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Special Departures
2016
Spain
Pansy Tour
Moscow & St. Petersburg
Budapest, Vienna & Prague
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Spain
SABA4LM
Splendour of The three cultures (Andalusia & Toledo) + Barcelona & Madrid / 8 Days
Departure 12 :1 to 19 August 2016‎
Departure 26 :2 August to 02 September 2016‎
Day 1 (friday)
BARCELONA‎
Meeting assistance at the airport and transfer to the
hotel. Free time to relax.‎
Day 2 (saturday)
BARCELONA‎
Breakfast, Morning at leisure. In the afternoon,
Artistic city tour of Barcelona:‎
well known world wide for the Olympic Games during
1992, Barcelona is known as ‎the capital of Modernism
and the place where famous architect Antoni Gaudí
lived. ‎Drive along the main avenues with impressive
modernist buildings such as La ‎Sagrada Familia
(Holy Family) Basilica where we do Walking Tour
exterior of ‎Sagrada Familia, where vaults reach up
to seventy meters. Then enjoy short visit at ‎Gaudi's
bizarre Parc Guell which has been declared a UNESCO
World Heritage Site. ‎Then our tour follows to Paseo
de Gracia to see Gaudi's famous apartment buildings
‎like La Pedrera and Casa Batlló. The tour ends near
the Casa Batlló at Paseo de ‎Gracia 43. ‎
Day 3 (sunday)
BARCELONA – MADRID (train)‎
Breakfast, Transfer to Sants rail station. Departure
by AVE train to Madrid at 09:00 ‎a.m. Arrival at 11:45
a.m. Transfer to the hotel. Pick up from your hotel for
an ‎afternoon Panoramic sightseeing tour of Madrid:
find the medieval origins of the ‎city, like the Arabic
fortress, at the Barrio de la Morería, characterized
by the antiquity ‎of its buildings drive through the
courtesan district of the Hapsburgs characterised
by ‎Phillip II and his Renaissance and Baroque style
buildings, Puerta del Sol, Plaza ‎Mayor and Plaza
de la Villa; the Madrid of the Bourbons and the
complex town ‎planning schemes of Charles III, the
Royal Palace, Cibeles and Neptuno Fountains ‎and
the Puerta de Alcalá. Admire the XIX C. works such
as Prado Museum. The ‎contemporary Madrid with
areas such as Gran Vía, Castellana, the district of
‎Salamanca, Plaza Castilla and Parque del Oeste, as
well as commercial and financial ‎zones of Modern
Madrid, the emblematic Las Ventas Bullring and the
Santiago ‎Bernabéu Football Stadium. A stop will be
made at the famous “Hard Rock Café” to ‎enjoy a free
drink. ‎
Day 4 (monday)
MADRID – CÓRDOBA – SEVILLA
Breakfast, Pick up from your hotel and transfer to
Bus terminal. Departure at 08:30 ‎a.m. Drive along the
land of Don Quixote “The Man from La Mancha” to
Córdoba. City ‎tour including the Mosque and Jewish
Quarter. Continue to Seville. Dinner at the ‎hotel.‎
Day 5 (tuesday)
SEVILLA‎
Breakfast, Monumental and Panoramic city tour
(Cathedral from outside, Santa Cruz ‎Quarter, Maria
Luisa Gardens). Afternoon at leisure for you to
discover exclusive ‎views.‎
Dinner and accommodation. Optional Flamenco tour
in Seville.‎
Day 6 (wednesday)
SEVILLA – GRANADA
Breakfast, and departure via the Caliphate road to
Granada. Visit of La Alhambra and ‎Generalife Gardens,
the last stronghold of the Moorish Kingdoms up to
1492, an ‎amazing
monumental environment. Dinner and
accommodation. Optional /flamenco show in a ‎Gipsy
Zambra at the Sacromonte Square
Day 7 (thursday)
GRANADA - TOLEDO – MADRID
After breakfast, departure towards the Imperial City
of Toledo (World Heritage city), ‎where the three
cultures of Spain (Christians, Moorish and Jewish)
have lived ‎together. Interesting tour of the most
important city monuments, its narrow streets and ‎the
famous Damasquinado” (gold and silver inlaying in
iron). Continue to Madrid and ‎transfer to your hotel.
Day 8 (friday)
MADRID – BEIRUT
Breakfast. At your leisure till departure transfer time
to airport for final flight to Beirut

Flight Details: ‎
Lufthansa Airlines
BEYFRA 04:15 07:30
FRABCN 09:50 11:50
MADFRA 17:45 20:20
FRABEY 22:15 03:05
‎Foreseen hotels or Similar:‎
City ‎“T” Class‎ ‎“A” Class‎
Barcelona Catalonia Barcelona 505‎ Barcelona Plaza 4* ‎
Madrid Mayorazgo 4*‎ Catalonia Gran Via / Tryp Madrid Plaza Espana
Sevilla Catalonia Santa Justa 4*‎ Melia Lebreros 4*+‎
Granada Los Angeles 4*‎ Melia Granada 4*+‎
Price per person in Euro:‎
Class Double Single Triple
‎"T"‎ ‎1135‎ ‎1480‎ ‎1120‎
‎"A"‎ ‎1215‎ ‎1585‎ ‎1180‎
Notes: ‎
‎* Child between 4 & 7 years having extra bed in family’s room:
on Request
‎* Child between 7 & 12 pays adult price
‎* Tourist city taxes in Barcelona are not included and should
be paid on the spot.‎
‎* Supplement for departure 1 (12 August): 50 USD per person‎
Prices Include:‎
Airplane Ticket with Lufthansa Airlines
Accommodation at the selected hotel class for 7 nights ‎
Meet & Assist at Madrid Airport
All transfers: Airport – Hotel – Train Station - Bus terminal –
Hotel - Airport
All tours in the program including entrance fees – guiding –
transfers ‎
Meals where mentioned in program (7 Breakfasts – 3 dinners)‎
Prices Exclude:‎
Airport Taxes 300 USD (Subject to Change without prior
notice)‎
Visa Fees
Travel Insurance 20 USD
Travel cancellation insurance (Optional – highly recommended)‎
Personal Expenses of any kind
Notes:‎
This package is available every Friday (all year round) with a
different rate, please refer to our ‎webpage for details. (www.
samadtours.com)‎
Please review our cancellation policy before you book your
trip.‎

Pansy Tour
SAMFAN7
2 Days: Rome – Assisi – Siena – Florence – ‎Bologna – Padova – Venice
‎3 Special Departures:‎
Flight Details: ‎
Alitalia Airlines
Lufthansa Airlines
08 JUL BEYFCO 16:45 19:20 03 AUG BEYFRA 04:15 07:30 24 AUG BEYFRA 04:15 07:30
14 JUL VCEFCO 12:10 13:25 03 AUG FRAFCO 12:20 14:05 24 AUG FRAFCO 12:20 14:05
14 JUL FCOBEY 15:40 19:55 09 AUG VCEFRA 18:35 20:00 30 AUG VCEFRA 18:35 20:00
09 AUG FRABEY 22:15 03:05 30 AUG FRABEY 22:15 03:05
Day 1 ROME
Departure from Beirut to Rome, meet and assist then
you will be transferred to your hotel.
Check in and enjoy your first day in Italy. ‎
Day 2 ROME
After breakfast Full day including lunch (Baroque
Rome + Ancient ROME), have the highlights of Rome
in your hands and go inside the Pantheon and San
Luigi dei Francesi (National French Church). We will
pick you up at your hotel and take you to visit the
highlights of Baroque Rome, starting from the Spanish
Steps. Moving next to Piazza Navona, enjoying a nice
walk through the streets of the Capital. Discover
secrets and legends of the most popular stairway of
the world, background of many Hollywood movies.
Enjoy the 18 th century atmosphere of the square with
the beautiful Barcaccia, fountain designed by Bernini
father and Son. Then head to Trevi Fountain: the
imposing set for the Oscar winner movie by Fellini “
La Dolce Vita”, icon of the Italian sixties and beloved
by visitors for the coin throwing tradition, to ensure a
future visit to Rome. The tour will continue with a stop
of the Pantheon, one of the most precious ancient
Roman monuments. Once Temple dedicated to all
the Gods, converted later in a Catholic Church, this
is a real masterpiece of architecture with its original
ancient dome with the “oculum” and its interior
decorations. The visit will continue with a stop inside
the Church of St. Louis of the French, which hosts
beautiful works of art by Caravaggio.
After lunch, take a complete tour of Colosseum,
Roman Forum and Palatine Hill. Access the Palatine
Hill with no line and discover the hill where Rome was
founded at the beginning. Then reach the Colosseum
and be amazed by this monument that is the symbol
of Rome in the world. The Ampitheater created to
entertain ancient Roman citizens with bloody shows
of gladiators, animans and cruel games, is now one of
the most fascinating landmark of the city. Then walk
on the original path of ancient Rome along the Via
Sacra and see the Temples of Vesta, Antonino and
Faustina, the ancient Basilica Julia and Aemilia and
dream about the glorious past of the Roman Empire.
Day 3 ROME
Breakfast, Optional Tours: choose one of the below
tours or be free at your leisure.
Espresso and Gelato (36 € per person): There’s no
better way to truly understand Rome than through
‎your stomach. ‎
Food Tour of Rome (51 € per person): Food lovers, this
is your time! ‎
Day 4 ROME, ASSISI, SIENA, FLORENCE
Departing at 7:15am from the hotel Massimo D’Azeglio
by a deluxe coach, you will arrive in Assisi, ‎where you
can explore this tiny town, surrounded by walls built
in the middle ages, at your own ‎leisure. Take time
to visit the basilica of St. Francis, where you will see
masterpieces by Giotto and ‎Ciambue, and have lunch
(not included). Board the bus for Siena, a medieval
town surrounded by ‎ancient walls that is known for
the Palio, an annual summertime horse race around
the shell-shaped ‎town square, Piazza del Campo.
Next, you will continue on to Florence, where you will
check in to your ‎hotel before enjoying Dinner and a
well-earned night of rest.‎
Day 5 FLORENCE
After breakfast, you will spend the day venturing
around beautiful Florence, the “cradle of ‎renaissance,
where, with the help of Michelangelo, Italian art
reached its pinnacle. Based on etruscan-‎roman
origins, the city flourished in the middle ages as
a free “comune” and was further refined by the
‎renaissance. You will be fascinated by its numerous
monuments, churches, and buildings, as Santa ‎Maria

del Fiore, more commonly referred to as the Duomo. On your visit, you will be amazed by its ‎magnificent dome
built by Filippo Brunelleschi. Cross a small piazza to see the campanile tower (partly ‎designed by Giotto) and the
baptistery, with its bronze doors that Michelangelo dubbed the “gates of ‎paradise.” In the heart of the city, you
will see Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo della Signoria (also known ‎as Palazzo Vecchio), and the basilica of Santa
Croce. Lunch in a typical Tuscany restaurant in Santa ‎Croce square. Spend the afternoon strolling the cobblestone
streets of Florence on your own or take a ‎short trip to Pisa (optional), one of the four main historical marine
republics of Italy. There, you will ‎tour the square of miracles, which houses the Duomo, the leaning tower, and
the baptistery.‎
Day 6 FLORENCE, BOLOGNA, PADOVA, VENICE
Depart for Bologna after breakfast in Florence. There, you will wander through the city’s 38 kilometers ‎worth
of elegant arcades (or porticos), for which Bologna is famous. From Piazza Malpighi, you will ‎walk to Piazza del
Nettuno and Piazza Maggiore (Neptune square and Major square) in the heart of ‎the city, where you will find
Neptune fountain; King Renzo Palace; Podestà Palace; and the basilica of ‎San Petronio, one of the biggest in the
world. In the afternoon, continue toward Padova, with its ‎original Sant’Antonio basilica. Later, you will arrive in
Venice, world-renowned for its classic gondola ‎boats and its elegant, refined art. Check in to your hotel for Dinner
and an overnight stay.‎
‎Foreseen hotels or Similar:‎
City Tourist Class Superior Class
Rome Santa Costanza – Rome Bettoja Hotel 4*‎
Rome Garden 3*‎
Florence Mediterraneo ‎ Mediterraneo ‎
Venice Delfino 4* (Mestre)‎ Carlton Grand Canal 4*‎
Price per person in Euro:‎
Category Triple & Double Single
Tourist Class ‎1165‎ ‎1425‎
Superior Class ‎1295‎ ‎1610‎
‎Notes:
- Child under 6 years, sharing parents’ room is free of
charge
‎- Child above 6 pays as adult
‎- Please note that for Tourist Class, the Hotel in Venice is
located in Mestre (Not in Venice island) ‎
Prices Include:
‎- Airplane Ticket BEIRUT – ROME // VENICE – BEIRUT, WITH
Alitalia or Lufthansa according to your ‎departure date
‎- Arrival transfer in Rome Airport – Hotel
‎- 6 Nights at your selected category of hotels including
Breakfast
‎- 2 Lunches & 2 Dinners as per itinerary
‎- Tour Escort accompanying the group (English speaking
Only)
‎- Service charges and taxes
‎- Transfer by Deluxe motor coach throughout the tour
‎- Entrance fees to sights as per itinerary
Prices Exclude:
‎- Airport Taxes 120 USD (subject to change on the date of
ticket issuance)
‎- Tax of stay in Rome – Florence – Venice (According to each
city council rules)
‎- Visa Fees
‎- Travel Insurance: 20 USD (Obligatory)
‎- Supplement 10 USD for cancellation insurance (Optional)
‎- Personal Expenses of any kind
Day 7 VENICE
Enjoy one final breakfast before the tour comes
to an end. You will arrange your transfer to the
airport ‎for final departure ‎

Budapest, Vienna & Prague
‎9 Days / Special Departure
From 12-04 August‎
From 26 -18 August
Flight Details: Lufthansa Airlines via Frankfurt ‎
04 AUG BEYFRA 07:30 04:15 18 AUG BEYFRA 07:30 04:15
04 AUG FRABUD 09:50 08:20 18 AUG FRABUD 10:00 08:30
12 AUG PRGFRA 20:40 19:30 26 AUG PRGFRA 19:25 18:15
13 AUG FRABEY 03:05 22:15 27 AUG FRABEY 03:05 22:15
Day 1
Meet at Beirut International Airport to travel to
Hungary, on board of Lufthansa Airlines at ‎04:10,
arrival to Budapest at 09:50, meet and transfer with
private bus to Nemzeti Budapest ‎hotel (http://hotelnemzeti-budapest.hu/en/)
Check in by 14:00 & free
time.‎
Day 2 Grand City Tour
of Budapest including Parliament from inside.
Breakfast, We start the tour from the Chain Bridge,
pass by the Parliament and take the ‎Margaret Bridge
to drive over to the Buda side. We stop in the Castle
District and during a ‎short walk we show you the
main attractions of the area. We walk to Matthias
Church and ‎to the Fishermen’s Bastion (from where
you can enjoy the beautiful panorama). Next, we ‎drive
to the Gellért Hill (Citadel) and show you the most
spectacular view of Budapest. We ‎then take you over
the Elisabeth Bridge to Pest and show you the famous
Central Market ‎Hall and the largest Synagogue of
Europe, after which we drive to the City Park. We pass
by ‎Europe’s largest thermal spa, the Budapest Zoo
and the Amusement Park, then stop at the ‎Heroes’
Square (with statues of the most famous Hungarian
kings and dukes). We then ‎take the Andrássy Avenue
to downtown Pest, pass by the Opera House and the
St ‎Stephen’s Basilica. During the tour we offer a brief
overview of the last 1000 years of ‎Hungarian history.
The Tour ends in the city-centre.‎
Day 3 Budapest – Vienna
Breakfast, Check out and transfer to Vienna by
private bus, arrival to Mercure Biedermier ‎Vienna
Hotel (http://grand-hotel-biedermeier.h-rsv.com/),
check in, and free afternoon at leisure.‎
Day 4 City Tour and Schonbrunn Palace ‎
Breakfast, Overview of most important sight in
Vienna. Along famous Ringstrasse: State ‎Opera House,
Museum of Fine Arts, new cultural district Museum
Quartier, Hofburg ‎(former residence of Emperors),
Parliament, City hall, Burg theater, Highlight of tour:
visit ‎of showrooms Schonbrunn Palace, former
residence of Habsburg family. End of tour at ‎Opera,
on the way Belvedere Palace.‎
Day 5 (Optional Tour to Salzburg)‎
Breakfast, Enjoy a Full Day Tour To the Sound of
Music City: Salzburg On our way to ‎Mozart‘s town
of birth you become acquainted with the beautiful
Salzkammergut ‎landscape with its mountains and its
numerous lakes, where the Emperor Franz Joseph and
‎his family used to spend their holidays. Skirting the
Lake Fuschl and Lake Wolfgang you ‎reach Salzburg,
where you will have time for lunch. The afternoon
will be dedicated to a ‎stroll through the old city,
showing you the most important sights of this old
Bishop‘s Seat. ‎These are the Cathedral, the Festival
Hall, St. Peter‘s Abbey Church and its graveyard
(tomb of Mozart‘s sister Nannerl). Of course we will
show you Mozart‘s birth place in the ‎Getreidegasse.
The Edelweiss- Song from the movie Sound of Music
will come to your ‎memory, while passing the horsepond
and from the gardens of Mirabell-Palace you
will ‎have a marvellous view of the Hohensalzburg
Fortress.‎
Day 6 Vienna – Prague
with a visit to Cesky Krumlov (UNESCO LISTED TOWN)‎.
Breakfast – Check-out and transfer to Prague by
private bus, on the way you will have a ‎chance to
admire the beautiful south Bohemian countryside,

with its picturesque villages ‎and many ponds. Cesky
Krumlov is a city on the UNESCO heritage list. The
unique urban ‎complex comprising three hundred
historic houses and the National Castle and Chateau,
‎the second largest after Prague Castle, draws many
visitors every year and is rightly called ‎the PEARL OF
RENAISSANCE. In the late afternoon you will arrive
to Yasmine Hotel ‎(www.hotel-yasmin.cz) in Prague,
check in and free time at leisure.‎
Day 8Full day tour
to Karlovy Vary (BOHEMIA)‎. Breakfast, enjoy a full
day tour to Karlovy Vary: The world famous SPA city
of Carlsbad lying ‎in a picturesque, forested valley is
famous for its 12 thermal springs. First you will visit
the ‎glass exhibition at the MOSER factory. Then, as
you stroll through the city along the spa ‎colonnades,
you will have the chance to try not only the mineral
springs, but also the ‎delicious local wafers…‎
Day 7 Grand City Tour
of Prague. Breakfast, During the grand sightseeing
tour, you will be given all the basic information
‎about Golden Prague’s historical monuments. A
bus will take you past the State Opera, the ‎National
Museum and Wenceslas Square with its statue of St.
Wenceslas. Then you will ‎continue across Charles
Square to the banks of the Vltava River, to Charles
Bridge, the ‎Rudolfinum and across the river to Prague
Castle. There a walk around the castle ‎courtyards
awaits you, where amongst other things, you will
have the chance to see ‎St.Vitus Cathedral. The bus
will then take you across the Vltava to the Old Town,
passing ‎through the former Jewish Quarter, to the Old
Town Square where you will find St.Nicholas ‎Church,
the Týn Cathedral and the Old Town Hall with its
astronomical clock and apostles. ‎Here, not far from
the modern city Centre, the tour ends.‎
Day 9 Prague - Beirut
Breakfast, Free time till departure transfer to Airport
to fly back in the very late afternoon ‎to Beirut VIA
Frankfurt. ‎
Price per person in Euro:‎
Hotels or similar TRIPLE or Double Single
Nemzeti Budapest 4*DLX
Mercure Biedermier Vienna 4*DLX
Yasmine Old Town Prague 4*DLX
‎1,150‎
‎1,480‎
Prices include:‎
‎- Airline ticket with Lufthansa Airlines via
Frankfurt
‎- Accommodation for 2 nights in Budapest
‎- Accommodation for 3 nights in Vienna‎
‎- Accommodation for 3 nights in Prague
‎- Daily Buffet Breakfast
‎- Transfers: Private Deluxe Motor Coach will be
at the group disposal for the following ‎transfers:
From Airport to Hotel in Budapest – Hotel in
Vienna – Hotel in Prague – Airport in ‎Prague in
addition to the transfers during the sightseeing
tours
‎- Half day Grand City Tour of Budapest (MATTIAS
CHURCH & FISHERMEN’S BASTION + ‎Parliament
‎- Half day city tour with Schonbrunn Palace in
Vienna
Prices exclude:‎
‎- Airport taxes 285 USD (Subject to change
without prior notice)‎
‎- Visa Fees
‎- Travel Insurance: 20 USD (Obligatory)‎
‎- Supplement 10 USD for cancellation
insurance (Optional)‎
‎- Optional Tour to Salzburg
‎- Personal expenses of any kind & TIPS
Notes:‎
This package is available daily with a different
rate, please refer to our webpage for details.
‎(www.samadtours.com)‎
Please review our cancellation policy before
you book your trip.‎
‎- Visit of Cesky Krumlov on the way from Vienna to Prague (INCLUDING THE ENTRANCE TO
‎CASTLE)‎
‎- Half Day Grand City tour of Prague (including the entrance to the Castle)‎
‎- Full day karlovy Vary including (including the entrance to Moser)‎

Moscow & St. Petersburg
‎7 days / 6 nights ‎
Special Group Departure From 13 to 19 August 2016‎
Day 1 (saturday)
Departure from Beirut to Moscow at 01:10 (late night
of 12 August – Early morning of 13 ‎August). Arrival
to Moscow at 04:55 in the morning, Meeting at the
airport with an English ‎speaking guide. And proceed
for Moscow city tour: ‎
Moscow is the capital of the Russian Federation and
represents a unique complex of old ‎architecture
masterpieces and modern high-tech buildings.
This is a place where traditions of the ‎Russian
people become acquainted with guests from all
over the world. The historical centre of ‎Moscow, the
Kremlin and its cathedrals, monasteries, impressive
fortresses and amazing palaces ‎demonstrates the
authentic culture and art of the late Middle Ages in
Russia. Moscow is one of the ‎rare examples of a good
extant atmosphere of old city preserving its beauty in
perpetuity, whatever ‎events unfold over time. ‎
The tour will include: Red Square (Cathedral of
St.Basil, Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, ‎History
Museum, Kremlin towers, Upper Trading Arcades
(GUM), Lenin›s tomb and necropolis), ‎photo stop
with panoramic view of the Kremlin, The Cathedral of
Christ the Saviour, New ‎Maiden Convent and cemetery
(entrance), The Moscow State University campus
a panorama ‎platform on the Vorobiovy (Sparrow)
Hills, Moscow boulevards, The Theatre Square with
the ‎Bolshoy Theatre and the Metropol hotel. You will
enjoy a promenade along old Arbat street. ‎
Day 2 (friday)
Breakfast at the hotel and departure at 09:30 Kremlin
tour (grounds, cathedrals) with Armory ‎chamber with
your guide ‎
In the afternoon, Moscow metro excursion: The first
plans for a metro system in Moscow date ‎back to
the Russian Empire but were postponed by World
War I, the October Revolution and the ‎Russian Civil
War. In 1923, the Moscow City Council formed the
Underground Railway Design ‎Office at the Moscow
Board of Urban Railways. It carried out preliminary
studies, and by 1928 ‎had developed a project for the
first route from Sokolniki to the city centre. At the
same time, an ‎offer was made to German company
Siemens Bauunion to submit its own project for
the same ‎route. In June 1931, the decision to begin
construction of the Moscow Metro was made by the
‎Central Committee of the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union. In January 1932 the plan for the
‎first lines was approved, and on March 1933 ,21 the
Soviet government approved a plan for 10 ‎lines with
a total route length of 80 km. The first lines were built
using the Moscow general plan ‎designed by Lazar
Kaganovich in the 1930s, and the Metro was named
after him until 1955 named ‎after him (Metropolitan im.
L.M. Kaganovicha). The Moscow Metro construction
engineers ‎consulted with their counterparts from
the London Underground, the world›s oldest metro
system. ‎Partly because of this connection, the design
of Gants Hill tube station (although not completed
‎until much later) is reminiscent of a Moscow Metro
Station.
Moscow Circus Performance: Since the reign of
Catherine the Great, the circus has played an
‎important role in the rich cultural traditions of
Russia. The circus is considered as art on a par
with ‎ballet and opera, a stage for highly skilled and
creative artists. The circus became extremely popular
‎in Russia in the 19th century, rapidly becoming one
of the main forms of entertainment. The Old ‎Moscow
Circus was founded in 1880, in response to the huge
popularity of the art form, and ‎quickly became the
most respected and loved circus in Russia. After the
turmoil of the 1917 ‎revolution, the founding fathers
of the Soviet Union quickly recognized the important
role of ‎circus. It was truly popular - egalitarian - form
of entertainment, enjoyed by all, regardless of race,
‎language, age, education or class. Requiring great
skill, benefiting from creativity and originality, ‎circus
nevertheless needs no sophistication. Returning to
the hotel by metro without a guide. ‎

Day 3 (monday)
Breakfast, Transfer to Segiev Posad for a Sergiev
Posad tour:‎
Visit of St. Sergius Monastery of Holy Trinity: The
Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad is a ‎fine
example of orthodox monastery with some military
features. Located on a strategically ‎important road
the Monastery has inevitably become a part of a
Moscow defense system. Among ‎the treasures of
Lavra – the world famous icon “The Trinity” by Andrey
Rublev (15th century). ‎Then we visit
Matryoshka Factory: This Factory is the leading one
in Matryoshkas’ production and the place of ‎origin of
the shape of this most famous Russian Souvenir. You
will have a Master-Class on ‎Matryoshka’s painting
and will be able to take your work piece with you. ‎
Flight Details: Aeroflot Airlines
13 AUG BEYSVO 01:10 04:55
16 AUG SVOLED 16:30 17:50
19 AUG LEDSVO 16:25 17:45
19 AUG SVOBEY 20:10 00:05
Day 4 (teusday)
Breakfast at the hotel, Check out and transfer to the
airport to travel to St. Petersburg. Arrival, meet ‎with
our guide to join the city tour including:
Visit to the Hermitage on the Palace Square: It’s hard
to imagine the trip to Saint-Petersburg ‎without visiting
one of the best known museums all over the world –
the State Hermitage. Its ‎priceless collection occupies
5 historical buildings of which the Winter Palace – the
former ‎residence of the Russian Royal family – is the
most remarkable. Its rooms, decorated with marble
‎and gold provide a fine background for the treasures
of the Hermitage. You might be surprised to ‎know
that the collection of this unique museum contains
over 3 million exhibits including the ‎paintings of
Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael and other famous
artists. The collection of ‎impressionists`s works of
Degas, Cezanne, Renoir, Matisse and Van Gogh is the
pride of the ‎Hermitage, however the collections of
the Egyptian, Oriental and Ancient Greek art should
not be ‎missed as well. Take your chance to see the
world’s largest collection of the Scythian gold! The
‎Hermitage attracts millions of people each year
and we will do our best to make you one of them.
‎Returning to the hotel by metro. ‎
Visit of Kremlin, Cathedrals and Armoury Chamber
on the Red Square - unique complex of ‎architectural
monuments surrounded by ancient red brick walls
crowned with 19 towers. Visit one ‎of the most
prominent sights of Moscow - the Kremlin with its 19
towers and red brick walls is. It ‎was rebuilt several
times after being constructed under the order of
Prince Yuri Dolgoruky in 1156 ‎as a wooden fortress.
Today’s Kremlin was built in the 15th century by Italian
Architects after the ‎seat of the Orthodox church
moved to Moscow. The reconstruction of cathedrals
and chapels of ‎that time shaped the modern
appearance of the Kremlin. The Cathedral Square
is the centre of the ‎Kremlin with the Cathedrals of
Assumption, Annunciation and Archangel Mikhail
as its main sights ‎open for visitor. The ensemble of
the Kremlin represents some of the best examples
of Russian ‎church and secular architecture of 15th-
16th centuries like the Palace of Facets, the Church
of the ‎Deposition of the Robe, the Bell tower of Ivan
the Great and the Spasskaya Tower, the Armoury
‎Chamber and the Diamond Fund and the Patriarch’s
Palace. The Moscow Kremlin is also famous ‎for the
curious couple of the Tsar Bell and the Tsar Cannon
designed for amusement of Russian ‎Tsars. ‎

Day 5 (wednesday)
Palaces of St.Petersburg coach tour
Breakfast at the hotel, Visit of Petrodvorets (palace
and park): The spectacular Peterhof Palace is ‎located
on the southern shore of the Gulf of the Gulf of
Finland, 34 kilometers from Saint-‎Petersburg. Set
in magnificent gardens, Peterhof is reminiscent
of Versailles and was only used by ‎royal family on
special occasions of State importance. The Grand
Palace, built for Peter I, enlarged ‎by Rastrelli for
Empress Elizabeth and later remodeled for Catherine
the Great, was almost ‎completely destroyed by the
Nazis in the World War II, but has been restored to its
full splendour. ‎The pendulous chandeliers, paintings,
china dinner sets are originals; as they were
fortunately ‎removed before the German occupation.
The gardens are dotted with the fountains, charming
‎pavilions and summerhouses, including the
Monplaisir, Peter’s original villa with bright and airy
‎galleries facing the sea, and the self-contained and
moated Hermitage, Imperial Bath house ‎pavilion.
Return back by hydrofoil. And continue to the hotel
by Metro.‎
Day 6 (thursday)
Breakfast at the hotel, visit to the Peter & Paul
Fortress. You will be taken out on a ‎comfortable bus
which will take you to the most precious monuments
of the city’s rich history and ‎original architecture
carefully preserved as the world cultural heritage.
During this panoramic city-‎tour of Saint Petersburg
you will be able to hear amazing stories and to take
fine pictures of the ‎main architectural and historical
sites like Nevsky Prospect, Neva›s embankments,
Rostral Columns, ‎buildings of Hermitage museum,
the Fortress of St.Peter and St.Paul (entrance), Senat
‎Square, Nicolay I statue, Peter I statue (“Bronze
Horseman”), Summer Garden, the Field of Mars,
‎Resurrection Cathedral of the Spilt Blood, Square of
Arts, Palace Square with Alexander Column
St. Isaac Cathedral: St. Isaac›s Cathedral was originally
the city›s main church and the largest ‎cathedral
in Russia. It was built between 1818 and 1858, by
the French-born architect Auguste ‎Montferrand,
to be one of the most impressive landmarks of the
Russian Imperial capital. The ‎cathedral›s facades
are decorated with sculptures and massive granite
columns (made of single ‎pieces of red granite), while
the interior is adorned with mosaic icons, paintings
and columns made ‎of malachite and lapis lazuli. A
large, brightly colored stained glass window of the
«Resurrected ‎Christ» takes pride of place inside the
main altar.‎
Day 7 (friday)
Breakfast at the hotel, Check out at 12:00, free time
at leisure until your transfer to the airport for ‎final
departure at 16:35 to Beirut Via Moscow. Arriving to
Beirut by midnight.‎

Price per person in Euro:‎
Period Double or Triple Single
Moscow Holiday Inn Suschevsky 4*+
‎1,065 Euros‎ ‎1,290 Euros‎
Sokos Olimpic Garden in St. Petersburg ‎ 4*+‎
Price includes: ‎
‎-‎Airline tickets including airport taxes (Calculated as 680 USD)‎
‎-‎ Accommodation for 3 nights in Holiday Inn Suschevsky in Moscow 4* (standard room) ‎or
similar in Moscow and 3 nights in Sokos Olimpic Garden in St. Petersburg 4* ‎(standard room) in
Saint-Petersburg or similar.‎
‎-‎ Meals: 6 breakfasts
‎-‎Excursions as mentioned in our itinerary with entrance fees
‎-‎All transfers per program
‎-‎Local English-speaking guides-interpreters
‎-‎Ticket to Moscow Circus
‎-‎Tickets for Moscow metro (2 trips maximum) and St. Petersburg Metro (3 trips maximum)‎
Price excludes:‎
‎-‎ Airport Taxes 175 USD (Subject to Change without prior Notice)‎
‎-‎ Visa Fees: 110 USD‎
‎-‎ Travel insurance: 20 USD (Obligatory)‎
‎-‎ Supplement 10 USD for cancellation insurance GOLD PLAN (Optional)‎
‎-‎Personal expenses of any kind
Notes:‎
• This package is available every Saturday with a different rate, please refer to our webpage for
details. ‎(www.samadtours.com)‎
• Please review our cancellation policy before you book your trip.‎

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