Day 1: Arrival
Welcome to the fabulous capital of Sweden - Stockholm! Your private driver meets you at the airport and transfers you to your centrally located hotel for check-in.

The rest of the day is free to start exploring Stockholm attractions on your own, dine in a local restaurant or take a good rest in your comfortable room.

Day 2: Stockholm City Tour with Vasa Museum

After breakfast you meet your guide and private driver and enjoy a 4-hour city tour around the most interesting attractions of Stockholm with a private guide and transportation.

During the tour you see the City Hall, explore the brilliant Old Town of Stockholm, that is one of the biggest and most well-preserved medieval Old Towns in Europe. Together you continue the tour to see the famous Royal Palace and the Stockholm Cathedral.

Then you continue to the island of Djurgården to explore a world-famous museum - the Vasa Museum. It displays the only almost fully intact 17th-century ship that sank on its maiden voyage. It is rated as the most visited museum in the entire Scandinavia. 

After the tour you return to your hotel and have the rest of the day free. You can join our carefully planned optional tour.

NB: For group of 9 participants and less the sightseeing tour is done as a walking tour with the use of public transportation.

In the afternoon you may join an optional Archipelago Cruise (60 USD per person).

Day 3: Departure
After breakfast you check out from your hotel and spend the rest of the morning at your leisure. 

In the afternoon your driver transfers you to the port for a ferry trip to Helsinki. 

Day 4: Arrival & City Tour
At the port you meet your guide and driver who take you on a wonderful panoramic city tour around the most fantastic attractions of Helsinki. During the tour, you walk through the vivid Central Harbor and Market Square, explore the charming Old Town and visit the famous Rock Church.

After the tour you are transferred to your centrally located hotel for check-in and have the rest of the day free. You can join our carefully designed optional tour.

NB: For group of 9 participants and less the sightseeing tour is done as a walking tour with the use of public transportation.


Day 5: Departure
After breakfast you check out from your hotel and have some free time to explore Helsinki attractions on your own.

In the afternoon you are transferred to the port where you board a ferry that takes you to St. Petersburg - the legendary cultural capital of Russia known as "Venice of the North" for its numerous rivers and canals. You spend this night on board the ferry.

Day 6: Arrival & St. Petersburg City Tour
In the morning you arrive in the port of St. Petersburg. Your private guide and driver meet you at the port after customs and take you on an amazing panoramic city tour around the most outstanding attractions of St. Petersburg. 

During the tour you visit the gorgeous St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood which stands on the site where Russia's great emperor Alexander II was mortally wounded, and the Peter and Paul Fortress - a burial place of almost all the Russian emperors and empresses from Peter the Great to Nicholas II and his family. 

After the tour, you are transferred to your centrally located hotel for check-in and have the rest of the day free.

Day 7: Visit to the Hermitage Museum & Trip to Peterhof
Following breakfast, you meet your guide in the hotel lobby and go to the legendary Hermitage Museum. 

They say that if you were to spend three minutes by each of the exhibits in the Hermitage Museum, it would have taken you three years to see the entire exhibition. But don't worry, you have an experienced guide, who will show you the best rooms and halls of the exhibit within several hours. 

Please note: The tour of the Hermitage includes the Main Museum Complex. The General Staff Building (that houses the Impressionist and Postimpressionist paintings as well as contemporary art) is not included. 

In the second part of the day, you travel to the outskirts of St. Petersburg to explore the palaces (from the outside) and gardens of the former summer residence of Russian tsars and the gem of palace architecture - Peterhof. 

During the tour, you visit the famous Bath Cottage, which offers a fascinating insight into everyday life of Russian court, and take a walk in the beautiful Lower Park, lavishly adorned with 176 fountains of various forms and styles and numerous gilded statues of ancient gods and heroes. After the tour, you are transferred back to your hotel.

Day 8: Trip to Pushkin & Ferry Ride to Helsinki
After breakfast, you check out from your hotel and meet your guide and driver who take you to the outskirts of St. Petersburg to Pushkin (Tsarskoe Selo) to explore the brilliant Catherine's Palace that is a striking example of baroque architecture gifted by Peter the Great to his wife Catherine I.

During the tour, you take a walk through the lavish parks and gardens of this outstanding palace and enjoy its gorgeous interiors, including the replica of the world-renowned Amber Room.

After the tour, your driver transfers you to the port where you board a ferry that takes you back to Helsinki. You spend this night on board the ferry.

Day 9: Departure
This is the last day of your amazing Scandinavian-Russian adventure! Upon your arrival in Helsinki, your driver meets you at the port and takes you to the airport for your flight back home. We wish you a safe flight and hope to work on your future trips!