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Travel Russia LEISURE Newsletter July 2009 In This Issue Great new reductions in summer rates! * * * The first winter special offers * * * Erarta Contemporary Art Museum * * * Literary tour in St Petersburg Quick Links More About Us Our July issue is devoted to St Petersburg where you will find yet further reductions in hotels summer rates, the first winter offers, the opportunity to visit the new Erarta Contemporary Arts before it officially opens and ideas for Literary tour. Sincerely, Helen Isaeva Great new reductions in summer rates! The newly opened 5* Sokos Palace Bridge Hotel located on Vasilyevsky island with its fabulous spa complex and the biggest pool (450 sq m) in St Petersburgis offering 3 nights for the price of 2 between 1 - 31 August 2009 at the rate €160/190 per single/double room per night including breakfast and VAT. And stay 1 night free! The 3* Ibis Hotel located close to Nevsky proskekt is also giving further reductions between 1st July - 30th September - €80/90/ per room/night with breakfast and VAT. And from 1st October - 31st March 2010 -€62/70 per single/double room per night with breakfast and VAT including Christmas and New Year! The above offers are valid for FITs only.   The first winter special offers! The 4* Hotel Ambassador located 15 minute walk from Nevsky prospekt is launching for FITs a 4 nights for the price of 3, or 3 nights for the price of 2 from 16th October - 31st March 2010 including Christmas and New Year! FIT rates - €100/125 per single/double room per night including breakfast and VAT. And stay 1 night free! Group rate (8 rooms or 10 pax) - € 85/100 per single/double room including breakfast and VAT. And stay 1 night free! It is also offering a New Year Special package. Valid for groups of 5 rooms and more - €310/person in a double room including: 3 nights with breakfast, early check in and late out, New Year programme with an English language show, 7 course dinner, games, contests and live music. The 5* Grand Hotel Europe on Nevsky Prospect is offering group rates (10 - 50 rooms) from 1st November - 31st March 2010 (excluding New Year) at €143/person/night in a double room including breakfast, VAT and three course dinner in one of the hotel restaurants.   Erarta Contemporary Art Museum The new Erarta Contemporary art museum will open its doors to the public for the first time in November this year. Located in a 5 story St. Petersburg on Vasil island, the museum will initially hold over 2,000 works by 140 of Russia's best artists. With Travel Russia you can have the opportunity to have an exclusive sneak preview to the museum's workshops to see the unique and highly artistic process of painting restoration performed by artists trained and graduated from 2000 year old St Petereburg Repin Fine Arts Academy (one of the top art schools in the world). During this tour one can also see unique equipment for making giclees - museum quality copies with 3D effect and hand embellishment. Such copies can be seen in many world famous museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, MoMA and others. The key part in giclee making process is our museum quality scanner that has no analogs in Russia and very few in the rest of the world, one of those at Sotheby's, one other in Vatican and some of the most famous world museums. The third part of the tour is storage with works of art that will be part of the permanent exhibition once the museum opens its doors to general public.   For those looking for an interesting variation on St Petersburg, consider a Literary Tour concentrating on the great writers - Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Akhmatova and Brodsky. Alexander Pushkin - Visit Moika 12, the memorial apartment museum, Tzarskoye Selo, renamed Pushkin under the Soviets, Kitayeava dacha, the country house where he spent his honeymoon and the Lycee, a former famous school for boys of noble origin. Fyodor Dostoevsky - visit the apartment where the great writer lived and walk the same streets which witnessed the brutal murders in Crime and Punishment. Two other great names early 20th century writing are Anna Akhmatova and Joseph Brodsky. Have a visit to memorial museum in the famous Fontain House to learn about Akhmatova life, where a separate permenant exhibition is devoted to Joseph Brodsky. Throughout the literary journey there will be opportunities to familiarise the group with the works of all the writers. Perfect for students and children studying classical literature. Lesnaya st 43 (office 227) Moscow 127055 Tel. (7495) 926-58-82, (7495) 926-58-83, (7499) 978-69-65 Fax. (7499) 972-40-32 E-mail: info@travelrussia.net Web: http://www.travelrussia.net