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FASCINATING WEEKEND IN MOSCOW

1 Day:   Arrival in Moscow. A local coach and a guide shall meet the group at the airport, transfer to the hotel. Welcome cocktail at the hotel. A local coach to transfer the group to the Old Circus. Dinner in a local restaurant with Russian or Gypsy folklore show. Return to the hotel.

2 Day:    Breakfast at the hotel. A local coach and a guide for a whole-day sightseeing: Metro tour (some stations, finished at Arbatskaya Metro station) A walk along Old Arbat street: "Street" artists and music players, shopping, etc. Welcome lunch in a local restaurant on Arbat street. Excursion to the Kremlin, the visit to the Armory Chamber. Optional: A visit to Diamond Fund. A walk to the river ship pier near the Rossia hotel.Dinner on a board of "Yury Dolgoruki" ship with music and folklore performance. Opera or ballet in the Bolshoy Theatre. Return to the hotel.

3 Day:    Buffet breakfast at the hotel. A local coach and a guide for a whole-day sightseeing: The visit to the vodka factory "Kristall" (Crystal) with tasting. Excursion to the Cathedral of the Saviour . Lunch at the typical old Russian restaurant "Monomakh". Excursion to Kolomenskoye - museums, wine cellar + tasting, honey farm + tasting, folklore performance (wedding-game, skomorokhs - buffoons, songs, etc.) Dinner at the restaurant "Suliko" (Georgian cuisine and live music). Excursion "Moscow at Night".

VERSIONS FOR THIS GREAT SATURDAY

A ship journey to Serebryany Bor, picnic (shashlik, folklore music, vodka)

Excursion to Tsaritsino, architectural ensemble of Catherine the 2nd, horse-carriage riding, church.

Attraction "Tsarskaya Okhota" (Tsar`s Hunting): welcome meeting - bottle of champagne opened with a cavalry's sword, horse hunting with dogs and falcons, picnic including alcohol, actors in costumes.

Excursion to Sergiev Posad. The visit to the Monastery, shopping (souvenirs), a walk.

The visit to a stuntmen show at the real scenery, some "ugoschenie" - refreshments.

4 Day:   Breakfast at the hotel. Sunday Transfer to the airport. Departure.



MOSCOW TRAVEL TREASURES, 2001