Trans Siberian Railway Tours in Russia, Mongolia and China
Adds-On in Moscow
Additional Sightseeing in Moscow
Our Individual Trans-Siberian Tours include an extensive sightseeing program in Moscow - walking city tour with visits to all major highlights, visit to the Moscow Kremlin, Tretyakov Art Gallery and Pushkin Fine Art Museum. The options included into your tour are guided walking excursions. Much more options and activities are available - please see below!
As always, we offer Early Birds Discount of 5% if a tour is booked 90 days in advance!
Moscow City Tour
Moscow is the capital of Russia, the country's largest city, its major political, industrial and cultural center. Moscow is a unique city, its architecture combines the features of both Oriental and Western cultures. Today we are the witnesses of a new stage in Moscow’s life. Here more than anywhere else one can feel the atmosphere of all those changes which drag the attention of the whole world. The city tour takes you through the main streets, squares and places of interest.
| Price per person | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
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| City tour with transportation included, 3 hours, daily | $149 | $84 | $67 | $59
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| City tour with Kremlin territory, transportation included, 3 hours, daily | $255 | $149 | $124 | $107
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Moscow Kremlin
The Kremlin has always been perceived as a symbol of power and might of the Russian land. Each era of Russian history lefts its architectural mark on the Kremlin; within the Kremlin walls there are many architectural monuments, churches, cathedrals, museums, etc. The Armory Chamber features ancient state regalia, festive royal garments decorated with silver, gold and precious stones, a collection of arms, jewelry and a collection of royal carriages. The collection of regalia in the Diamond Fund represents many masterpieces of jewelry art including the Great and Small crowns, maces, scepters, the Great Chain with the cross and star of the Order of St Andrew the First-Called and clasps to fasten the coronation mantle.
| Price per person | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
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| Kremlin territory and visit to one of the cathedrals, transportation included, except Thursday | $173 | $107 | $91 | $84
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| Kremlin territory and Armoury Chamber, transportation included, except Thursday | $214 | $149 | $132 | $124
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| Kremlin territory and Diamond Fund transportation included, except Thursday | $206 | $141 | $124 | $116
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| City tour with Kremlin territory, transportation included, 3 hours, daily | $255 | $149 | $124 | $107
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Art Galleries
Tretyakov State Gallery is one of the world’s largest museums, a treasure house of old Russian art from the XXI century till our days. The gallery bears the name of its founder, Pavel Tretyakov, a rich Russian manufacturer and patron of art. Now the Tretyakov Gallery holds more than 50000 works of painting, graphic art and sculpture. Pushkin Fine Arts Museum houses an extensive collection of ancient art and artifacts from the Ancient times to the New Age, including Egyptian, Assyrian, Ancient Greek and Roman pieces.
| Sightseeing Options
| Add-on price per person
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| Tretyakov Gallery walking tour
| Included
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| Pushkin Museum walking tour
| Included
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| Tretyakov Gallery tour with transfers
| £35
| €49
| $69
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| Pushkin Museum tour with transfers
| £35
| €49
| $69 |
Kolomenskoe Estate Museum
Kolomenskoye is a Great Princes’ mansion in the XIV-XVII centures. It is the unique art, historical, architectural and nature-landscape museum-reserve, situated in the South region of Moscow. Nowadays it is a remarkable place to enjoy Russian folklore performance such as wedding-game, skomorokhs-buffoons and songs.
| Visiting Kolomenskoe INSTEAD of suggested sightseeing program
| Add-on price per person
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| Excursion to Kolomenskoe with transfers
| £49
| €69
| $99
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Kuskovo Estate Museum
The Kuskovo Estate, nicknamed the Moscow Versailles due to its formal French gardens, is a perfect example of an 18th century Muscovite country residence. The history of the estate dates back to 1715, when Tsar Peter the Great awarded the village of Kuskovo to Boris Sheremetev, a Russian general who excelled at the battle of Poltava and who decided to build a summer residence there. The Sheremetyevs were one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in Russia and the estate was used by several generations of the family.
Nowadays, Kuskovo estate is an official museum of Russian architecture, ceramics and sculpture.
| Visiting Kuskovo INSTEAD of suggested sightseeing program
| Add-on price per person
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| Excursion to Kuskovo with transfers
| £49
| €69
| $99
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Sergiev Posad
Visit to Sergiev Posad includes an excursion to the the Trinity Monastery of St.Sergius the center of Russian Orthodoxy with its Theological Academy and Seminary. You will have a chance to have a look at Russian church service, listen to the singing. Visit to the museum of Russian icon-painting and Doll museum (Sergiev-Posad is native for Matreshka-doll).
| Visiting Sergiev Posad INSTEAD of suggested sightseeing program
| Add-on price per person
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| Excursion to Sergiev Posad with transfers
| £89
| €119
| $179
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New Jerusalem Monastery
New Jerusalem Monastery is located on the river Istra not far from Moscow. It was founded in 1656 by Patriarch Nikon of Moscow, who patterned the monastery after Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Tsar Alexis dubbed the monastery "New Jerusalem" after visiting the site and seeing the resemblance. Today, New Jerusalem is a functioning monastery and a monument of a great architectural and cultural value. Orthodox worshippers come to pay their respects as well as drink from the nearby spring that is said to be holy.
| Visiting New Jerusalem INSTEAD of suggested sightseeing program
| Add-on price per person
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| Excursion to New Jerusalem Monastery with transfers
| £59
| €74
| $109
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Air Forces Museum in Monino
The Russian Air Forces Museum in Monino is located approximately 38 km from Moscow in a lovely wooded area.It is the largest and best aviation museum in Russia. It was created on the basis of the Gagarin Air Force Academy.The aviation park consists of more than 170 aircraft from the beginning of the century to modern war machines, cargo, sport, and also civilian planes and helicopters.
| Visiting Monino INSTEAD of suggested sightseeing program
| Add-on price per person
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| Excursion to Air Forces Museum with transfers
| £84
| €115
| $169
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Star City
At the height of the Cold War, the Star City was the favorite showcase of the Soviet propaganda - an advanced and optimistic facade of the Soviet state. However, most ordinary Russians had vague idea about its location and even those who did would be met by a well guarded gates and a fence. Spend an action-packed day inside the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, using the same simulators used by cosmonauts to prepare for space travel.
| Visiting Star City INSTEAD of suggested sightseeing program
| Add-on price per person
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| Excursion to the Star City with transfers
| £199
| €269
| $399
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