Russia and Scandinavia (Start Moscow)

Tags:

Adventure; Sightseeing; Sightseeing tour; Summer Palace; Excrusions; explorations; Frogner Park; Gamla Stan; Boyabreen glacier:; Europe's largest mountain plateau; Little Mermaid; Vigeland sculpture; the Resistance Museum; Millennium Bell; Red Squar; Lenin's Mausoleum;

Detailed Trip Description

Enjoy 20 Days Russia and Scandinavia (Start Moscow) tour featuring sightseeing and many activities in Russian Federation, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Your tour starts with a guided tour of the Kremlin, a visit to Red Square and to see Lenin's Mausoleum and St. Basil's domed Cathedral in Moscow. Travel on the Moscow Metro and see a performance by the Moscow Circus before heading to Klin to see Tchaikovsky's house. Head to Novgorod where you will enjoy a guided tour of the old town and a look at the Millennium Bell. You will stop in Petrodvorets to visit the garden and see the fountains of the Tsars' Summer Palace before arriving in St. Petersburg. There you will take a guided tour of the Hermitage, see the St. Peter and St. Paul Fortress, and see the church of the Spilt Blood and the Admiralty. Next you will stop in Vyborg for an orientation of the town, then in Helsinki to see the Sibelius Monument, the Olympic Stadium and Senate Square and to visit the 'Church of the Rock'. You will then make your way to a scenic drive through unspoilt forests and lakes, known for bears, moose and wolves in Elverum, after having stopped by Stockholm first to see Gamla Stan (the old town) and the changing of the guard at the Royal Palace. You will stay in Elverum and then head to Lillehammer to visit the 1994 Winter Olympics town and see the ski jump. After stopping in Lom to see one of the few remaining medieval stave churches in Norway, stop in Geiranger to see the stunning Geiranger Fjordm and to take a photo stop at the most scenic spot in Scandinavia. You will then be stopping in Skei to see the incredible Boyabreen glacier, in Sognefjord to see the longest and most spectacular fjord in Norway and Drive through the world's longest road tunnel - an engineering marvel in Laerdal. Take a scenic drive along the Aurlandsfjord in Flam, explore the natural surroundings which make the town famous for extreme sports in Voss, visit Europe's largest mountain plateau, home to the Telemark Ski in Hardangervidda before arriving in Oslo. There you will visit Frogner Park to see the Vigeland sculptures, see the Holmenkollen ski jump and the City Hall and Parliament: Oslo. Finally you will arrive in Copenhagen where you will see the Little Mermaid, the Resistance Museum and the Royal Palace.