20OctSeven Metro stations worth a detour
Most visitors see Komsomolskaya and stop. Here are the six others we would cross the city for.
20OctA city built to be seen from the water
St Petersburg with a former Hermitage docent: the Winter Palace without the queues, then the canals by private boat.
Explore St Petersburg toursInside the Kremlin walls
Moscow with a guide who grew up here. Red Square, the Kremlin and the Metro stations built as palaces.
Explore Moscow toursWalk on a frozen sea
A metre of clear ice, a hovercraft to Olkhon Island and a banya at the end of each day. February and March only.
See the Baikal ice tripExplore Russia by region
Six regions, nine tours, one standard: a local guide and a group of eight or fewer.
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Plan your trip easily
We handle the tickets, the transfers and the visa letter. You handle the camera.
Local guides, not scripts
Every guide lives in the city they show you. They know what is open today and where they eat lunch.
Eight people at most
Small enough to hear each other, step into a courtyard, or change the plan when it rains.
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Notes from our guides: what to pack, what to skip and where to eat.
20Oct
09OctWhat to pack for Baikal in February
Minus twenty is easier than you think if you wear the right layers. Our list, tested over nine winters.
02OctTea, cards and five time zones: life on the Trans-Siberian
What a day on the train actually looks like, from the samovar at six to the platform stop at midnight.
18SepThe Golden Ring in winter: better than summer?
Snow on the domes, empty churches and a banya at the end. The case for coming in January.