BERLIN, COPENHAGEN, STOCKHOLM, HELSINKI, ST PETERSBURG, MOSCOW, WARSAW
COSSACK EXPLORER
17 days from $3,075 US per person
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Join us on this 17 day explorer
tour, highlights include Berlin, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, St.
Petersburg, Moscow, Minsk and Warsaw.Day
1 - Depart USA
Overnight transatlantic flight to Berlin.
Day 2 - 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: Best Western City Ost
Day 3 - 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 4 - Copenhagen sightseeing & at leisure
We will see the Little Mermaid, the Renaissance Stock Exchange, the Royal Amalienborg Palace and the Christiansborg Palace on our morning sightseeing tour. The rest of the day is at leisure to explore the city. (Scandinavian Breakfast)
Day 5 - Copenhagen - Stockholm
First we cross the Oresund into Sweden. Then we continue our journey travelling 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 6 - 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 7 - 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 8 - Helsinki - St. Petersburg (3 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 night stay. With dinner tonight enjoy some complimentary champagne! (Scandinavian Breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: St. Petersburg (3 nights)
Day 9 - 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 10 - St. Petersburg at leisure
Today there's time to relax in St. Petersburg. Why not visit one of the greatest collections of paintings and objets d’art in the world at the Hermitage Museum in the Tsar’s Winter Palace? This evening we enjoy dinner with our fellow travellers and Tour Director in a local restaurant. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Day 11 - St. Petersburg - train to Moscow (2 nights)
Time to maybe lose yourself in the Gostiny Dvor, the city's largest and absolutely huge department store. After lunch in the afternoon, we take the 5-hour train trip to Moscow. (Continental Breakfast / Lunch)
Hotel: Alfa Ismailovo (2 nights)
Day 12 - Moscow sightseeing
Our sightseeing tour features many outstanding highlights such as Red Square, the Kremlin Walls and St. Basil's domed Cathedral. During your stay, why not 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 13 - Moscow - Smolensk - Minsk
An early departure takes us past Borodino, site of Napolean's great defeat. We stop for lunch near Smolensk before we cross the border and enter the independent state of Belarus and continue to Minsk, rebuilt in supreme Soviet style after the Second World War. Here an orientation takes you along wide avenues and past gargantuan concrete buildings – a legacy of the city’s Soviet past. Tonight we enjoy a dinner of traditional cuisine at our hotel. (Buffet Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
Hotel: Orbita
Day 14 - 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, capital of Poland, for our two-night stay. (Buffet Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
Hotel: Hilton (2 nights)
Day 15 - 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 16 - 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: Comfort Weissesse
Day 17 - Depart Berlin
Bid farewell to Europe and your new-found friends as we transfer you to the airport for our return flight home. (Buffet Breakfast)
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 Sightseeing
Sightseeing/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 7 on board ship.
* 3 Lunches in Russia and Belarus.
* 6 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.
* A stylish wallet, tour documents and map book journal.
Airport Transfers
* London Gateways: Transfers can be expensive, particularly between the Airport and your London hotel. When you book your Costsaver tour with Tour Operator, we give you the opportunity to purchase inexpensive transfers to and from the airport. Tour Operator has negotiated special rates for the HOTELINK transfer from the London Airports to the door of your London hotel.
* Please note that from Gatwick airport this service utilises the Gatwick Express train to Victoria Station and you will then be transported to your hotel by Hotelink shuttle.
* Important – Please Note: Passengers will only be entitled to purchase transfers to and from London Airports providing the following conditions are met: You are staying at a London hotel, booked by Tour Operator, on the night of your arrival and the night prior to the date of your departure. Flights are either booked by Tour Operator or detailed information on flights is provided by your Travel Agent not less than 21 days prior to departure.
* Heathrow Airport: Hotelink transfers from Heathrow Airport to you Tour Operator hotel operates between 06.00-21.30. Hotelink transfers to Heathrow Airport on day of departure are timed to connect with scheduled flights operating between 08.00-23.00.
* Gatwick Airport: Hotelink transfers from Gatwick Airport to your Tour Operator hotel operates between 06.00-12.30. Hotelink transfers to Gatwick Airport on day of departure are timed to connect with scheduled flights operating between 08.00-23.00.
* In the event of unforeseen events (road or rail works, demonstrations, strikes) Tour Operator will not be held responsible for delayed or cancelled transfers.
* No refund is available for passengers not utilising this service.
* European Gateways: Tour Operator Bonus - Passengers who book Tour Operators 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.
* Tour Operator Bonus - Passengers who book Tour Operators 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 Tour Operator providing that they also purchase the additional pre and/or post tour hotel night(s) from Tour Operator. 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 Tour Operator not less than 21 days before the flight departure.
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.
Overnight transatlantic flight to Berlin.
Day 2 - 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: Best Western City Ost
Day 3 - 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 4 - Copenhagen sightseeing & at leisure
We will see the Little Mermaid, the Renaissance Stock Exchange, the Royal Amalienborg Palace and the Christiansborg Palace on our morning sightseeing tour. The rest of the day is at leisure to explore the city. (Scandinavian Breakfast)
Day 5 - Copenhagen - Stockholm
First we cross the Oresund into Sweden. Then we continue our journey travelling 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 6 - 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 7 - 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 8 - Helsinki - St. Petersburg (3 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 night stay. With dinner tonight enjoy some complimentary champagne! (Scandinavian Breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: St. Petersburg (3 nights)
Day 9 - 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 10 - St. Petersburg at leisure
Today there's time to relax in St. Petersburg. Why not visit one of the greatest collections of paintings and objets d’art in the world at the Hermitage Museum in the Tsar’s Winter Palace? This evening we enjoy dinner with our fellow travellers and Tour Director in a local restaurant. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Day 11 - St. Petersburg - train to Moscow (2 nights)
Time to maybe lose yourself in the Gostiny Dvor, the city's largest and absolutely huge department store. After lunch in the afternoon, we take the 5-hour train trip to Moscow. (Continental Breakfast / Lunch)
Hotel: Alfa Ismailovo (2 nights)
Day 12 - Moscow sightseeing
Our sightseeing tour features many outstanding highlights such as Red Square, the Kremlin Walls and St. Basil's domed Cathedral. During your stay, why not 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 13 - Moscow - Smolensk - Minsk
An early departure takes us past Borodino, site of Napolean's great defeat. We stop for lunch near Smolensk before we cross the border and enter the independent state of Belarus and continue to Minsk, rebuilt in supreme Soviet style after the Second World War. Here an orientation takes you along wide avenues and past gargantuan concrete buildings – a legacy of the city’s Soviet past. Tonight we enjoy a dinner of traditional cuisine at our hotel. (Buffet Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
Hotel: Orbita
Day 14 - 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, capital of Poland, for our two-night stay. (Buffet Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
Hotel: Hilton (2 nights)
Day 15 - 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 16 - 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: Comfort Weissesse
Day 17 - Depart Berlin
Bid farewell to Europe and your new-found friends as we transfer you to the airport for our return flight home. (Buffet Breakfast)
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 Sightseeing
Sightseeing/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 7 on board ship.
* 3 Lunches in Russia and Belarus.
* 6 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.
* A stylish wallet, tour documents and map book journal.
Airport Transfers
* London Gateways: Transfers can be expensive, particularly between the Airport and your London hotel. When you book your Costsaver tour with Tour Operator, we give you the opportunity to purchase inexpensive transfers to and from the airport. Tour Operator has negotiated special rates for the HOTELINK transfer from the London Airports to the door of your London hotel.
* Please note that from Gatwick airport this service utilises the Gatwick Express train to Victoria Station and you will then be transported to your hotel by Hotelink shuttle.
* Important – Please Note: Passengers will only be entitled to purchase transfers to and from London Airports providing the following conditions are met: You are staying at a London hotel, booked by Tour Operator, on the night of your arrival and the night prior to the date of your departure. Flights are either booked by Tour Operator or detailed information on flights is provided by your Travel Agent not less than 21 days prior to departure.
* Heathrow Airport: Hotelink transfers from Heathrow Airport to you Tour Operator hotel operates between 06.00-21.30. Hotelink transfers to Heathrow Airport on day of departure are timed to connect with scheduled flights operating between 08.00-23.00.
* Gatwick Airport: Hotelink transfers from Gatwick Airport to your Tour Operator hotel operates between 06.00-12.30. Hotelink transfers to Gatwick Airport on day of departure are timed to connect with scheduled flights operating between 08.00-23.00.
* In the event of unforeseen events (road or rail works, demonstrations, strikes) Tour Operator will not be held responsible for delayed or cancelled transfers.
* No refund is available for passengers not utilising this service.
* European Gateways: Tour Operator Bonus - Passengers who book Tour Operators 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.
* Tour Operator Bonus - Passengers who book Tour Operators 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 Tour Operator providing that they also purchase the additional pre and/or post tour hotel night(s) from Tour Operator. 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 Tour Operator not less than 21 days before the flight departure.
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.
DEPARTURE DATES
April - September
PRICES
From approx $3,075 US
per person double occupancy
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