Arrival in Moscow. Welcome by your French-speaking guide and installation at the hotel. (The day can be rearranged according to your arrival time). Dinner and Overnight at the hotel in Moscow.

Breakfast. Panoramic city tour, you will discover the Red Square, the Basil the Blessed Cathedral, the GOUM, the Kremlin, the Lenin Mausoleum, the Bolshoi, the Manège square, the Tverskaya street, the Mont des Moineaux with its superb panorama on the historical Center. Stop at the Novodevichy Convent, one of the most beautiful monastic complexes in Russia, founded in 1524 and dedicated to women from princely families. It is registered on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Excursion in the metro, a work in itself, renowned for the richness of its ornamentation ranging from classicism to Soviet realism. You will visit the Vieil Arbat district, a long pedestrian street lined with shops where itinerant portrait painters, musicians and sellers of second-hand books and paintings maintain a permanent animation. Lunch. Dinner and Overnight at the hotel in Moscow.

Breakfast. Visit of the Izmailovo souvenir market and the vodka museum. Visit of the Kremlin and its cathedrals. Former residence of the Tsars, it is the largest and most famous fortress in the country. The Kremlin is made up of a set of palaces and cathedrals, the oldest of which date from the 15th century. Lunch. Dinner in town. Transfer to the train station for Saint Petersburg. Night in sleeper train.

Breakfast. Panoramic tour of Saint Petersburg, the capital of Peter the Great (1682-1725). Discover the three islands which form the sumptuous capital dreamed by Pierre Le Grand at the mouth of the Neva. The Place des Décembristes, the Admiralty, the Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul cathedral, the beautiful place of the Winter Palace, the Aurora Cruiser which gave the signal for the Russian Revolution, the Nevsky Prospect, the canals and the alleys which inspired novelists, rostral columns ... Visit of the Peter and Paul fortress, Peter the Great chose this strategic location to build a fortress there in 1703, which was later transformed into a political prison. It has several buildings including a splendid cathedral where almost all Romanovs are buried. Visit of the Hermitage museum, a real gem of Russian baroque art. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it houses treasures from Antiquity and the works of the great masters of Italian, Flemish, Spanish, German, Dutch and French schools. A visit appreciated both for the richness of the collections and for the magnificence of the buildings. Lunch. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast . Visit of Tsarkoïe Selo Palace (Pushkin). The city of Tsarkoïe Selo was founded in the 18th century to accommodate the summer residence of the Tsars. Rebuilt Pushkin after the revolution, it houses the splendid Catherine Palace. We will appreciate the beauty of the monuments, interiors and gardens. Visit of Pavlovsk Palace. In 1786, Catherine II offered this magnificent palace to her only son Paul I, who made it her summer residence. Built in a Palladian style, inspired by Roman temples with white columns, it houses majestic monuments in pastel yellow tones. Listed as a UNESCO heritage site, Pavlovsk is renowned for the splendor of its interiors with 18th century furniture, sculptures and paintings, but also for the beauty of its English-style park. Lunch. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast. Visit of the Youssoupov Palace, it is one of the four palaces owned by the Youssoupovs, the richest family in Saint Petersburg on the eve of the Revolution. You will visit the sumptuous private apartments and the small theater of these princes known for their philanthropy and their art collections. In the basement, you will relive the last moments of Rasputin who was assassinated in this place. Lunch. END OF THE ADVENTURE