You arrive at the hotel on your own.
A shuttle service to the hotel is available for an additional fee and must be booked in advance: private transfer from the train station/ airport.
From 9:00 am until departure for the program, a representative of the company with a sign "Sightseeing Petersburg" will meet you in the lobby of the hotel. He will answer all your questions, give you updated tour programs and offer additional excursions that you can purchase at will.
Guaranteed hotel accommodation after 14:00. You can leave your belongings free of charge in the luggage room of the hotel.
Important information:
- tourists staying in hotels "Moscow", "Azimut", "St. Petersburg", "Russia", "Orbit", "Domina Pulkovo", "Moskovskie Vorota", "Art Nouveau", "Best Western Zoom", "Valo", "Ramada" they go on excursions from the hotel of residence;
- tourists staying at the hotel "A Fontanka Hotel" come to the Azimut Hotel St. Petersburg for a meeting and departure on an excursion (a nearby building);
- tourists staying at the Apart-hotel Yard Residence for a meeting and departure on an excursion, they come to the Moscow Hotel (Alexander Nevsky Square, 2) - 5 minutes on foot.
13:00 Departure from the hotel by bus.
Bus sightseeing tour of St. Petersburg.
What could be more beautiful than St. Petersburg? The solemn beauty of the majestic Neva, small rivers and canals, numerous bridges connecting the islands, the magnificent panorama of the Arrow of Vasilievsky Island, palaces, cathedrals, squares - all this creates a unique image of Northern Venice.
During the sightseeing tour, you will see not only the main architectural masterpieces of St. Petersburg, but also visit Zayachy Island, where Peter the Great founded the fortress that marked the beginning of St. Petersburg.
A tour of the Peter and Paul Fortress.
Peter and Paul Fortress is the "heart" of the city, the place from which the history of St. Petersburg began. You will see a "city within a city" – typical buildings of Peter the Great's time, the operating enterprise "Mint", where commemorative coins, orders and medals are still minted. You will visit the Peter and Paul Cathedral, where the graves of Russian emperors and empresses, as well as grand dukes and princesses have been preserved.
Excursion to the Peter and Paul Cathedral.
For a long time, the Peter and Paul Cathedral was a monument to the glory of Russian weapons. Captured banners and keys to cities and fortresses captured by Russian troops have been kept here for two centuries. At the beginning of the 20th century, these relics were transferred to the Hermitage. Copies of Swedish and Turkish banners are now on display in the cathedral.
Visit to the Trubetskoy Bastion prison.
During the tour you will also visit the famous "Russian Bastille" - the Trubetskoy Bastion prison, where many famous Russian political figures were held.
Radio guides will be provided for your comfort.
The place of completion of the program: the hotel.
Program duration: ~ 6 hours.