After checking into your hotel, you will have free time to take an optional excursion or to rest and relax in your hotel.

After breakfast, you will start your day with a walking tour of the Moscow Kremlin where you will see many of the famous sites including Red Square and the cathedrals followed by a visit to the armoury.

After your kremlin tour, you will stop for lunch at a local restaurant before having the rest of the afternoon to wander around the Christmas markets, buy souvenirs, and enjoy the festive feel of the city.

In the evening, you will have dinner at a local restaurant before heading back to your hotel where you will spend the evening.

Kolomenskoye is a former royal estate situated on the ancient road leading to the town of Kolomna in the southeast of Moscow city centre. The area is known for its idyllic scenery and overlooks the steep banks of the Moskva River.

While in Kolomenskoe you will get the chance to go on a traditional troika horse ride before heading back into the city for lunch at a local restaurant.

In the afternoon, you will visit the Park Zaryadie known for the exclusive “Flight over Moscow” attraction before embarking on a walking tour of the legendary Arbat Street.

After a busy day, you will stop for lunch at a local café or restaurant in the city and then head back to the hotel where you will spend the evening.

After breakfast, you will meet your driver who will take you to the exhibition centre where you will get to explore the national monuments and the famous Space centre dedicated to the achievements of the Russian space programme.

In the afternoon, you will stop for lunch at a local cafe before continuing your journey by car with a tour of Moscow followed by a visit to Novodevichiy Cathedral.

Today, you will enjoy an evening meal in a city restaurant before heading back to your hotel. You will check out of your hotel late in the evening and your driver will transfer you to the train station.

Shortly after midnight, you will catch Train no 002 to Yekaterinburg. You will spend the rest of the day and the next night on the train.

In the afternoon, you will embark on a 2-hour city tour where you will get to see the highlights of the city before being taken to the Chapaev banya for a masterclass on traditional banya steam.

After your day tour, you will head back to your hotel for an evening meal and have some free time afterwards to rest.

Lunch will be spent in a local tavern where you will enjoy an assortment of team building activities including pelmeni cooking and tasting Ural liqueurs. During the experience you will learn how Siberian and Ural pelmeni differ and even have the chance to win a prize to take home and show your friends!

In the evening, there will be a private concert of classic music from the Domestic in the House of Music chorus, followed by an authentic Ural dinner from a local chef at the Zveroboy restaurant who will tell you the history of the unique festive dishes. You will get to try many unusual and unique local products including moose, deer, carp, pine needles, sea-buckthorn, gooseberry and birch.

Following your evening meal, your driver will transfer you to the train station where you will catch Train 070 to Novosibirsk.

You will have the evening to spend as you see fit. Enjoy a cosy winter evening in one of the hotel restaurants or visit the hotel SPA complex for a relaxing massage.

In the afternoon, you will head back to your hotel before hopping over to the NOVAT for an exclusive ballet performance where you will get to see the renowned Nutcracker performed live, before heading back to the hotel for your New Year’s Eve meal.

Get ready to celebrate the most memorable Siberian New Year! The festive banquet will take place from 22:00 until morning and there is plenty of fun to be had including a New Year’s photo session, contests, dances, drinks, and, of course, the chimes of new Year followed by a magnificent firework display.

In the afternoon, you will head on a city tour of Novosibirsk where you will get to see the most famous sites and learn more about Siberian culture. There will be stories about New Year in Siberia and its peculiarities, as well as interesting stories about Novosibirsk. You will also have the chance for a small photo session near the Opera House with delicious, mulled wine and, perhaps even a reindeer sleigh ride.

Later in the day, you will have a small lesson on how to prepare Siberian dishes with a glass of wine, before heading back to your hotel where you can enjoy some free time.