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"Volga Prince" 2006
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Moscow, Uglich, Yaroslavl, Goritsy, Kizhi, Mandroga,
St. Petersburg |
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Cruise
Departure Dates: Moscow - Saint Petersburg - Moscow
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May
2006
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05 /22 - 05 /31
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Moscow - St. Petersburg
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09 /11
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05 / 31 - 06 /11
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St. Petersburg - Moscow
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June
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06 /11 - 06 /22
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July
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Moscow
- Saint Petersburg - 13 Days Cruise
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Main
Itinenary Moscow - St. Petersburg - 13 days Cruise: |
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Moscow - St. Petersburg - 13 Day Cruise
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USA Departure Date: |
Cruise Departure Date: |
June 10 |
June 11 |
July 2 |
July 3 |
July 24 |
July 25 |
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Port of call: |
Program: |
Arrival: |
Departure: |
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Departure from USA |
Based on airline schedule |
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Moscow |
Arrival to Moscow, transfer to the ship. Dinner, live entertainment every night |
Ship check in after 3 p.m. (15:00) |
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Moscow |
City tour
Novodevichiy Monastery and convent |
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Moscow |
Kremlin with inside territory
Kremlin’s Cathedral Lunch in the city famous traditional restaurant |
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Uglich |
Cathedral of the Resurrection
Dmitry Blood’s Church |
16:30 |
19:30 |
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Yaroslavl |
City tour, visit of Ilea’s Church
Spasskiy Monastery |
08:00 |
14:00 |
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Goritsy |
14 century Monastery of St.Kirill of the White Lake
The World’s best icon collection |
11:00 |
14:30 |
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Kizhi |
17 century open-air museum of
wooden architecture |
16:00 |
20:00 |
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Mandroga |
Visiting local villagers on recreational stop |
12:00 |
15:00 |
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St. Petersburg |
City tour ,tour to Peter & Paul Fortress, Peter the Great and shrine to the Romanov Dynasty |
08:00 |
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St. Petersburg |
Hermitage museum
Lunch in the city famous traditional restaurant |
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St. Petersburg |
Peterhoff, summer Palace of Peter the Great |
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St. Petersburg |
Breakfast,Transfer to the airport. |
Depart back to USA after breakfast. |
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Saint
Petersburg -
Moscow -
13 Days Cruise
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St. Petersburg - Moscow - 13 Day Cruise
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USA Departure Date: |
Cruise Departure Date: |
May 30 |
May 31 |
June 21 |
June 22 |
July 13 |
July 14 |
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Port of call: |
Arrival: |
Departure: |
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Departure from USA |
Based on airline schedule |
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St. Petersburg |
Ship check in after 3 p.m. |
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St. Petersburg |
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St. Petersburg |
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St. Petersburg |
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19:00 |
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Mandroga |
12:00 |
15:00 |
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Kizhi |
07:00 |
12:00 |
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Goritsy |
13:00 |
17:00 |
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Yaroslavl |
16:00 |
20:00 |
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Uglich |
08:00 |
11:00 |
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Moscow |
13:00 |
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Moscow |
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Moscow |
Depart back to USA after breakfast. |
| Program mirrors Moscow - St. Petersburg cruise program above. |
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Saint Petersburg - Moscow - 11 Days Cruise |
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Moscow - St. Petersburg - 11 Day Cruise
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USA Departure Date: |
Cruise Departure Date: |
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May 22 |
| August 13 |
August 14 |
| August 31 |
September 1 |
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Port of call: |
Arrival: |
Departure: |
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Departure from USA |
Based on airline schedule |
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Moscow |
Ship check in after 3 p.m. (15:00) |
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Moscow |
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Moscow |
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Uglich |
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Goritsy |
13:00 |
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Kizhi |
18:00 |
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Svirstroy |
13:00 |
15:00 |
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St. Petersburg |
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St. Petersburg |
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St. Petersburg |
Depart back to USA after breakfast. |
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St. Petersburg - Moscow - 11 Day Cruise
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USA Departure Date: |
Cruise Departure Date: |
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August 5 |
| August 22 |
August 23 |
| September 9 |
September 10 |
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Port of call: |
Arrival: |
Departure: |
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Departure from USA |
Based on airline schedule |
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St. Petersburg |
Ship check in after 3 p.m. |
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St. Petersburg |
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St. Petersburg |
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Svirstroy |
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Kizhi |
08:00 |
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Goritsy |
11:00 |
14:00 |
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Uglich |
09:30 |
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Moscow |
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Moscow |
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Moscow |
Depart back to USA after breakfast. |
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Price
per person, per cruise, double occupancy:
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13 Day Cruise - Moscow - St. Petersburg // St. Petersburg - Moscow |
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All inclusive prices from: |
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Cruise only
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JFK/IAD:* |
LAX:* |
Main Deck |
$1650 |
$2750 |
$2950 |
Upper Deck |
$1750 |
$2850 |
$3050 |
Boat Deck |
$1850 |
$2950 |
$3150 |
Boat Deck - Jr. Suite |
$2600 |
$3700 |
$3900 |
Boat Deck - Suite |
$3300 |
$4400 |
$4600 |
Additional Charges for 13 day cruises:
- Port tax: $86
- Fuel surcharge: $60
- Single supplement: + 50%
- Single Cabin Boat Deck: $2500
- Lower Deck 4 bed Cabin: $1400
- USA/Russia Departure and Security Taxes: JFK/IAD: $110 -- LAX: $140
* Airline rates subject to change without notice.
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Price
per person, per cruise, double occupancy:
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11 Day Cruise - Moscow - St. Petersburg // St. Petersburg - Moscow |
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All inclusive prices from: |
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Cruise only
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JFK/IAD:* |
LAX:* |
Main Deck |
$1400 |
$2500 |
$2700 |
Upper Deck |
$1500 |
$2600 |
$2800 |
Boat Deck |
$1600 |
$2700 |
$2900 |
Boat Deck - Jr. Suite |
$2200 |
$3300 |
$3500 |
Boat Deck - Suite |
$2600 |
$3700 |
$3900 |
Additional Charges for 11 day cruises:
- Port tax: $70
- Fuel surcharge: $55
- Single supplement: + 50%
- Single Cabin Boat Deck: $2100
- Lower Deck 4 bed Cabin: $1100
- USA/Russia Departure and Security Taxes: JFK/IAD: $110 -- LAX: $140
* Airline rates subject to change without notice.
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MOSCOW - SAINT PETERSBURG
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Day by Day Description 13
Day Cruise
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(Reverse order
for St. Petersberg - Moscow Cruise)
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Day
1: Depart from USA Airport with your air carrier
in the evening. Dinner and breakfast served in flight.
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2: MOSCOW
Arrive
Moscow next day. Upon arrival the group will be met,
assisted and transferred by private motor coach to ms
"River Voyager” -your unique floating hotel anchored
in the historic Moscow River. The balance of the day
is at leisure to relax, get acquainted with the ship,
the cruise staff and meet your fellow passengers. This
is the only type ship on Russian
river cruise market, fully rebuild in 2005/2006 on the
German/Finnish shipyards. All cabins are outside junior
suites with large picture windows, private bathrooms,
refrigerators, climate control,satellite, telefon,ship's
information system. Public facilities, amongst others,
include observation lounge on the sun deck,and
lecture room, bars, beauty salon, souvenir shop, medical
and laundry service, Internet connections.
Program aboard the ship includes a Captain’s welcome
reception, gala farewell dinner, guest lecturers, Russian
language and song lectures, nightly entertainment, folklore
shows, passenger’s talent show, daily aerobics
and our cruise director and staff.
Moscow is the Capital of Russia and the crossroads of
its people. It abounds in modern boulevards and parks,
but is also the guardian of over 800 monuments of Russian
history and World culture.
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3: MOSCOW
In
the morning you will start your city tour- Bolshoy Theater;
the Olympic Stadium and many other points of interest.
Enjoy the view of St. Sofia Embankment of the Moskva-river;
The Bolshoy Stone Bridge; take a picture at Cathedral
of Christ the Savior and the new monument to Peter the
Great; Gorky Park; stop at Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts;
observation platform of Sparrow (Lenin) Hills; Victory
Park and Poklonnaya Hill with World War II Memorial;
White House (Russian Government). Balance of the day
for independent explorations, optional tours, visit
of museums, art galleries, shopping and more.Evening
entertaiment on board the ship .
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4: MOSCOW
After
breakfast you will start your tour of Moscow, Kremlin
and Cathedrals Tour will include the Cathedrals and
Palaces of the Kremlin, witness to all major events
in the history of Russia. The Great Kremlin Palace was
formerly the tsar's Moscow residence. The palace, which
has more than 700 rooms, was built for Tsar Nicholas
I between 1838and 1849 by K. Thon , N. Chichagov and
associates. It comprises the Palace of Facestand the
Holy Vestibule, parts of a 15th-century Palace, the
Tsarina's Golden Chamber from the 16th century , along
with palace cathedrals and churches. At first sight,
the building seems to have two floors above the ground
floor, but in fact there is only one upper floor with
a double row of windows. Situated in the new palace,
is the enfilades of halls dedicated to the Russian orders
St.George, St.Vladimir, St.Andrew, St.Alexander and
St.Catherine, as well as the Imperial Family's private
apartments and a suite of state apartments.
After your Kremline tour you will continue to the Red
Square with St. Basil’s Cathedral, the Lenin Mausoleum,
Central Department store (GUM), and much more. When
you will complete your sightseeing, your lunch will
be served in one of the famous city Russian traditional
restaurants. Set sail in the evening.
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5: UGLICH
Sail via the Moscow Channel to Uglich, a beautiful little
town on the shores of the Volga River. It is known for
the impressive Cathedral of the Resurrection and St.
John’s Church. It is also noted for the Church
of St. Dimitri-of-the-Blood, erected on the site where
Tsarevitch Dimitri, son of Ivan the Terrible, was murdered
in 1591. Today, well known town for Russian watches
"Chaika" Departure to Yaroslavl, Afternoon
time.
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6: YAROSLAVL
At 08:00 a.m. you will arrive at Yaroslavl. It was founded
in 1010 by Yaroslav Mudry (the Wise). It was a large
centre of trade and crafts in the 17th century. In 1722
Peter I ordered to found there a great Yaroslavl manufacturing
plant and the city became a large industrial centre
in the 18th century. It was the eight industrial city
in Russia and took second place in textiles at the end
of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Yaroslavl
belongs to the "Golden Ring" cities of Russia
and it's one of the largest centers of Russian architecture
and arts of the 13th - 17th centuries. The city has
a lot of historical and architectural monuments. On
your sightseeing see the most ancient Spaso-Preobrazhensky
monastery in the centre of the city, founded in the
12th century (the famous collector of literature masterpieces
A.I. Misin-Pushkin found there the manuscript of "Slovo
o Polku Igoreve" - one of the sacred items of Russian
literature, at the end of the 18th century); former
Metropolichii chambers (the 17th century), Znamenskaya
and Uglichskaya towers of "Zemlyanoy city"
in 17th century, the church of Ilia Prorok (1605) with
wonderful fresco paintings, the churches of Nicola Nadein
(1622) and of Rozhdestva Khristova (1644), the set of
religious architecture in Korovniki, the church of Nickola
Morskoy (1672). Now the departments of Yaroslavo-Rostov
historical-architectural and art museum are situated
in the buildings of Spaso-Preobrazhensky monastery.
The church of Ilia Prorok is a branch of this museum.
Continue the cruise over the mighty Rybinsk Reservoir.
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7: GORITSY
After
passing White Lake you will enter the Volga-Baltic Canal,and
Goritsy a village known for the Kirilo-Belozersky Monastery,
founded in 1397. It is surrounded by fortress walls,
crowned with magnificent towers, and decorated with
brick patterns.One of the best collections of Russian
Icons in the World. Continue the cruise to Lake Onega,
passing Cherepovets - the biggest steel production city
of Russia.
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8: KIZHI
Cruising through Lake Onega, one of the biggest lakes
with pure water. Call the Island of Kizhi at 5:00 pm
and visit the unique outdoor museum of wooden architecture.
Notably the18th century Church of the Transfiguration
with 22 domes entirely built of wood and without the
use of nails.
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9: Mandrogy (Recreational stop)
Cruise
through the beautiful Svir River which connects Lake
Onega with Lake Ladoga.Visit one of the typical Russian
village with wooden architecture. This is primarily
a recreational stop, well suited for a refreshing walk,
meeting local people, enjoying pure nature of Russian
North.
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10: ST. PETERSBURG
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Petersburg Via the Neva River reach St. Petersburg and
dock at a convenient site. This city, formerly known
as Leningrad, is built on 101 islands, interconnected
by 300 bridges. This artistically embellished city has
been the capital of Russia and some of its mighty Czars
for centuries. Peter the Great founded it as Russia’s
"Window to the West".
During morning sightseeing you will drive along the
Peter & Paul Fortress, St. Isaac’s & Kazanskiy
Cathedral's with its magnificent altar, the Nevsky Prospect,
where the finest shops, cafes and museums are, and other
points of interest. Balance of day at leisure.
You will have the opportunity to see and enjoy
one of the most beautiful cities of the world, a real
treasure.
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Day
11: ST. PETERSBURG
Morning devoted to visiting the former Imperial Winter Palace, now
housing the world famous Hermitage Museum. It contains
over three million art objects and cultural relics,
including masterpieces of Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael,
Roden , Rembrandt, Rubens, French impressionists, etc.
Gala room of the Winter Palace , is a former Royal residence.
Balance of day at leisure. You can see ballet performance
in Hermitage theater, visit famous Russian Museum. Or
enjoy the opera or ballet in Mariinsky Theater.
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12: ST. PETERSBURG Full day of optional sightseeing
Tour
to Peterhoff (Petrodvorets)
Petrodvorets
was a summer palace of Peter the Great. It is located
on the shore of Gulf of Finland. Built by Peter the
Great to rival and even outshine the palace and the
park of Versailles it really became the world famous
gem. More than 140 fountains and 3 cascades spout into
the air, forming cascading column of water. Many small
and cozy palaces can be s |