Christmas in Moscow
Holiday Highlights
- A guided tour of the Russian capital
- Visiting the Christmas market in Red Square
- Entry to the Kremlin grounds and cathedral
- Christmas Day lunch with Champagne
What's Included
- Four nights' bed and breakfast accommodation at your chosen hotel
- Dinner on Christmas Eve
- A Christmas Day champagne lunch in a Moscow restaurant
- Return flights from the UK to Moscow
- Coach travel and transfers throughout
- One piece of hold luggage per person
- The services of a friendly, experienced Tour Manager
Itinerary
Day 1
Fly to Moscow, meet your Tour Manager and transfer to your hotel in the city centre. Settle in to your room, and perhaps enjoy a drink at the bar before you head out for dinner – you'll find an enticing choice of restaurants to consider right on your doorstep, wherever you choose to stay.
Day 2
Today's guided tour brings to life this, one of the world’s great cities. See Red Square, where multi-coloured, onion-domed St Basil’s Cathedral, Lenin’s eerie Mausoleum and the great Victorian pile of GUM (the former State Department Store and now a glittering shopping mall complete with dazzling decorations) look out over the vast space to the colourful stalls of Moscow’s largest Christmas market.Encircling Red Square, like rings on a tree-trunk or the layers of a Russian doll, you'll find the rest of the city’s central areas, each vying to outdo the others with its extravagant festive decorations. A giant Christmas bauble adorns Manezh Square, while Tverskoy Boulevard is transformed into a wintertime paradise for children of all ages.The rest of your day is left free. Browse the markets on Red Square, warmed by a gluhwein or vodka, visit a museum or wander the city's shops and stores. Unlike most European cities, Moscow remains fully open over "our" Christmas, meaning you can enjoy a full day of sightseeing and shopping before beginning your celebrations with dinner at your hotel this evening.
Holiday Inn Lesnaya
Moscow Marriott Grand Hotel
Terms and conditions
* This offer applies to new bookings only on Air-Inclusive 2019 Christmas, New Year and Christmas and New Year holidays (including Tour-Only packages) made between 15th and 27th November 2019 (inclusive) only. Offer excludes Lapland day trips, ocean cruises, river cruises, Wimbledon packages and Andre Rieu concert breaks. Your hamper will be sent to the address of the lead passenger upon your return from holiday. Hampers are not available on bookings with postal addresses in the Channel Islands. If you cancel your holiday, your hamper will not be dispatched. One hamper per booking. No cash equivalent can be provided. If this free gift is chosen, you are agreeing that you will provide a valid address and will allow us to send this and any other necessary data to Whisk for the sole purpose of fulfilling the order of the free gift. Whisk will not use this information for any other purpose. Newmarket Holidays will use this data in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Newmarket Holidays are acting as an agent to Whisk and are unable to resolve any issues you may have with Whisk after your account has been activated. This offer is subject to availability, and can be withdrawn at any time.
Passports and visas
Please note that visas are required for travel on this tour. The visa application process requires you to appear in person at the Russian embassy in either Edinburgh or London. We will send you full application details, including your invitation letter, approximately eight weeks prior to your holiday. Please note that you can not obtain your visa until you have received your invitation letter from us. The cost of the visa is approximately £110 per person if obtained directly. The cost is approximately £187 per person if using the services of our preferred visa agency - CIBT. Passports must be valid for at least six months after the visa expiration date.
Foreign Office Travel Advice
Visit www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice to find out the latest Foreign And Commonwealth Office travel advice for your holiday destination, as well as information about passports and visas.
Hotel transfer times
The transfer time from the airport to your hotel is approximately one hour.
Combining hotel transfers
We sometimes need to combine transfers to and from your hotel. We always try to keep any wait to a minimum, but you may be asked to wait at the airport for up to an hour, while other incoming flights arrive, before the transfer to your hotel. Similarly, we may need to transfer you back to the airport up to three hours before your flight home departs.
Booking optional excursions
If you'd like to join any of the optional excursions on this tour, please be aware that they are only available in advance and that it will not be possible to book them once you arrive on holiday.
Special requirements
If you have notified us of any special requirements, please check that they have been noted and acknowledged. This is especially important with any dietary needs you may have.
Disabled access
The majority of our tours involve a certain amount of walking, including a short walk from the coach stop to the town, attraction or venue you're visiting. If you are bringing a wheelchair, please let us know at the time of booking so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
Itinerary changes
Occasionally, for operational reasons, we may have to change the order of the excursions on your holiday. This includes reversing the itinerary. The final day-by-day itinerary will be confirmed on your Final Travel Documents, which you will receive approximately three weeks prior to your departure.