Submitted By:

KARAN KAPOOR

MBA 2B

A TRIP TO MOSCOW(29th October to 2nd November 2010)

Contents

Part A: Basic Information Overview, Maps and weather conditions

Part B: Transportation Train to Delhi, From Delhi to Air Port, Airport Pictures

Part C:Cost Of living In Moscow an overview of packages which I have taken

Part D:Moscow Tour Booking With Cost Reservation of package which includes all guides and transportation by cars

Part E:Days In Moscow With Shopping Cost And Maps of Places

Includes Destination information - restaurants, museums, shopping, special attractions, cuisines, guides etc

Part F:Lunch and dinner costs: Cuisines As it is not included in Package so its cost is differently calculated. So here is the information of 4 hotels for lunch and dinner

Part G: Total cost Sum up of all or total expenses from home to home.

Overview, Maps and weather conditions

Part A: Basic Information

Information

Place: Moscow Persons Going: Two Time- 29 September to 2nd october 1 US Dollar = 44.52375 Indian Rupee

(Saturday, October 2, 2010) Place at Moscow where we shall land:SHEREMETYEVO-2

General Information

National name Rossiiskaya Federatsiya/Russian Federation

Area 17,075,400 sq km/6,592,811 sq mi Capital Moscow Currency rouble Population 141,533,000 (2005 est) Language Russian (official) and many East Slavic,

Altaic, Uralic, Caucasian languages Religion traditionally Russian Orthodox;

significant Muslim and Buddhist communities Time difference GMT +2/12

A look On Moscow city

Moscow Map of places where I am planning to visit like kermlin, pushkin state

Weather conditions:

MonthAverage Sunlight (hours)

Temperature

Discomfort from heat

and humidity

Relative humidityAverage

Precipitation (mm)

Wet Days (+0.25 mm)

Average Record

Min Max Min Max am pm

Jan 1 -16 -9 -32 2 - 82 77 39 18

Feb 3 -14 -6 -32 3 - 82 66 38 15

March 4 -8 0 -28 16 - 82 64 36 15

April 5 1 10 -26 25 - 73 54 37 13

May 8 8 19 -2 30 - 58 43 53 13

June 9 11 21 1 30 - 62 47 58 12

July 9 13 23 5 32 - 68 54 88 15

Aug 8 12 22 3 31 - 74 55 71 14

Sept 6 7 16 -2 28 - 78 59 58 13

Oct 3 3 9 -15 24 - 81 67 45 15

Nov 1 -3 2 -22 12 - 87 79 47 15

Dec 0 -10 -5 -27 5 - 85 83 54 23

(Train, Air travel)

Part B: Transportation

Rail Tickets: 155 each side

TOTAL COST OF AIR TICKETS FROM DELHI TO MOSCOWRs 66541.85 of two adults (includes all types of Fees & Taxes)

DIRECTION FOR THE MEETING IN THE AIRPORT SHEREMETYEVO-2

Sources of air ticket

http://www.asia.com/flights-city-info/moscow

http://flight.asiatravel.com/crs.flight/www/Search.aspx?usid=a36b139a-bce0-43ea-8853 72e8719f8e20&lan=en-US&scode

It includes an overview of packages which I have taken

Part C:Cost Of living In Moscow:

Cost of living in Moscow After Landing

1. In Moscow: I have taken a package of (COST 1650 $) Pick up car from Airport to Hotel and Hotel to Airport.

Hotel charges for 5 days and 4 nights.  Breakfast of 4 days.  Travelling cost for 4 places i.e. Standard City Tour,

Kremlin, Cathedral and the Armory , Tretiakov Gallery by CAR.

  Guide Tour of the Kremlin, Cathedral and the Armory.

2. Have Taken Additional Package of four places (Cost 2020$).  

City Tour and Novodevichiy Convent ,Pushkin Museum  ,Sergiev Posad ,Kuskovo

TOTAL COST = $ 3670 or Rs 163402 (for two person)

3. Trip includes cost of shopping and some activities in europeon mall and food facilities of lunch and dinner

SOURCE: http://www.moscowcity.com/tours/tour/10.htm

Part D:Moscow Tour Booking With Cost

SOURCE:http://www.moscowcity.com/tours/tour/10.htm

TOTAL COST = $ 3670 or Rs 163402 (for two person)

Optional Place taken by Me which is marked: City Tour

Optional Place taken by Me which is marked:

1.Pushkin Museum

2.Sergiev Posad

3.Kuskovo

Hotels where I have to reside and guide is include in package

Includes Destination information - restaurants, museums, shopping, special attractions, cuisines, guides etc

Cost of Shopping and other activities: Rs 27500

Part E:Days In Moscow With Shopping Cost And Maps of Places

Day 1(Journey to Russia begins from the arrival at the airport in Moscow. This tour starts on Friday i.e. 29th October)

1.After customs formalities are passed, I shall board a coach (or a car depending on the tour class) and have a panoramic tour of Moscow's main places of interest and standard city tour

2. Transportation to the hotel and check-in

3. Free Time for activities

Standard City Tour: During visit to standard tour I will visit following places

Red Square

The Cathedral of Christ the Savior

The Novodevichiy Convent,

Poklonnaya and Vorobievy Mountains,

Tverskaya Street

Bulvarnoye Koltso (Boulevard Ring), and other attractions.

Red Square

After Landing and transporting to hotel :Shopping in Red square

Shopping places at the entrance of GOEM

A place where they sell all kinds of t-shirts is the north-west entrance of warehouse GOEM next to the Red Square. Shopping= Rs 5000

BreakfastHave a breakfast in hotel.  Guide Tour of the Kremlin, its Cathedral and the Armory, Pushkin Museum

Shopping at Carnevale 2000

Day 2

Kremlin, its Cathedral and the Armory The Moscow Kremlin is located in the very heart

of the Russian capital.

Today the Kremlin is one of the largest museums in the world.

Its walls and towers, gilded domes of cathedrals and magnificent palaces rise high above the Moscow River and create a splendid and majestic architectural ensemble

Kremlin Map Overview Of Kermlin and

antique pieces there

2nd Place to visit on 2nd day is Pushkin Museum

The most famous collections of the museum are the Art of Ancient Civilizations, Collections of European painting (from the 8th till the early 20th century),

Collection of Decorative and Applied Art and other famous divisions. The Numismatic Collection is considered to be one of the best and oldest in Russia.

A is Location of pushkin Museum In moscow

After coming back to hotel Shopping at carne vale 2000

1.The only downside of this store is that you can’t rent their costumes. prices are very reasonable.

2.A basic outfit can be bought for as little as 500R ($18.50), while 2400R ($90) will buy something that will make an impact.

3.In their range are all manner of Halloween outfits, including robes, dresses and masks, historical attire, Santa Claus costumes and a whole range

of more generic apparel.

Shopping Of Rs 2500

Source:http://www.waytorussia.net/Moscow/Shopping/ShoppingCenters.html\

BreakfastHave a breakfast in your hotel.

Tretiakov Gallery, Sergiev Posad

Day 3

Tretiakov Gallery

The State Tretiakov Gallery is the largest museum of Russian art in the world.

The museum represents the whole history of Russian art from the ancient period until now. Its superb collection consists of numerous icons, paintings, sculptures and graphics

Sergiev Posad

Sergiev Posad is a part of the so called Golden Ring , a tourist route, which includes the ancient towns, preserving the memory of important historical events.

In these towns one can see plenty of unique monuments of old Russian architecture of the 12th-17th centuries. Sergiev Posad is a colorful, truly Russian town, located 73 km away from Moscow

Map: Red is Sergiev Posad

BreakfastHave a breakfast in your hotel.

Kuskovo, European mall

Free timeCruise

Day 4:

Kuskovo

Kuskovo is often called the Moscow Versailles for its formal French gardens.

It is a perfect example of the 18th century Muscovite country

For many years Kuskovo served as the summer residence of the Sheremetevs family, one of the wealthiest and most powerful in Russia

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Blue tag represents Koskovo

European Mall: Biggest Mall for shopping and other activities(not in Package)

Every type of activity and enjoyment. Total spending Of mine is Rs20000

BreakfastHave a breakfast in your hotel before departure.

DepartureNow it is time to leave hospitable Moscow

DAY FIVE

As it is not included in Package so its cost is differently calculated. So here is the information of 4 hotels

TOTAL COST ON FOOD = Rs 14247

 

Part F:Lunch and dinner costs: Cuisines

Rosticks (source:http://www.moscow-hotels russia.com/restaurants/76.htm)

Address Leningradsky Pr., 76 (Trade Center MetroMarket)

Phone 7-095-7814067

Types of Cuisine FASTFOOD

Metro Station Sokol

Locations

Average Bill Under 10 USD

Website

Sbarro ( source:http://www.moscowcity.com/cgi-bin/restaurants/search_res.cgi?action=full_description&version=english&city_id=8&res_main_id=65

Address Krasnoprudnaya St., 1

Phone 7-095-2620261

Types of Cuisine FASTFOOD ,Italian cuisine

Metro Station Komsomolskaya

Locations Puppet Theater

Average Bill Under 10 USD

China Town

Address Mira Pr., 12, building 1

Phone 7-095-1055098, 2076252

Types of Cuisine Chinese, Uighur

Metro Station Prospekt Mira, Suharevskaya

Locations Sadovoye Koltso

Average Bill 10-20 USD

Source: http://www.moscowcity.com/cgi- bin/restaurants/search_res.cgi?action=full_description&version=english&city_id=8&res_main_id=95

A balloon shows China Town Location

AvacadoAddress Chistoprudny Boulevard, 12/2

Phone 7-095-9217719

Types of Cuisine Vegetarian

Metro Station Chistye Prudy, Kurskaya

Locations Sovremennik Theater, Museum of Mayakovsky, Museum of Moscow History

Average Bill 10-20 USD

So Calculation of Lunch and dinner:

So average of all above for Restaurant's meal cost is 18 to 20 $ per person one time in a day. We shall be two persons as trip is of 2 persons. So one time meal cost of two persons will be 20 * 2 = 40 $.

TOTAL COST ON FOOD = 20 * 2 * 8 = 320 $ or Rs 14247. 

Here, 

20 = $ one person spend one time.

2 = 2 persons.

8 = 8 times we will eat food (lunch & dinner) as it’s not included in package.

  TOTAL COST ON FOOD = Rs 14247

 

NOTE: - 1 US Dollar = 44.52375 Indian Rupee (Saturday, October 2, 2010) 

Total costs

Taxi charges from station to airport and airport to station in Delhi

Rs 200

Train costs Rs 310 (both side)

Two Way air tickets for two persons Rs 66541.85

Package of Moscow( Includes travelling to many places by car with guide, hotel and break fast)

Rs 163402

Lunch and dinner costs Rs 14247

Shopping and other activity costs Rs 27500

TOTA L COST(Included everything) Rs 272200