Московский Международный Фестиваль «Золотой Дельфин»

Dear colleagues,

Thanks for interest to the Moscow International Diving Festival “Golden Dolphin” (13/02/2014-16/02/2014). We are the official travel partner of this event and will arrange all your logistics with accommodation in Moscow.

It’s a great honor for us to offer you the following services, provided by our company:

1. Invitation and visa support
2. Accommodation in a Hotel during the exhibition (we recommend a chain of Holiday Inn Hotels, Golden Ring hotel and Garden Ring hotel located in the centre of business, cultural and social life of Moscow.
    
3. Transfers in Moscow (airport-hotel-expo- etc).
   Wide range of excursions in Moscow City (Moscow city sightseeing bus tour, Sergiev Posad tour, Kremlin Grounds, Cathedrals and Armory Chamber tours, visit to the Theatre etc.).
4. Ice-diving and winter fun in our PADI dive-center “Spas-Kamenka” located 26 km from Moscow.
5. The exciting trip to our PADI Dive Center “Arctic Circle” (White Sea).

We are pleased to arrange the comprehensive range of travel services in Russia for you and your companions. Please, do not hesitate to ask me any questions.

Sincerely yours,
Olga
RuDIVE Group
Moscow, Suvorovskaya str., 19A, bld. 1
Tел./факс +7 (495)925-77-99 ext.311
Skype: ola_la_novikova
E-mail: onovikova@dive.ru

1. Visa Support – $50
We will send you an invitation (visa support letter) and voucher. With these documents you must apply for the Visa yourself at the nearest Russian Consulate.
The information required for a Tourist Visa is as follows:
1. Surname;
2. First Name;
3. Birth date;
4. Citizenship;
5. Passport number;
6. Date of passport’s expire;
7. Dates being in Russia;
8. Cities to visit in Russia.

2. Transfer to/from the airport (car) – $90
Our driver will meet you in the airport with your name sign and take you to the hotel where you stay / pick you up from your hotel lobby with a sign and take you to the airport – price per car (3 pax max) + $5 parking fee in the airport

Transfer to/from the airport (minibus) – $130
Our driver will meet you in the airport with your name sign and take you to the hotel where you stay / pick you up from your hotel lobby with a sign and take you to the airport (price per minivan – 15 pax max) + 5$ parking fee in the airport

3. Holiday Inn Suschevsky, Holiday Inn Lesnaya, Garden Ring Hotel, Golden Ring hotel –  from $ 200.

4. 3 days Ice-diving in Arctic Circle Dive-center – $ 950
Vast natural beauty, aurora borealis, seabirds and seals watching, beluga whales, an exquisite underwater environment populated by fantastic underwater ice formations, soft coral fields, kelp forests and mussel farms, ice-fishing and Russian steam bath experience lure divers and nature lovers from around the world to experience the best ice diving and natural scenery Russia has to offer.
Comfortable guest houses on the shore of the frozen sea, exquisite Russian food, traditional Russian beverages and the Russian banya (steam bath) experience.

5. Ice-diving in Spas-Kamenskoe Lake – $350
Get the taste of ice diving with our experienced instructors! We offer intro ice –dive in Spas-Kamenskoe PADI dive-center, which is located 26 km outside Moscow on the bank of a picturesque lake in a comfortable cottage where you can rest and have a hearty meal after diving. Our staff cuts ice holes to enable ice diving and puts plywood houses above them to make the process of putting equipment on and off comfortable and warm for you. In winter time water in the lake becomes clear and transparent, you will be able get unforgettable impression from swimming in magic underwater forest and see several species of fish. The price included transfer from your hotel to Spas-Kamenskoe and back to the city, full gear equipment rental, intro ice-dive with our instructor and lunch in the facility.

6. Kremlin Grounds and Cathedrals tour (admission fees included) – $70 (duration 2 h)
The Kremlin is the true heart of Russia, the history of both of the early Tsars and of the 20th-century Communist State. The Kremlin contains architectural monuments of 6 centuries. We will see the Assumption Cathedral where Russian Tsars and Emperors were crowned, the Annunciation Cathedral — private chapel of the tsars’ family, the Archangel Michael Cathedral — the burial place of the Russian Princes and Tsars with UG tombs in it, Ivan the Great Bell-Tower. All the cathedrals (late 15th — early 16th centuries) contain ancient frescoes and icons. The Annunciation Cathedral boasts the 14th century icon stand executed by celebrated icon painter Andrei Rublev. We can get into all the three or one of the Cathedrals according to your wish. You will learn how icons were made and what ancient frescoes depict. You will hear how Russian tsars received foreign ambassadors and gave feasts in the palace or learn why Moscovites spread rumors when the bell was being cast. You will also see the Tsar Cannon (16th century), the Grand Kremlin Palace (19th century) — built as Imperial Residence, the Senate building — which today is the office of the Russian President.

7. Kremlin Grounds & Cathedrals & Armory Chamber tour (admission fees included) – $90  (duration 3 h)
Armory Chamber is the oldest museum of Russia. It contains items of applied art of the 12th to the 20th centuries. Here are: royal regalia; diamond encrusted crowns of the Russian tsars, the oldest crown «the Cap of Monomakh» dating from the 14th century. The collection of thrones: the oldest throne of Ivan the Terrible, the double throne of Peter the Great and his brother Ivan, the diamond throne, vestments made of priceless silk, velvet and brocade embroidered with gold, encrusted with jewels and pearls, once worn by tsars, patriarchs and metropolitans. A collection of the 18th to 20th century jewellery, including Faberge Easter Eggs. The Armory holds court carriages and dress harnesses, silver and gold objects brought to Russia in the 16th and 18th century as ambassadorial gifts from England, Denmark, Sweden, Holland and Germany.

8. Moscow city sightseeing bus tour – $50 (duration 3 h)
Capital tour of Moscow which if it is your first visit to Moscow or you are not familiar with the capital is an excellent way to see the exterior of famous buildings and palaces to which you may return at your leisure. You will get the panorama of the Kremlin, Sparrow Hills, Novodevichy convent, White House of Russia, Lubyanka Square, Bolshoj Theater, Christ the Savior Cathedral, Moscow streets and squares.

9. Sergiev Posad tour - $130  (duration about 6-7 h)Sergeiv Posad (Zagorsk) is a traditional orthodox center, graced by the magnificent Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra, with a blue and gold dome. Built in the fourteenth century, it was for many years, even under communism, the official seat of the Patriarch. It holds a wonderful collection of icons.
Trinity Saint Sergius Lavra is the residence of the head of the Russian Orthodox church and a flourishing theological college. The monastery was founded by St. Sergy of Radonezh in 1340 during his evangelizing crusade. The monastery became one of the most important monastic institutions, and in 1744 was given the rank of a lavra (privileged monastery). Nowadays it is a functioning men monastery and a place of pilgrimage. All churches are open for worship.
The monastery is located in the town of Sergiev-Posad 71 km (44 miles) to the north of Moscow. It is ideal for a day trip if you want to see the countryside with dachas (russian summer cottages) and have a tour of one of the oldest and most privileged monastery of Russia.