Lesnaya st 43 (office 227)  Moscow 127055   Tel. (495) 926-58-82, (495) 926-58-83, (499) 978-69-65  Fax. (499) 972-40-32   E-mail: moscow@travelrussia.net   Web: http://www.travelrussia.net We are happy to offer a special package in Moscow! Incentive groups of 30 pax 2 nights any week-end in October/November 2008 Only 750 euro per person!

Detailed itinerary Day 1 Friday AM On arrival you will be met at immigration control by a representative from “Travel Russia”. A private vehicle, with a guide, will take you to the city center. (A Police escort car will also be arranged to escort you to the city centre giving a feeling of being a VIP). After check and some rest, guests will enjoy a delicious welcome dinner in a newly opened restaurant near Red Square. Dinner Welcome dinner in Versia 1.0 Restaurant/ Night Club. The newly opened restaurant Versia 1.0 is located right in the heart of Moscow in a few minutes walking from Red Square and the best attractions of Moscow – the Kremlin and St.Basil’s Cathedral. This restaurant has quickly gained popularity both among Moscow citizens and visitors to the capital. It has several rooms, a bar zone, dance floor and a virtual room. From Thursday to Sunday a disco is held in one of the rooms . The bar is one of the longest in Moscow Day 2 Saturday AM “KGB training” in Moscow The KGB has remained an infamous part of Russian history and you will have an opportunity to participate in "KGB Training" and become real spies. After the previous night’s dinner, each guest will find a Dear Spy letter in their room giving the first instruction. In the morning, the group meets in the lobby of the hotel and is divided into smaller teams. After which you will have a tour of KGB Museum. A KGB agent will then give a short talk to each team and gives instructions for the items you might require (Moscow map, stamps, magnifying glass, Russian money, etc). Navigating round Moscow, each team will have cover several central points, find the proper person at each point and answer some questions. The points include: GUM department store (where the clients buy a souvenir and find a flower girl from whom they get the next task placed inside the bouquet) Head Post Office (getting a letter) Metro ride Yuriy Dolgoruky Monument Eliseevsky store (find a lady reading a magazine) You will end in a restaurant where presentations are made to the best team. The official museum of the KGB. The museum is located in the center of the city in a few minutes walking from Red Square. This is a fun excursion for lovers of spy thrillers, rather than for anyone hoping to get an insight into the real secrets of the KGB – and interesting for the very fact that the KGB will actually allow visitors to look round! During Soviet times the museum consisted of several rooms displaying photos, documents, uniform, decorations, bugs, weapons reflecting the history of KGB from 1917 till the present. The museum also exhibits articles and special equipment used by agents of foreign intelligence services arrested in Russia It should be mentioned, however, that the guests won’t see any cellars or dungeons. Lunch Lunch in “Geo Cafe” Restaurant Geo Cafe is a new trendy restaurant, located in the center of Moscow, 15 minutes walk from Red Square serving European cuisine. After lunch and some time at leisure, you will have an envious opportunity to visit the Kremlin territory after closing time. PM Special late opening of Kremlin (including early entrance to the Armoury, 2 cathedrals and tour of the Kremlin grounds) You might be surprised how many ancient and magnificent structures one can see within its walls: 15th century cathedrals (the coronation, wedding and burial place of Russian tsars), the bell-tower, the Patriarch’s Palace, the Grand Kremlin Palace and of course the richest museum – the Armoury. The Armoury has a fantastic collection of royal insignia , precious clothes, ceremonial harness and a unique collection of imperial carriages. The 17th century throne of Alexey Romanov covered with a mosaic of turquoises and 900 diamonds, a pheloneon of Metropolitan Platon decorated with 150,000 pearls (it took the embroiderer 2 years to work on the pattern!) and of course some famous Faberge eggs. You will also visit the 15th century cathedrals with their beautiful frescoed interiors. Dinner In the evening enjoy dinner in one of the best restaurants of the city.“Cafe Pushkin” Restaurant Have dinner in one of the most interesting and refined restaurants of the city “Cafe Pushkin”, Situated in a a beautiful mansion, it captures the mood of a bygone era with an interesting library and a collection of telescopes and globes. The food is excellent and remains one of the city’s favourite restaurants. Day 3 Sunday AM After breakfast you will check out from the hotel and visit the Cosmonaut Training Center named after the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. This center is located a one hour drive from the city centre and is where cosmonauts from Russia and all over the world are trained for manned space flights. As it is a highly classified and secure area , only the museum is usually open to the public and only then by special permit. However special groups are allowed access for tours and programs and it is well worth the visit. There are various options for visiting groups, and these depend on the size of the group, budget and their interests. You will have a tour of the whole centre, see real, life-sized models of the spaceships Mir and Soyuz and all visitors will have a unique opportunity to see inside (they are surprisingly small); a tour of these will be preceded by a detailed explanation from one of the centre’s experts. Our guests can try on a cosmonaut space suit, visit the Planetarium and even undergo some training in the centrifuge machine in which astronauts experience the effect of centrifugal force. Guests also have a, opportunity to meet a real Cosmonaut and talk with him. In the end of the program all the guests are presented with a "space lunch box”. Departure transfer Accommodation guide Ararat Park Hyatt 5* The luxurious hotel is located within walking distance of the Bolshoi theatre and Red Square. The hotel has 219 spacious and luxurious bedrooms including 16 suites while Cafe Ararat, The Gallery restaurant and Enoki restaurant offer Armenian, European and Japanese food. It also boasts the latest technology conference rooms withover 500 square metres of meeting and banqueting space. There is also a fitness centre and a spa with Jacuzzi, Roman, Steam and Russian baths. Baltschug Kempinski Hotel 5* The hotel has 234 rooms and suites built around a daylight flooded atrium. This elegant 5 star hotel is excellently located, with standards of service synonymous with Kempinski and is a member of “Leading Hotels of the World”. Situated on the banks of the Moskva River,looking onto the Kremlin, Red Square and St Basil’s Cathedral, the hotel offers excellent facilities : 2 restaurants, Cafe Kranzler, the Baltschug Bar and lobby bar, a business centre, swimming pool and fitness centre, conference rooms and 24 hour room service.