Russia is a world-known art treasury: The Bolshoi Theater, The Tretyakov Gallery, Pushkin Art Gallery, the Kremlin's Armory & Cathedrals in Moscow, and the Mariinsky Theater, the Hermitage, the Catherine's Park & Palace and the Peterhof in St. Petersburg are considered to be some of the most significant and important foundations of the world culture.
Moscow is also famous for the Golden Ring cities located around – Suzdal, Vladimir, Yaroslavl, Sergiev-Posad and others preserving ancient Russian culture with beautiful churches and monasteries, wooden houses, matryoshka doll painting factories and others.
Listen to the choir at St. Isaac Cathedral, meet the cosmonaut in Star City, shoot Kalashnikov guns, fly MIG, shoot the cannon at Peter & Paul’s Fortress etc. Click here to see more activities your event here.
life doesn’t stop in Moscow & St. Petersburg even at night. Many shops, bars, restaurants and clubs are open 24/7 or 6-8 a.m. on Friday & Saturday making both cities very attractive for outgoing public. The level and quality of the clubs and restaurants are outstanding and can compete with the world’s best examples.
Circuses, ballets, classical music concerts, jazz festivals, art exhibitions and many more – Russia offers a diversity of entertainment options for everyone equally to Paris, New York, London and others.
Russia has a wide range of goods to bring home which have a lot of surprising variations. Even well-known Matryoshka doll can have a bottle of vodka inside or specially made for your event and contain a company logo or even a face of the company president! Other gift options include surely a tin of caviar, Faberge eggs, traditional (and very fashion at the moment) Posad’s kerchiefs, varnished wooden boxes with a picture from the famous Russian fairytale or elm box with carved view of Kremlin, St. Basil Cathedral or others, Gzhel ceramics, tableware with Khokhloma painting, military uniform and accessories, fur hats, chocolates, collection of small bottles of vodka and many more. Any of them can be a pillow gift for your group!
Russian “blini” (pancakes), “pelmeni” (ravioli), borsch (beet soup) and beef-stroganoff served in a bread pot are just some of the highlights of Russian cuisine. Enjoy it with a shot of vodka or a glass of Kvas (Russian traditional non-alcoholic bread drink). But not only Russian cuisine can be found in Moscow or St. Petersburg. Local restaurants offer a wide range of fine restaurants of nearly every known cuisine in the world but also English & Irish pubs, Mexican snack-bars, Italian pizzerias, French cafes, American grills, Asian restaurants and others. This will satisfy the spoiled gourmet as well as those who prefer simple but great food.
Moscow and St. Petersburg subway systems are considered as some of the largest and most efficient in the world and without any doubt the most beautiful ones. Many stations are historical monuments of socialist realism and look like true palaces with statues of Soviet soldiers, huge chandeliers, intricate carvings and metal works and sculptures of workers and farmers etc.
Along with Paris, New York and Milan, Moscow & St. Petersburg today are considered as ones of the world fashion capitals. Incredible choice of designer clothes and accessories impresses in both cities and provides a great shopping program. It may include luxurious clothes but also elegant and affordable brands. Russian Fashion Week (Moscow) and Aurora Fashion Week (St. Petersburg) had become leading events in the fashion industry.
There is a magic time from the end of May to the beginning of July when it is hardly getting dark in St. Petersburg. The city lives a different life during its time: with open air festivals and concerts, busy restaurant terraces, night river boat trips and open air exhibitions, visitors and residents alike soak up the ambience of a city that never sleeps.
Legendary railway route from Moscow to Vladivostok, passing Ekaterinburg, Kazan, Irkutsk, Baikal lake and other regions, will leave you with unforgettable experiences and life lasting memories! For incentive groups we can arrange a chartered train.
