IMPERIAL RIVER CRUISES —

Imperial River Cruises specialize in the waterways of Russia and the Ukraine with a fleet of 20 ships.  They are also known for offering special cruises catering to music lovers, orchestras, choirs, and other professional (or scholastic) music organizations.  Russian cruise highlights include Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral, the Bolshoi Theater, the ancient town of Uglich, the Kremlin, the Hermitage, Catherine’s Palace, the Cyrilo-Belozersky Monastery, the Church of the Transfiguration with its 22 onion domes, and the Summer Palace complex of Peter the Great, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Ukrainian cruises include guided city tours, rural villages, the world famous Odessa Opera House, Kyiv Cave Monastery, the Aerospace Museum of Dnipropetrovsk, art museums, cathedrals, concerts, operas, ballets, and a Cossack horse show!  These casual cruises offer simple yet comfortable accommodations, and include three meals per day, an array of sightseeing excursions and performances, transfers upon arrival/departure, cultural lectures, music lectures, nightly entertainment and dancing.  Their affiliates World Quest Cruises offer expedition cruises to the Arctic and the North Pole, Antarctica, Iceland, Canada, Greenland and more!