St. Petersburg with its numerous canals and more than 400 bridges.
The intricate pattern of connecting rivers, canals and lakes that link Moscow with St. Petersburg, including the beautiful river Volga – the largest in Russia.
Authentic small Russian villages and towns preserving traditional wooden architecture and local culture.
Old Kremlin (Fortress) at one of the finest towns of provincial Russia - Uglich, where the seventh wife of the Tsar Ivan the Terrible lived in honorary exile at the end of 16th century.
The amazing tiny island of Kizhi and the Kizhi museum, which is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
A museum of Russian Vodka in Remeslennaya Sloboda, where you can learn about the technology and history of Russian vodka production.
The authentic flavours of the celebrated Russian cuisine - schi and pelmeni for example – as prepared by our on-board chefs will delight every one of our guests.

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Thank you very much for a wonderful, much needed break. All went very well and we thoroughly enjoyed the complete experience. There was so much to see and do in such a short time, but everything was well organised albeit a bit quick at times. The ship was great, food well presented and balanced, and the staff were wonderful, although a little too keen on occassions!! We also made some good friends on the trip as an added bonus!! I would recommend this tour to friends and collegues.

Colin Campbell

The ship was sparklingly clean on all decks and meticulously cleaned everyday. St. Petersburg, the Golden Ring towns and villages then Moscow, and experience everyone should attempt – thank you Go-Russia. Every single detail organised by Go-Russia from its London office went exactly to plan without a single hitch – sincere thanks to Go-Russia.

Ian Benzie

We all thoroughly enjoyed the experience of going to Russia. We were well looked after, with friendly staff and plenty of food, perhaps even too much, with two full meals a day, as well as breakfast. All the guides were very informative, bombarding with information, of which they were very proud. The ship was comfortable.

Sarah Rushby