Waterways of the Tzars: Moscow to St. Petersburg Aboard Volga Dream
July 29 - August 11, 2010
Join us for a very special midsummer voyage aboard the new M.S. Volga Dream.
Hermitage
Peterhof Palace, Russia
Travel with your family to a land of splendid palaces and idyllic countryside along the waterways linking Russia's imperial cities. Following three days in Moscow, featuring a visit to the Kremlin and a performance by the Moscow Circus, cruise to medieval Uglich; the Golden Ring city of Yaroslavl; the village of Goritsy; Kizhy, with its distinctive wooden architecture; and quaint Mandrogy. Conclude with three days in St. Petersburg and a visit to the Hermitage and excursions to Catherine's Palace, with its re-created Amber Room, and Peterhof, the 18th-century estate built to rival Versailles. Activities customized for the younger set are also planned.
Study Leader Information
Marshall I. Goldman, Professor of Russian Economics at Harvard University
Tour Itinerary
July 29/30
New York, U.S.A./Moscow, Russia; Welcome reception and dinner
July 31
Walking tour of Red Square or Cosmonautics Museum; Moscow Circus
August 1
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts; Old Tretyakov Gallery
August 2
Kremlin; Embark Volga Dream
August 3
Uglich; Welcome reception hosted by the captain
August 4
Yaroslavl; russian language class
August 5
Goritsy
August 6
Kizhy
August 7
Svir River
August 8
St. Petersburg; Disembark Volga Dream
August 9
St. Petersburg; Hermitage Museum
August 10
St. Petersburg; Pavlovsk Palace; Tsar's Village
August 11
St Petersburg, Russia/New York, U.S.A.
To register by credit card, please call 1-800-944-NTHP (6847); to register online, please fill out our reservation form. View our terms and conditions.
Please email National Trust Tours for questions about this program. Be sure to include your mailing address if you are requesting a paper copy of the brochure for this program.
