ESN Sweden Road Trip to Russia #84: Helsinki, St Petersburg and Moscow, 17-26 November, 105 places
Date: Monday, 17 November to Wednesday, 26 November 2008
Destination: Helsinki, Finland, St Petersburg and Moscow, Russia
Available places: 105 total for all participating groups
Required: valid INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT (allowing travel outside the EU)
Participating Groups: ESN Uppsala, ESN Stockholm (KTH), ESN Linköping, ESN Jönköping, ESN Örebro, ESN Växjö, ESN Göteborg (Chalmers/GU), ESN Skövde, ESN Lund (LU/LTH), ESN Kalmar, and ESN Malmö Universities
(students from other universities and non-students are also welcome to join)
Price: 540 EUR + individual Russian Tourist Visa cost (prices listed below)
Included:
— round trip ferry transportation from Stockholm to Finland (Viking Line)
— 4-person cabin on both of the ferry journeys
— round trip transportation from Stockholm, Sweden, to Russia
— double occupancy HOTEL accommodations in all destination cities
— Russian tourist visa paper work, support + processing
— personal travel insurance from SAMPO insurance company
— buffet breakfast on five mornings in the hotels
— guided sightseeing tour of St Petersburg and Moscow
— transportation to the State Hermitage Art Museum in St Petersburg
— the hotel’s mandatory passport and visa registration fees
* Preliminary Trip Schedule *
All times listed are in LOCAL TIMES:
CET = Central European Time (Swedish time)
EET = Eastern European Time, (Finnish time) +1 hour to CET
MSD = Moscow Standard Time (Western Russia), +1 hour to EET, +2 hours to CET
Day One: Monday, 17 November
(Exact departure time and locations to be announced by e-mail)
18:00 — ALL GROUPS to Viking Line terminal (Stadsgården) in Stockholm
20:10 — Viking Line M/S Amorella departure to Turku, Finland
Day Two: Tuesday, 18 November
07:35 — Arrival in Turku, groups to bus, depart for Helsinki
11:30 — Arrival in Helsinki, followed by departure for sightseeing tour of Helsinki
13:30 — Arrival at Scandic Continental Hotel Helsinki; group check-in
14:00 — FREE TIME
Day Three: Wednesday, 19 November
07:00 — Buffet breakfast open in the hotel
08:30 — Hotel check-out, luggage to the buses, departure from the hotel, to St Petersburg
11:00 — Arrival at Finnish border/frontier
12:30 — Arrival at Russian border, drive to St Petersburg
18:00 — (ESTIMATED) Arrival at Azimut Hotel; group check-in
FREE TIME
Day Four: Thursday, 20 November
07:00 — Buffet breakfast open
09:30 — Group departure for city sightseeing tour, ending at Hermitage Museum parking area
17:00 — Departure from Hermitage to hotel
FREE TIME or
Departure time To Be Announced – OPTIONAL PROGRAM #1:
Russian Folk Dance Performance at Nikolaiyev’s Palace
21:00 — (ESTIMATED) return to hotel
Day Five: Friday, 21 November
07:00 — Buffet breakfast open
08:30 — ALL LUGGAGE to the buses!
Departure time To Be Announced — OPTIONAL PROGRAM #2 (day program):
Pushkin & Catherine’s Palace, departure by bus from the hotel
14:00 — (ESTIMATED) Return to St Petersburg, group drop off in city center
FREE TIME until
20:00 — Departure from St Petersburg to MOSCOW (overnight drive)
Departure location: St Isaac’s Cathedral in city center (location will be shown during the sightseeing tour)
Day Six: Saturday, 22 November
07:00 — (ESTIMATED) Group breakfast stop at Zelenograd McDonald’s!
10:00 — Arrival in Moscow, guided sightseeing tour of the city
13:00 — (ESTIMATED) arrival at Izmailova Vega Hotel; group check-in
FREE TIME
Day Seven: Sunday, 23 November
07:00 — Buffet breakfast open, entrance through the lobby on main floor
09:00 — ALL LUGGAGE to the buses!
Departure time To Be Announced — OPTIONAL PROGRAM #3:
Kremlin Tour, meeting location to be announced
FREE TIME
21:00 — Departure from Moscow to ST PETERSBURG (overnight drive)
Departure location: Red Square parking place (location will be shown to you during the sightseeing tour)
Day Eight: Monday, 24 November
10:00 — (ESTIMATED) Arrival at Azimut Hotel; group check-in
FREE TIME (No evening program currently planned)
Day Nine: Tuesday, 25 November
06:30 — 07:00 ALL LUGGAGE to the buses!
07:00 — Buffet breakfast open
08:00 — Group departure from St Petersburg, to Finland
10:30 — Possible stop in Vyborg
13:00 — Russian border stop
14:00 — Finnish border
14:00 — Lunch break
19:30 — (ESTIMATED) arrival at Turku harbor
21:00 — Viking Line M/S Isabella departure to Stockholm
Day Ten: Wednesday, 26 November
06:30 — Arrival in Stockholm (Stadsgården)
