{"id":394,"date":"2011-06-06T07:03:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T07:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=394"},"modified":"2011-06-06T07:03:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T07:03:00","slug":"russias-palaces-santa-claus-village-and-an-ice-breaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2011\/06\/russias-palaces-santa-claus-village-and-an-ice-breaker\/","title":{"rendered":"RUSSIA\u2019s PALACES, SANTA CLAUS VILLAGE AND AN ICE-BREAKER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-QXuvfIPH8ik\/Tex73zXyfUI\/AAAAAAAAOvM\/anncGLkgUYc\/s1600\/Russia%2BCatherines%2BPalace%2BSt%2BPs%2BSmall0001-738415.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-QXuvfIPH8ik\/Tex73zXyfUI\/AAAAAAAAOvM\/anncGLkgUYc\/s320\/Russia%2BCatherines%2BPalace%2BSt%2BPs%2BSmall0001-738415.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614999034037173570\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-1nVLjbGpsjw\/Tex74VKaviI\/AAAAAAAAOvU\/WO28grQX4JM\/s1600\/Finland%2BSanta%2BClaus%2BVillage%2BPost%2BOffice%2Brsz-740703.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-1nVLjbGpsjw\/Tex74VKaviI\/AAAAAAAAOvU\/WO28grQX4JM\/s320\/Finland%2BSanta%2BClaus%2BVillage%2BPost%2BOffice%2Brsz-740703.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614999043107896866\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>FAR Horizons has an extraordinary 18-day tour next March that embraces St Petersburg, Murmansk&#8217;s celebrations marking the end of 40-days of total winter-darkness, Finland&#8217;s Santa Claus Village, a cruise on an ice-breaker, and the chance to stay in a Snow Castle Hotel that&#8217;s built a-fresh each year&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This extraordinary adventure departs Australia on March 20 2012 for 3-days in St Petersburg visiting the Peter and Paul Fortress, Peter the Great&#8217;s Winter Palace, the Hermitage Art Gallery and the Palace of St Catherine at Pushkin.<\/p>\n<p>Three days in Murmansk for the end-of-winter Festival of the North includes the start of a cross-country ski marathon, parachute jumping and reindeer racing, an ostrich farm \u2013 and a visit to the world&#8217;s first nuclear-powered ice-breaker that&#8217;s now a museum.<\/p>\n<p>Guests are then driven through to Finland&#8217;s Arctic Lapland for a walk on a frozen river, stay in a log cabin or an optional glass igloo, view the Northern Lights, visit Santa Claus Village Post Office that handles thousands of letters sent each year to &#8220;Santa Claus, North Pole,&#8221; a snow-mobile safari, a husky farm, and a Gulf of Bosnia ice-breaker &#8220;cruise&#8221; through metre-thick ice\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Finally try a stay in a Snow Castle that&#8217;s built out of fresh snow every November at Kemi rather than a traditional hotel, and end with three days sightseeing in Helsinki; prices start from $19,750pp twin-share ex-Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane (from $19,650pp ex-Perth,) including return air and taxes, all meals, daily excursions, entry fees, guides and gratuities.<\/p>\n<p>Phone 1800 083 141 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.farhorizons.com.au\">www.farhorizons.com.au<\/a>; Business Class air is available as an optional extra.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"visibility: hidden; display: inline;\"> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAR Horizons has an extraordinary 18-day tour next March that embraces St Petersburg, Murmansk&#8217;s celebrations marking the end of 40-days of total winter-darkness, Finland&#8217;s Santa Claus Village, a cruise on an ice-breaker, and the chance to stay in a Snow Castle Hotel that&#8217;s built a-fresh each year&#8230; 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