Start your Moscow city trip by stopping at the most popular spots including Poklonnaya Hill, New Maiden Convent, and Vorobievy Hills. Drive by Tverskaya Street, Manezhnaya Square, Ohotn Riad, Bolshoi Theatre, Lubyanka Square, Saviour Cathedral, the Kremlin, and the entrance-free Kropotkinskaya embankments. Visit Old Arbat Street, the most well-known pedestrian street in Moscow, to see its stunning architecture, gift shops, and quaint businesses selling regional items. Near the subterranean Taganskaya Metro station in Moscow, Russia, lies Bunker 42, a former top-secret military complex. It is 7,000 square meters (75,000 square feet) in size and is located 65 meters (213 feet) below ground since the Moscow metro is compared to a museum. Spend the night in a hotel in Moscow. 

Proceed to Red Square and the Kremlin tour this morning. Visit the Cathedral of the Assumption and the Cathedral of the Annunciation in the UNESCO-listed Kremlin. See the GUM in Red Square, Lenin’s Mausoleum, Kazan’s Cathedral, St. Basil’s Cathedral (Pokrovsky Sobor), and more. Spend the night in a hotel in Moscow. 

Continue your tour of the Izmailovo outdoor complex, which includes the Kremlin, wooden churches, and a flea market selling regional trinkets and items. We might enjoy shopping for the rest of the day. Spend the night in a hotel in Moscow.

Check out and make your way to the railway station to board the “Sapsan” train, which travels in second class, to St. Petersburg. When you get to St. Petersburg, meet your tour guide and take a taxi to the hotel. The remaining hours of the day are free for independent exploration. Spend the night at the St. Petersburg hotel. 

Go on a city tour of St. Petersburg this morning, stopping at some of the most well-known locations, including the Aurora, Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood, St. Isaac’s Cathedral, and Palace Square. (No entry points). Visit the renowned Peter and Paul’s Fortress, where the Russian Royal Family and Tsars are interred. Spend the night at the St. Petersburg hotel.

Take a tour of the second-largest art museum in the world, the Hermitage, which is housed in the majestic Winter Palace. The Hermitage was established in 1764 when Empress Catherine the Great amassed a sizable collection of paintings, sculptures, and works of art and began the vast collection. Today, the collection includes classics from all around the world, including Dutch Golden Age paintings, Renaissance art, Egyptian antiquities, and Greek antiquities. Spend the night at the St. Petersburg hotel. 

Take advantage of today’s St. Petersburg shopping excursion. Later, go on the Nevsky Avenue walking tour. The major thoroughfare of Saint-Petersburg is called Nevsky Prospekt (Nevsky Avenue), after Alexander Nevsky, a renown warlord and legendary character in Russian history. Spend the night at the St. Petersburg hotel.

Check out of the hotel this morning, then take a taxi to the airport for your journey home.