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COSSACK EXPLORER
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About your tour Map Exciting Highlights- Berlin: Sightseeing features the Brandenburg Gate, German State Opera House and Tiergarten.
- Copenhagen: Sightseeing highlights the Little Mermaid, Christiansborg Palace and much more.
- Stockholm: Sightseeing includes the City Hall and views the Royal Palace.
- Helsinki: Sightseeing includes the Senate and Market Squares.
- St.Petersburg: Sightseeing includes views of the Winter Palace, St. Isaac's Cathedral, Nevsky Prospekt and a visit of the St. Peter and Paul fortress.
- Moscow: Sightseeing shows us Red Square, St. Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin gardens.
- Minsk: Drive along the Leninsky Prospekt and Victory Square.
- Warsaw: Sightseeing includes the 'Wedding Cake' - Palace of Culture and Science.
Fabulous SightseeingSightseeing/orientation in Berlin, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Minsk and Warsaw. Unbeatable Features- Accommodation in twin-bedded rooms with private facilities.
- Scandinavian buffet breakfast in Scandinavia daily, Buffet breakfast elsewhere ( and Continental Breakfast on Day 11 on the train arriving in Moscow and on Day 7 on board ship.
- 2 Lunches in Russia and Belarus.
- 7 Three course dinners - see day by day itinerary.
- All hotel service charges, local taxes, baggage
handling and hotel tips are included.
- Services throughout the tour of a professional
multi-lingual Tour Director.
- Specialised local guide in Berlin,Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Moscow and Warsaw.
- Overnight mini-cruise from Sweden to Finland,
all cabins two-berth with private facilities.
- Overnight sleeper train from St. Petersburg to Moscow.
- Berlin airport transfers are provided on Days 1 and 16.
- Touring by luxury air-conditioned coach with reclining seats.
- CostSaver travel bag and tour wallet containing comprehensive documents.
Airport Transfers- London Gateways: A Trafalgar bonus - transfers can be expensive, particularly between the Airport and central London. When you book your Costsaver tour with Trafalgar your transfers to and from the airport are included. It's that simple. Trafalgar has included a Free transfer to and from your airport and Central London.
- Important - Please Note: Passengers will only be entitled to transfers to and from London Airports providing the following conditions are met:
- You are staying at a London hotel, booked by Trafalgar, on the night of your arrival and the night prior to the date of your departure.
- Flights are either booked by Trafalgar or detailed information on flights is provided by your Travel Agent not less than 21 days prior to departure.
- Only one included transfer both inbound and outbound per tour is included by Trafalgar. Transfers are by express train to a Central London Rail Station.
- Heathrow Express operates between 05.10-23.30. Gatwick Express operates inbound services between 05.20-23.45 and outbound services from 04.30-23.45. Transfers outside of these times are at the passengers own expense.
- In the event of unforeseen events (road or rail works, demonstrations, strikes) Trafalgar will not be held responsible for delayed or cancelled transfers.
- No refund is available for passengers not utilising this service.
- Why not upgrade to a Hotelink transfer from the Airport to-the-door of your Trafalgar London hotel? (please ask Trafalgar or your travel agent of the additional upgrade price per person when booking)
- European Gateways: Trafalgar Bonus - Passengers who book Trafalgar's Land+Air package and who arrive or depart outside of these specified times on the scheduled arrival and departure day of the tour will also be provided with a transfer.
- Trafalgar Bonus - Passengers who book Trafalgar's Land+Air package and who arrive or depart outside of these specified times on the scheduled arrival and departure day of the tour will also be provided with a transfer.
- Passengers arriving before or leaving after the scheduled tour days are not entitled to a transfer but may book and purchase one through Trafalgar providing that they also purchase the additional pre and/or post tour hotel night(s) from Trafalgar. Please ask for prices of transfers at the time of booking your extra night accommodation.
- Land only passengers arriving or departing on the scheduled tour arrival or departure days but whose flights don't coincide with the listed transfer times below may also book and purchase these transfers. Flight details must be provided to Trafalgar not less than 21 days before the flight departure.
- Click here to see scheduled transfer times.
Additional Visa Requirements- Visas are required for Russia and most Eastern European countries. Please consult your Travel Agent to establish the specific requirements for your tour.
- Note: No visa can be issued at borders in Europe.
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Your itinerary Map - Day 1 - Arrive Berlin On arrival, you will be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. This afternoon we enjoy a guided
sightseeing tour of the city highlighting the Reichstag, Brandenburg Gate and the Kurfurstendamm. Dinner is at our hotel this evening. (Dinner)
Hotel: Park Plaza
- Day 2 - Berlin - Copenhagen (2 nights) We travel north to Rostock and then cruise across the Baltic to Denmark, where we soon arrive in wonderful Copenhagen, the Danish capital. This evening, why not visit the famous Tivoli gardens? (Buffet Breakfast)
Hotel: Scandic Hvidovre (2 nights)
- Day 3 - Copenhagen sightseeing & at leisure The Little Mermaid, the Renaissance Stock Exchange, the Royal Amalienborg Palace and the Christiansborg Palace all feature on our morning sightseeing tour. The rest of the day is at leisure. (Scandinavian Breakfast)
- Day 4 - Copenhagen - Stockholm First we cross the Oresund into Sweden. Next we travel north through lush forests and meadows to the resort of Granna at the head of Lake Vattern. Then northwards to beautiful island-ringed Stockholm, Sweden's capital. (Scandinavian Breakfast)
Hotel: Scandic Kungens Kurva
- Day 5 - Stockholm - At Sea This morning's sightseeing tour with a local guide shows us the Royal Palace and City Hall. Stockholm is constructed on a maze of islands and criss-crossed by many bridges, so it is a pleasant city to wander through, which you can do before we board ship for our mini-cruise to Finland. (Breakfast / Dinner)
- Day 6 - At Sea - Helsinki An early arrival in Finland's capital allows us time for a guided tour showing us Finlandia Hall, the Senate and Market Squares, broad boulevards and the domed Russian Church. Then free time to shop and sightsee further before checking in to our hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure. (Continental Breakfast)
Hotel: Radisson SAS Espoo
- Day 7 - Helsinki - St. Petersburg (2 nights) Today we drive to the border with Russia, passing the timber centre of Kotka and on through the town of Vyborg. Then we continue across the forests of Karelia to St. Petersburg for our three-day stay. With dinner tonight enjoy some complimentary champagne! (ScandinavianBreakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: St. Petersburg (2 nights)
- Day 8 - St. Petersburg sightseeing & at leisure Featured on our sightseeing tour this morning are the Tsar's Winter Palace, Nevsky Prospekt, St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Statue of Peter the Great and a visit of the St. Peter and Paul fortress. Afterwards, the remainder of the day is at leisure. You may wish to see the summer Palace of Empress Catherine the Great or maybe visit the residence of Peter the Great in Petrodvorets.(Buffet Breakfast)
- Day 9 - St. Petersburg at leisure - Overnight Train to Moscow Today there's time to relax in St. Petersburg. Why not visit one of the greatest Art collections in the world at the Hermitage Museum in the Tsar's Winter Palace? This evening after dinner in a local restaurant, we board our overnight sleeper train to Moscow. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
- Day 10 - Arrive Moscow (2 nights) - sightseeing It's an early morning arrival in the Russian capital. Here we have breakfast before our sightseeing tour, which features many outstanding highlights such as Red Square, the Kremlin Walls and St. Basil's domed Cathedral. (Continental Breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Arbat (2 nights)
- Day 11 - Moscow at leisure During your stay, there's plenty of time to perhaps visit the Treasure Chamber of the Tsars or take a trip to nearby Zagorsk - a centre of Russian art and architecture, as well as once being the religious capital of Russia. (Buffet Breakfast)
- Day 12 - Moscow - Smolensk - Minsk An early departure takes us via Borodino, site of Napolean's great defeat. We stop for lunch at Smolensk before we cross the border and enter the independent state of Belarus to Minsk. Here an orientation shows us the Leninsky Prospekt and Victory Square. Tonight we enjoy a dinner of traditional cuisine at our hotel. (Buffet Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
Hotel: Orbita
- Day 13 - Minsk - Brest - Warsaw (2 nights) Today's drives takes us via the vast plains of White Russia and the Pripet Marches to the Polish frontier at Brest Litovsk where we stop for lunch. From here we cross the River Vistula before arriving in Warsaw for our two-night stay. (Buffet Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
Hotel: Novotel Centrum (2 nights)
- Day 14 - Warsaw sightseeing & at leisure Our morning sightseeing features the Old Town, reconstructed after wartime destruction and the site of the Warsaw Ghetto. This evening after dinner, why not listen to a Chopin piano recital? (Buffet Breakfast)
- Day 15 - Warsaw - Berlin Today we travel across the central plains of Poland to Poznan, with its charming City Hall and Gothic churches. Then we continue to the border town of Frankfurt-an-der-Oder and into Germany, where we are soon are back in Berlin. (Buffet Breakfast)
Hotel: Park Plaza
- Day 16 - Depart Berlin Bid farewell to Europe as we transfer to the airport for your return flight home. (Buffet Breakfast)
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