11D8N DISCOVER SWEDEN, FINLAND, ESTONIA & RUSSIA from Chan Brothers Travel

Highlights:

TOUR CODE: HSE11R

SWEDEN
• City Tour of Stockholm
• Royal Palace
• Vasa Ship Museum
• Medieval Old Town

FINLAND
• Helsinki City Tour
• Porvoo Walking Tour

ESTONIA
• Tallinn City Tour with Town Hall Squarel
• Toompea Castle
• Narva Fortress and Castle

RUSSIA
• St Petersburg City Tour
• Peter and Paul Fortress
• Peter Hof and Hermitage
• Moscow City Tour with Red Square
• Krelim
• Moscow Circus

11D8N DISCOVER SWEDEN, FINLAND, ESTONIA & RUSSIA

From $5788 SGD

SINGAPORE – STOCKHOLM

Assemble at Singapore Changi Airport for your flight to Stockholm – Sweden. Stockholm is a collection of islands linked by bridges. Upon arrival embark on a city tour of Sodermalm (South Island) and a photo stop at Fjallgatan, lined on one side by well-preserved and charming wooden buildings and offering a superb view of the city on the other. Continue to Kungsholmen (King’s Island) where the City Hall is situated. The City Hall is known for the Nobel Banquet held each December (exterior visit). Across from the City Hall starts the modern centre of Stockholm including the main shopping district with its massive pedestrian street Drottninggatan. Then head toward the Old Town to visit the baroque Royal Palace, official residence of the King of Sweden. Further is Ostermalm, the residential heart of the city including many fine historic apartment buildings and leafy green parks.

Meals: Meals Onboard/Lunch/Dinner

STOCKHOLM - HELSINKI

After breakfast continue your city tour to the eastern edge of the city with its park of Djurgarden, to visit the fabulous Skansen open air museum and the Vasa Ship Museum. Heading back to the heart of the city, embark on a walking tour of the medieval Old Town, dating back to the 13th century this is a collection of winding cobbled streets with historic merchant’s houses, churches, and a wide selection of bars, cafes and restaurants. After lunch some free time in afternoon before transfer to the ferry terminal for our overnight cruise to Helsinki - Finland. While onboard you can enjoy some of the activities available on the cruise.

Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

HELSINKI – PORVOO – HELSINKI

After breakfast onboard disembark from the ferry and embark on a city tour of Helsinki. Take in some of the sights such as the historical centre with its Senate Square, the Presidential Palace, City Hall, the Parliament building, Finlandia Hall and the Opera House. Photo stops at the Sibelius Monument and the Temppeliaukio Church (the church in the rock). After lunch, continue to Porvoo the second oldest town in Finland. Porvoo was granted town status in the 14th century and is one of the treasures in the history of Finnish architecture. The town plan from the Middle Ages, the low small houses, picturesque yards and narrow streets form a historically unique wooden town milieu. The symbols of Porvoo are the red warehouses on the riverbanks. Explore this town at your own leisure with a walk in the old town dotted with delightful shops and craftsmen's workshops.

Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

HELSINKI – TALLINN

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel followed by transfer to the pier for your ferry to Tallinn – Estonia. Upon arrival lunch followed by a city tour Tallinn, a picturesque old city, where whole districts date back to the Middle Ages. Visit the Old Town with its quaint narrow streets and beautiful merchants' houses exemplifying the best of Gothic architecture. Visit Toompea Castle, the 13th century Dome church, the 19th century Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Alexander Nevskij, the 15th century Town Hall square, the Old Guild built to celebrate Tallinn's membership in the Hanseatic League, and St. Olaf's church. Other sights included are Tallinn’s Song Festival Grounds, St Brigittes monastery and Pirita area.

Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/ Dinner

TALLINN – NARVA – ST PETERSBURG

Departure to the Russian Federation via the boarder city of Narva to visit the impressive Narva Fortress and Narva Castle which is one of the main attractions of the city. In the seventh decade of the 13th century, the Danes established a castle as a residence for the Danish King’s vice-Regent. The Narva Castle is the most diverse and best preserved defence structure in Estonia. The highest point is the Tall Hermann Tower (51 metres). Visit the museum in the castle, were the displays explain the history of Narva and the castle. There are handicraft workshops in the northern courtyard, where you can try your hand at various techniques and handicrafts. From there continue to the boarder and head towards St Petersburg – Russia arriving on time for dinner.

Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

ST PETERSBURG

Embark on a city tour which includes its historical centre and major monuments. View the Nevsky Prospect with its prestigious buildings such as The Anichkov Palace, Belozersky’s Palace, the Kazan Cathedral and Eliseev supermarket. Cross the Fontanka, the river that crosses the city centre, and also the Moyka River and the Griboyedov Canal. The well-known cathedral of the Saviour on Blood is located on the Griboyedov Canal. View and St. Isaac’s Cathedral with its big columns made from Finnish red granite, and the Mariinsky Theatre on the Theatre Square. Visit Peter and Paul Fortress a fortress constructed to protect the city from amphibious invasions. A small wooden fortress that initially was inside the big fortress grew and eventually became the cathedral. We will see the grave of Peter the Great, the founder of the city, and also the graves of all the Tsars of the Romanov dynasty and their families, including the grave of Nicholas II and his family, killed during the Russian revolution of 1918. After lunch, continue to visit Peterhof (Palace and Park). Petrodvorets or Russian Versailles was the main summer residence of Russian tsars. Located on the right coasts of Gulf of Finland, near the sea and 30 km of St. Petersburg, it is one of the main monuments of the former tsar’s capital. Petrodvorets is a big complex that includes the Palace and Park, besides several pavilions of small palaces, scattered over the beautiful garden. Of special interest is the 150 fountains and 3 cascades, and also bright play of water, decorated with gilded statues of peerless beauty.

Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

ST PETERSBURG - MOSCOW

Today start the day with a visit to the State Hermitage - one of the biggest and the most important museums of Russia and the world as it is home to more than 3 million masterpieces. There are the collections of sculptures and pictorial art, crystals and porcelain, carpets and jewellery, engravings, antiques of the classical epoch, modern art, weapon, medals, coins, books…It is well-known all over the world for its collections of Italian, Flemish, French and Spanish pictorial art, particularly for masterpieces of Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Rembrandt and Van Gogh. The museum is situated in five abutting buildings of the Winter Palace, the former residence of Russian tsars, which controls the Neva River. After lunch, transfer to the train station for your scenic train to Moscow.

Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

MOSCOW

After breakfast, enjoy a city tour of Moscow starting with a walk along the broad streets such as famous Tverskaya street, visit the Red Square, which has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and is named for its surrounding buildings made from red bricks: the History Museum, the Kremlin walls, and St. Basil’s Cathedral with its famous onion domes. Red Square is also home to the Lenin Mausoleum. Later in the afternoon, visit the famous Moscow metro designed as a work of art with palatial stations. Tonight after dinner be entertain by the Moscow Circus! The Moscow Circus has inspired an entire generation of circus mavericks, who went on to create some of today's most successful circuses. It also inspired many old circus families who tried new approaches to an art they had served sometimes without much imagination for generations. Now Moscow Circus is famous as before. The Circus is famous for its unique performances indeed. The animal taming in the circus is great. Caring and patient treatment to animals is the clue. At present only the most famous circus artists from all over the world are giving performances in the circus. The funniest clowns, the most-daring acrobats, death-defying daredevils, aerial artists, balancers, showgirls, tamed animals and much more – all supported by a live circus band, that’s all you can see in Moscow circus!

Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

MOSCOW

Today you will visit the Kremlin and it’s Cathedrals. The word “Kremlin” in Russian means fortress. In early Rus every town had a fortress where the main buildings, churches and cathedrals were. A UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, it was built in XII century, but it took its modern form only in XV century and now it serves as an excellent reflection of different stages of Russian art, a single monumental centre of architecture, painting, decorative and applied arts. Visit the fortress to enjoy the view of the world’s biggest "Tsar-bell," melted in 1733 and the "Tsar-gun", which is one of the biggest guns in the world that has ever been made! Cross the Cathedral Square, surrounded by the Dormition Cathedral, the Cathedral of the Annunciation and the Cathedral of the Archangel. In the afternoon, visit Tretyakov Gallery an unsurpassed art gallery, named after its founder, the famous trader and sponsor of XIX century Pavel Tretyakov (1832-1898). Tretyakov’s dream was to build a large museum with a big collection of exhibits open to everyone, in order to help people understand and admire the history of Russian religious and mundane arts. The project was realized in 1881 with an inauguration of the gallery. Tretyakov presented more than 2000 exhibits to the gallery from his own collection in Moscow, beginning the history of this great museum. There are more than 100,000 masterpieces, created by Russian artists. Besides its great collection of icons, the Gallery also features the exclusive historical panorama of Russian painting “XI Century - Our Days”. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

MOSCOW – SINGAPORE

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight home.

Meals: Breakfast

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11D8N DISCOVER SWEDEN, FINLAND, ESTONIA & RUSSIA

From $5788 SGD

Agency: Chan Brothers Travel

11D8N DISCOVER SWEDEN, FINLAND, ESTONIA & RUSSIA

From $5788 SGD

Agency: Chan Brothers Travel