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Arrival in Moscow, a transfer to Hotel Novotel Moscow Center or similar, check-in. A welcome meeting in the evening.

Moscow, The Mother of Russia, is a genuine Russian city with the Kremlin and its onion domed cathedrals. The dramatic changes over the last decade have made the city to one of the most dynamic metropolis in the world. The morning sightseeing tour includes all the highlights of the vast city: the Red Square with Kremlin, the Theatre Square with Bolshoi Theatre, Sparrow Hills with Moscow University and a visit to the famous Moscow Metro. In the afternoon an excursion to the Kremlin grounds with a visit to one of the cathedrals. The evening a "Moscow by night" tour including an unforgettable river cruise with the White Flotilla.

The morning an excursion to Novodevichy Convent, a 16th century cluster of sparkling domes, one of the city’s most beautiful groups of buildings and full of history and treasures. The adjacent Novodevichy Cemetery is Moscow‘s most prestigious resting place after the Kremlin. The balance of the day is reserved for an excursion to the Tretyakov Gallery with its outstanding collection of French impressionists. In the early evening we go to the Kievskaya Railway Station and board our overnight train to Kiev.

We arrive early in the morning in the green Ukrainian capital and go to Hotel Radisson Blu Podil for breakfast. Founded in the late 9th century Kiev is one of the oldest cities of Europe and the cradle of Slavic civilization and Orthodox Christianity. The morning sightseeing tour introduces us to the historic city and all its treasures including St. Vladimir’s Cathedral, Golden Gates, St. Sophia Cathedral, St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery, Independence Square, Opera House and St. Andrew’s Cathedral, check-in. The afternoon offers a visit to the unique Chernobyl Museum dedicated the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, which also signaled the beginning of the end of Soviet Ukraine.

The morning an excursion to the world famous Cave Monastery featuring amazing architectural monuments, ranging from bell towers to cathedrals to underground cave systems and to strong stone fortification walls. The afternoon, a leisurely excursion to the large Pirogovo Ethnographic Open Air Museum, where farmstead, wooden churches, windmill and village architecture from all regions of the large country will bring us back to the atmosphere of 18th and 19th century rural Ukraine. The evening offers an Ukrainian dinner with vodka tasting at the traditional Restaurant Shynok

Breakfast at the hotel. A transfer to the airport.