Russia Lapland Northern Lights Tour (Murmansk, St. Petersburg, Moscow)

After security, check-in, and passport control, Turkish Airlines flight TK413 departs at 8:25 AM for Moscow, landing about 4 hours later at 12:25 PM. Following passport and customs formalities, the city tour covers Sparrow Hills, the Moskva River, Tverskaya Street, the Bolshoi Theatre, Lubyanka Square, the former KGB headquarters, St. Basil's Cathedral, Red Square, the GUM department store, Arbat Street, and the Moscow Metro. After dinner, the group stays overnight at the hotel, such as the Holiday Tagansky.

After breakfast, the group heads to Moscow Airport and takes a roughly 3-hour local flight to Murmansk, a region and city in northwestern Russia bordering the Scandinavian countries, with land borders shared with Norway and Finland. The city tour covers the Alyosha Monument, the Church of the Savior, and the lighthouse monument. After dinner, the group stays overnight at the hotel, such as the Azimut or the Meridian.

After breakfast, the group visits the Husky and Reindeer Park; after spending time with the Siberian huskies, which have no biting instinct, and feeding the reindeer, a husky sled tour follows. The group then returns to Murmansk. After dinner, an outing accompanied by a professional photographer sets out to look for the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis). It is noted that the intensity of the northern lights varies nightly and that cloud cover can prevent any sighting even when the display is strong, which is why the group stays three nights in Murmansk; the guide may move this excursion to the day before or after based on conditions, and the group may return to the hotel late that night. The group stays overnight at the hotel.

After breakfast, wearing special waterproof suits, the group swims among the ice floes in the frozen northern waters. They then visit the Lenin, the world's first nuclear-powered icebreaker. After dinner, the group stays overnight at the hotel.

After breakfast, the group heads to Murmansk Airport and takes a local flight to St. Petersburg. The panoramic city tour covers Nevsky Prospekt, the Stroganov Palace, Kazan Cathedral, Smolny Convent, the Anichkov Palace, the Anichkov Bridge, and the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. After dinner, the group stays overnight at the hotel, such as the Meridian.

After breakfast, the group visits the Hermitage Museum, built as a winter palace by Empress Catherine the Great in the 18th century and now home to thousands of priceless artifacts from around the world across its 1,057 rooms. They then see St. Isaac's Cathedral, one of St. Petersburg's landmarks with its golden dome and striking architecture. Free time follows for shopping at a souvenir store offering Russian items such as matryoshka dolls, amber jewelry, magnets, and textiles. After free time and dinner, the group heads to St. Petersburg Airport; because of the departure time, there is no hotel stay this night. After check-in and passport control, Turkish Airlines flight TK404 departs at 2:30 AM for Istanbul, landing about 4 hours later at 6:25 AM.