| Day | Destination | Description |
| Day 1 | Depart Home Gateway City to Moscow | Depart Home Gateway City to Moscow |
| Day 2 | Moscow | Arrive Moscow
: Be greeted at the Moscow Airport, where you?ll be transferred to the ship. (Dinner) |
| Day 3 | Moscow | Moscow
: Featured Excursions: Moscow city tour with Red Square, Moscow Metro and shopping on Arbat Street
On your panoramic city tour, you?ll see the world-renowned Red Square and the spectacular St. Basil's Cathedral. After lunch at a local restaurant, enjoy a ride on the popular Moscow Metro, and then spend time shopping on the famous Arbat Street.
(Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner) |
| Day 4 | Moscow | Moscow
: Featured Excursion: Kremlin and Armory Museum
A highlight of your stay in Moscow is a visit to the 15th-century Kremlin, a self-contained city with palaces, armories, cathedral and a medieval fortress. Explore the priceless collection of imperial treasures of the Kremlin's Armory Museum.(Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) |
| Day 5 | Moscow | Moscow
: Enjoy an entire day at leisure. Shuttle bus service will be provided between the ship and the city center. (Buffet Breakfast, Lunch, Captain's Welcome Dinner) |
| Day 6 | Cruising the Moscow Canal and Volga River and Uglich | Cruising the Moscow Canal and Volga River and Uglich
: Featured Excursion: Uglich and Church Prince-Dimitry-on-the-Blood
Cruise the 80-mile Moscow Canal before arriving in Uglich, a delightful Golden Ring City. Visit the blue-domed Church Prince-Dimitry-on-the-Blood?where you will enjoy a short Orthodox Choir performance?and the 18th-century Transfiguration Church. (Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner) |
| Day 7 | Yaroslavl, Cruising Lake Rybinsk | Yaroslavl, cruising Lake Rybinsk
: Featured Excursion: Yaroslavl, heart of the Golden Ring
Yaroslavl has always been considered one of Russia's most beautiful cities. You?ll visit the exquisite Church of Elijah the Prophet, a masterpiece of local architecture, richly adorned with 17th-century frescoes. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) |
| Day 8 | Goritsy (Kirillov) | Goritsy (Kirillov)
: Featured Excursion: Daily life in Russia up close
Experience Russian daily life in this part of the world, and learn how traditions and handicraft techniques are preserved during a visit to the Children's House of Arts and Crafts. You?ll then be a guest at a Russian tea party at the House of Culture.(Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner) |
| Day 9 | Cruising Lake Onega, Kizhi Island | Cruising Lake Onega, Kizhi Island
: Featured Excursion: Kizhi Open Air Museum
Capture some of Russia's best scenery as your ship approaches Lake Onega's Kizhi Island. Visit the famous Open Air Museum, a UNESCO World Heritage site, containing the spectacular Church
of Transfiguration, constructed entirely out of wood without a single nail. Its 22 shimmering domes in three tiers are the ultimate in Russian fairytale architecture. (Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner) |
| Day 10 | Cruising the Svir River and Mandrogi | Cruising the Svir River and Mandrogi
: Featured Excursion: Shashlik picnic ashore
Mandrogi, a reconstructed 18th-century village, illustrates the lifestyles of Russia's past. Inside the wooden houses are many craftsmen fashioning matrioshkas, lace and ceramics. A highlight of your visit is a traditional Shashlik picnic ashore. (Breakfast/ Lunch/ Captains Farewell Dinner) |
| Day 11 | St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg
: Featured Excursion: St. Petersburg city tour
Welcome to St. Petersburg! Founded and named for Emperor Peter the Great in 1703, St. Petersburg was the capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years. While on your panoramic tour, you?ll see Palace Square, the historic heart of the city, St. Isaac's Cathedral, Admiralty Tower and other great buildings that stand as monuments to the extravagant lifestyles of the czars. (Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner) |
| Day 12 | St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg
: Featured Excursion: Hermitage Museum
Enjoy an early morning guided tour of the world-famous Hermitage Museum, with nearly three million pieces of art by most Western European Masters, such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. (Breakfast, Lunch, Captains Farewell Dinner) |
| Day 13 | St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg
: Featured Excursion: Catherine's Palace and Park in Pushkin
Visit lavish Catherine's Palace and Park, a magnificent imperial palace and masterpiece of Russian baroque architecture, in nearby Pushkin. It is an incomparable collection of buildings, pavilions, gardens and bridges built during the reign of Peter I. During your tour, you will also see the famous Amber Room, stolen during WW II and now completely recreated to its former splendor. (Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner) |
| Day 14 | Depart St. Petersburg | Depart St. Petersburg
: Disembark the ship and transfer to St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport for your flight home, or extend your stay and visit the Baltic Capitals.
Note: The order of sightseeing tours in Moscow and St. Petersburg might be different on some departures due to site closures on rainy days. |
