Program Russian North (Pushkin tour) 8 days/7 nights

MOSCOW - PSKOV - ST.PETERSBURG

• Panoramic city tour devoted to Pushkin and hus poetry.
• Visit to Pushkin State Museum that was reconstructed in 1997 for the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Pushkin birth.
• Tour of the Kremlin one of the most beautiful architectural ensembles in the world that contains fine examples of Russian architecture of the 15th to 17th centuries, visit to ancient Orthodox Cathedrals.
• Visit to Alexander Pushkins's memorial flat i n Arbat.

• Sightseeing tour of Pskov an old Russian town that preserved more than 300 architectural monuments of 12-20th centuries, visit to the ancient Kremlin with Trinity Cathedral the town’s main church, tour of the Sokolikha Hill, monument to Alexander Nevsky.
• Tour of Pushkin Hills: visit to Mikhaylovskoye Pushkin’s family estate and Svyatogorsk Monastery where the poet was buried. Visit to Mirozhsky monastery known for unique fresco painting of the 12th century.

• Panoramic city tour of St.Petersburg including world famous sights: Winter Palace, Palace Square, Admiralty, Neva River, Nevsky prospect etc., visit to Peter and Paul Fortress that is considered to be the historical core of the city, visit to the Hermitage one of the world leading art museums housing more than 2,5 million exhibits.
• Tour of Tsarskoye Selo: visit to Tsarskoselski Lyseum a former elite school for boys from noble families where Pushkin studied, visit to Catherine the Great’s Summer Palace.
• Visit to Alexander Pushkin Apartament Museum the last residence of the poet where he died in 1837