St Petersburg and Moscow

Date: Wednesday, 11 April to Wednesday 18 April

Destination: St Petersburg and Moscow, Russia,

Available places: 70 total for all participating groups

Required: valid INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT (allowing travel outside the EU)

Participating Groups: ESN Stockholm (KTH and SU), ESN Linköping, ESN Jönköping, ESN Örebro, ESN Växjö, ESN Göteborg (Chalmers/GU), ESN Skövde, ESN Lund (LU/LTH), ESN Kalmar, ESN Malmö (INTERACT), ESN Luleå (LURC), ESN Copenhagen (Denmark), UFO Halmstad, and ESN Kristianstad (Swedish students, students from other universities and non-students are also welcome to join!)

Price: 480 EUR + individual Russian Tourist Visa cost

Included:

round trip ferry transportation from Stockholm to Finland (Tallink Silja Line)
4-person cabin on both of the ferry journeys
round trip transportation from Stockholm, Sweden, to Russia
double occupancy HOTEL accommodations in all destination cities
Russian tourist visa paper work, support + processing
personal travel insurance from SAMPO insurance company
buffet breakfast on four mornings in the hotels
guided sightseeing tours of St Petersburg and Moscow
transportation to the State Hermitage Art Museum
the hotel's mandatory passport and visa registration fees

* Preliminary Trip Schedule *

All times listed are in LOCAL TIME:

CET = Central European Time (Swedish time)

EET = Eastern European Time, (Finnish time) +1 hour to CET

MSD = Moscow Standard Time (Western Russia), +2 hour to EET, +3 hours to CET

Day One: Wednesday, 11 April

18:00 — ALL GROUPS to Tallink Silja Line ferry terminal (Värtahamnen) in Stockholm

18:30 — Ferry ticket distribution inside the terminal building

20:10 — Tallink Silja Line MS Galaxy departure to Turku, Finland

Day Two: Thursday, 12 April

07:00 — Arrival in Turku, all groups to the buses, depart for St Petersburg

09:30 — Stop at “Kivihovi” for ATM, grocery store, WC, etc.

10:00 — Continue travel to the borders

14:00 — Arrival at Finnish border/frontier

16:00 — Arrival at Russian border

17:00 — Departure from Russian border, drive to St Petersburg

21:00 — (ESTIMATED) Arrival at Azimut Hotel; group check-in

FREE TIME

Closest METRO STATION: Tekhnologichesky Institut 1

Day Three: Friday, 13 April

07:00 — Buffet breakfast open

08:30 — ALL LUGGAGE to the buses!

09:00 — TIME, or

Departure for: OPTIONAL PROGRAM #1: guided tour of Pushkin &

Catherine’s Palace (45min outside of St Petersburg)

11:30 — (ESTIMATED) Return to St Petersburg, drop off at the Azimut Hotel

FREE TIME until

20:00 — Departure from St Petersburg to MOSCOW (overnight drive)

Departure location: Azimut Hotel parking area (hotel WC facilities

available)

Day Four: Saturday, 14 April

07:00 — (ESTIMATED) Group breakfast stop at Zelenograd McDonald’s!

10:00 — Arrival in Moscow, direct to guided sightseeing tour of the city

14:00 — (ESTIMATED) Arrival at Vega Izmailovo Hotel; group check-in

FREE TIME

Closest METRO STATION: Partizanskaya

Day Five: Sunday, 15 April

07:00 — Buffet breakfast open

09:00 — ALL LUGGAGE to the buses!

Departure time To Be Announced — OPTIONAL PROGRAM #2:

Kremlin Tour, METRO (underground) INSTRUCTIONS and DIRECTIONS will be given beforehand!

FREE TIME

21:00 — Departure from Moscow to ST PETERSBURG (overnight drive)

Departure location: Vega Izmailovo Hotel parking area (hotel WC facilities available)

There will be stops during the drive for food, drinks and WC breaks!

Day Six: Monday, 16 April

10:00 — (ESTIMATED) Arrival in St Petersburg, city sightseeing tour

14:00 — (ESTIMATED) Arrival at Azimut Hotel; group check-in when

the hotel rooms are available!

FREE TIME

Please note: No evening program is currently planned, but a Russian Folk Dance Performance may be possible – information about this EVENING program will given out to everyone on the buses, during the drive from Moscow to St Petersburg!