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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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