An extravaganza of fire, water, and light. Autumn tour to St. Petersburg

Breakfast at the hotel.

11:00 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby.

Guided tour "Masterpieces and shrines of the Northern Capital". Since its foundation, St. Petersburg has been a city where numerous foreigners lived and worked, who, along with Russian craftsmen, built and decorated the new Russian capital.

Therefore, the population of the city from the very beginning consisted of people of different nationalities and faiths.

Along with magnificent palaces, mansions, and public buildings, temples of various faiths were erected in the city under construction, deservedly called authentic masterpieces of architecture and art.

Excursion to St. Isaac's Cathedral. St. Isaac's Cathedral will appear before you as a unique work of Russian art from the middle of the 19th century.

You will see magnificent wall paintings and paintings on canvas made by famous Russian artists, and admire mosaic icons, which were created using smalt in more than 12,000 colors and shades.

You will be amazed by the abundance of different types of stone (from granite to malachite and turquoise) that were used to decorate the temple.

Excursion to the Hermitage. The Hermitage occupies a very special place among the art museums of the world. It began as a private collection of Empress Catherine II and remained closed to the general public for a long time. In the middle of the 19th century, the museum became public.

Now his collections number more than 3.5 million exhibits. Among them are masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Impressionist paintings, antique sculpture, Egyptian antiquities, a real mummy and much more.

After the tour of the museum, you will have the opportunity to walk through the halls of the Hermitage on your own and examine its exhibits in more detail.

The place of the end of the program: the city center (the nearest metro station is Admiralteiskaya).

Program duration: ~ 4.5 hours (ending at ~16:00).

Breakfast at the hotel.

10:00 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby.

Bus tour to Tsarskoye Selo "Suburban imperial residences". The city is located 25 km from St. Petersburg, about an hour away.

You will drive along the old Tsarskoye Selo road and learn how you traveled in Russia before the advent of highways and railways. The magnificent and unique Catherine Palace brought special fame to Tsarskoye Selo. This is where you will visit.

Excursion to the Catherine Palace and the Amber Room. Guests of Tsarskoye Selo are stunned by the fantastic luxury of the Catherine Palace.

One of the halls of Rastrelli's Golden Suite is the famous Amber Room, stolen by the invaders during the Great Patriotic War and recreated by St. Petersburg restorers, whose work you can appreciate during a tour of the Catherine Palace.

Free time for a walk in Catherine Park. After the tour of the palace, you will be able to walk around the magnificent park surrounding the palace on your own.

Russian Russian Museum is decorated with exquisite pavilions, bizarrely shaped ponds and numerous monuments in honor of the victories of Russian weapons during the Russo-Turkish wars.

Place of graduation: hotel.

Duration: ~6 hours.

Breakfast at the hotel.

17:00 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby.

Bus tour to Peterhof "Water reigns in the sparkling of the lungs". The tour on the way to Peterhof introduces you to the picturesque landscape of the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, the preserved estates of the St. Petersburg nobility and the history of the road, specially built for a comfortable journey from St. Petersburg to the brilliant suburbs.

Visit to the Autumn Fountain Festival in Peterhof. You will witness an amazing spectacle, which is held only once a year!

You will find a grand pyrotechnic show, a theatrical musical performance, fireworks and fireworks in the Lower Park on the Grand Cascade near the Grand Palace.

End point: Hotel (~00:30).

Duration: ~7 hours.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Room release before 12:00.

Check out of the hotel on your own.

Free day.