City Day Trip Options

 

Moscow

Metro Museum

The Moscow Metro is legendary for the extraordinary grandeur and over
the-top Stalin-era decoration which went into the original generation
of stations. The Metro Museum gives the history of how and why the system was built, and how latest technology (monorail systems etc) are being added to its future.

1 person price £pp • 2 people or more £pp Duration 1.5 hrs to inc 30 minutes travelling time. No transportation costs included.

 

The Anti-KGB Museum – (Andrei Sakharov Museum)

The limitless power and viciousness of the Stalin-era KGB became infamous throughout the world. One of its most famous victims was Andrei Sakharov, the physicist who developed the USSR’s nucleur programme, but refused to make his work available for military applications. This museum tells not only Sakharov’s story, but the history or political repression during the USSR period.

1 person price £pp • 2 people or more £pp Duration 2 hrs to inc 30 minutes travelling time. No transportation costs included.

 

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 £pp • 2 people or more £pp Duration 1 hr to inc 30 minutes travelling time. No transportation costs included.

Buran Space Shuttle

The “Buran” (Whirlwind) was the Soviet Space Program’s version of the Space Shuttle (and looks very similar). However, early setbacks meant that it was withdrawn from use, and the USSR changed its space policy away from manned missions. One of the Buran ships now stands on the banks of the Moscova River and can be visited. There is short film about the Buran’s history.

1 person price £pp • 2 people or more £pp Duration 1.5 hrs to inc 30 minutes 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 £pp • 2 people or more £pp Duration 3 hrs. 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 £pp • 2 people or more £pp Duration 2 hrs to inc 3 mins 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 £pp • 2 or more people £pp Duration 1.5 hrs to inc 30 mins 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 £pp • 2 or more people £pp Duration 2hrs to inc 30 mins 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 £pp • 2 people or more £pp Duration 2.5 hrs to inc 30 mins 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 £ • 2 people or more £pp Duration 2.5 hrs to inc 30 mins 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.

1 person price £pp • 2 people or more £pp Duration 4 hrs toinc 1 hour travelling time. No transportation costs are included.