I travelled to Russia with my schoolmates on 19 July to 27 July, a total of 9 days. It was a treasurable journey and I missed the trip so much, especially the clean air and the long sunshine hours.
Agenda:
1st Day (19/7 Thursday)
Hong Kong Airport --> Moscow Airport --> Hotel
2nd Day (20/7 Friday)
Triumphal Arch of Moscow (Моско́вские Триумфа́льные воро́та) --> Museum of the Great Patriotic War --> Red Square and Kremlin --> GUM Department store --> Taking the Moscow Metro --> Cosmo Hotel to have dinner
3rd Day (21/7 Saturday)
A short stroll near hotel --> Breakfast --> Izmaylovsky Market (Flea Market) --> Lunch --> Moskovskiy Tsirk Nikulina Na Tsvetnom Bul'vare (Circus) --> Exchange with local secondary students
4th Day (22/7 Sunday)
A short stroll near hotel --> Breakfast --> Zaryadye Park --> Re-visit the Red Square and take photos at St. Basil Cathedaral --> Ballet Show at the Bolchoi Theatre --> Flacon Design Factory and participate in a handicraft workshops --> Night train to St. Petersburg
5th Day (23/7 Monday)
Arrive St. Petersburg --> Breakfast in a hotel nearby --> Peterholf --> Catherine palace in Pushkin City --> Dinner --> Hotel
6th Day (24/7 Tuesday)
Breakfast --> Hermitage Museum and the Victory Square --> Resurrection Church --> St. Issac Cathedral --> Alexander Park and the Bronze Horseman --> Peter and Paul Fortress --> Dinner --> Nevsky Prospect (Не́вский проспе́кт) --> Night train back to Moscow
7th Day (25/7 Wednesday)
Arrive to Moscow --> Breakfast --> Tsarytsino Open-Air History and Architectural Museum (Царицыно) --> Arbat Street --> A tour in Moscow metro --> early Dinner --> Hotel
8th Day (26/7 Thursday)
Breakfast --> The State Tretyakov Gallery --> Moscow International Airport to Hong Kong
9th Day (27/7 Friday)
Hong Kong International Airport, arrive home
General Info:
Accommodation:
In Moscow - Zolotoy Kolos Hotel Moscow
Address Yaroslavskaya St., 15/3 | metro VDNh, Moscow 129366, Russia 129366
Phone +7 800 200-80-88
Website https://zkolos.ru/en
In St. Petersburg - Orbita Hotel (Not recommended)
Address Prospekt Nepokoronnykh, 4, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia 194021
Phone +7 812 309-87-62
Flight and Train:
HK to Moscow on 19/7: Aeroflot SU213 (Departure at 11:35 HK time, Arrive Moscow at 16:35 local time)
Moscow to St. Petersburg: Night Train (22:28-06:40)
St. Petersburg to Moscow: Night Train (22:50-06:45)
Moscow to HK on 26/7: Aeroflot SU212 (Departure at 19:30 local time, Arrive Hong Kong at 09:45 on 27/7)
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