►Tour include: admissions to Kontiki Museum Tsar’s treasury-The Armoury Museum plus its Diamond Museum, Petrodvorets Summer Palace. Visit Tivoli Park, Sogne Fjord, Geiranger Fjord and much more...
►Special Performances included: Grand Circus of Moscow, Ballet, and Folk Dance Show.
►Overnight onboard luxurious Silja Line and DFDS Scandinavian Line Cruises with sea-side cabins
►Travel by air between Helsinki, St. Petersburg and Moscow for safety consideration.
►Easy schedule with all the high-lights to maximum your enjoyment.
►All hotels are 4-5 Stars rating.
►All meals are included. Buffet breakfasts. Lunches & dinners served in Chinese or local cuisine.
►Travel in luxurious air-conditioned tour bus.
DAY 1 U.S.A.- ST. PETERSBURG (RUSSIA)
Over night flight to Moscow the Capital of Russian Federation via Helsinki.
DAY 2 ST. PETERSBURG (RUSSIA)
St. Petersburg. A city founded by Peter the Great; few cities in the world match the grace of St. Petersburg. Tonight enjoy a Gala Dinner.
DAY 3 ST. PETERSBURG- HERMITAGE MESEUM
This morning start our exciting journey. We start panoramic city tour includes Alexander memorial, Peter the Great I memorial, then admire St. Isaac’s Cathedral with its gilded dome and marble columns, and the River banks of the River Neva. Today prepare a highlight visit to the Winter Palace complex. Formerly the residence of the Czars, it is now home of the world-famous Hermitage Museum. Tonight we will enjoy folklore show.
DAY 4 CATHERINE & PETRODVORETS Palaces
Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel. Then visit Gulf of Finland. Today a highlight visit to the Baroque treasure of the Russian Empire-Catherine Palace, a Summer Palace for the Russian Czars, and one of the most beautiful palaces in the world. We going to visit the restored famous Ember Room. After lunch transfer to visit the Petrodvorets Palace’s garden, known as the most beautiful fountain gardens in the world. Tonight enjoy the famous Russian ballet.
DAY 5 MOSCOW-- KREMLIN PALACES
After breakfast, fly to Moscow. City tour include visit Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral, and Novoevichy Convent. And In the afternoon the panoramic city tour including visit to the Sparrow Hills with a view of the Moscow State University, as well as a visit to the Exhibition Economic. Follow by visit the world famous Moscow Underground Train stations. Russian Dinner at local restaurant, tonight enjoy world renowned Moscow Circus.
DAY 6 MOSCOW
Continue city sightseeing takes us to the banks of the Moskva, to the Kremlin. Walk past the enormous Czar Bell and Cannon, the Palace of Congress, and Offices of State to arrive in historic Cathedral Square. This includes a visit to the great Armory Museum and the Czar Diamond section.
DAY7 MOSCOW- HELSINKI- COPENHAGEN (DENMARK)
This morning say farewell to Russia, transfer to airport for Helsinki. Upon arrival, starts our panoramic highlights of Helsinki includes Sibelius Park, Olympic Stadium, Parliament House, the great Lutheran Cathedral, and the famous Temppeliaukio “church in the rock” Afterward transfer transfer to airport for flight to Copenhagen the capital of Denmark. Upon arrival, enjoy the atmosphere and the scenery that inspired Has Christian Andersen to write all his world-famous fairy tales, and then transfer to hotel.
DAY 8 COPENHAGEN-DFDS CRUISE-OSLO
Panoramic sightseeing in Scandinavia’s largest and liveliest metropolis. See City Hall, Stock Exchange on the way to Christiansburg Palace, Amalienborg Palace and the wistful Little Mermaid watching the harbor. Also, a visit to Rosenberg Palace to admire the Danish Crown Jewels. In the late afternoon, check in at DFDS Scandinavian Seaways the reputation as “Masters of the Northern Seas.” Ocean view cabin with buffet dinner on board.
DAY 9 OSLO-GEILO
Scandinavian buffet breakfast on board. Upon arrival at Oslo, panoramic sightseeing in the Norwegian capital features such landmarks as City Hall, National Theatre, Parliament, and the Royal Palace, the magnificent Frogner Park with Gustav Vigeland’s famous stark sculptures. Before lunch visit the Viking Ships Museum and Thor Heyerdal’s Kontiki Museum. In the afternoon, discover the Norwegian Wild West grandeur and arrive into Geilo, the ski resort for the Scandinavian.
DAY 10 GEILO-BERGEN
An easy morning by driving along the valley of Hardangervidda with its old peasant tradition, cross ferry to reach Hardangerfjord on the famous Fjord in Norway. Afternoon, arrival in Bergen, a cluster of brightly painted houses squeezed between the harbor and seven surrounding mountains. Then visit Troldhaugen for a visit to the Home of the Composer Edward Grieg, the celebrated “Voice of Norway.”
DAY11 BERGEN-SOGNEFJORD-SONGDAL
A morning to remember! Drive through the lush valley of the Fjordland, and pass by the mountain resort of Voss. In the afternoon you’re in for a real treat, first we pass through the full 24.5 km of Europe’s longest tunnel. Then cruise on the spectacular Sognefjord.
DAY 12 SOGNDAL-GEIRANGER
After a morning Scandinavian buffet breakfast get ready for a day of a adventure through the valley of the Fjordland and see the spectacular view of “The Northern Parts) of Norway. In the afternoon, we will arrive in Briksdal where one can find one of the largest glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere. In the evening, we cruise the most beautiful Norwegian Fjord land of Geiranger. Dinner and accommodation at hotel.
DAY 13 GEIRANGER–LILLEHAMMER-OSLO
This morning, drive through the wide Gudbrandsdal Valley, the lush dairy and timber land of Ibsen’s drama Peer Gynt. In the afternoon, we will reach Lillehammer, proud host of the 1994 Winter Olympics. After lunch, drive to Oslo. Upon arrival in Oslo, transfer to hotel and the rest of time free at leisure.
DAY 14 OSLO-STOCKHOLM
A scenic day in Sweden: green valley shimmering lakes, and towering mountains through valley of Varmaland to Karlstad. After lunch in Karstad, and before reaching Stockholm stop in Mariefred for a photo at the Castle of Gripsholm, Arrive in Stockholm in the late afternoon; this Swedish capital’s beauty is due to its unique setting on 14 islands between Lake Malar and the Baltic. Dinner at a Chinese restaurant.
DAY 15 STOCKHOLM – SILJA LINES
Enjoy this beautiful city by the crystalline waters which flow through its intersecting canals gives a luminous appearance to palaces, castles, and parks. Your panoramic tour included Royal Palace, Kungsgatan, Town Hall (where Nobel Prize is held), Blue Music Hall, and the fascinating Wasa Ship Museum As the day ends, we will check in for the Silja Cruise Line, a deluxe 60 thousand-tons cruise ship. All rooms are ocean-view cabin with Grand buffet dinner on board.
DAY 16 HELSINKI-U.S.A
A Grand Scandinavia buffet breakfast on board. Morning arrive in Helsinki; enjoy some free time at the famous Farmers’ Market before transfer to Helsinki Vantaa Airport for flight home to USA.