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[Day 1]
Home City - Copenhagen
Depart from home city to Copenhagen, capital of Denmark. Overnight on plane.
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[Day 2]
Copenhagen - Little Mermaid
Upon arrival, begin sightseeing of the home of the Danish Monarchy, the museum of H.C. Andersen, Amalienborg Palace and view the world-renowned statue, the Wistful Little Mermaid. Danish style buffet dinner at a local restaurant. Accommodation: Sophie Hotel or similar class.
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After breakfast at hotel, begin a morning tour to the world’s famous Carlsberg Museum to learn the fermentation process of beer. Continue to city center for leisure shopping. Lunch at a Chinese restaurant. Afterwards, embark a luxurious overnight cruise to Oslo to enjoy a delicious buffet dinner along with entertainment on board. Accommodation: Scandinavian Seaways or similar class.
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Breakfast on board before disembarking at Oslo in the morning. Begin an orientation to one of Norway's best known attractions, the Viking Museum. Here you shall see three Viking ships where two female skeletons and an abundance of luxury items were discovered on one of the ships. The next stop is the Vigeland Park, a park to honour the talented sculptor Gustav Vigeland in Oslo. Afterwards, proceed to the Holmenkollen Ski–Jump for a perfect view of Oslo. Lunch at a Chinese restaurant. Dinner at a local restaurant. Accommodation: Rainbow Hotel or similar class.
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Breakfast at hotel, begin a visit to Drobak for the legendary Santa Claus Post Office. Then proceed to Stockholm via Karlstad. Lunch and dinner at local restaurants. Accommodation: Radisson SAS Hotel or similar class.
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After breakfast at hotel, visit the city centre and parliament buildings. Then proceed to the Vasa Museum where the historic Vasa Ship's failure is unfolded. Lunch at a restaurant. Enjoy the rest of the day with a stroll through the town hall area and browse for Finnish souvenirs as well as local crafts, before transferring to the dock to embark a luxurious overnight cruise to Helsinki. On board, enjoy a delicious seafood buffet dinner accompanied by lots of entertainment. Accommodation: Silja Line or similar class.
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Breakfast on cruise before disembarking at Helsinki in the morning, followed by sightseeing tour to the Uspenski Orthodox Cathedral to view its traditional onion–like cupolas and the marble–clad storaenso office building. Then leave town to visit the Olympic Stadium and the Sibelius Monument. Lunch at a local restaurant. Dinner at hotel. Accommodation: Ramada Presidentti Hotel or similar class.
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After breakfast at hotel, transfer to St. Petersburg by train. Lunch on board. Upon arrival, orientation includes the Statue of Peter the Great, Victory Monument, Alexander Column, Admiralty Decembrists Square and a final stop to St. Isaac Cathedral. The cathedral was built in the middle of the 19th century by the architect Monferran and is crowned by a golden dome which can be seen from almost every part of the city. Dinner includes caviar, borsch soup, vodka, champagne and many more scrumptious items all together with a fabulous Russian show. Accommodation: Pribaltiyskaya Hotel or similar class.
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Breakfast at hotel, transfer to the beautiful city of Peterhof, a suburb in St. Petersburg. Begin tour with the palace and park complex of Pavlovsk, one of the largest parks in the 18th –19th centuries. The park is filled with more than one hundred statues and the natural scenery is effortlessly filled with an inimitable beauty. Then transfer back to the city to the world’s famous Hermitage Museum – The Winter Palace – filled with masterpieces of art and culture. Among the exhibits are celebrated works by Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, and the major French impressionists. Lunch and dinner at local restaurants. Accommodation: Pribaltiyskaya Hotel or similar class.
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After breakfast at hotel, transfer for a flight to Moscow, the capital city of Russia. Lunch on plane. Upon arrival, begin tour at the heart of the capital in Kremlin, which is further sub–divided by different palaces and cathedrals. Orientation tour includes the Tsar Bell and Tsar Cannon, Cathedral Square, the Assumption Cathedral, Ivan the Great, Bell Tower, The Armory Museum, The Red Square, Lenin's Tomb, St. Bazil’s Cathedral, the gorgeous Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles and The Patriarch's Palace and Moscow Metro. Final visits are to the Gum Department Store and Moscow Subway. Dinner at a local restaurant. Accommodation: Cosmo Hotel or similar class.
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Breakfast at hotel, followed by a visit to the Economic Achievements Exhibition Hall and the 16 Russian Culture Fountains. Afterwards, transfer for a visit to the Novodevchy Convent, Victory Park and War Museum. Tour wraps–up with world’s most popular Moscow Circus Show (if show is cancelled under certain circumstances, Moscow Tourist Association will arrange another entertainment show). Lunch and dinner at local restaurants. Accommodation: Cosmo Hotel or similar class.
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[Day 12]
Moscow - Home City
After breakfast, transfer to Moscow Airport and return to home city. Accommodation can be arranged for extended stay upon request.
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