06:00 Transfer to Moscow Railway Station with the guide for the 06:50 train departure
10:50 Arrive Moscow, meet the local guide and take metro to Red Square (cruise ship passengers will go by metro with the accompanying guide and meet the Moscow guide on the Red Square). Tour of the Red Square. Vast, crowded, almost mountainous in its grandeur: on one side the cliffs of the Kremlin, at their foot Lenin’s ominous Mausoleum, on the other side the cavernous G.U.M. department store (the former USSR’s largest) and on the eastern entrance to the square, St. Basil’s Cathedral. Optional coffee break.
12:00-14:00 Kremlin, its Cathedrals and Armoury.
Kremlin tour is a walk through 600 years of Russian and Soviet history. You’ll visit two Cathedrals; the Assumption Cathedral and Archangel Cathedral (coronation site of the Tsars), which serve as a vivid and rich reminder of old Russia’s religious devotion. You’ll see the gardens, bell towers, palaces and churches within the Kremlin complex and the Palace of Congresses, built in 1961. You will also visit the Armory and the Diamond Exhibition (optional) where the jewels owned and worn by Russian royalty over the years are on display.
Optional: Diamond fund, tickets only – 10,5 USD / 9 EUR per person
14:00 restaurant lunch (pre-booked)
After lunch you will be taken on a tour of the City Centre – a familiarization drive around Moscow’s most interesting main streets, architectural highlights, and viewing points.
18:30 taken back to the station for the 19:40 St. Petersburg train
23:25 arrive St. Petersburg station, transfer back to hotel (or cruise ship).