| Russia City Breaks |
Russia City Breaks
Russia has successfully shed its Soviet legacy of regulating foreign visitors. Accessibility for City Breaks has become the new catch-phrase for the Russian tourism sector. Apart from the more conventional forms of group and individual travel, adventure city breaks is rapidly growing and trekking, mountaineering, canoeing, and potholing groups among others can be contacted through travel agencies.
Looking at it on the map, Russia's size is undoubtedly intimidating to the unfamiliar eye. It passes through several environmental bands from North to South and several time zones from East to West. But these parameters are riddled with diversity and a first-time visitor will be amazed at the seemingly endless possibilities to explore this country and the desire to return.
The East/West contrast will perhaps be the first impression for Western visitors. So-called "European Russia" (from the borders with the Baltic republics to the Ural Mountains) will be semi-reminiscent of European countries through its people, culture, architecture and general atmosphere. Nonetheless, one will immediately notice the contrast between the Asiatic excitement of hectic, narrow streets of Moscow and the reassuringly organised stately architecture of more European St. Petersburg. For a foreigner, these contrasts can be met the length and breadth of Russia and they provide the basis on which to enjoy even the most simple activities during one's tour: an overnight train journey, dinner in a restaurant, a night at the Mariinsky Theatre, a visit to an art gallery or monastery, a dip in a fresh, cool lake on a hot summers day, a night sky on the exotic Black Sea coast.
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Moscow City Break
 
Moscow and the Moscow Region are a veritable treasure trove of impressions for expository and pilgrimage tours. Include the traditional broad-ranging city tour, Kremlin visit, Armory, Tretyakovsky Gallery, the Kolomensky Historical Museum, the walking tours "Secrets of the Christ the Savior Church" and "The Churches and Slobodas of Zamoskvorechye," as well as a bus trip to Sergyev Posad with a visit to the Troitse-Sergiyev Monastery an the Toy Museum.
St. Petersburg City Break
 
In St. Petersburg, it is well known that every stone is a monument and every house a museum, and the palace-park ensembles in the area of the Northern Capital are so numerous that a month is not enough to see all of them. Instead of the going to the Hermitage and St, Isaac's, visitors may opt to head for Peterhof to walk in the lavish park, feast their eyes on the magnificent fountains and the cottages of Nicholas I. During the White Nights an extra night tour is obligatory, with the drawing of the bridges over the Neva.
The Black Sea Coast and the Caucasus Mountains City Breaks
 
The Black Sea coast cities – Anapa, Gelendzhik, Tuapse, Sochi, Adler – do not only attract holiday beachcombers. After all, the history of this land reaches back to ancient times and is connected to the history of various European and Asian peoples. In Anapa, tourists visit the archeological museum and Tamani, the digs in ancient Hermonassis (modern Fanagoria), the mud volcanos, the wineries (with obligatory wine-tasting), the Arbau-Durso Museum and Dolphinarium. Excursion routes through the city of Sochi are extremely interesting because of their scenery, culture and history: tourists view the surroundings from the snow-white tower on the Akhun mountain, descend into the gorge to the Agur Waterfalls, the Tisosamshit grove in Khost, the tea plantations in Dagomys. The mountain route through Sochi offers visits to the most beautiful mountains in the Caucasus – Kardyvach. Explore the footpaths at the Fisht mountain rage which was lauded by the Greeks, visit Azishsk cave – the second largest in the Western Cacausus.
Siberian City Break
 
The most popular routes are connected with Baikal, a lake included in the UNESCO World Heritage list. Visitors can take a trip by speedboat or ship on the lake, go fishing, hunting, and even go diving in the ice-cold water, which does not even get warm in the summer.
The most adventurous tourists can take cruises on the numerous Siberian rivers - the Lena, Yenisey and Irtysh. The duration of such cruises is 7 to 12 days.
The Far East and Kamchatka City Breaks
 
Kamchatka is known as the Edge of the World. And many people would like to visit this mysterious land of volcanos and geysers.
A visit to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and a visit to the regional history museum
A trip to the Malkin Hot Springs, bathing in a thermal water pool and a tour to the mineral water factory
A folk program with songs, dances and games, an introduction to the customs and everyday life of the Kamchatka natives as well as tastings of the local cuisine.
Bathing in a thermal pool of hot water under an open sky - in any time of year!
On a free day for an additional fee, visitors can fly to the Valley of Geysers in a helicopter. Discovered only in the 20th century and is preserved in its original condition, here you can see active and dormant volcanos, boiling hot springs, mountain springs, wide open spaces in the taiga with many rivers and lakes.
Enthusiasts of unusual sports can go for a ride on a dog sled or a snowmobile at the Lesnaya Sports Center.
The Russian North for a City Break
 
The tradition routes in this region include a visit to Vologda and its cultural centers, the Great Ustyuga - the homeland of of Father Frost (the Russian Santa Claus) and the Solovetsk Islands.
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