Corporate offer: Venice of the north - Saint Petersburg

Budapest -Moscow- St Petersburg- Moscow-

Itinerary:Budapest -Moscow- St Petersburg- Moscow- BudapestwithAeroflotflights

Date: 2013 27-31 May. Pentecost 5 days / 4 nights
Accommodation: 3*+, 4*+ 5* hotel
Board: breakfast (optional: half board)
Room equipment: Internet, TV, hair dryer, safe
Services of the hotel:restaurant, bar, fitness room, WI-FI in the rooms,air-conditioning.

Prices:

Discount prices: in 3 star hotel: 99.500 Ft/pax
Flight ticket and + 1 night accommodation supplement: 25.000 Ft/pax

Discount prices: in 4+ star hotel: 139.500 Ft/pax
Flight ticket and + 1 night accommodation supplement 30.000 Ft/pax

Discount prices in 5 star hotel: 157.500 Ft/pax
Flight ticket and + 1 night accommodation supplement 35.000 Ft/pax
 

ITINERARY

• DAY 1 :We will meet at the Liszt Ferenc Airport Terminal 2B. Departure to St. Petersburg with Aeroflot with stopover in Moscow. At the Moscow airport you will have a guide to show you the right terminal. Arrival to St. Petersburg in the evening. Transfer to the hotel and free time.

• DAY 2:In the morning panoramic sightseeing tour, where you will see the bustling city center, the Nevsky Avenue, the Saint Isaac's Cathedral, the famous Winter Palace, the Russian Museum, the Smolny Cathedral, the Aurora cruiser (for extra charge you can visit the inside part also), the Summer Garden and the Parade Square. We walk through the Vasily Island and the Senate Square where you will see the bronze statue of Peter I. Visit the Peter-Paul fortress and have a look at the graves of the Russian royal family. In the afternoon we will have a guided tour on the Palace Square, where we will see Admiralty and the General Staff building- The highlight of our trip will be the visit in the world-famous Hermitage Winter Palace, which also the largest Museum in Russia. You will find here the most famous art collection from artist such as Van Gogh, Michelangelo, El Greco, Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt. Optional tour: on hour long boat tour through the charming canals of the Neva.

• DAY 3:After breakfast we offer you an optional tour: visit Petrodvorec, located 29 km away from St. Petersburg. You will visit the Park and Palace, also called as "RussianVersailles", where you will see multi-level park,fountains, waterfalls, statues andpavilions. Themost prominentbuildingisthe PalaceMuseum, wich was the residence of Peter I. In the afternoon return to the city, visit the St. Isaac's Cathedral, the largest andmost famouscathedralofSt. Petersburg and the Church of the Bleeding Saviour (entrance tickets not included, to be paid on spot). Late in the evening we advise you the following 2 hour long optional tour: lifting of the Neva city bridges by night. This event is the top of the summer tour season.

• DAY 4: After breakfast we recommend you to visit Pushkin, which was a favourite summer residence of the tsars, and where you will find all architectural style. The baroque Catherine Palace can be found here also, famous from its Amber Room, Dining Room and the Green Room of the Throne. We walk to the classicist Alexander Palace. Our tour will continue in Pavlovszk, which was the favourite hunting ground of II Catherine and I Paul. This Park is 600 acres large with pavilions, bird houses, bowers, colonnades, statues, cozy small bridges and towers. The beautiful Palace was built by Catherine the Great's son, Paul, here is noteable the Peace Salon and the Knight's Hall. We return to the city in the afternoon. In the evening we will see an original Russian folklore evening with music and dance, performed by artists dressed in traditional costume.

• DAY 5. : After breakfast free time, in the afternoon transfer to the airport, leave for home. Stopover in Moscow, where you will be shown the right terminal. Arrival to Budapest late in the evening.

Optional excursions:

Hermitage: 6.500 Ft
Petrodvorec: 17.500 Ft
Pushkin-Pavlovszk: 18.500 Ft
Russianfolklore evening: 11.000 Ft

bridge lifting by night 8.000 Ft/pax

Theprogramfeeincludes the entrance tickets,transfers and the hungarian speaking guide
Minimumnumber of participants:10 pax
Registration:no later than 2weeksprior to departure.
Note: otherpassengers can be picked up in the bus from other hotels also
We inform you that the program schedule depends on the opening hours of the museums, so the travel agency can change the order of the programs. Final program will be issued 1 week beforethe trip. Furthermore we would like to warn you to pay attention to your values in the Church of the Bleeding Saviour and on the board of Aurora.

Hotel categories

The hotels in our offer are categorized according the appropriate international classification.

3 * +- located on the NevskyAvenue, officiallyrated as a 4 * hotel - HotelOktyabrskaya
4 *+- international hotel chain, near NevskyAvenue - recently opened Hotel Crowne

Plaza  5* - Located in the city center, correct rating as a 5 star hotel - Grand Hotel Emerald

Flight Arrivals anddeparturesare givenin local time, +2 hourstime difference.

• Budapest - Moscow11.35 – 16.00 Moscow- St. Petersburg19.25 – 20.45

• St. Petersburg- Moscow15.30 – 16.50 Moscow- Budapest 18.35 – 19.10

Visa

Visa is required to enter Russia

white Nights

You can experience very late sunset and very early sunrise around the summer solstice. There is no complete darkness during the nights either. These nights are called ‘white nights’. Many enjoy the white nights sitting at the bank of Neva in St Petersburg waiting for bridge lifting. The mainperiodbegins in late May, and end in the end of July, but before and after this period you can enjoy very long days, with short nights also.

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