Classic St. Petersburg. 8-day tour

Breakfast at the hotel (if the "no breakfast" tariff is not selected).

09:00 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby.

Peterhof bus tour "Water reigns in the sparkling light..."

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 Peterhof.
 
Peterhof Fountain Park tour.

The Lower park has an area of 102 hectares and stretches for more than 2 kilometers along the shore of the Gulf of Finland. It took incredible efforts to turn the deserted swampy shore of the Gulf of Finland into a luxurious park with fountains and cascades. Moreover, all the work was done manually – tons of fertile land were imported, ornamental trees and shrubs were planted, which were able to take root in the cold northern climate. Peterhof is the capital of fountains, a magical garden with a palace topped by a golden vase standing on the roof.  In terms of splendor and richness of decoration, Peterhof surpassed its prototype, the French Versailles, and became the most striking palace ensemble in Europe.
 
Where to have lunch?

After the tour, you will have 1.5-2 hours of free time to walk around the park and have a snack on your own. There are fast food outlets on the territory of the park, as well as the Standart cafe, where the cost of a set lunch is 700-1500 rubles per person. If you want to save money, we recommend taking drinks and snacks with you and having a picnic on the shore of the Gulf of Finland.
 
End of the program: hotel.

Program duration: ~ 7 hours.

Breakfast at the hotel (if the "no breakfast" tariff is not selected).
 
Free day.

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's drive 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 with 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.
 
A walk through the Catherine Park.

After the tour of the palace, you will have 1.5-2 hours of free time 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.
 
Where to have lunch?

There are no full-fledged food outlets on the territory of the park, only outside it. Therefore, we recommend taking drinks and snacks with you and having a picnic while walking in Catherine Park.
 
End of the program: hotel.

Program duration: ~ 6 hours.

Breakfast at the hotel (if the "no breakfast" tariff is not selected).

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

Bus tour "Family secrets of the Romanov house".

Love stories, mysterious intrigues, duels, palace coups, mystical coincidences, where each of the members of the reigning Romanov dynasty left their mark on the history of our country and St. Petersburg. You will stroll along the Palace Square, and a visit to the State Hermitage Museum will reveal some of the secrets of the personal lives of the royal personages and introduce you to the magnificent Winter Palace, the ceremonial winter residence of the Russian Imperial Court.
 
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 Hermitage (the nearest metro station is Admiralteiskaya).

Program duration: ~ 3.5 hours.

Breakfast at the hotel.

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

Bus tour "Treasures of Imperial St. Petersburg".

Enjoy the stories of the city on the Neva River, its European elegance of palaces, strict lines of avenues, architectural ensembles of squares and numerous rivers and canals.

Faberge Museum tour.

The Faberge Museum is one of the most "brilliant", literally, museums in our city, where you can appreciate the creations of the best jewelers of pre–revolutionary Russia. The brilliance of gold and precious stones, which were used in their works by Faberge masters, is complemented in the museum's exposition by paintings by I. Aivazovsky, K. Bryullov, V. Polenov, jewelry enamels and fantasy objects. The jewel of the museum's collection is a collection of 9 imperial Faberge Easter eggs, which returned to their homeland after almost 100 years.

Boat trip along rivers and canals.

A boat trip will allow you to see the city from an unusual angle from the water. We will see the city in the "smooth turns" of Fontanka, Moika, Neva and small canals. Palaces and apartment buildings, castles rise above the granite embankments. You will see bridges and grilles, different in design and decoration. They give a unique look to our city, which is inextricably linked with the water expanses of the Neva, small rivers and canals.

The place of the end of the program: the city center.

Program duration: ~ 3 hours.

Breakfast at the hotel (if the "no breakfast" tariff is not selected).

Free day.

Breakfast at the hotel (if the "no breakfast" tariff is not selected).

Room release.

You can leave your belongings in the luggage room of the hotel or take them to the luggage room at the Moscow Railway Station at your own expense. A group transfer to the train station is provided by the tour program.

10:00 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.

The place of the end of the program: Moskovsky railway station.

Program duration: ~3 hours (ending at ~13:00).

The departure time for excursions can be changed to earlier or later.

It is possible to change the order of excursions, as well as replace them with equivalent ones.