Tour description:
Day
1. Arrival in Tallinn 14.25 or 22.55 (Estonian Air from Gatwick) or 11.35
(EasyJet from Stansted)
Transfer from the airport to the hotel of your choice.
1 night in Tallinn
Day 2. Tallinn city tour 3 hours –2 hours walking tour in the Old town - Upper and Lower town, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral – the biggest Orthodox church in Estonia, Town Hall Square, the Dome Cathedral, watching places, streets Short Leg and Long Leg, Town Hall building with “Old Thoomas” spire, fortress walls and towers of Old Town, towers “Fat Margareth” and “Kieck-in-die-Kö?k”.
Bus city tour 1 hour - Kadriorg park with Catherine I palace, “Russalka” monument, Singing grounds, Pirita seaside area.
Transfer to the railway station in Tallinn.
Journey to Moscow by train – 1 class compartment.
Day
3. Arrival in Moscow at 9.30. Transfer to the hotel. Free time.
Moscow city tour – 3 hours
City Tour
If
you want to explore Moscow, you should start from the very center, which
is Red Square and, of course, visit all places nearby such as Kremlin
and its main Spasskaya tower with the huge clock in the middle; St.Bazil's
Cathedral which was built the 16th century to commemorate the victory
of Russia over Kazan khanate; the Monument to Minin and Pozharsky, the
leaders of the home guards, that was constructed in 1818 on the project
of sculptor I. Martos; the G.U.M department store covering most of the
east side of the Square, opposite the Kremlin which really isn't a department
store, but rather a mall with hundreds of separate shops.
Arbat. The first historical records of Arbat relate to the year of 1493,
the street was mentioned in an account of a major city fire. In the 19th
century Arbat turned to be a favorite neighborhood for Moscow's nobility
and creative intelligentsia, it was believed to number one noble for every
seven ordinary residents. Over the years the street has developed into
one of the most popular places in Moscow, you may meet here dancers, street
artists, Krishna supporters, get into multiple smart clothes and souvenir
shops, cafes, cultural centers, etc.
Among other Moscow "must be seen" places there are: Gorky Park,
which is an amusement park with rides; Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, that
possesses a collection of European art second in Russia to only St.Petersburg's
Hermitage; former KGB headquarters building where in its basements thousands
of prisoners were tortured and executed; the Cathedral of Christ the Savior,
which Stalin's regime demolished in 1931 along with countless other churches
and monuments; the new monument of Peter the Great; observation platform
of Sparrow (Lenin) Hills, the highest point in Moscow and Moscow State
University which is located in this area; Victory Park and Poklonnaya
Hill with World War II Memorial, this tiny hill is where Napoleon stood
and "bowed" toward Moscow after his troops captured it, one
of the attractions here is a big clock of grass and flowers; the Sofia
Embankment of the Moskva river; the Bolshoy Stone Bridge; Kutuzov Avenue;
White House.
Optional activities in the evening. Night at the hotel.
Day 3. Morning excursion to the Kremlin visiting 2 cathedrals and the Armoury Chamber – 3 hours
The Moscow Kremlin
General: The Moscow Kremlin is a symbol of Russia and one of the largest architectural productions in the world. It has one of the richest treasuries of historical relics and monuments of culture and art.
Located: The Kremlin is in the heart of Moscow on the Borovitskiy hill above the Moscow River.
Built: The current Kremlin contains structures from the 14th-20th centuries.
Structures: Cathedral Square, Ivan the Great Bell Tower, Senatskaya Tower, Troitskaya Tower, Spasskaya Tower, BorovitskayaTower and The Grand Kremlin Palace
Museum Complex: The Armoury, the Assumption Cathedral, Cathedral of Archangel Michael, Cathedral of the Annunciation, the Church of the Deposition of the Robe, Patriarch’s Palace and the Church of the Twelve Apostles, Ivan the Great Bell-Tower and the collection of artillery arms and bells.
Note: In 1990, the architectural structures of the Moscow Kremlin and its treasures, Red Square and Aleksandrovskiy Sad (the Alexandrov Gardens) were included into the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
The Armory Chamber
General: The Armory Chamber, a treasure-house, is a part of the Grand Kremlin Palace complex.
Built:
The building was begun in 1851 by the architect Konstantin Ton.
Museum Collections: The museum displays precious items preserved in the
tsars’ treasury and the Patriarch’s vestry, including exhibits
made in the Kremlin’s workshops as well as ambassadorial gifts.
Among other things one can find: ancient state regalia, ceremonial tsar’s
vestments and coronation dress, vestments of the Russian Orthodox Church’s
hierarchs, the largest collection of gold and silverware by Russian craftsmen,
West European artistic silver, ceremonial weapons and arms, carriages
and ceremonial horse harnesses.
Evening transfer to the railway station. Evening train to Tallinn. First
class compartment.
Day 4. Early morning arrival to Tallinn (8.30).
Transfer to the airport. Departure to London Stansted by EasyJet at 12.00
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