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Our Trips
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All of our trips have a pre-arranged schedule. However if you would like to customise your journey, please let us know how by either calling us on 0845 521 2910 or emailing us
City Day Trip Options
Moscow
Vodka Museum
It is quite symbolic that the museum is now situated in Moscow, which is the historical centre this famous drink originates from, 15th century being the starting point of its history. The museum appeared within the precincts of the Kremlin in Izmailovo, which is a unique historical and architectural complex, for tourists and locals.
1 person price £80pp • 2 people or more £50pp
Duration 3 hrs. Includes travelling time. No transportation costs included.
Basic Russian
Kak dela? Pick up some handy conversational Russian for your trip in an intensive lesson over a cup of Russky chai. From please and thank you to asking the way (and understanding the answer..) one lesson might not make you a bol’tushka (chatterbox) but you’ll be well on the way to becoming kilovaya chuvikha (cool chick!)
1 person price £130pp • 2 people or more £65pp
Duration of the lesson 3hrs.
Includes snacks but no transportation.
Stalin’s Bunker
The secret underground control-room from which Stalin planned to run the USSR in the event of nuclear war. Please note this is not open to the general public and is strictly a private tour, and the price they charge reflects the exclusive nature of this VIP trip.
1 person price £180pp • 2 people or more £120pp
Duration 3.5hrs. Includes travelling time. No transportation costs included.
Not the nuclear bunker some visitors expect, but the medieval walled citadel of ancient Moscow! Built to withstand attack by Mongolian hordes, its massive bastions enclose former palaces and cathedrals from which Russia was ruled in the Middle Ages. Only visiting Heads of State are usually allowed to visit the Facetted Palace, but you'll see the cathedrals in which the Tsars were crowned, married, and buried, and the Palace of the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church. The trip highlight is the Treasury of the Tsars - royal regalia, crowns, orbs, sceptres, the royal carriages, and priceless gifts from other monarchs - now displayed in the former Armoury Chambers. [The Kremlin remains the centre of the Russian State today - some buildings remain closed to the public for this reason. The Kremlin is closed to all visitors on Thursdays, Public Holidays, and during State Visits by Heads of State.]
1 person price £115pp • 2 people or more £80pp
Duration 4hrs. Includes travelling time. No transportation costs included.
The "New Maiden" Convent is a formidable structure - not dissimilar in style to the Kremlin, and dating from a similar period - that has played a frequent role in Russia's turbulent history. Tsar Peter the Great, for example, banished his ex-wife here as a nun, after discovering she was plotting his murder - your guide will tell you how he increased her torment in a barbaric way. In later centuries disgraced nobility - such as those accused of the 1825 "Decembrists Plot" - were buried here, including many of the most celebrated officers of the Napoleonic Campaign of 1812. (The adjacent cemetery is not included in the excursion).
1 person price £80pp • 2 people or more £45pp Duration 3hrs. Includes travelling time. No transportation costs included.
St. Petersburg
Siege of Leningrad Museum
For 900 days in WW2 the city of Leningrad (present day St. Petersburg) was cut off from the rest of Russia by German tank divisions and the artillery battalions. Conditions in the besieged city were appalling – hundreds of thousands died from famine and contagion. This tiny museum is located in the gatehouse of the War Cemetery where the civilian dead from the siege were buried. Although it may be grim, its “essential” to understand the splendour of the modern city.
1 person price £75pp • 2 or more people £45pp
Duration 3hrs. Includes travelling time. No transportation costs included.
Tea in a Russian Home
Russians are at their happiest when sitting and drinking tea, eating cake and having a natter. There’s even a verb in Russian, chaigonyat, to describe drinking a lot of tea like this! Enter the private world of Russian home home life for a short while.
1 person price £70pp • 2 or more people £45pp
Duration 3hrs. Includes travelling time. No transportation costs included.
Museum Of The Political Police
Russia’s secrect police are legendry, but they weren’t merely a soviet-era invention... they date back to the oprichniks (the deadly secrect agents ofthe Russian Tsars from the C17th onwards) and beyond. Even famous Russian authors like Dostoyevsky (who wrote “Crime and Punishment” here in St Petersburg) fell foul of the terrifying “midnight doorknock”. This museum offers an unglossed history.
1 person price £70pp • 2 people or more £45pp
Duration 3hrs. Includes travelling time. No transportation costs included.
Yusupov Palace & Rasputin Chambers
The Yusupov family were the wealthiest family in Russia-wealthier even than the Tsars themselves, and their influence ran everywhere. So when young Felix Yusupov and his university friends decided Rasputin’s influence had become too great, they decided to “deal with him” privately, by inviting him to a poisoned supper at their magnificent palace...
1 person price £75pp 2 people or more £45pp
Duration 2.5hrs. Includes travelling time. No transportation costs included.
Russian Cookery Lesson with a family
Learn how to cook traditional Russian dishes under the watchful eye of a master of the genre! You’ll have to eat the results of your efforts later, so make sure you pay attention! All the ingredients, tuition and a shot of something to wash it down with are included.
