St Petersburg and Moscow. September 23 October 9, 2016 Tour leader: Dr Matthew Dal Santo

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1 St Petersburg and Moscow September 23 October 9, 2016 Tour leader: Dr Matthew Dal Santo

2 St Petersburg And Moscow Overview With a rich and at times tumultuous history stretching back hundreds of years, the land of the Tsars is a fascinating place to explore. Our 17-day tour of Russian culture, history and art commences in St Petersburg, where we explore in depth the incomparable Hermitage, where all schools of western art are represented. A day trip to Pushkin takes us to the lavish Catherine Palace, a Baroque masterpiece whose Amber Room has been recently restored. We will also visit Pavlovsk, the lovely 18th-century neoclassical palace, which contains one of the most beautiful garden ensembles in Europe. City tours will include a visit to the Russian Museum, the home of Russian 20th century avant-garde art, Peter and Paul Fortress and the magnificent St Isaac s Cathedral. We begin our tour of Moscow at the ancient Red Square. While in Moscow we visit the Kremlin s cathedrals and its famous Armory Collection, the collections at the State Tretyakov Gallery and enjoy an evening performance at the legendary Bolshoi. On leaving Moscow we travel to Sergiev Posad to see Russia s holiest of holies, the beautiful Trinity Monastery of St Sergius. Our last days in Russia are spent in Suzdal, the most beautiful and best preserved town of the Golden Ring, a group of ancient towns that preceded Moscow as the political and cultural heart of Russia. SOME TOUR HIGHLIGHTS Seven nights in St Petersburg visiting the Hermitage and the Russian museums, to view two of the world s greatest collections of art A day trip to the magnificent Catherine Palace, including the dazzling Amber Room The classic onion-domed Church of the Spilled Blood with its richly decorated façade and interiors and the Yusupov Palace, rivalling the finest of the Tsars residences Experience the grandeur of St Basil s Cathedral and Lenin s mausoleum in the iconic Red Square Explore Moscow s cultural diversity, from the State Armory to the Kremlin and fabulously ornate Metro stations See the Russian masters at the Tretyakov Gallery A performance at the world famous Bolshoi Visit Sergiev Posad, home of the Russian Orthodox Church Three nights in Suzdal, one of the ancient and best preserved towns of the Golden Ring Your Tour Leader Dr Matthew Dal Santo is a historian and free-lance writer with Honours degrees from both Sydney and Cambridge Universities. He was a Fellow in History at Trinity College where he received his PhD and won the Sydney University Medal in modern French literature. Matthew speaks French, Italian, Danish, German and Russian.

3 Tour Price The tour price is $9,990 per person, twin share (land content only). The supplement for a single room is $1,890 per person. A non-refundable deposit of $500 per person is required to secure a place on the tour. Included in the tour price All accommodation in four star hotels All breakfasts, six lunches and six dinners in hotels and local restaurants Land travel by air-conditioned coach Business class rail travel between St Petersburg and Moscow Extensive background notes Services of Australian tour leader throughout the tour All entrance fees to sites mentioned on itinerary Qualified local guides Porterage of one piece of luggage at all hotels Russian visa costs and processing Not included International airfares (competitive quotes available) Travel insurance Meals and activities not stated as included in this itinerary Personal expenses Air travel OPTIONS The tour price quoted is for land content only. Please contact us for further information on competitive Economy, Business or First Class airfares for this tour. For this tour we recommend Emirates flights into St Petersburg and out of Moscow. Airport transfers There will be a dedicated transfer into St Petersburg and from Suzdal to Moscow Domodedovo airport to coincide with Emirates flight schedules. This transfer is included for passengers booking their flights through Academy Travel. Please contact Erin Laffin for further details regarding transfers. Enquiries and bookings For further information or to secure a place on this tour please contact Erin Laffin at Academy Travel, on or (outside Sydney) or erin@academytravel.com.au Images right: the extravagant and brightly coloured onion domes of St Basil s Cathedral, built between 1555 and 1561; and Catherine the Great by Alexi Petrovich Antropovore. Catherine the Great is remembered as one of the greatest reformers of Russia Images left: one of Moscow s elegant Metro stations built by Stalin as the people s palaces; and dancers from the Bolshoi Ballet performing Swan Lake

4 St Petersburg And Moscow Detailed ItinerARY All breakfasts included. Included lunches and dinners are indicated by the letters (L) and (D). Friday September 23 Arrive St petersburg Emirates flights arrive in St Petersburg in the late afternoon. Passengers arriving on the Emirates flight in the afternoon will be met by Matthew Dal Santo and transferred to our hotel. After checking in and time to freshen up there is a light dinner available in the hotel this evening. (D) Saturday September 24 Touring st petersburg This morning we depart by coach on a city tour of St Petersburg. Our first port of call is the Peter and Paul Fortress. Built by Peter the Great in 1703, it is the first and oldest landmark in St. Petersburg. Several buildings are contained within the fortress, the Peter and Paul Cathedral being the most notable as it contains the tombs of almost all the Russian rulers from Peter the Great. Tsar Nicholas II and his family were finally laid to rest here in July 1998 on the 80th anniversary of their executions. We visit St Isaac s Cathedral, whose gilded dome dominates the St Petersburg skyline while its facades are decorated in sculpture and red granite columns, and the interiors adorned with detailed mosaic icons, paintings and columns of lapis lazuli and malachite. This evening we gather to enjoy a welcome dinner in a local restaurant. (B, D) Above: the dome of St Isaac s Cathedral on Palace Square; and Leonardo da Vinci s masterpiece, Madonna and Child in the Hermitage Museum Below: the grand Catherine's Palace in Tsarskoe Selo Sunday September 25 Catherine s palace This morning we drive the short distance to Tsarskoe Selo, formerly Pushkin, where we visit magnificent Catherine s Palace. Built for Tsarina Elizabeth by Rastrelli in 1752 in the rococo style, it was named Catherine in honour of her mother, Catherine l, wife of Peter the Great. Catherine the Great commissioned a Scottish architect Charles Cameron to design the glorious gardens and construct the personal apartments of the Empress. The palace was badly damaged during the German occupation of World War ll, leaving only a hollow shell behind, but it has since been lovingly restored. Inside the palace, our tour takes us through the restored gentlemen-in-waiting s dining room, the dazzling Great Hall, State Dining Room, Crimson and Green Pilaster rooms and the portrait room. We also visit the legendary Amber Room which was restored largely with German funds and re-opened in We break for lunch at Podvorye Restaurant, located in a typical Russian log house and serving traditional Russian cuisine. After lunch we explore Pavlovsk Palace and its park designed by Charles Cameron as a classic English landscaped garden and one of the most beautiful park ensembles in Europe. We return to St Petersburg this afternoon, stopping at Leningrad Blockade Memorial which poignantly evokes the 900-day siege of Leningrad ( ) and acts as an important reminder of great hardships endured by its people during World War II. (B, L)

5 Monday September 26 A tale of two murders Today we visit Yusupov Palace, situated on the Moika Canal. It is one of the most beautiful palaces in St Petersburg and contains a series of sumptuously decorated rooms. It was here that Grigory Rasputin, the infamous holy man who exercised such powerful influence on the court of Russia, was murdered in 1916 in disputed circumstances by Prince Felix Yusupov. Shortly after Rasputin s murder, the Soviets came to power and confiscated the palace from the nobles. Today it serves as a Palace of Culture for educators as well as the Rasputin Museum. This afternoon we explore the canals of St Petersburg by boat before visiting the distinctive Russian style, multi-domed Church of the Spilled Blood. The elaborately decorated church was erected on the site where Alexander II was mortally wounded by the anti-monarchist revolutionary organisation, People s Will in The exterior draws heavily from St Basils Cathedral in Moscow contradicting the influence of western architecture prevalent in St Petersburg at the time. The interior is covered with an outstanding array of mosaics depicting scenes from Holy Scripture and the patron saints of the Romanovs. (B) Above: despair personified at the Leningrad Blockade Memorial Below: Church of the Spilled Blood, St Petersburg; and the Imperial Coronation Egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1897 Tuesday September 27 The hermitage museum For most people St Petersburg is inexorably connected with its great art museum, the Hermitage, housed in the former residence of the Tsars, the Winter Palace. Built for Tsarina Elizabeth by the Italian-born architect, Rastrelli, the Winter Palace was a winter residence of the Tsars until 1904, when increasing unrest forced Nicholas II and his family to retreat to Tsarskoe Selo. During World War I it was used as a hospital for invalids. In July 1917 the Provisional Government took over the palace as its headquarters, and this led in turn to its storming by the Bolsheviks who nationalised the collection. Our day is spent uncovering the many galleries and exploring the amazing collection housed in this extraordinary museum. Wednesday September 28 art & artisans Our day commences at the Carl Fabergé museum. Located in the Shuvalov Palace the museum house the world s largest collection of works by Fabergé including nine of his famous imperial Easter eggs This afternoon we visit the Russian Museum, which was opened to the public in 1898 by Tsar Nicholas ll and, along with the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, contains the finest collection of Russian art in the world. From medieval icons to soul-searching works of the Wanderers, the explosion of Symbolism and Stalinist Social Realism, the works mirror Russia s history. Today the museum houses the greatest collection of Russian avant-garde art, among them masterpieces by Chagall, Kandinsky and Malevich. (B) Thursday September 29 At leisure Today is at leisure to further explore St Petersburg. (B)

6 St Petersburg And Moscow Friday September 30 To Moscow After a relaxed morning, we check out of the hotel and transfer to St Petersburg railway station where we board the fast train for our four hour journey to Moscow. On arrival we transfer to our hotel situated in the heart of the city. Dinner is in the hotel this evening. (B, L on the train, D) Saturday October 1 Touring moscow Our tour commences with a visit to the iconic Red Square, a vast cobbled area flanked by some of Moscow s most famous sites, including St Basil s Cathedral with its extravagant and brightly coloured onion domes, commissioned by Ivan the Terrible and built between 1555 and Also in Red Square is Lenin s Mausoleum, where the former leader s body remains on display to the public, and GUM department store with its elaborate façade and designer stores having replaced the queues of the Soviet era. After lunch in a local restaurant we return to the hotel where the remainder of the day is at leisure. (B, L) Sunday october 2 THE TRETYAKOV GALLERY Today we visit the Tretyakov Gallery, home of the world s greatest collection of Russian art. Among the exhibits are The Trinity by Andrei Rublev and Russia s most revered icon, the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. After a break for lunch we visit the Tolstoy museum, dedicated to the writer s home life and the State Gulag Museum, the only museum devoted to history of Stalin s vast network of labour camps that were spread across the USSR. (B) Above: entrance to Moscow s Red Square (photo by Bart Slingerland); and Our Lady of Vladimir Icon brought from Constantinople in the 12 th Century and now housed in the Tretyakov Gallery Below: the Cathedral of the Assumption in the Kremlin Monday october 3 The kremlin Today we visit the Kremlin, seat of the Tsars, headquarters of the Soviet Union and now the residence of President Vladimir Putin. Since its foundation in 1156, the Kremlin has been a symbol of power of the State. We visit some of the churches in the Cathedral Square, among them the most important church in Moscow, the Cathedral of the Assumption. Also in the Kremlin complex is the State Armory, which showcases the wealth accumulated by Russian tsars over many centuries and the Diamond Fund, which boasts among its jewels the famous Orlov diamond presented to Catherine the Great by her lover Count Grigory Orlov, as well as the Shah Diamond given to Tsar Nicholas I by Shah Mirza. (B, L) Tuesday october 4 At leisure Today is at leisure to further explore Moscow. (B) Wednesday October 5 metro tour No visit to Moscow is complete without a ride on its famous underground, the metro, and this morning we see some of the elegant stations

7 decorated in frescoes and lined with marble. Construction work on the metro began in the early 1930s, during the period of Stalin s first five year plan. Nikita Khrushchev was one of the men entrusted with building a metro that would serve as a showcase for socialism. It was declared that the whole country will build the metro. Some of the Soviet Union s finest artists were employed to decorate the metro. A gentle walk along the Garden Boulevards through Moscow s exclusive housing areas leads us to the Pushkin Café, an elegant Russian restaurant in a converted Baroque mansion. The afternoon is free to stroll along the Old Arbat, or to visit the famous Yeliseev Art Deco café and deli on Tverskaya Street for a warming cup of coffee or a shot of vodka. (B, L) Thursday October 6 Sergiev posad We depart Moscow by coach for Sergiev Posad, Russia s holiest of holies, the beautiful Trinity Monastery of St Sergius. Founded in 1340 by St Sergius, Russia s patron saint, it is a glorious ensemble of blue and golden cupolas offset by snow-white walls. It was closed by the Bolsheviks after the 1917 Revolution but re-opened after World War II as a museum, working monastery and the residence of the patriarch. From Sergiev Posad we travel to Suzdal, approximately four hours away, where we remain for the rest of our stay in Russia. (B, L, D) Friday October 7 Suzdal Suzdal is one of the most beautiful and best preserved towns of the Golden Ring, a group of ancient towns that preceded Moscow as the political and cultural heart of Russia. The first records of Suzdal date from With its clusters of 17th- and 18th-century whitewashed churches and its streets of low wooden houses with traditional carved eaves and windows, Suzdal is a living museum protected against any industrial development. We explore it at leisure today with a local guide. (B, L, D) Above: detail of Kandinskiy s Moscow. Red Square, 1916, in the State Tretyakov Gallery Below: the 18th-century throne of Empress Elizabeth housed in the State Armory Saturday October 8 vladimir Today we visit Vladimir, founded by Vladimir Monomakh in 1108; it became the capital of all Kievan Rus after Kiev was sacked in Although Vladimir eventually gave way to Moscow as the capital of Russia, the Tsars continued to be crowned in its Cathedral of the Assumption until the 15th century. Among those crowned here were Dmitri Donskoy and Alexander Nevskiy. The Cathedral, built in the 1150s, originally housed Russia s most revered icon, the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. Originally brought from Kiev, it was moved to Moscow in 1390 and has been housed at the Tretyakov Gallery since The real treasures of the Cathedral today are the frescoes painted by Andrei Rublev in On our way back to Valdimir we visit the Church of Intercession of Nerl, a symbol of medieval Russia situated on a lake in an isolated meadow. In the evening we gather for our farewell dinner. (B, L, D)

8 St Petersburg And Moscow Sunday October 9 Departure We transfer by coach to Moscow s Domodedovo Airport to coincide with the Emirates flight scheduled to depart this evening. (B) Physical Requirements of THIS tour Physical rating Above: Golden domes of the Cathedral of the Assumption in the Trinity Monastery of St Sergius, Sergiev Posad Below: Detail of Andrei Rublev s The Last Judgement in the Assumption Cathedral, Vladimir; and the Museum of Wooden Architecture, Suzdal It is important both for you and for your fellow travellers that you are fit enough to be able to enjoy all the activities on this tour. To give you an indication of the level of physical fitness required to participate on our tours, we have given them a star grading. Academy Travel s tours tend to feature extended walking tours and site visits, which require greater fitness than coach touring. We ask you instead to consider carefully your ability to meet the physical demands of the tour. Participation criteria for this tour This Grade Two tour is designed for people who lead active lives and can comfortably participate in up to five hours of physical activity per day on most days, including longer walking tours, challenging archaeological sites, climbing stairs, embarking and disembarking trains and/or boats, and a more demanding tour schedule with one night stops or several internal flights. You should be able to: keep up with the group at all times walk for 4-5 kilometres at a moderate pace with only short breaks stand for a reasonable length of time in galleries and museums tolerate uncomfortable climatic conditions such as cold weather walk up and down slopes negotiate steps and slopes on archaeological sites, which are often uneven and unstable get on and off a large coach with steep stairs, train or boat unassisted, possibly with luggage A note for older travellers If you are more than 80 years old, or have restricted mobility, it is highly likely that you will find this itinerary challenging. You will have to miss several activities and will not get the full value of the tour. Your booking will not be accepted until after you have contacted Academy Travel to discuss your situation and the exact physical requirements of this tour. While we will do our best to reasonably accommodate the physical needs of all group members, we reserve the right to refuse bookings if we feel that the requirements of the tour are too demanding for you and/or if local conditions mean we cannot reasonably accommodate your condition.

9 Hotels St Petersburg, Angleterre (7 nights) A historic five-star hotel with elegantly furnished rooms and excellent service situated in the shadow of St Isaacs Cathedral close to the Hermitage Museum and within walking distance of Nevsky Prospect. Our deluxe rooms offer views over St Isaacs Square and the cathedral and feature Italian marble bathrooms and free wifi. moscow, Peter 1 (6 nights) A well regarded four-star hotel in a central position, less than 10 minutes walk from Red Square, the Kremlin, the Bolshoi and many of Moscow s museums. Rooms are elegantly furnished with all the amenities of a modern hotel. suzdal, pushkarskaya sloboda (3 nights) The only four-star rated hotel located within the Golden Ring region. Consisting of several restored 19th-century buildings and modern buildings constructed in the same style, the hotel evokes an atmosphere of life in a Russian village. Air-conditioned rooms are clean and comfortable all are equipped with satellite television, mini bar, safe and a hairdryer. * Hotels may be subject to change (to another hotel of equivalent quality). Any changes will be advised to all clients booked on the tour. Weather on Tour September and October is a pleasant time to travel in Russia with the autumnal colours on show. Days are mild with an average chance of rain and temperatures averaging between lows of seven degrees at night and sixteen degrees during the day decreasing to lows of 5 and highs of 12 degrees in early October. A light weather proof jacket and umbrella may be required at times during the tour. Additional travel AND stopovers We are more than happy to arrange additional travel either before or after the tour dates. Stopovers on the outbound or return flight are also possible for those wishing to break their journey. Please contact Erin Laffin on (02) to discuss your requirements. Images right: the elegant Angleterre Hotel, St Petersburg; and a deluxe room at the hotel offering views over St Isaacs Square and the cathedral; the Grand Façade of the Peter I Hotel; and elegant furnishings are a hallmark of our Moscow hotel

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