Tour Operator: The Russia Experience
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St Petersburg - Moscow

Tour Highlights:
• The original Russian backpacker trip! 
• Developed by us & ever-popular 
• Moscow, Petersburg & Novgorod 
   and Russia's lush countryside! 
• Lake Metz lakeside stay, sauna & swimming 
   and all the sightseeing stuff too, of course 
   minibus groups, 15 people max 
• Free Beetroot Bible 
• Visa service 
• Great local Beetroot Buddy throughout 

Trip Itinerary Ex - St Petersburg:

Day 1
Rendezvous day in St Petersburg – our free pick-up service operates all day, whether you’ve arrived at dawn off a night-train or the last flight at night. 

Day 2
After breakfast, take a Walking Tour around town, and get an insider’s view from our all-local Beetroot Buddy staff. Lunch downtown is your own deal, with a free afternoon & evening. Maybe see the Palaces, take a canalboat ride, go to a folklore show?

Day 3
Breakfast. Morning trip to the Hermitage* Collection – own lunch and free afternoon, stroll along Nevsky Prospekt, or perhaps go out to Petrodvorets Palace?

Day 4
Morning visit to the Peter & Paul Fortress* where the Revolutionaries were imprisoned, and see the Tombs Of The Tsars. After a lunch-break, depart to Novgorod (4 hrs driving) – arriving late afternoon. Hotel check-in and a free evening in Russia’s oldest city!

Day 5
Walking Tour of medieval Novgorod, where the Russian State was founded in 862 ad. See the ancient Kremlin* – yes, there is one here too. After a lunch break, there’s an excursion to the Museum of Village Life – an open-air collection of amazing old buildings. Free evening – maybe have supper in a medieval restaurant, or take a disco-cruise on a riverboat?

Day 6
Breakfast, then depart to Vyshney Volochek (4.5 hrs driving) and arrive at Lake Mets Forest Camp. Chill-out Russian-style – walk in the forest, gather berries, have a Russian banya (sauna), have a swim, take a rowing-boat – this is how Russians love to relax themselves! Evening – barbeque campfire supper.

Day 7
Hit the road for Moscow (4-5 hrs drive – heavily traffic-dependant!). We’ll make a lunch-stop on the way, passing by Russian small towns and little wooden villages – until finally we hit the big city. Hotel check-in.

Day 8
See the sights the tour-buses miss, and get the skinny on Moscow from an insider, on a Walking Tour of Moscow. Plenty of free time today to explore the capital on your own – maybe stroll the Arbat’s stalls and hokum antiques. 

Day 9
We help you get ticket for the Moscow Kremlin* this morning – so you can look around for yourselves! No it’s not a nuclear bunker or a spy centre It’s Moscow’s C16-17th citadel Your last full day in Russia, so catch the sights, visit the museums, buy all those stacking dolls and Lenin t-shirts, before the bars and clubs beckon you this evening… the only question is will your adrenalin levels meet the challenge?!

*No activities on Beetroot are compulsory-you buy only the tickets you want, at local face value prices.