Description
DAY 1: KUALA LUMPUR – DUBAI – SAINT PETERSBURG
– Assemble at KLIA (4 hours before departure)
– Transit in Dubai
– Arrive at Saint Petersburg and meet tour guide
– Check-in hotel and overnight
DAY 2: SAINT PETERSBURG (B/L)
– Panoramic city tour:
• Nevsky Prospect
• Kazan Cathedral
• Vasilievsky Island
• Winter Palace
• St. Isaac’s Cathedral
• Monument to Heroic Defenders
• Bronze Horseman
• Senate Square
• Peter & Paul Fortress
– Neva River cruise
– Visit Saint Petersburg Mosque (Soekarno Mosque)
– Visit Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
– Optional: Neva drawbridge night cruise (RM250, min 4 pax)
– Return to hotel
DAY 3: SAINT PETERSBURG – KAZAN (B/L)
– Visit Palace Square
– Visit Hermitage Museum
– Lunch & stroll along Nevsky Prospect
– Transfer to airport, fly to Kazan
– Check in & overnight
DAY 4: KAZAN FULL DAY (B/L/D)
– Visit Peter & Paul Cathedral, Kazan Family Center
– Kazanka River embankment sightseeing: Kazan Arena, Millennium Bridge, Ekiyat Puppet Theater, Millennium Park
– Visit Tugan Avylym traditional village
– Visit Old Tatar Sloboda
– Visit Kazan Kremlin:
• Spassky Tower
• Syuyumbike Tower
• Annunciation Cathedral
• Kul Sharif Mosque (prayers)
– Dinner with cultural performance
– Kazan Night Tour
– Overnight
DAY 5: KAZAN – BULGAR – KAZAN (B/L)
– Travel to ancient Bulgar (“Northern Mecca”)
– Visit Bolgar Museum Preserve & Museum of Bolgar Civilization
– Visit Sign of Islam & historic ruins (mosques, churches, cemeteries, bathouses, Khan’s Mausoleum)
– Visit the White Mosque & Ak Mechet Quran Memorization Complex
– Return to Kazan & overnight
DAY 6: KAZAN – MOSCOW (OVERNIGHT TRAIN) (B/L)
– Visit local organization (TBC)
– Lunch at halal restaurant
– Free time & shopping at Bauman Street
– Transfer to station, board overnight train to Moscow
– Drive through Arbat Street & Gorky Park
– Visit Sparrow hills + cable car ride
– Visit Victory Park
– Transfer to Domodedovo Airport for departure
DAY 7: MOSCWO (B/L)
– Arrive at Moscow, meet tour guide and have breakfast
– Visit Zaryadye Park & Floating Bridge
– Red Square highlighs:
• Lenin’s Mausoleum
• St. Basil’s Cathedral
• GUM
• Alexander Garden
– Visit Kremlin & its cathedrals
– Visit Izmailovo Market (shopping)
– Check in & overnight
DAY 8: MOSCOW (B/L)
– Visit local organisations (TBC)
– Visit the Embassy of Malaysia (TBC)
– Return to hotel, free time and overnight
DAY 9: MOSCOW (B/L)
– Moscow Metro tour (famous stations)
– Visit Museum of Cosmonautics
– Prayers at Moscow Sobornaya Mosque
– 2.5 hour 5 Star Radisson River Cruise
– Return to hotel & overnight
DAY 10: MOSCOW – RETURN FLIGHT (B/L)
– Free time in morning
– City tour:
• Bolshoi Theatre
• Former KGB Building
• Seven Sisters
• Moscow State University
• Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
• Patriarch Bridge
