DAY 1/28 Aug (Thu): KUL – ST PETERSBURG                                                                                                              

Borneo Pilgrims – Depart to KLIA and meet main group at Check in counter.

• Borneo or KL Pilgrims - Assemble at KLIA 3 hours before departure. Check in at Airport for flight to St Petersburg. Arrive St Petersburg then proceed for immigration and customs clearance.
• Transfer to hotel for check in.
• Own dinner and overnight.

 

DAY 2/29 Aug (Fri): ST PETERSBURG                                                                        (B/L/D)

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Proceed for mass.
• Visit to The Town of Peterhof and Grand Palace including Fountain Park.

 

Peterhof Grand Palace and Fountain Park

The Peterhof Museum Complex is one of the most popular museums not only in Russia, but in the whole world. Even a few hours here are enough to feel the spirit of history, which still lives on and breathes in this magnificent place. The architecture and decor of Peterhof reflects all the artistic styles of the past and the personal tastes and preferences of every Russian monarch.

• Lunch at local restaurant.
• Proceed to visit Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood Orthodox Church.

 

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood.

Church of the Resurrection of Christ ("Savior on Blood") is a memorial to Emperor Alexander II. It was built on the spot where the assassination attempt on the Tsar-Liberator took place. Inside the cathedral, a fragment of the grating of the canal and the cobblestone pavement, on which the mortally wounded emperor fell, are carefully preserved. The main feature of the temple is the unique mosaics that cover the facades of the building and decorate its interiors. That is why the cathedral can rightly be called a "museum of mosaic art", which you will certainly see during the tour.

• Dinner and overnight.

 

DAY 3/30 Aug (Sat):  ST PETERSBURG                                                                 (B/L/D)

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Proceed for Mass.
• After mass, excursion to Pushkin: Catherine Palace + Amber room + Park

Pushkin (Tsarskoe Selo), Catherine Palace and Amber room.

Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin) is the former residence of The Russian imperial family and visiting nobility. Tsarskoye Selo forms one of the World Heritage site. Constructed in the 18th century in Prussia, the original Amber Room (one of the main attractions of the place) was dismantled and eventually disappeared during WW II.

• Lunch at local restaurant.
• Excursion to Pavlovsk: Paul Palace + Park.

Pavlovsk: Paul Palace + Park

The Pavlovsk Palace is the most comfortable of the imperial residences. From his travels in Europe, Paul brought Venetian glass, Lyon silk, a collection of furniture and French bronze clocks to decorate the palace. During the tour, you will see the main halls of the palace, whose interiors were created by the best architects of that time, and the private chambers of the Dowager Empress, so skillfully restored that it seems that Maria Feodorovna left here just a minute ago.

• Dinner and overnight.

 

DAY 4/31 Aug (Sun): ST PETERSBURG                                                                 (B/L/D)

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Proceed for Mass.
• Continue with sightseeing tour including visiting territory Peter and Paul’s fortress.

Peter and Paul’s fortress

Peter and Paul Fortress is the first settlement and the cradle of the city. Nowadays its home to a significant complex offering a bizarre selection of attractions to explore: the famous Cathedral of the Saint Apostles Peter and Paul, Commandant’s House museum representing the history of the city, the Engineer’s House, Museum of Space Exploration, the Mint and the Printing Workshops, Trubetskoy Bastion Prison the Neva Curtain Wall archway and etc.

• Lunch at local restaurant.
• Excursion to the State Hermitage museum.

Excursion to the State Hermitage Museum.

The Hermitage, Russia’s most famous palace and museum, is located within a complex of several buildings along the riverbanks right in the city-center. The general exhibition contains millions of art works: paintings, sculptures, archaeological pieces, numismatics objects and other artefacts.

• Rivers and canals cruise.
• Folk show with fourchette (light buffet - with vodka & caviar) at Nicolaevsky Palace.
• Dinner and overnight.

 

DAY 5/01 Sep (Mon): ST PETERSBURG – MOSCOW                                              (B/L/D)

• Breakfast at the hotel and check out.
• Proceed for Mass.
• After mass, transfer to railway station to Moscow.
• Arrive Moscow and proceed for lunch.
• Continue The Moscow metro tour.

 

Moscow Metro Tour

Moscow Metro is rightfully considered to be a unique system of urban infrastructure being the most beautiful, the deepest and the largest of all the similar existent networks of transportation. Our tour reveals the answers to many questions arising in curious minds in regard to this “Underground Palace”: you will learn a lot of impressive and fascinating facts about our fantastic Metro system.

 

• Continue for Half day tour – visit Sparrow Hill, Arc de Triomphe, and Victory Monument.
• Continue to hotel for check in, dinner and overnight.

 

DAY 6/02 Sep (Tue): MOSCOW                                                                                 (B/L/D)

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Proceed for Mass.
• Proceed to visit Sergiey Possad: St Trinity Laura.

Sergiev Possad with visit of St Trinity Laura.

Trinity-Sergius Lavra is a pearl of Orthodox shrines in Russia with a long history. The architectural ensemble of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra is under the protection of UNESCO.

Trinity Cathedral (interior) - the main cathedral church and the oldest surviving building of the Trinity Monastery, the first stone building of the Lavra. The main shrine of the cathedral is the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh. Assumption Cathedral (interior) is the architectural center of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. It is inferior in seniority to the famous Trinity Cathedral, but nevertheless, with its location and strict majesty, it heads the Lavra group of buildings.

• After lunch, visit Ismailovo Kremlin and flea market.
• In the evening, proceed for Spectacle in Circus.
• Dinner and overnight.

 

DAY 7/03 Sep (Wed): MOSCOW                                                                                   (B/L/D)

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Proceed for mass.
• After mass, proceed for walking tour in Moscow historical center: Red Square area.

 

Red Square

You will see all the fascinating landmarks, surrounding this central square of our capital: St. Basils, the Mausoleum, the Spasskaya Tower, etc. We’ll walk down to Alexandrovskiy garden and see the change of guard if we are lucky. And of course, you will stroll down the famous paving stones of Red Square.

• Proceed entrance to Kremlin.
• After lunch, visit to Zaryadye Park and several orthodox churches.

Zaryadye Park

Located in the heart of Moscow, a stone’s throw from the Kremlin, it recreates the different landscapes of Russia. Its floating bridge has already become one of the city’s main tourist attractions. But the park also includes exhibitions, concert halls and restored historic buildings. Zaryadye Park will have many surprises in store for you.

• VR soaring over Russia – go on a virtual tour in Russia and look at the beautiful places of the country from a bird’s eye view.

VR Soaring over Russia.

The viewers will fly over the ancient pillars of Manpupuner in Komi Republic and the Lena Pillars Nature Park in Yakutia, jump from the dam of the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station, the largest in Russia; see from above the Valley of Geysers in Kamchatka, together with Sochi, Volgograd and other significant places of Russia.

• Dinner and overnight.

 

DAY 8/04 Sep (Thu): MOSCOW                                                                              (B/L/D) 

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Proceed for Mass.
• After mass at proceed for Moscow city tour.
• Visit Cosmonautics Museum & St Savior Orthodox Cathedral.
• Lunch at local restaurant.
• Walking tour of VDNH Park.

VDNH Park.

Walking tour of VDNH Park (the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy) is the largest exposition, museum and recreational complex in the world, one of the most popular public spaces of the capital city of Russia. Each year, it is visited by about 25 million people.

• Dinner and overnight.

 

DAY 9/05 Sep (Fri): MOSCOW - KUL                                                                              (B) 

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Proceed for mass.
• After mass continue for shopping at Old Arbat Street.

 

Old Arbat Street

Old Arbat - the place where a lot great writers, poets and artists used to live in the past. Arbat is not just a street: this is a live and ongoing performance with sculptures and monuments, street artists’ and musicians’, souvenir shops, museums and concert halls. Old Arbat is an integral part of the Russian culture.

• After lunch, transfer to airport for flight back.

 

DAY 10/06 Sep (Sat):  KUL                                     

• Arrive Kuala Lumpur with beautiful memories of Moscow and St Petersburg.

                            

                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~ End of Pilgrimage ~~~~~~~~~~~

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