Your itinerary
18 Days ~ Germany ~ Denmark ~
Sweden ~ Finland ~ Russia ~ Belarus ~
Lithuania ~ Poland
Tour
Pace
This extensive tour which visits
eight countries
moves at a lively pace and has two-night
stays in the five major cities of
Copenhagen,
St Petersburg, Moscow, Vilnius and
Warsaw. Seasoned travellers will know
that border
crossing formalities can extend the
length of some driving days.
DAY 1 – SUN – UK -
BERLIN
After your acheduled flight to
Berlin’s Tegel Airport
complimentary transfers
depart from to your hotel at 10.30
& 12.30 hours. Later, why not walk
along
the bustling ‘Ku-damm’, the
shopping centre of West Berlin which during
40 years of division, became the shop
window of the West and the envy of the
East?
In the evening, meet your fellow
travellers and Tour Director for a
Welcome Drink.
Hotel: Berlin. (D)
DAY 2 – MON –
BERLIN – COPENHAGEN
On a sightseeing tour, see the
Reichstag building,
Brandenburg Gate and follow the Unter
den Linden to the Alexanderplatz.
Leaving
Berlin, drive to Rostock and set sail
for Denmark. A peaceful drive leads to
Copenhagen.
In the evening, visit the famous Tivoli
Gardens. Hotel: Phoenix. (BB)
DAY 3 – TUE –
COPENHAGEN SIGHTSEEING
Begin your sightseeing tour with a
visit to the
Christiansborg (the Danish Parliament
Building) to marvel at the opulent
interior.
Then see the Rosenborg Palace, Stock
Exchange and Amalienborg Palace (where the
reigning Monarch resides) and, of
course, Hans Christian Andersen's
'Little Mermaid'
gazing across the harbour. This
afternoon is at leisure.
(BB)
DAY 4 – WED
– COPENHAGEN –
STOCKHOLM
From the ferry to Sweden, see
Hamlet’s Kronborg
castle at Elsinore. The journey then
passes through fertile farmlands and along
the shores of Lake Vattern to Stockholm.
Hotel: Scandic Alvik. (BB)
DAY 5 – THU –
STOCKHOLM –
O’NIGHT CRUISE
With your local guide, visit the
imposing City
Hall with its Golden Room (where the
annual Nobel Prize presentation banquet
takes
place), then cross into the medieval
heart of the city to see the Cathedral and
the Royal Palace. There is the option of
visiting the Wasa Ship, before boarding
your luxury cruise ship for the
overnight voyage to Finland.
(BB)
DAY 6 – FRI
– HELSINKI SIGHTSEEING
Disembark in Helsinki and visit the
‘Church
in the Rock’, Sibelius Monument and
see Finlandia Hall in the new quarter.
Hotel: Radisson SAS Plaza. (BB)
DAY 7 – SAT –
HELSINKI – ST PETERSBURG
Follow the coast along the Gulf of
Finland and
cross into Russia near Vyborg. Drive
through beautiful forests on the way to St
Petersburg.
Hotel: Pribaltiskaya. (BB,L,D)
DAY 8 – SUN – ST
PETERSBURG
SIGHTSEEING
See the ‘Church of Spilled
Blood’, Nevsky
Prospect and the cruiser
‘Aurora’. Then a highlight: a
visit to the Winter
Palace, former home of the Czars, but
now housing the spectacular Hermitage
Museum,
one of the world’s greatest art
collections. (BB)
DAY 9
– MON – ST PETERSBURG
– MOSCOW
Travel to the nearby village of
Petrodvorets to
see the beautiful gardens of Peter the
Great’s Summer Palace with their
magnificent
fountains. Return to St Petersburg to
board your comfortable afternoon train to
Moscow, arriving in the evening. Hotel:
Ukraina. (BB,D)
DAY 10
– TUE – MOSCOW
SIGHTSEEING
A sightseeing tour takes in St
Basil’s Cathedral
and Lenin’s Tomb in Red Square;
walk inside the Kremlin walls to visit one
of the cathedrals, and explore the Metro
stations which Stalin called “palaces
for the people”. There is also time
to shop. (BB)
DAY 11
– WED – MOSCOW AT
LEISURE
A full day is set aside to explore
Moscow at your
own pace. Consider visiting the Kremlin
museum to gaze at the treasury of the
Tsars.
(BB)
DAY 12 – THU
– MOSCOW – VITEBSK
Head west to Smolensk before entering
Belarus.
Take a scenic drive to Vitebsk, a
fascinating city with cobbled streets.
Vitebsk
is also known as the birthplace of Marc
Chagall. Enjoy a Highlight Dinner of
traditional
cuisine. Hotel: Luchesa.
(BB,L,HD)
DAY 13 –
FRI – VITEBSK –
VILNIUS
Enjoy tea from a samovar as you see
Marc Chagall’s
childhood home and visit the museum
housing over 150 of his original works.
Continue
to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. En
route, stop in the ancient Slavic capital
of Polotsk. Hotel: Artis. (BB,D)
DAY 14 – SAT –
VILNIUS SIGHTSEEING
Sightseeing starts in the baroque
church of St
Peter and St Paul; it's simple exterior
hiding a most spectacular interior
decoration.
See the neo-classical cathedral before
joining a guide on a leisurely walking tour
of the Old Town. See the Jesuit
University and the Gates of Dawn; the
former Soviet
KGB headquarters are a reminder of more
recent and grim events. Now enjoy a
highlight
visit to the splendid Trakai Castle,
built on a fortified island by Grand
Duke Vietautas
at the beginning of the 15th century.
(BB)
DAY 15 – SUN
– VILNIUS – WARSAW
Pass Suwalki and lakeside Augustow on
a scenic
drive through Mazuria, a region of lakes
and vast forests. Arrive in Warsaw, the
capital of Poland. Hotel: Marriott.
(BB,D)
DAY 16 – MON
– WARSAW SIGHTSEEING
On your guided tour you will see the
Chopin Memorial
in Lazienki Park, St John’s
Cathedral and the memorial to the Warsaw
uprising.
Warsaw was faithfully rebuilt after the
devastation of World War Two; walk in the
reconstructed Old Town to the Market
Square where you will enjoy a
fascinating film,
about the reconstruction of the city.
(BB)
DAY 17 – TUE
– WARSAW – BERLIN
Drive across the Polish plains,
pausing in the
town of Poznan, with its medieval town
square, before crossing the German border
at the River Oder and returning to
Berlin. Hotel: Berlin. (BB,D)
DAY 18 – WED –
BERLIN - UK
The tour ends with transfers to
Berlin’s
Tegel Airport at 08.00 & 10.00
hours. (BB)
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