Russia Muslim Moscow Kazan Petersburg tour 8 days

Moscow

Arrival to airport. Meeting with guide at the arrival hall of the airport.

City tour including all major sights of Russian capital such as Red Square and St. Basil’s Cathedral, Bolshoi Theater, Kremlin Embankment, Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Sparrow Hills and Moscow State University, Tverskaya Street, New Maiden Convent, the Diplomatic Village, Victory Park with the view on the Moscow International Business Center «Moscow City», the Triumphal Arch, Kutuzovsky Prospect, Arbat street…

Lunch in the city (Halal).

Transfer to the city centre to hotel 4*. Check in.

Meals: Lunch | Bus and guide services transfer and city tour.

Moscow - Saint Petersburg

Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to r/w station

Train Moscow – Saint Petersburg.

Upon arrival to Saint Petersburg meeting with your guide and St. Petersburg City tour.

Lunch in the city (Halal).

Transfer to the city centre to hotel 4*.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch | Bus and guide services transfer and city tour.

Saint Petersburg

Breakfast.

10.30 – Visit of the legendary Hermitage Museum to see its unique collection of world art. Its collection includes more than three million works of art and artifacts of the world culture.

Lunch at the local cafe (Halal cuisine).

Highlight of the day – Muslim heritage of St. Petersburg tour.

Visit to the Great Mosque of St. Petersburg – the monument of Islamic religious architecture.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch | Bus and guide services 6 hrs, entrance.

Saint Petersburg - Kazan

Meeting with guide in the hotel lobby.

Transfer to a/port for flight to Kazan.

11:05 LED – KZN 13:20

Arrival to Kazan.

Meeting with guide at the airport.

15:00 Lunch at Halal menu.

16-20:00 Sightseeing tour of Kazan with a stop in the Old Tatar settlement and Kazan Kremlin

You will see: the best Kazan Muslim Mosque

• Marjani Mosque, the first stone mosque built in Rus’ in 1766-1770 in Rus’, the architectural style “Baroque”.

• Azimovskaya Mosque, 1887-1890. Eastern style of architecture.

• Kul-Sharif Mosque, 2005 – The calling card of the Muslim Kazan in the Kazan Kremlin.

• Yardam Mosque, 2013 – a complex with a prayer hall, and also a rehabilitation center for the visually impaired.

• Irek Mosque, 2018 – reminiscent in style of the Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Mosque (UAE).

Dinner at the local cafe (Halal cuisine).

20:00 – Arrival to the hotel, check-in.

Overnight hotel in Kazan hotel 4*.

Kazan

Transfer to The Great Bolgar (3 hours).

The Great Bolgar is a religious shrine and the historical homeland of the Volga Tatars.
Among Muslims, it is known as the “Northern Mecca”. Apart from here, no other place in Russia has preserved samples of the material culture of Volga Bolgars and the late “Zolotaya Orda” (“Golden Horde”).

Here, a unique monument of history was restored – the Cathedral Mosque. Next to it stands a tall minaret which you can climb all the way to the top, and according to believers, a committed sin is forgiven for each step you climb.
Explore The Great Bolgar together with our very professional guide (5 hours tour).

White sightseeing lunch will be arranged at the local café.

On offer for guests of the Great Bolgar are sites such as:

The Museum of Bolgar Civilization which is combined with a river station and restaurant;

The Commemorative Sign monument in honor of the adoption of Islam by the Volga Bolgars in 922 alongside the Museum of the Koran;

The Museum of Bread and the White Mosque – the pearl of the city’s architecture.

Once a year, the city of Bolgar arrange celebrations associated with the adoption of Islam by the Volga Bolgars.

This holiday gathers thousands of Muslim pilgrims from Russia and abroad.

In August, the city hosts the festival of “The Great Bolgar” medieval battle with archery and equestrian tournaments between “soldiers” of the “Golden Horde”, Russia and Europe.

Transfer back to Kazan (3 hours).

Arriving to the hotel.

Time for leisure and overnight at the hotel 4*.

Kazan - Moscow

Breakfast at the hotel.

Meeting with guide at the hotel lobby.

Transfer to a/port for flight departure to Moscow

10:40 – KZN – SVO 12:20

Lunch in the city centre (Halal).

You enjoy a guided tour of the Muslim heritage of Moscow.

You visit the Central Moscow Mosque (Moscow Cathedral Mosque) that is the biggest mosque in Europe. The six-floor mosque has 79-meter high minarets, which are the tallest in Europe.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch | Bus and guide services 5 hrs.

Moscow

Breakfast at the hotel.

Meeting with guide at the hotel lobby.

Excursion “Underground Palaces of Moscow”. You explore one of the most interesting sites in Moscow hidden deep beneath the surface – the Moscow Subway. You have a quick subway ride to taste local life and enjoy the splendid decorations of its stations.

Lunch in the Mosque cafe.

Visit of the Museum of Cosmonautics.

During the tour you will learn about the History of the Soviet and Russian cosmonautics, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky’s projects for the realization of mankind’s dream of space flights, the designer Sergei Korolev, the founder of practical cosmonautics, the first artificial satellites of the Earth, the first manned space flight, spacecraft flights to The Moon and the Planets of the Solar
System.

Free time in the city centre.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch | Bus and guide services 5 hrs

02.07.25 – Moscow

Breakfast at the hotel.

Meeting with guide in the hotel lobby.

10.30 -12.00 – Excursion to Moscow Kremlin (territory + Cathedrals). You have a guided tour of this historical fortress, where you visit the famous Square of Four Cathedrals and go inside one of its gorgeous cathedrals decorated with magnificent frescoes.

Lunch in the local cafe (Halal cuisine).

Free time in the city centre.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch | Bus and guide services 5 hrs.

Moscow

Breakfast at the hotel.

Check-out at 12:00.

Transfer to the airport for your flight back home.

Bus for transfer.