From the charm of Tallinn's Old Town Square to the grandeur of St. Petersburg’s Imperial palaces, you will see the most beautiful, yet often overlooked sights that Eastern Europe and Russia have to offer.
This tour combines our intimate Amber Cities tour with our Imperial Capitals tour.
First,
our tour of the Baltic cities will give you all of
the sights visited by the aristocrats of yesteryear, but without the
discomforts-we promise. Since their independence from the USSR in the
1990’s, the three Baltic capitals, Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn, have been
transformed, gaining their three distinct cultural identities, but now
with wonderful restaurants and small boutique hotels.
Later, our Imperial Capitals itinerary will provide an insight, in logical order, of the progression of Russian history from Kiev, to the concentration of Russian power by Ivan the Terrible in Moscow, to the founding of Peter the Great’s new “Window on the West” in St. Petersburg.
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Nights in Vilnius
3 Nights in Riga
3 Nights in Tallinn
3 Nights in Kiev
3 Nights in Moscow
4 Nights in St. Petersburg
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Tour the former, secret KGB Headquarters in Vilnius
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Visit Rastrelli’s masterpiece and Pearl of the Baltics - the Rundale Palace
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Take a backstage tour of the Riga Opera House
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Tour Sigulda, home to the ancient Turaida Castle Complex
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Visit to the Kiev-Pecherskaya Lavra Monastery
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Guided tour of the Chernobyl Museum
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The Diamond Vaults of the Kremlin, including the famed Orlov Diamond
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Guided Shopping at Moscow’s Izmailovsky Bazaar
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Tickets to the Ballet, Opera, or Symphony in St. Petersburg
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Visit to the Amber Room Workshop at Catherine Palace
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