Volga Dream PLATINUM caters for those discerning travelers who prefers to travel privately or in a small group. This journey includes accommodation in Russia’s most deluxe hotels – Ritz Carlton and Grand Hotel Europe – and extensive touring of the most breathtaking sites in a group of no more then 12 guests. You will see ornate gems of the State Armory and Diamond Fund, journey underground to visit Secret Underground bunker in Moscow, enter before hours the Hermitage, stroll in the beautiful palaces and admire famous Russian opera in St. Petersburg.

Accommodation: 2 nights at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Moscow, 6 nights on board MS Volga Dream,
3 nights at the Grand Hotel Europe in St. Petersburg.

Gold Program combines the best of Moscow and St. Petersburg and the Volga Dream cruise. This journey is ideal for individual travelers and small groups looking to explore both the Russian countryside and the treasures of Russia's grandest cities. Spend two days in Moscow and visit history-making locations, such as the Kremlin, Red Square, Tretyakov Gallery, and famous Moscow metro. Then board MS Volga Dream for a cruise to waterside towns and villages, such as Golden Ring City of Uglich, millennium Yaroslavl and UNESCO heritage site at Kizhi Island. Stay for the next three days in St. Petersburg and explore Peterhof, Catherine's Palace and tour magnificent Hermitage museum.

Accommodation: 2 nights at Marriott Royal Aurora hotel in Moscow, 6 nights on board MS Volga Dream,
3 nights at Angleterre hotel in St. Petersburg.

Join us for this cultural journey through the heart of Russia, visiting the great cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg and enjoying rural interlude in the delightful Russian countryside. The combination of music, history and art together with the insight into modern Russia of today and the momentous changes which are taking place, make for an all encompassing trip.

Visits to grand art galleries and museums followed by receptions at intimate memorial houses, concerts at the world’s most famous opera houses and closed private performances, lectures by a Yale professor will add a comprehensive touch to your vast sightseeing program and make this journey a truly cultural event of the year.

Accommodation: 3 nights at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Moscow, 6 nights on board MS Volga Dream,
3 nights at the Grand Hotel Europe in St. Petersburg.

As rare as a trip along the Upper Volga may be, the Lower Volga, running south and away from the population centers of Moscow and St. Petersburg, is still an area of outstanding beauty largely unexplored by tourists. Spend two days in Moscow to explore Russian ancient capital then board deluxe M.S. Volga Dream to cruise over 3,000 km all the way down to the Volga River Delta on the Caspian Sea and taste caviar in Astrakhan. Discover iconic onion-domed churches in Uglich, stroll through the gems of Yaroslavl, the Volga’s oldest city and explore Volgograd, former Stalingrad, the city of decisive battle of the the II World War.

Accommodation: 12 nights on board MS Volga Dream.