Bicycle tour Moscow - St. Petersburg

Bicycle tour
“Three capitals of Russia”
Moscow - St. Petersburg

10 days/9 nights, cycling distance 500 - 700 km

The cycling route goes from Moscow, the modern Russian capital, to the old one, St. Petersburg, through the oldest one, Novgorod the Great. You will be charmed by the spirit of olden times in Staritsa, Ostashkov, Staraya Russa. In Staraya Russa we will visit the museum of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, who wrote there his novels The Brothers Karamazov and The Possessed. We will pass the pearl of Russian nature - Lake Seliger, cross woody Valdai hills, where Great Russian Volga river starts. In Novgorod you will see its ancient Kremlin (Detinets), magnificent St. Sofia Cathedral and wonderful Russian Millennium Memorial. You will be surprised with the luxurious beauty of grand palaces and parks, built for Russian Tsars in St. Petersburg area. After the tour you can return to Moscow by comfortable night train or stay longer in the north capital of Russia.

This tour is harder than the Golden Ring of Russia tour. It has less sightseeing and longer day cycle distance. For easier tour look at the Golden Ring of Russia tour.

Most roads along the route do not have heavy traffic and are paved with asphalt. (In the Adventure tour we have about 40 km of dirt or gravel roads.)

In Adventure (budget) tour we stay in less expensive hotels or cabins with double rooms or dorms. In cabins we usually cook ourselves. If you have a tent, you might enjoy occasionally sleeping outdoors in the Russian countryside. In St. Petersburg you may stay in a hotel instead of hostel.

In Comfort tour we stay in higher quality hotels (only double or single accommodation with WC and shower in the room).

Itineraries (pdf):

Adventure tour Comfort tour

Map of the route

The prices for 2012*

Tour	Dates	Euro
Adventure tour	July 15 - 24, 2012	1,200
Comfort tour (White Nights)	June 10 - 19, 2012 (or June 17-26)	1,600
Comfort tour	August 25 - September 3, 2012	1,600