Breakfast at the hotel.
Suburban bus tour to Tsarskoye Selo with a tour of the Catherine Palace with the famous Amber Room.
Meeting with the guide at the Gostiny Dvor metro station. Departure for the tour at 12:10.
Russian Russian Empress Catherine Palace is the official summer residence of three Russian emperors, a masterpiece of the Russian Baroque, a witness to historical decisions and events, palace conspiracies and intrigues, and numerous novels by Russian empresses.…
After walking through the Golden Suite, visiting the Great Throne Room decorated with mirrors and gilded carvings, where royal balls and receptions were held, you can go back several centuries and imagine how Empress Catherine II lived.
Of course, during the tour you will also see the "pearl" of the palace — the famous Amber Room, learn the history and secrets of its creation, disappearance and re-creation.
After the tour of the palace, you will have an independent walk through one of the most elegant palace parks in St. Petersburg, which is as magnificent as the palace itself.
The duration of the tour is 5-5.5 hours.
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Suburban bus tour to Peterhof "Russian Versailles" with a tour of the Grand Palace.
Meeting with the guide at the Gostiny Dvor metro station. Departure for the tour at 10:50.
The most resplendent of the suburbs of St. Petersburg, the oldest royal residence near St. Petersburg, known worldwide as the "Kingdom of Fountains" was built over two centuries by the efforts of many outstanding Russian and European architects.
And even in winter, when the park grounds and flower beds are covered with snow, water cannons are inactive, and the sculpture of the Grand Cascade is carefully sheltered from frost, Peterhof offers guests to explore the palaces of the former royal residence, the main of which is the Grand Palace.
Almost completely destroyed during the Great Patriotic War, the palace was rebuilt in the decades after the war.
Even today, its interiors show visitors the Oak Staircase and Peter's Oak Study with carved panels from the early 17th century, the suite of state halls by architect Rastrelli, the Chinese cabinets of Wallin-Delamotte, the Dining Room, Throne Room and Chesma halls of Felten.
The duration of the tour is 4.5-5 hours.
Transportation is provided for a country bus tour.