Excursions
Cancellation policy for all excursions: The cancellation of the tours before May 22, 2013 - no penalty. The paid sum will be refunded minus bank and administrative charges (10%). The cancellation later May 22, 2013 - no refund.
Pre-conference tour to Suzdal
320€ per person
Date: 16.06.2013 – 17.06.2013
Time: will be announced soon
The price includes: transfer Moscow-Suzdal-Moscow, 1 night accommodation, meals according to the program, entrance tickets, English speaking guide.
Suzdal is a calm old Russian town situated 220 km north-east of Moscow, 38 kilometers north from the city Vladimir, on the Kamenka river. Suzdal is one of Russia's oldest cities, dating back to 1024. It was once the capital of several Russian principalities and has many examples of early Russian architecture. It is probably the one of the most interesting cities of Golden ring with 200 monuments of history and architecture, 20 ponds, 27 belltowers and 4 pearls of Russian culture taken in UNESCO World Heritage list. Today Suzdal operates as an important tourist center with nearly 1 mln tourists visiting the town annually. Suzdal is officially protected from the industries, so the old monasteries and beautiful churches standing on picturesque green hills are kept well.
Tour program:
16.06.2013 – departure from Moscow by train, arrival to Vladimir, transfer to Suzdal, breakfast, walking city tour, lunch, accommodation in the hotel, tour to Museum of Wooden Arts, free time, dinner.
17.06.2013 – breakfast, visiting of spa complex in the hotel, departure from Suzdal, transfer to Vladimir, short tour around Vladimir, departure to Moscow by train, transfer to the hotel/conference venue for registration.
Deadline for booking and making payment is 1 May 2013
Excursion to State Tretyakov Gallery
37€ per person
Date: 18.06.2013
Time: will be announced soon
The price includes: transportation, entrance tickets, English speaking guide
A guided excursion to the State Tretyakov Gallery, presenting the best collection of Russian fine arts in the world, from the ancient time to the contemporaries. The museum was founded in 1856 by the merchant P. Tretyakov, who donated his collection to the city. Today the museum houses a collection of more than 170,000 artworks.
Deadline for booking and making payment is 15 May 2013
Excursion to Novodevichy Convent
35 € per person
Date: 19.06.2013
Time: will be announced soon
The price includes: transportation, entrance tickets, English speaking guide
Excursion to one of the Moscow’s most attractive monasteries. Novodevichy, or "New Maidens Convent" in English, was founded in a suburb of Moscow in 1524 to commemorate the liberation of Smolensk from the Lithuanians in 1514. The convent is rather like a miniature Kremlin by its architectural style. Many of the city’s monasteries served as retirement homes for royal and noble women, who either chose or were forced to take the veil and remain in the safety of the convents for the rest of their lives. The Tsars and the supreme feudal nobility showed a great interest in the Novodevichy convent, rendering it all possible financial and legal support. The convent has also been a burial place for famous persons in Russian history.
Deadline for booking and making payment is 15 May 2013
Bus Tour around evening Moscow
15 € per person
Date: 19.06.2013
Time: 20:00
The price includes: transportation, entrance tickets, English speaking guide
This excursion is to get you acquainted with the city of Moscow and its most important and beautiful sights. Anyway you can’t miss the city center - Red Square with the Lenin Mausoleum. During this excursion you will see Vasily Blazhenny Temple, Tverskaya Street, the Temple of the Christ of the Savior, Novodevichiy monastery, New Arbat, Lenin’s Hills, which is considered to be the highest point of Moscow where you will enjoy a great panorama of the city. You will pass along the Kutuzov Street and visit the Victory Park with its fountains and churches.
In the evening Moscow plunges into the sea of light and fire. Show-windows are shinning, restaurants and night clubs invite the visitors to have a party and the objects not so remarkable at the afternoon transform in the beams of a night illumination. The life in the city goes on. Moscow becomes effective and mysterious.
Deadline for booking and making payment is 15 May 2013
Moscow planetarium
40 € per person
Date: 20.06.2013
Time: will be announced soon
The price includes: transportation, entrance tickets, English speaking guide
Moscow planetarium — one of the biggest in the world and the oldest planetarium in Russia. At the time of opening the Moscow planetarium was the only thing in the country, the thirteenth in the world and Europe.The main activity of the Moscow planetarium is promoting of natural-science knowledge in the field of space.In the Moscow planetarium the observatory from which it is possible to observe various space objects is located.
Deadline for booking and making payment is 15 May 2013
Excursion to the Kremlin and the Diamond Fund
85 € per person
Date: 21.06.2013
Time: will be announced soon
The price includes: transportation, entrance tickets, English speaking guide
The Kremlin is the symbol of Russia and the main tourist attraction of Moscow. Once the residence of Tsars and Patriarchs, today it is one of the biggest architectural ensembles in the world, which is included into the UNESCO list. During this excursion you will see the chambers and cathedrals inside the fortress. You will visit some of the churches in the area of Kremlin, walk by the Tsar Bell and the Tsar Cannon and see the unique and priceless collections of the Diamond Fund.
Deadline for booking and making payment is 1 May 2013
Post-conference tour to Saint-Petersburg
625€ per person
Date: 22.06.2013 – 24.06.2013
Time: will be announced soon
The price includes: transfer Moscow-Suzdal-Moscow, 1 night accommodation, meals according to the program, entrance tickets, English speaking guide.
During the first day you will visit the Tsarskoe Selo (Royal Village), located 25 km south of St. Petersburg, first appeared in the 18C as the summer residence of the Russian tsars. In 1918 the town was renamed into Detskoe Selo (Children’s Village). In 1937 the name was changed into Pushkin, to commemorate the centenary of the great Russian poet’s tragic death. Created for two centuries by many prominent architects, the unique architectural ensemble of Pushkin is world famed for its elegant palaces and pavilions, landscape parks and ponds, 18-century marble statues and historic obelisks. Tsarskoe Selo became the place for official receptions of Russian nobility and representatives of foreign states, who were visiting Russia with diplomatic missions. Today, the theme of reconstruction of the Amber Room is of primary importance. Preserved photographs and archives help the roughly 40 art experts to fashion the barely palm-sized thin amber pieces so that they match the original in shape in color and to carve fine ornaments, thus recreating the legendary work of art like a huge puzzle from over half a million pieces of amber.
In the evening during the night tour you will see the highlights of the city, beautiful wide river Neva with its granite embankments, large and small bridges, the unique architectonic ensembles such as: the Spit of Vasilievsky Island and Peter& Paul Fortress, the Decembrists’ Square with the monument of Peter the Great, St.Isaac’s Cathedral and Isaakievskaya Square, the spacious and majestic Palace Square with the best baroque style building Winter Palace and famous Alexander Column, the Summer Garden with its marble Italian statues and Summer palace of Peter the Great, the Field of Mars and harmonic Arts Square with Russian museum, Our Saviour’s Church in Russian style, Smolny monastery and Institute and, of course, Nevsky Avenue (Nevsky prospekt) - the main street of the city.
Tour program:
22.06.2013 – departure from Moscow to St. Petersburg by night comfortable train in sleeping carriage.
23.06.2013– arrival to St. Petersburg, breakfast, accommodation in hotel, tour to Tsarskoe Selo, lunch, night city tour.
24.06.2013 – free time, departure from St. Petersburg by Sapsan train.
24.06.2013 – arrival to Moscow about 23.30 pm.
Deadline for booking and making payment is 15 April 2013
