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DAY 9 WARSAW - VILNIUS            and festivities of the city.       Other outstanding monuments are the
          We continue our journey into the Baltic   The name derived from a brotherhood of   Peter and Paul Fortress, the Cathedral of
          area. Arrival in Vilnius, Lithuania, and   bachelors established in the city in the   St. Isaac, the Church of Christ the Savior
          accommodation.                    17th century. Then also highlights the   on the Spilled Blood or the Nevsky
                                            Cathedral and the Church of St. Jacob;   Prospect, the main avenue of the city,
          DAY 10  VILNIUS                   the Powder Tower, the only remnant of   among others.
          Today we will discover the historic center   the city walls; the set of buildings built   Afternoon at leisure.
          of Vilnius, of medieval scheme and   between the 15th -17thcenturies; and
          one of the best preserved in northern   the Riga Castle, which now houses the   DAY 17  ST PETERSBURG - MOSCOW
          Europe, which earned him to enter the   Parliament of the country.   Today we will enjoy a train journey on
          World Heritage List of UNESCO.    Free afternoon and overnight.      board of the Sapsan, the fast train to
          Its main buildings, the Town Hall and                                Moscow, the capital of Russia.
          the Palace of the Grand Dukes, are   DAY 13  RIGA - SIGULDA - TALLINN   Upon arrival we will meet the local guide
          connected by Pilies Street, from which   Breakfast at the hotel and departure to   who will introduce us to the city in a
          side streets emerge with their feudal   Sigulda, northeast of Riga and located   panoramic tour on the way to the hotel.
          palaces, churches and stores and craft   on the banks of the river Gauja. Its   During the tour we will see the highlights
          workshops. Its main jewels are the   main attraction is the Turaida Castle,   of the city such as the Pushkin Museum
          Gediminas Tower, the Cathedral Square,   of medieval construction and recently   of Fine Arts, Arbat Avenue, the
          the Gothic-style Church of St. Anne and   rebuilt. Continuation to Tallinn, capital of   Novodevichy Monastery, the Cathedral
          the Martynas Mazvydas National Library,   Estonia. Arrival and accommodation.   of Christ the Savior, the Bolshoi Theater
          named in honor of the first Lithuanian                               and the Kremlin area with the Red
          writer to print a book in the language   DAY 14  TALLINN             Square and St. Basil’s Church.
          of the country. Afterwards, we will go   In the morning we will visit of what was   Arrival at the hotel and rest of the day at
          ahead to Trakai Castle, located on   once one of the main ports of trade in   leisure.
          an island in Lake Galve. An important   northern Europe during the Middle Ages,
          strategic point, built between the 14th   belonging to the Hanseatic League,   DAY 18  MOSCOW
          – 15th centuries, it was one of the main   which communicated and promoted   In the morning, we will visit of the
          centers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.   trade between the cities of the north.   Kremlin area, former fortress of the
          Return to Vilnius and rest of the day at   Its historical center of medieval style   Tsars that currently houses the Russian
          leisure. Overnight in Vilnius.    contrasts with the Soviet-style buildings   Parliament.
                                            of the periphery. Its main meeting point   The whole area include monuments as
          DAY 11 VILNIUS – SIAULIAI         is the Town Hall Square, with the same   the Cathedrals of the Dormition, the
          – RUNDALE – RIGA                  building with its tower of 64 meters; the   Twelve Apostles, the Annunciation and
          We will depart today to Latvia. Our   pharmacy in uninterrupted service since   Archangel Michael; the bell of Ivan the
          first stop will be in Siauliai, fourth city   1442; Pikk Street in whose route are   Great; the Patriarch’s Chambers; the
          of Lithuania, and mostly rebuilt in the   the houses of German merchants of the   Great Kremlin Palace, which in turn
          19th – 20th centuries. Highlights include   15th century and the Church of St. Olaf.   connects with the Palaces of the Facets
          the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul, in   Of the 46 towers that protected the   and the Terems.
          Renaissance style, and the Villa of Chaim   walls, 26 are preserved as well as almost   Within the complex there are also several
          Frenkel, the only example of modernist   2 km of wall. We will astonish in front   museums, among which the Armory is
          art in the Baltic area.           of the southern gate, called “Kiek in   the most visited.
          Leaving Siauliai we will visit the Hill of   de Kök”, and the northern gate, which   Then we enter the Moscow Metro to visit
          Crosses, so called because of the large   bordered the beach attached to a   the so-called “People’s Palace”. Opened
          number of crosses placed by Catholic   bastion of the sixteenth century and is   in 1935, its stations are richly decorated
          believers throughout history.     called “Fat Margaret” ( Paks Margarita   with precious materials, statues,
          We continue to Rundale, where we will   Margareeta ). Free afternoon and   paintings and paintings.
          visit the palace. Built in two phases in   overnight.                Afternoon at leisure and overnight.
          the 18th century in baroque style, it
          belonged to the Dukes of Curtlandia,   DAY 15  TALLINN - ST PETERSBURG   DAY 19  MOSCOW
          which today is Latvia. Today it belongs   After breakfast we will depart to Russia   Free day for personal activities.
          to the Latvian state and is used as a   by road. Passport formalities at the
          residence for state guests.       border. Arrival in St Petersburg and   DAY 20  MOSCOW
          Arrival in Riga and accommodation.   accommodation.                  Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to the
                                                                               airport at the agreed time.
          DAY 12  RIGA                      DAY 16  ST PETERSBURG
          We start the day with a visit of the   In the morning we will visit the city   Package includes:
          Latvian capital and largest city of the 3   founded by Tsar Peter the Great at   • 19 nights accommodation including
          Baltic republics. Its historic center stands   the beginning of the 18th century   buffet breakfast
          out for its modernist style, not very   and changed its name successively   • Porterage service at the hotels
          common in this area and for which the   depending on its political leader, being   • Transfers upon arrival and departure
          city was included in the list of UNESCO   called Petrograd and Leningrad (the   • English speaking tour director
          Heritage.                         latter in honor of Lenin) until it returned   • Deluxe coach
          With a medieval floor plan, the center is   to the original name of St. Petersburg   • Visits with licensed guides
          the Market Square, where the Town Hall   when the former USSR collapsed.   • Entrances as per the program
          and the House of the Black Heads are   The city is home to more than 200   • Train SAPSAN, tourist claa
          located, dating from the 14th century   museums, above all the Hermitage,   • A surprise invitation to a concert,
          and built as a meeting point for events   located in the former Winter Palace.   cultural event or excursion


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