Travel to Russia in Winter
The panorama of Russia comes alive in new ways during the winter. Fish through the ice on Lake Baikal, ride a troika across snowy fields, admire the snow-dusted cupolas of Golden Ring churches, or attend a sumptuous ball at Catherine's Palace in St. Petersburg to ring in the New Year. All these experiences and more await you on a winter trip to Russia. MIR offers several options for winter travel to Russia, including:
Trans-Siberian Winter Wonder Land
In a recent issue of British Airways in-flight magazine, High Life, John Simpson, the BBC's World Affairs editor, talked about his experience of Lake Baikal on the Winter Trans-Siberian tour he took last year:
"If it were somewhere more easily accessible to Westerners, this would be one of the most famous stretches of water on earth. The guidebooks say that by comparison the Great Lakes of North America are like shallow puddles, and they're right." To experience the grandeur of ice-covered Lake Baikal from a luxury private train the way John Simpson did, book the February 18th, 2011 eastbound or March 2, 2011 westbound departure of the Trans-Siberian Winter Wonder Land private rail tour.
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Winter Wonder Land: New Year's in Russia
This classic journey to Russia's finest cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg, along with a peek at the Golden Ring towns of Vladimir and Suzdal, takes place over the most festive time of year - New Year's. No one loves New Year's like the Russians, and the tour includes the option to attend the glittering Czar's Ball or to ring in the New Year in a private home in St. Petersburg.
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Private Family Tour to Russia
Experience the highlights of the deep Russian winter on a family-friendly holiday celebration. Ice-skating in the middle of the city, a descent beneath Moscow to visit Stalin's Secret Bunker, a private New Year's Eve get-together in a St. Petersburg home (or - for the grown-ups - an optional evening at the posh Czar's Ball in Catherine's Palace), and warm welcomes at world-class museums, restaurants and performances are all featured in a holiday package for your family to unwrap at its leisure.
Leave the planning to MIR and enjoy a trip of a lifetime this holiday season. Special family features available on our private tours include (but aren't limited to):
- An exclusive tour of the Gold Rooms of the Hermitage Museum
- Red Square and the Kremlin's Armory Museum, where the czars' collection of Faberge eggs is on display
- A performance of the classical ballet, The Nutcracker, at a world-class Russian theater such as the Mariinsky or the Bolshoi.
- Ice skating at a special winter rink set up on Red Square
- Izmailovo Market, bursting with Russian handicrafts, Soviet memorabilia, amber jewelry and lacquer miniatures
- A ride on a horse-drawn sleigh through a countryside village
Call 800-424-7289 for more information or email privatejourneys@mircorp.com for a quote.
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