2 Capitals
6 days
1 memorable trip to St. Petersburg and Moscow
Ladies,
Several of you expressed an interest in traveling to Russia. The upcoming IWF conference in Stockholm presents an excellent opportunity as St. Petersburg is only a 1 hour and 20 min non stop flight away. In addition, it will be the period of White Nights – magical time of the year when nights are almost as light as day. St. Petersburg White Nights were the inspiration for the famous movie with Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Please see proposed itinerary below. Note that this is not an IWF organized/sponsored trip. I will be happy to make arrangements for tours/activities and travel with you to take you to my favorite restaurants, charming streets and cool stores in addition to breathtaking museums, historical sights and monuments. My goal for the trip to be fun, flexible and intimate = no strict agenda J You should contact me if you are interested in extending your trip to include Russia; do not contact IWF offices.
Everybody will need visa to visit Russia. I will connect with you on an agency who will help us.
This is a good time to travel to Russia because buying power of US Dollar is very strong in Russia due to Ruble devaluation.
May 17 – 19, 2017 Stockholm, Sweden, IWF Conference
Saturday, May 20 Morning Flight to St. Petersburg. Late afternoon activity (boat trip, night city tour and etc.) Dinner
Sunday, May 21 City tour, Hermitage Museum of Art, shopping https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage?lng=en
Monday, May 22 Pefergoff http://www.saint-petersburg.com/peterhof/ or Katherine’s Summer Palace with Amber Room http://eng.tzar.ru
Mariinsky/Kirov Ballet https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/
Tuesday, May 23 Morning in St. P. (shopping or a short tour).
4 hour train ride to Moscow 1st class cart is very nice http://eng.rzd.ru/dbmm/images/49/121/15468
Dinner in Moscow
Wednesday, May 24 Moscow – Red Square http://www.moscow.info/red-square/history-red-square.aspx
Kremlin http://www.kreml.ru
Bolshoi Ballet or Opera http://www.bolshoi.ru/en/
Thursday, May 25 River Cruise, GUM https://gum.ru
drinks overlooking Red Square, meet IWF Moscow ladies
Friday, May 26 flight back to Chicago or stay as long as you want!
I will choose one hotel as a “base” but anybody can choose another hotel if you have a prefence or want to use points. We will ask everybody to meet at the base hotel before each activity.
Some of the Hotel Options St. Petersburg
http://www.belmond.com/ru/grand-hotel-europe-st-petersburg/
http://www.fourseasons.com/ru/stpetersburg/
http://www.wstpetersburg.com
https://www.roccofortehotels.com/hotels-and-resorts/hotel-astoria/
https://www.kempinski.com/en/st-petersburg/hotel-moika-22/
Hotel Options in Moscow
http://www.stregismoscow.com/ru
http://www.fourseasons.com/ru/moscow/
http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/hotels/europe/moscow
http://metropol-moscow.ru/en/
If you are interested to traveling to Russia after Stockholm please contact me asap so I can proceed with planning the trip.
My contact information: mobile: 312.678.5000
Warmly,
Aleksandra Efimova
233 W. Huron St., Unit 7, Chicago, IL 60654 | T. +1.312.332.7200 | russianpointe.com