Best bits


  • Walking tour of St Petersburg
  • Ancient city of Novgorod
  • Moscow & the Kremlin
  • Ukraine ’s capital Kyiv
  • Homestay in the Carpathian Mountains
  • Historic city of Lviv
  • Budapest cycling tour
  • Four nights on sleeper trains


 
Description
 
Visit some of Eastern Europe’s great and historic capitals, from St Petersburg to Budapest, and enter the Carpathian Mountains, one of the region’s most beautiful natural areas. Travel by local bus, train and private transport, and stay in city centre hotels and quaint mountain homestays. In St Petersburg you’ll walk the backstreets with a local guide to get an alternative view of this magnificent canal-lined baroque city then journey to riverside Novgorod, former capital and cradle of Russian civilization. Take the overnight train to Moscow to ride the ornate subway and enter the infamous Kremlin. Then it’s another sleeper train across the border to Ukraine and its fascinating capital Kyiv, set on the banks of the River Dnipro. Head from the city into the Carpathians to experience old-fashioned mountain life at a local home, hike into the high pastures or take a swim in a cool local river. Get a taste for café culture in historic Lviv then overnight to Budapest to end the tour in ‘The Pearl of the Danube’.


What’s included
 
  • 8 nights hotels, 4 nights sleeper trains, 1 night homestay and 1 night guesthouse
  • 11 breakfasts, 2 dinners
  • All land transport within tour
  • Professional tour leader throughout
  • Informal Russian lesson
  • St Petersburg boat or walking tour (seasonal)
  • Novgorod kremlin & walking tour
  • Russian tea party with local family
  • Novgorod public banya
  • Moscow Kremlin, ArmouryMuseum & Lenin's Mausoleum
  • Informal Ukrainian lesson
  • Chernobyl Museum
  • Ukrainian cooking class
  • Sheshory hiking
  • Lviv walking tour
  • Budapest cycling

 

Tour Fact File

Group size Maximum 12
Age Minimum 12
Single Room Option Not available
International flight price From £150
Arrival airport
 Departure airport
St Petersburg (LED)
 Budapest (BUD)
Visa requirements for British citizens Visa required prior to departure. (See trip guide for more details).
Please note Any child between 12-18 has to be accompanied by someone over 18.

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