Moscow - Astrahan

Arrival at Moscow airport.
Sightseeing tour by bus. The route includes city center, Red Square, the Kremlin, The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, or Saint Basil's Cathedral, Bolshoi theatre, The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Novodevichy Monastery, Sparrow Hills and Lomonosov University, Poklonnaya Mountain (Victory Park) and other sites (without entering).
Duration: approx. 4 hours

Optional program: Moscow metro, which is one of the most beautiful and oldest metro systems in the world, where 44 stations have the status of cultural heritage. The tour includes visiting several of the most important metro stations, which are similar to museums and richly decorated with sculptures, mosaics, gilt floral ornaments, marble columns and portraits of national heroes.
Duration: approx. 1 hour

Optional program: Sergiyev Posad (former Zagorsk, 70 km from Moscow) is one of the oldest and largest Russian monastery complexes, the center of Russian Orthodoxy and spirituality, formerly the residence of the Russian patriarch. The tour incudes visiting Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, the magnificent example of ancient art and architecture. Lavra, developing from a lonely wooden church in the middle of a forest in the XIV century, had different roles that were significant for Russian history, and now it's both a large museum complex and a functioning temple.
Duration: approx. 7 hours

Optional program: the Kremlin is one of the oldest part of Moscow and its political, spiritual and historical center. The tour includes entering the Cathedral of the Dormition, where the Russian emperors were buried, The Cathedral of the Archangel, and a visit to the the Patriarch's Palace. Seeng the Tzar Bell and the Tzar Cannon is a part of the tour as well.
Duration: approx. 1,5 hours

Optional program: The Museum of Cosmonautics, one of the most visited museums in Moscow, stores a large number of original items, equipment and space suits used by famous cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Alexei Leonov during their missions, as well as satellites, rockets and a "moonrover" robotic vehicle. One of the best exibits is the full-sized model of space station Mir that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001.
Duration: approx. 4 hours

Optional program: river Moskva cruise by luxurious boat-restaurant "Radisson". Enjoy the magnificent view from the river to night Moscow, one of the most beautifully lightened cities in the world
Duration: 2,5 hours