
Moscow to Astrakhan
14 days – 13 nights
Day by Day

Airport transfer / Check-in

Volga dream experience:
Meals:

City Tour / Moscow Metro/ Tretyakov Gallery

Volga dream experience:
Meals: Breakfast, lunch

Moscow Kremlin / Armory Museum

collection of tsarist thrones, ceremonial crowns, coaches and extravagant state gifts, the excursion also takes you to the beautifully frescoed 15th-century Assumption and Archangel Cathedrals. Then, back aboard the MS Volga Dream for a delicious buffet lunch as your breathtaking cruise along the Russia’s Waterways begins. The evening provides a chance to meet your crew and fellow travellers at Captain's welcome reception and dinner.
Volga dream experience: Bread, Salt & Vodka Welcome Aboard Ceremony
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Town of Uglich / Church of St. Dmitri-on-the-Blood

Volga dream experience: Russian Cooking Class
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Yaroslavl City Tour / Governor’s house

Volga dream experience: Costumed Russian Tea Ceremony
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Relaxing day of leisure / Onboard activities

picturesque Volga river. The Sun Deck provides a glorious and ever-changing view as we pass small villages, provincial towns, churches, and monasteries. This is an area that flourished for centuries thanks to the large volume of trade along the Volga.
Our guest speaker presents an entertaining and informative lecture on the history and traditions of the places we pass.
Volga dream experience: An onboard presentation
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

City tour / XVIth-century Kremlin / Folk concert by a local children’s group

Volga dream experience: Russian Dinner with Vodka Tasting
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

City tour / Kazan Kremlin / Concert of traditional Tatar music

We will leave the Volga Dream for a while to explore Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan and very center of Russia’s Tatar culture. The white-walled Kazan Kremlin or citadel is where the famous Kul-Sherif mosque stands side by side with the old Peter and Paul Cathedral. Later in the day, a local ensemble will delight us with a concert of traditional Tatar music.
Volga dream experience: Piano Concert – pieces by Tchaikovsky and Rakhmaninov
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

City tour / Space Museum / Samara State Art Museum

We begin with a city tour, which includes a visit to the space museum, then stroll along the Volga esplanade to the Samara State Art Museum.
Volga dream experience: Sun Deck Barbeque
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

City tour / Radishev State Art Museum

Volga dream experience: -
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Mamayev Hill / Battle of Stalingrad Panorama Museum

We will then visit the imposing memorial on Mamayev Hill, which saw the bloodiest fighting of the war, and Battle of Stalingrad Panorama Museum.
Volga dream experience: -
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Concert in a local Conservatory

Volga dream experience: Concert in a local Conservatory
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Tour to a fortress of Astrakhan

Volga dream experience: Farewell dinner
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Check-out / Airport transfer

Volga dream experience:
Meals: Breakfast
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