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.

Bus tour to Peterhof. It is impossible, having arrived in the city built by Peter the Great, not to visit his favorite brainchild – the brilliant Peterhof.

The tour will introduce you to one of the most famous suburbs of St. Petersburg, which has been an imperial country residence for two centuries.

The road that will lead you to Peterhof still cherishes the traces of bygone centuries. The preserved monuments and manors recreate the atmosphere of rural life in Russia at the end of the XIX – beginning of the XX century.

Peterhof Fountain Park tour. Peterhof is the capital of fountains, a magical garden with a palace topped by a golden vase standing on the roof. Its base is the Grand Cascade, an incredible aquatic extravaganza with fountains and sculptures.

The jet of the most famous fountain "Samson" rises to the height of a seven-story building. In terms of splendor and richness of decoration, Peterhof surpassed its prototype, the French Versailles, and became the most striking palace ensemble in Europe.

Lunch at a cafe in the city (for an additional fee).

End of the program: hotel.

Program duration: ~7.5 hours.

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

10:00 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby. Departure to the program by bus.

Petrovsky Petersburg bus tour. Getting to know St. Petersburg is impossible without a boat trip along the rivers and canals. After all, initially Peter the Great planned the most active use of the canals as the main transport arteries of the city!

You will see how beautiful the city is when you look at it from the water, and you will understand why St. Petersburg is so often called the Venice of the North.

A boat trip along the rivers and canals 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 River, small rivers and canals.

Guided tour of the Peter and Paul Fortress. During the tour, you will visit Hare Island, where Peter the Great founded the fortress that marked the beginning of St. Petersburg. The journey to the past begins!

Radio guides will be provided for your comfort.

The Peter and Paul Fortress is the "heart" of the city, its first building, where the atmosphere of Peter the Great's time is still present.

During the tour of the fortress, you will get acquainted with the history of the construction of the first bastion fortress in Russia.

You will see a "city within a city": typical buildings of Peter the Great's time, the cathedral, the prison of the Trubetskoy Bastion, the Mint, where coins are still minted today, as well as orders and medals.

Find out where the island's name comes from and why the cannon fires at exactly noon.

Visit Peter and Paul Cathedral for an additional fee. The Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul is a unique monument of the Peter the Great Baroque, where the graves of Russian emperors and empresses, as well as grand dukes and princesses, have been preserved.

End of the program: Peter and Paul Fortress (nearest metro station: Gorkovskaya — 9 min walk).

Program duration: ~3.5 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 to Tsarskoye Selo. 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.

Lunch at a cafe in the city (for an additional fee).

End of the program: hotel.

Program duration: ~6.5 hours.

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

10:00 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby. Departure to the program by bus.

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.

At the end of the tour, you can stay at the Museum to continue the tour on your own.

Graduation place: Hermitage Museum, city center (nearest metro station: Admiralteiskaya).

Program duration: ~3.5 hours.

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

10:00 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby. Departure to the program by bus.

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 used by Faberge masters in their works is complemented by paintings by I. Aivazovsky, K. Bryullov, V. Polenov, jewelry enamels and fantasy objects in the museum's exposition.

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.

The place of the end of the program: the city center, Faberge Museum (nearest metro station: Nevsky Prospekt / Gostiny Dvor).

Program duration: ~2 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.

Where can I leave my luggage? We offer 2 options:

1. Leave it in the hotel's luggage room if you have a late departure. In this case, after the tour, you will be able to stay at the museum on your own or take a walk in the city center.

2. Take the bus with you if you plan to go to the train station or airport immediately after the tour.

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, Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station.

Program duration: ~2.5 hours (ending at ~13:00).