MOSCOW BELLS TOUR

Day1
Arrival in Moscow. A local guide will meet the group at the airport. Coach transfer to the hotel. Sightseeing excursion around Moscow, visiting the most interesting cathedrals and churches (Cathedral of
Christthe Saviour, St. Varvara's Church, Church of the Holy Trinity in Nikitniki, Church of the Ascension, etc.). Visit to the Novodevichy Convent. Return to the hotel. Dinner at the hotel.

Day2
Breakfast at the hotel. A coach and local guide for a visit to the heart of thecity, the Kremlin, and the Assumption, Annunciation, Archangel Cathedrals, Church of Twelve Apostles, Church of the Robe Deposition and the Bell Tower of Ivan the Great. Visit to St. Basil's Cathedral, which has become the ultimate symbol of Russia. Return to the hotel. Dinner at the
hotel.

Day3
Breakfast at the hotel. A whole-day sightseeing tour by coach, accompanied by a local guide: excursion to Sergiyev Posad, the Trinity- St. Sergius Monastery (Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra) and also the Trinity Cathedral, Church of the Sacred Spirit, Annunciation Cathedral, Chapelatthe Well. Visit to Theological Academy and Iconography School at the monastery. Visit to the Chernigov-Gefsimansky Skit (asecludedcloister). Visit to the Convent of Intercession at Khotkovo. Transfer to Moscow. Return to the hotel. Dinner at the hotel.

Day4
Breakfast at the hotel. A whole-day sightseeing tour by coach, accompanied by a local guide : visit to the Tretyakov Gallery, which houses the world's best collection of Russian icons. Visit to the Danilovsky (St.Daniel) Monastery (meeting with a representative from the Orthodox Church by request). Return to the hotel. Dinner at the hotel.

Day5
Breakfast at the hotel. A whole-day sightseeing tour by coach, accompanied by a local guide : visit to St. Savva Storozhevsky Monastery in Zvenigorod. Visit to Andrey Rublyov Museum of Early Russian Culture and Art (iconmuseum) in Andronikov Monastery in Moscow. Return to the hotel. Dinner at the hotel.

Day6
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport.
Departure.