Moscow Top 10 Tours

Kremlin Tour

Once a residence of Russian tsars and top archbishops, Moscow Kremlin plunges guests into breath-taking history of Russia's statehood and Orthodoxy. Apart from walk around the grounds, tour includes visit to magnificent cathedrals, to Armory Chamber housing royal treasures and, last but not least, to Diamond Fund with a unique collection of Russian crown jewels.

Persons	2	3	4	6	8
Price per person in US dollars	160	140	120	90	80

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Panoramic City Tour

4 hour driving city tour with major sights and photo stops covers Red Square, Bolshoi Theater, KGB's, Christ the Saviour Cathedral (inside), Duma, Novodevichy Convent, Moscow University and scenic lookout point at Sparrow Hills, Victory Park, Stalin's "Seven Sisters" skyscrapers, Tverskaya Avenue, boulevards. No true impression of a huge city can be gained without a drive through it!

Persons	2	3	4	6	8
Price per person in US dollars	120	100	80	65	45

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1 Day Must-see Tour (city tour + Kremlin + metro)

If you have only one day to explore the city, this is what may suit you best. I pick you up from hotel or from train terminal, and first we take a driving sightseeing tour and visit Red Square. After a lunch break you are invited into the Kremlin, actual residence of Russian president. You walk around the grounds and visit fabulous cathedrals of the Tsars. Short metro ride let you see some of the most famous underground stations.

Persons	2	3	4	6	8
Price per person in US dollars	250	200	150	120	100

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Sergiev Posad one day trip by car

The town of Sergiev Posad located 70 miles northward of Moscow is famous for the most sacred and largest monastery, St. Sergius Holy Trinity Lavra. The monastery was founded in the mid-14th century and actual brotherhood is close to 300 monks. Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, it's a true citadel of harmony and beauty. Drive to Sergiev Posad is about 1-1.5 hour one way. The tour gives a chance to visit Russian countryside.

Persons	2	3	4	6	8
Price per person in US dollars	230	180	130	100	80

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Bolshoi Backstage

1.5 - 2 hour private tour inside iconic opera and ballet house of Russia. Visitors are usually invited to Imperial ballrooms, lobbies, new rehearsal stage, Beethoven's underground hall-transformer, sometimes to costume-making workshop and, no doubts, to grand auditorium with historic stage where Peter Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake was performed for the first time in 1877.

Persons	2	3	4	6	8
Price per person in US dollars	120	85	70	60	50

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Suzdal & Vladimir one day trip by train

We start at 8.30 and take metro to train station for 1. 45 h travel by comfortable Lastochka train from Moscow to Vladimir. Upon arrival at 11.15 we meet our driver and move to Suzdal, tiny town nicely located in the meadows. Local guide is there to join us for visiting Suzdal Kremlin, Wooden Architecture Museum and listening the bells of the St. Euthymius's. After lunch break we drive back to Vladimir to see Golden Gate, elaborately carved St. Dmitry's and the golden-domed Assumption Cathedral holding many memories of Russian Great Princes in the olden days. At 20.15 we take a train back to Moscow.

Persons	2	3	4	6	8
Price per person in US dollars	420	330	285	250	230

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Space Museum & Metro tour

Before we "set for a space mission", I will take you underground to show the most beautiful metro stations. The Space Museum should not be missed by the interested in history of space exploration. Space dogs, original spacecraft, life-size model of the Mir space station are among the highlights! After we finish the tour, don't miss a chance to explore on your own the VDNKh Park in 5 min walk from the museum. The park has everything to enjoy at any time of the year: fountains and bike rides in summer, huge skating rink in winter and Oceanarium all year around!

Persons	2	3	4	6	8
Price per person in US dollars	100	80	70	60	50

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Jewish Heritage Tour

Today's Jewish community unites hundreds of thousands of Moscow Jews and lives intensive cultural, religious and business life. During the tour you visit Grand Choral Synagogue, Chabad Center and Jewish Museum & Tolerance Center, probably the largest interactive Jewish museum in the world telling us wonderful and tragic stories of Russian Jews. If guests wish, they can have a lunch break in a kosher restaurant.

Persons	2	3	4	6	8
Price per person in US dollars	180	140	100	90	80

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Kolomenskoye Palace and Park

Kolomenskoye is a former summer residence of Russian tsars in a lovely parkland away from the busy downtown. Guests are guided through endless living and reception chambers of tsar Alexei Mikhailovitch in his palace entirely built of wood and then take a ride in electric car to visit the grounds and 16th century Church of Ascention, UNESCO Heritage Site.

Persons	2	3	4	6	8
Price per person in US dollars	120	100	70	60	50

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Golden Ring 2 day tour: Sergiev Posad, Suzdal, Vladimir

Two day trip to beautiful Russian province starts at 9 am when you meet your guide at hotel and take a drive to Sergiev Posad to visit St. Sergius Holy Trinity Lavra. Next destination is Suzdal, lovely town 260 km away from Moscow. Wooden Architecture Museum is to be visited before you check in at local hotel for overnight. Next morning you check out and continue sightseeing. Suzdal Kremlin, St. Euphymius's bells, Vladimir Assumption Cathedral, lime-stoned carving of St. Dmitry's and panoramic points won't be missed. About 6pm you start moving back to Moscow and finish your trip around 10.30 pm.

Persons	2	3	4	6	8
Price per person in US dollars	450	350	300	250	200

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I was born in Moscow and hold MD in psychology from Moscow State University of Psychology and Education. In the 1990s I moved towards my cherished dream to see the world and started working in tourism industry. Worked as overseas rep in Egypt, France, Cyprus, China, Maldives; headed Russian overseas representative office in India. Was a tourleader leading Russian groups to Europe. Later I completed a demanding academic course for official Moscow tour guide. Apart from my job as a tour guide, I do some psychological research, study history of arts, enjoy travelling, trekking, cycling. I am happy to share my knowledge with you.