City tour (without inside visits) |
During the panoramic tour you will get acquaintance with the city and its most attractive sights such as:
You will make photo stops to take unforgettable pictures. |
| City tour with excursion to St. Basil’s cathedral |
During this tour you will get acquaintance with the city and its most attractive sights and have an inside excursion to theSt. Basil’s cathedral.
This splendid cathedral has always captured our heart by its compelling architectural style. The main facade of the building can not be distinguished clearly as the cathedral was designed for an all-round viewing. A walk round the place will definitely get you stunned by the striking beauty of the cathedral, which represents a «fantastic town» and which was erected in the mid 16th century by the order of Ivan the Terrible to commemorate the victory over Kazan.
Once the cathedral was finished the tsar ordered to blind the architects in order to prevent them from building a more beautiful masterpiece. Though the history of the city of that period can be characterized as turbulent, the cathedral was lucky enough to escape the demolition. With the establishment of the Soviet regime Saint Basil’s Cathedral was closed and later turned into a museum.
| Excursion to the Kremlin grounds including three Cathedrals / Armoury Chamber |
Unique complex of architectural monuments surrounded by ancient red brick walls crowned with 19 towers, which are an important city landmark.
The first wooden Kremlin was built by order of Prince Yuri Dolgoruky in 1156. The centre of Kremlin is the Cathedral Square with the Cathedral of Assumption, where royal wedding and coronation ceremonies used to take place. The Cathedral of Annunciation and the Cathedral of Archangel Mikhail are located next to it. You will also see Palace of Facets, the church of the Deposition of the Robe, the bell tower of Ivan the Great and the Spasskaya (Saviour) Tower, Armoury Chamber and the Diamond Fund, the Grand Kremlin Palace, the Patriarch’s Palace, the Tsar Bell and Tsar Cannon, etc.
Armoury Chamber is one of the oldest museums on the Kremlin grounds contains the priceless collection not only richly decorated arms and weapons but also the Russian Tsars’ Crown Jewels, carriages and thrones, furniture, Royal gowns, jewellery (including the famous Faberge Easter eggs), diplomatic gifts of the 12-19th centuries.
| Excursion to Novodevichy Convent |
The Novodevichy Convent ensemble is an outstanding monument of architecture of the 16th-17th centuries.
The most attractive construction of the Novodevichy Convent ensemble is the Smolensky Cathedral, or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Smolensk Icon.
The Novodevichy Convent is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
It ranges among the oldest and the most beautiful convents in Russia.
| Excursion to the Saint Saviour’s Cathedral |
Situated on the left bank of the Moskva river on the site of the former Alexeyev Monastery, the Cathedral of Our Christ the Saviour was founded in 1839 and its construction went on for 40 years.
Donations were made by rich and poor for the cathedral, which was to commemorate the victory in the Patriotic War of 1812 (the invasion of Napoleon). Architect K. Thon conceived the cathedral in the Russo-Byzantine style and it was designed to strike the imagination with its grandeur and wealth of external and interior decor. The Cathedral was recently reconstructed and now it has its former splendour.
At the moment St. Saviour is the main cathedral of Russia. On great holidays the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Alexey II, presides services there. The excursions are provided after morning service from 13:00 till 16:00; standard excursion includes visit to the Cathedral and upper observation site (elevator leads there) and lasts app. 1 hour.
| Tour to the State Tretyakov Gallery |
The State Tretyakov Gallery is the national treasury of Russian fine arts and one of the greatest museums in the world. It is located not far from the Kremlin in one of the oldest districts of Moscow.
This Gallery was founded by well-known Moscow merchant Mr. Tretyakov. In 1892 Mr. Tretyakov donated his collection of canvases and other masterpieces to the city of Moscow and the Gallery was opened for the public.
Now the collection includes about 100.000 pieces and focuses mainly on the Russian art.
Main attractions: Russian paintings of the 10th-20th centuries. Andrey Rublev, Feofan Grek, Brullov, Kiprensky, Repin, Savrasov, Verezhgin, Vasnetzov, Ivanov, Tropinin, Kramskoy, Savrasov, Kuindjy, Aivasovsky, Shishkin, Geh, Vrubel, Levitan, Korovin, Serov and others.
| Excursion to Kolomenskoye Estate |
The Village of Kolomenskoye was mentioned for the first time in the will of the Grand Prince Ivan Kalita of Moscow in 1339, and it was at that time the favourite summer country residence of government members.
The most ancient architectural monument of Kolomenskoye is the Church of the Ascention (1532), which was registered by UNESCO in 1994 as a monument of great artistic and historical value.
Also important are the valuable monuments of wooden architecture from different regions of Russia that have been transferred and installed here.
Kolomenskoye attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors, in particular because the museum has live dramatised performances of historical events and it’s beautiful sight from the bank of the Moscow River.
| Tour to Kuskovo estate |
The Kuskovo Estate or Palace is a unique estate so well preserved till today.
Its owner was one of the Russian counts – Sheremetiev. The palace was built in an original 18-th century style and represents a typical Russian summer residence.
Main attractions: The State Museum of Ceramics. All sorts of ceramics (unique pieces of china, delftware, brightly coloured figures) from ancient times to nowadays can be found here.
The Unique Park Complex includes the Palace and other constructions of the mansion: the Hermitage, the Grotto, the Dutch house and the Green house. Built in 1737-1739 the summer stone church replaced the old wooden one and now it happens to be the oldest building in Kuskovo.
| Tour to Sergiev Posad |
Sergiev Posad is situated in 70 km from Moscow.
The town was founded in the 14th century and centred around the Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius, one of the finest examples of the early Russian architecture and nowadays the centre of the Russian Orthodox church.
Among its greatest treasures is the white stone Trinity Cathedral, built in 1423. Icons by Old Russian Masters Andrei Rublev and Daniel Chorny crown its interior.
The Monastery houses the museum of Applied Arts, which displays ancient embroidery, gold and silver tableware, palace furniture, and tapestries dating from the 17th to 20th centuries.
| Classic Russian Ballet in Bolshoi Theatre |
Thе State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia is one of the best musical theatres in the world.
It is considered one of the most mesmerising theatrical buildings in the world due to its wonderful architectural style.
Ballet and opera performances are staged at the Bolshoi Theatre with the participation of the world stars.
Most famous performances: Swan Lake, Giselle, Traviatta, Khovanschina, Spartacus, Iolanta, Boris Godunov.