A Back-to-Back Voyage 
Detailed Itinerary
Embark Azamara Quest beginning at 1:00PM. All aboard by 3:30PM.
Welcome Cocktails & Briefing this evening. Meet your fellow participants.
Overnight: At Sea
SIGHTSEEING: Warnemunde is a seaside resort neighboring the red brick 800-year-old Hanseatic city of Rostock. From here it is possible to spend the day in Berlin, capital city of a reunited Germany. Its historical core, home to important monuments like the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag building, is part of a revitalized city center, with cafes, restaurants, museums, and galleries. Layered over the Prussian past are WWII, recognized in a Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe; and Cold War relics, including a surviving section of the Berlin Wall and the infamous Checkpoint Charlie.
Enjoy Berlin on your own or via Azamara Shore Excursions®.
Port Explorer Guide - Berlin (Warnemunde)
Overnight: At Sea
Enjoy a leisurely day at sea with late afternoon arrival into Gdansk, Poland.
Gdansk is a 1,000-year-old port city on the Baltic coast of Poland, which, together with the city of Gdynia and the town of Sopot, makes up the metropolitan area Trójmiasto, “the Tricity”. Home to the Westerplatte, where World War II broke out in 1939, Gdansk was mostly destroyed during the war, but many impressive sights remain. Wander through cobblestone streets and mazes of red-brick buildings to discover the Upland Gate, St. Mary’s Church, the medieval Gdansk Crane or the stunning façade of the Great Arsenal. Explore treasures of “Baltic Gold” at the Amber Museum or collections of paintings, fabrics, and furniture at the National Museum, housed in a former Franciscan monastery. Relax at a beer garden or restaurant and take in the beautiful coastline. Make your way to Gdynia, home of the Polish navy, to feast on seafood or a visit to a floating museum in the form of two ships – Dar Pomorza and Blyskawica.
Overnight: In Port - Gdansk, Poland
GOLF: Today play Sand Valley, Poland’s number one course, and ranked in Europe’s top 100. Set in a large expanse of Polish countryside, it has a decidedly links feel, and offers wide rumbling fairways, vast waste bunkers, and challenging green sites that combine for an exciting and memorable round of golf.
Enjoy Gdansk on your own or via Azamara Shore Excursions®.
Overnight: At Sea
GOLF: A combination of links and parkland holes accompanied by the strong Baltic Sea wind makes for a demanding round at Visby Golf Club, rated #4 in Sweden. The course was originally designed by Nils Skold in 1958 with upgrading works taking place in around the millennium. Careful consideration was taken to preserve the legacy of Skold. Special mention goes to the par five 6th hole, running along the water’s edge that requires vigilant contemplation and flawless execution.
SIGHTSEEING: Visby is located on the Island of Gotland and is questionably Scandinavia’s most preeminent medieval city and has been on the UNESCO World Heritage site list since 1995. Annually in August, it hosts its medieval week, complete with authentic dress, feasts and jousting, but you can visit Visby at any time of year to get a sense of its medieval history. Just follow the cobblestone streets that wind throughout the city, take a tour of its Old Town and visit the 13th century Visby Cathedral.
Overnight: At Sea
SIGHTSEEING: Helsinki is a successful blend of traditional and modern architecture and design, interwoven with the beauty of nature, and a few quirky, purely Finnish touches - such as a church built inside a giant chunk of granite, and a venue that is a unique combination of café, restaurant, bar, laundromat, and sauna. Classic Russian onion-domed churches share the stage with Nordic minimalism, and a large concentration of Art Nouveau buildings. Prominent globally in the field of technology, Finland has also recently topped the charts as having the world's best educational systems.
Enjoy Helsinki on your own or via Azamara Shore Excursions®.
Port Explorer Guide – Helsinki
Overnight: In Port – Helsinki, Finland
GOLF: Hirsala Golf Club is located just a short drive to the west of Helsinki and is set on a beautifully rolling piece of classic Finnish forest land. The golf course opened in 2007, was quickly rated by Golf Digest as amongst the best golf courses in the country, and in 2015 it had the honor of hosting the Finnish Open. The club also takes great pride in its GEO (Golf Environment Organization) certification, recognizing the contribution it makes to preserving the biodiversity and maximizing the ecological value of the land and the living ecosystem which depends on it.
Overnight: At Sea
SIGHTSEEING: St. Petersburg is one of the world's most beautiful cities and has all the ingredients for an unforgettable travel experience: high art, lavish architecture, energetic nightlife, an extraordinary history and rich cultural traditions that have inspired and nurtured some of the modern world's greatest literature, music, and visual art. The architecture is varied and striking, with golden domed churches, and an astounding number of large and extravagantly decorated palaces, consistently evoking wows from visitors. The grandest include the countryside Peterhof with its lavish gardens and majestic golden fountains cascading down to the Gulf of Finland; and the Winter Palace, within the complex of the Hermitage, one of the world's largest museums with a collection of some three million works of art and artefacts.
RUSSIAN VISA - PLEASE NOTE: Guests are permitted to enter Russia under the ship’s VISA Free status (which also covers our organized visit to Gorki Golf Club) so long as they are doing so on one of the ship’s Land Discoveries® excursions. An extensive range of excursions are available for purchase and can be booked online in advance or once onboard. It is also possible to set up a qualifying private excursion under Azamara’s Private Journeys® program which requires to be set up a minimum of 30 days in advance.
Guests who wish to make their own plans out with this program, or who wish to walk off the ship independently, which is not recommended due to language and other issues, will require to arrange their own Russian Tourist Visa in advance which can be time consuming and costly.
Enjoy St. Petersburg via Azamara Shore Excursions®.
Port Explorer Guide – St Petersburg
Overnight: In Port – St Petersburg, Russia
GOLF: Gorki Golf Club is the first and so far only championship golf course to be created in the northwest of Russia. It opened fully in September 2015, is constructed to the very highest standards, and has a genuine links course feel to it. The Club also boasts a spacious two storied clubhouse and restaurant. A special welcome awaits all guests, and the opportunity of playing golf in Russia should not be missed, and a day to remember is assured.
Enjoy St. Petersburg via Azamara Shore Excursions®.
Port Explorer Guide – St Petersburg
Overnight: In Port – St. Petersburg, Russia
Enjoy St. Petersburg via Azamara Shore Excursions®.
Port Explorer Guide – St Petersburg
Overnight: At Sea
GOLF: Estonian Golf & Country Club opened in 2005 as part of the prestigious European Tour Properties network, and quickly and rightfully took its place in Golf World Magazine’s prestigious Top 100 European Courses, a spectacular achievement for a venue in an emerging golf nation. Its Sea Course hosted the Omega Mission Hills World Cup European Qualifier in both 2009 and 2011, with the International European Seniors Championship following in 2013 and the European Ladies' Amateur Championship in 2014. Locals say that when God created the coastal land of the Estonian Golf & Country Club, he must have intended it to be a golf course as it winds its way so harmoniously along the Baltic Coast and the Jägala River delta.
Please note The Estonian Golf & Country Club operates a limited number of golf carts which will accommodate the majority but not all of our guests. Carts will be allocated on a most need basis. It is an easy walking golf course. Pull carts will be provided for all walking guests.
SIGHTSEEING: Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia, being home to one third of the country’s population. Despite occupation at one time or another by each of its near neighbors, Tallinn is independent-minded and has creative ways of showing it - consider the Singing Revolution of 1988, the massive musical demonstration against Soviet rule that set Estonia on the path to independence. Visit St. Olav's Church, once the tallest building in the world, at least until 1625. Then pull up a chair at one of the cafés in the charming town square, heart of the city for 800 years. After your coffee, explore St. Catherine's Passage, a quaint old lane, home to a collection of craft workshops, and check out the secret 17th C. tunnel system.
Enjoy Tallinn on your own or via Azamara Shore Excursions®.
Overnight: At Sea
GOLF: The Bro Hof Slott Stadium Course has built a reputation as one of the best golf courses in the world. Shortly after opening in 2007 the course which sits on spectacular grounds on the edge of Lake Mälaren was judged to be Sweden’s best. It now ranks 54th in Golf World’s top 100 worldwide list and is ranked the second best in Europe outside The British Isles. The Stadium Course is a “lakeside course” and a fabulous experience for any golfer. It also featured on the European Tour with Lee Westwood winning the 2013 Nordic Masters
SIGHTSEEING: Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic center of Sweden. It sports an appealing mix of modern Scandinavian architecture and fairy tale palaces, watched over by a Board of Beauty, responsible for preserving the city. One third of its area is devoted to green space, and another third to waterways, providing lots of room to breathe. Gamla Stan is the oldest section, retaining the medieval layout of narrow meandering paths. For the contemporary take there's Sodermalm, known trendily as SoFo, with welcoming restaurants and pubs, specialty shops and boutiques. Stieg Larsson fans hang out here, as it is the area of the city where most action in the Millennium novels takes place.
Enjoy Stockholm on your own or via Azamara Shore Excursions®.
Port Explorer Guide – Stockholm
Overnight: In Port – Stockholm, Sweden
Disembark Azamara Quest at 9:00AM.
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Cabaret Lounge
Indulgences
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