Let us take care of your kosher food needs, while you enjoy sightseeing, meeting local Jewish community leaders and taking part in all kinds of events and holidays. Join 9-day Moscow & St. Petersburg tour.
The hotels in both cities are conveniently located near the Synagogues.
- Visit the places connected with the cultural, religious and political life of the Russian Jews.
- Walk the streets of these grand cities with our expert guide to plunge yourself into the life and history of the country.
- Visit the must-see sites in both cities – the Kremlin in Moscow and the Hermitage and Catherine’s Palace in St. Petersburg.
- Admire the art collections of the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
- Learn what it was like to live under the KGB’s watchful eye.
| Accommodations |
Marco Polo Presnja in Moscow Courtyard Marriott Pushkin in St. Petersburg |
| Included |
Museum Entrance Fees Hand-picked professional local guides 8 kosher breakfasts and 7 kosher lunches at various restaurants or boxed meals, daily bottled water High-speed train from Moscow to St. Petersburg All on-tour transportation provided by modern air-conditioned motor coaches including arrival and departure transfers Whisper technology enhanced touring Luggage handling in/out Visa support, registration fees |
Additional information
| Occupancy | Double (shared hotel room, per person), Single (individual hotel room, per person) |
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Day 1 - Wed: Welcome to Russia
Arrival to Moscow. You will be met, greeted and escorted to your hotel.
Day 2 - Thu: Moscow Highlights - city tour and Tretyakov Gallery
Today we offer you some insights into the rich history of Moscow.
Then step into Red Square to view the famous landmarks including the Savior Tower, Kremlin walls, GUM department store, the State Historical Museum and Lenin’s Mausoleum.
Drive around the Kremlin and when visit Poklonnaya Hill (Bow Hill) – commemorating the events of World War II. Enter the Synagogue and the Museum of Jewish Heritage and Holocaust.
Have the kosher lunch and then visit the Old Tretyakov Gallery – the main museum housing a collection of Russian art from the XII to the XX century.
Take a Metro ride with your guide and stop to explore the grandeur of its most impressive stations.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 3 - Fri: Jewish Moscow
This tour is devoted to visiting places connected with the cultural, religious and political life of the Moscow Jewry. You will be taken to places associated with prominent Jewish intellectuals, such as Mandelshtam, Michoels, Isaak Levitan, Lazar Poliakov, and Leo Trotsky. Learn about the Pale of Settlement and about the first generation of Soviet Jews, their idealistic ideas of the Revolution’s internationalism, that promised to eradicate all national prejudice and inequalities. Get acquainted with the life of the Jewish community in Moscow and visit the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 4 - Sat: Kremlin day
Enter the Kremlin walls to feel the country’s past and present. The Kremlin is an old fortress and the most important historical and political center of Russia.
Visit the Armory Chamber – the treasury of Russian tsars that houses a collection of unique jewelry, court regalia, armor, coronation dresses, golden carriages, and some of the fabulous and priceless Easter Eggs by Karl Faberge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 5 - Sun: Back in USSR – Rail to St. Petersburg
Meet your guide in the lobby of the hotel for the KGB tour. Visit the places connected with the time of great repression and fear. Step on Lubyanka Square to see a memorial to the victims of political repression – Solovetsky Stone. Learn what it was like to live under the KGB’s watchful eye in Russia.
Later you will be transferred to Leningradsky railway station to board the rapid train Sapsan to St. Petersburg. Upon arrival at St. Petersburg check in to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 6 - Mon: St. Petersburg – The City of Tsars and Revolutions
After breakfast join the tour of the northern capital of Russia. First of all, view the Palace square and take in the spectacular panorama of the General Staff building, Alexander column, and the Hermitage. Then the city tour will feature the impressive St. Isaac’s Cathedral, Bronze Horseman statue of Peter the Great and splendid view of the city from the Spit of Vasilievsky Island. Follow your guide to the oldest part of the city – Peter and Paul Fortress where the town of Peter started in 1703. Continue past the Field of Mars and the Summer Gardens to the most famous church in the city the Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood.
After kosher lunch walk along the Nevsky prospect, lively at any time of day and night – the most elegant avenue lined with palaces and mansions.
You’ll have time to refresh back at the hotel before the performance. Enjoy the evening program (Ballet/Opera/Folk dance show/Classic music) – the schedule is subject to change.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 7 - Tue: The Hermitage and Jewish St. Petersburg
This morning go to the Palace square. A highlight of your stay is a guided visit to the famous Hermitage Museum with its masterpieces by hundreds of artists including Renoir, Da Vinci, and Matisse. The State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings and is one of the oldest and largest art galleries in the world. It is estimated that you would need eleven years to view each exhibit on display for just one minute!
Then visit the beautiful Big Choral Synagogue and Jewish Community center. Enjoy a delicious lunch there.
Get to know the history of St. Petersburg’s Jewish community on this tour. From the era of Peter the Great to today, the Jewish community has faced difficulties and hard times. The Revolution brought great opportunity and equality to the Russian Jews when the Pale of Settlement was abolished. Learn about Stalin’s repressions and the victims of WWII.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 8 - Wed: The Catherine's Palace and Peterhof fountains
Depart to the Pushkin town (Tsarskoye Selo), just outside St. Petersburg. It is famed for its majestic Catherine’s palace where Empress Catherine the Great lived and died.
Its main attractions are the mirrored Grand Ballroom and the opulent Amber Room.
Continue to the beautiful Catherine Park surrounding the palace. On your way from Pushkin see the Monument to the victims of the Holocaust – The Formula of Mourning. During the WWI there was a ghetto.
In the afternoon join an unforgettable tour to Peterhof Park – the “capital of fountains” – with the most famous Grand Cascade.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 9 - Thu: Depart St. Petersburg
Departure transfer to the airport for your flight home.
Meals: Breakfast
Small Group Borscht & Bagel 9-Day Tour
Double room $3,950 per person
Solo traveler $4,950 per person
Private Journey Travel Any Day
Double room $5,000 per person
Solo traveler $6,400 per person
Friends & Family Discount – Travel as a group of 3 or more and save $50-$100 per person
Payment Conditions:
Deposit: 10% of the price
Final Payment: 60 days prior to departure
Cancellation Fees:
61 days prior to departure or more: 10% of the price
60-31 days prior to departure: 20% of the price
30-15 days prior to departure: 50% of the price
14 days prior to departure or less: 100% of the price
Important notes:
- Strelka Tours reserves the right to alter the sequence of activities or replace an activity that becomes unavailable for a comparable one.
- Strelka Tours reserves the right to unilaterally change the prices in proportion to the change in the exchange rate.
- The rates may vary during holidays and not valid during trade shows, forums, summits and etc. The final rate and terms will be set at the time of booking.
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Centrally located 4* boutique hotels
4 nights in Moscow: Marco Polo Presnja
The Marco Polo Presnja is a respectable 4-star boutique Hotel in Moscow nearby the Synagogue and Patriarch Ponds. Before the revolution, the building was used by British and American elite, and in Soviet times it became a hotel. Today Marco Polo Presnja offers to the guests comfortable large rooms with individual design, a wide range of services, and high level of service
4 nights in St. Petersburg: Courtyard by Marriott Pushkin
Located between the Griboedova Channel and Kanonerskaya Street, the Courtyard St. Petersburg Center West/Pushkin Hotel provides a home away from home for the travelers. The accommodation showcases modern spaces and smart design, with deluxe pillow-top bedding, free Wi-Fi, and flat-screen TVs. The prime hotel location in St. Petersburg’s historic city center puts you conveniently within walking distance of Mariinsky Theatre and the Synagogue.
