| Trip Itinerary |
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| Day 1 USA - Warsaw |
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| VIP Door-to-Door Transfer to your local airport for your overnight flight to Warsaw. |
| Day 2 Arrive Warsaw |
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| Welcome to Poland! On arrival at Warsaw Airport, your airport shuttle service leaves for the tour hotel at 10:30, 12:30 & 15:30. Relax and settle in before enjoying a Welcome Drink with your fellow guests and Tour Director. |
| Day 3 Warsaw |
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Join a guided tour to take in the highlights of Warsaw, which was faithfully rebuilt after the
devastation of World War Two. Pass the ‘wedding cake’ Palace of Culture and the Chopin Memorial
in Lazienki Park, before stopping at the imposing Ghetto Memorial and continuing to the reconstructed Old Town. Walk to the Market Square
to watch a fascinating film about the reconstruction of the city. Then spend time at leisure.
Buffet Breakfast Included |
| Day 4 Warsaw - Vilnius |
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Pass lakeside Augustow and
Suwalki on a scenic drive
through Mazuria, a region richly
endowed with a plethora of lakes and vast forests. Cross into Lithuania and continue to the
capital city of Vilnius.
Buffet Breakfast and Dinner Included |
| Day 5 Vilnius |
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Sightseeing starts in the baroque church of St. Peter and St. Paul before moving on to see the neoclassical cathedral and joining a local guide for a leisurely walking tour of the Old Town. See the Jesuit University and the Gates of Dawn, and the former Soviet KGB headquarters, a reminder of
grim and relatively recent events. Finally, enjoy a highlight visit to the picture-postcard castle of Trakai, the only island castle in all of Eastern Europe.
Buffet Breakfast Included |
| Day 6 Vilnius - Riga |
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Head north to visit the ‘Votive Hill of Crosses’ near Siauliai, the symbol of resistance against the
Soviet occupation. Then it’s on to Riga in Latvia.
Buffet Breakfast and Dinner Included |
| Day 7 Riga - Tallinn |
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A tour of Riga’s Old Town includes a visit to the Domkirk and shows you the city walls. See the House of the Three Brothers, the oldest in Latvia, as well as the nearby Swedish Gate and the
castle of the Livonian Knights. Now drive along the shores of the Gulf of Riga and cross the Estonian border. Continue through Pärnu, famous for its mud baths, to reach Tallinn, hailed by travel aficionados as the ‘New Prague’.
Buffet Breakfast and Dinner Included |
| Day 8 Tallinn |
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Drift back through layers of history as you amble through the cobbled streets of the Old Town. Visit the market square with its old German
Weighing House, Pharmacy and Town Hall. The energetic among the group can walk up Toompea
Hill to the castle and Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. Don’t forget to also visit Tallinn’s shops for fine amber and silver jewelry.
Buffet Breakfast Included |
| Day 9 Tallinn - St. Petersburg |
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| Head east to the town of Narva, dominated by the mighty Hermannsburg fortress. The river Narva at this point forms the border with Russia, which you cross on your way to St. Petersburg – a city of incomparable architectural, historic and artistic interest. Enjoy a champagne dinner in the evening. Buffet Breakfast and Dinner Included |
| Day 10 St. Petersburg |
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On your sightseeing tour, see the fortress of St. Peter and Paul, the gilded dome of St. Isaac’s Cathedral, and the cruiser, ‘Aurora’, now a memorial of the Russian Revolution. See the splendid Cathedral of Kazan, then tour one of the world’s greatest museums, the spectacular Hermitage, housing a superb collection of priceless art.
Buffet Breakfast Included |
| Day 11 St. Petersburg |
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See the memorial to WWII siege
of Leningrad en route to visit the
fabulous gardens and fountains
of Peter the Great’s summer
residence at Petrodvorets.
Buffet Breakfast Included |
| Day 12 St. Petersburg - Moscow |
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The day is at leisure to relax or shop along bustling Nevsky Prospekt. Lunch is included at
a local restaurant, allowing time for last-minute sightseeing. Early evening, transfer to the station for a five-hour train journey to Moscow - a city which has captivated the imagination of
travelers for centuries.
Buffet Breakfast and Lunch Included |
| Day 13 Moscow |
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A sightseeing tour takes in Red Square, seeing St. Basil’s Cathedral and Lenin’s Tomb. Walk inside the walls of the Kremlin Fortress to visit one of the cathedrals before exploring the Metro stations. There is free time afterwards to shop for souvenirs.
Buffet Breakfast and Dinner Included |
| Day 14 Moscow |
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A full day is set aside for you to
explore Moscow at your own pace.
Visit the Gum department store
or the Kremlin museum to gaze
at the treasury of the Tsars.
Buffet Breakfast Included |
| Day 15 Moscow - Minsk |
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Drive towards Smolensk and the Belarus border. Continue to Minsk, rebuilt in supreme Soviet
style after the war. An orientation tour takes you along wide avenues and past gargantuan concrete buildings – a legacy of Minsk’s Soviet past (Lenin still stands in front of the Government headquarters). Tonight enjoy a Highlight Dinner, complete with champagne and vodka.
Buffet Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Included |
| Day 16 Minsk - Warsaw |
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Head south-west to Brest, one of the USSR’s ‘Hero Cities’ during World War Two. After lunch, cross the border to return to Warsaw.
Buffet Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Included |
| Day 17 Warsaw - USA |
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Departure transfers arrive at
Warsaw Airport at 07:30 & 10:00.
Buffet Breakfast Included |
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