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RUSSIA & NORTHERN EUROPE

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This is the perfect vacation in Northern Europe and Russia. Your trip starts in Copenhagen, Denmark with a guided sightseeing tour and a visit to Tivoli Gardens (open mid-April to mid-September), Copenhagen's colorful amusement park. From Copenhagen, travel via Stockholm to Helsinki, where you have a sightseeing tour including City Hall and Parliament House, the Presidential Palace, the monumental railroad station, Lutheran Cathedral, the Sibelius Monument, and more. First-class two-berth cabins with private facilities make your Baltic Sea crossing comfortable. A full day at leisure in Helsinki offers the possibility to join an optional excursion to Tallinn, capital of Estonia. On to St. Petersburg, Russia, where, among other spectacular features, a visit to the Hermitage Museum and magnificent Catherine Palace (if closed: Pavlovsk Palace) is included. Next is Moscow, capital of Russia. Stay here for three nights. A guided sightseeing tour includes visits to the Kremlin, Red Square, and the Armory Museum. The stop in Smolensk gives you insight into characteristic Russian city life before continuing to Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Your tour ends in Warsaw, Poland's capital, where a Local Guide gives you a guided sightseeing tour of the city. Enjoy a farewell dinner at a local Warsaw restaurant, a perfect way to end your Russia and Northern Europe vacation.

City Highlights
Copenhagen:
Welcome dinner; guided sightseeing, the Little Mermaid; visit the Royal Reception Rooms in Christiansborg Palace; Tivoli Gardens (mid-Apr. to mid-Sept.)

Elsinore:
Ferry crossing with a view of Hamlet's castle

Stockholm:
Guided sightseeing, visit the City Hall

Stockholm-Helsinki:
Baltic Sea overnight crossing in first-class two-berth cabins with private facilities including dinner

Helsinki:
Guided sightseeing, Sibelius monument, visit the Lutheran Cathedral and the Open Air Market

St. Petersburg:
Guided sightseeing, visit Catherine Palace (if closed, visit Pavlovsk Palace instead), St. Isaac's Cathedral, and the Hermitage Museum

Novgorod:
Orientation

Tver:
Included lunch

Moscow:
Guided sightseeing, visit Red Square and the Armory Museum in the Kremlin

Smolensk:
Guided sightseeing, visit Uspensky Cathedral

Minsk:
Guided sightseeing

Brest:
Included lunch

Warsaw:
Guided sightseeing, visit the Stare Miasto, St. John's Cathedral, and the Historical Museum; farewell dinner at a local restaurant

Note:

• Slight changes to the day-by-day itinerary cannot be excluded
• Accommodation in Smolensk is the best available
• Please check visa requirements with your local consulate(s); responsibility for obtaining visas rests with the traveler. A separate visa for Belarus is necessary
• Security cruise regulations require clients" family and first name, D.O.B., gender, and nationality at time of booking