Arrival to St. Petersburg go through immigration, collect baggage & transfer to hotel for checking. Dinner at restaurant Overnight stay in St.Petersburg.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Proceed for City Tour , visit Peter & Paul Fortress Tour of a city, rightfully described as «Northern Venice» or «Pearl of the Baltic»Drive along the «Great Perspective» world famous today as Nevsky Prospect lined with marble palaces of Russian royalty and aristocracy, with most fashionable boutiques and art salons arranged in old settings of the 18th century, trading rows and arcades, with impressive classical and Renaissance cathedrals and churches as its backdrop, enjoy this 4.5 km long thoroughfare cut through woods and marshes from the Admiralty with the city’s symbol (2 ship) on top of its gilded spire to the Monastery of Alexander Nevsky, one of four Russia’s Lavras with its magnificent Trinity Cathedral and its cemetery where Dostoevsky, Tchaikovsky and other world celebrities were buried; Stop over at an excellent picture opportunity with a stunning panorama along the Neva’s embankments, by the city’s Rostral Columns you will have a view of the 5 buildings of the State Hermitage Museum and the fortress of St. Peter and Paul - the cradle of Russia’s new capital, the first public museum of the country - the Chamber of Curiosities, founded by Peter the Great and the 4th world’s largest domed structures - St. Isaac Cathedral with «The Bronze Horseman» unveiled in Senate Square.

Drive by Summer Garden with the oldest royal stone palace and breathtaking collection of Italian statues and sculpture set in a natural environment of linden trees and ponds with ducks and swans, all surrounded by cast iron fence whose beauty is frequently described as every kilo of cast iron being worth a kilo of gold. Stop in the Field of Mars with the eternal flame lit in the center of the monument to victims of revolutions and wars, take pictures of the Resurrection Cathedral on the Spilt Blood at its background, one of the most unusual monuments of Russian Orthodox architecture built on the spot where Alexander II was assassinated. Drive through the Square of Arts which is a perfect classical ensemble of the city.

Stop to enjoy an overwhelming beauty of the third largest square in the world - the Palace Square with the Alexander Column at its center being the world’s biggest free-standing architectural monument, nearly 50 meters high to the top of the cross and over 600 tons in weight, the Alexander Column has become surprisingly harmonious element of the Palace Square together with the Triumphal Arch of the general Staff building on its one side and the Winter Palace complex on another.

Lunch at restaurant. Prolong excursion tour. Evening enjoy the Neva River Cruise. Dinner at restaurant. Overnight stay in St. Petersburg.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Visit Peterhoff Park

After a 22-mile drive through the suburbs of St. Petersburg reach Peterhoff, a former summer residence of the Russian tsars’ in the 18-th - 19-th centuries. Explore Peterhoff designed to the request of Peter the Great to rival Versailles. 300-acre parks on the shore of the Finish Gulf, spectacular fountains, the Grand Palace, crowning the hill above the fountains and about 20 smaller Palaces and pavilions represent «Russian Versailles» now. Enjoy picturesque Lower Gardens with three unique cascades, dozens of powerful water jets and miniature palaces - Monplaisir, Marly and Hermitage. Take a deep breath looking at the centre of the composition, the Grand Palace and Grand Cascade, including staircases, waterfalls, an avenue of 64 fountains and 37 gilded statues. Take a picture of the symbol of Peterhoff, «Samson killing a lion» fountain, an allegory of the crucial victory of Russians over the Swedish army at Poltava in 1709. Lunch at restaurant. Palace Square and visit Hermitage museum.

Its priceless collection occupies 5 historical buildings of which the Winter Palace – the former residence of the Russian Royal family – is the most remarkable. Its rooms, decorated with marble and gold provide a fine background for the treasures of the Hermitage. You might be surprised to know that the collection of this unique museum contains over 3 million exhibits including the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael and other famous artists.

Vodka museum with tasting.

Dinner at restaurant. Overnight stay in St. Petersburg. 

Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to Visit Tsarskoye Selo.

The TsarskoyeSelo palace and park ensemble is a superb monument of world-ranking architecture and garden-and-park design dating from the 18 to early 20 centuries. TsarskoyeSelo is a cluster of very fine examples of Baroque and Classical architecture and it was also the first place in the Russian capital where interiors decorated in the Moderne (Art Nouveau) style appeared.

Today, as we enter the palace, we can sense the spirit of the times of Empresses Elizabeth and Catherine II and admire unique works of fine and applied art. Return to city. Lunch at restaurant. Evening Drop to “NEVSKY Prospekt ” for Shopping. Dinner at restaurant. Overnight stay in St. Petersburg.

Breakfast at the hotel & check out.

Transfer to Railway Station to Board Sapsan Train [approximate 4 hours journey] Arrive in Moscow & welcome by the representative. Transfer to hotel for checking. Overnight stay in Moscow.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Proceed for City tour including,

St. Sofia’s Embankment, photo stop with a splendid panoramic view of the Kremlin.The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Russia’s spiritual revival.New Maiden Convent, a fortress and monastic ensemble of the 16th century, a world-famous cemetery. Moscow State University campus

a panorama platform on Vorobiovy (Sparrow) Hills.The White House of the Russian Federation, a landmark of post-reformed Russia. Moscow’s boulevards, a historical and cultural centre of Moscow with its museums, theatres and memorial places.Theatre square, the world famous Bolshoi Theatre. Lunch at restaurant.

Moscow Metro Tour and Stations.

Dinner at restaurant. Overnight stay in Moscow.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Moscow RED Square Tour:

Red Square, enjoy a unique architectural ensemble of the 4th largest square in the world. The Cathedrals of St. Basil and Our Lady of Kazan. The biggest History Museum of Russia. The Trading Arcades of GUM (State Universal Store). Lenin’s tomb and necropolis. Aleksandrovsky  Garden.

Proceed to visit Kremlin Territory + Cathedral. Cathedral Square, a breathtaking architectural ensemble of the 15th – 17th centuries, where the life of Russian grand princes and tsar started and ended, the Annunciation Cathedral where they were baptized/Christianize,  the Assumption Cathedral where they were crowned and the Archangel Michael Cathedral where they were buried. Tsar’s bell and Tsar Cannon, stunning examples of casting of the 16th – 18th centuries.The Grand Kremlin Palace, from the imperial residence to the Russian President’s gala reception quarters. Political and governmental buildings of the Kremlin, the Senate, the Palace of Congresses, the Arsenal. Kremlin walls and towers, a unique fortress of middle Ages’ Russia. Bell Tower.

Lunch at restaurant. Moscow city – business area capital of Russia. Panorama 360 – the highest observational desk of Europe on 89th floor.

The view of Moscow atop the Federation Tower, its main skyscraper, is an unforgettable and enchanting experience. To visitors at PANORAMA360 observation deck, Moscow reveals all it’s splendor. Dinner at restaurant. Overnight stay in Moscow.

Breakfast at the hotel & check out. Free at leisure. Departure flight to Colombo.