New Year's classic Petersburg. 5-day tour

Late breakfast at the hotel. Free day.

Additionally (to book in advance): Bus tour "Winter holidays". Getting to know the festive city, the central squares decorated with New Year's beauties — Christmas trees.

A retrospective of the traditions of New Year and Christmas celebrations in St. Petersburg from past eras.

An excursion to the Yusupov Palace is one of the rare noble mansions in St. Petersburg, where not only the state apartments, the halls of the art gallery, the miniature home theater have survived, but also the luxurious living quarters of the Yusupov family, which have preserved the warmth and charm of the former owners (2900 rubles. adult; 2850 rubles. school, art., pence.).

Breakfast at the hotel.

For the schedule of departure of buses from hotels, see the "Important to know" section.

08:20 (12:20) Grand Petersburg bus tour. We will see a city where the splendor of the imperial court and the grandeur of the churches, the might of the royal guard and the work of the highest authorities met.

We will explore the magnificent palaces and cathedrals, learn about the theaters where great artists worked and take a walk around the Palace Square, where history, culture and art combined.

10:30 (14:30) Excursion to the Hermitage, one of the world's greatest museums, located in six unique buildings, including the Winter Palace, the residence of the Russian tsars.

We will see the masterpieces of great masters: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Titian, El Greco, Gauguin, Matisse and many others.

Please note: the time of the Hermitage tour may change to 16:00-18:00, to be specified after December 24.

12:00 (16:00) Free time at the Hermitage (open until 20:00). Independent return to the hotel.

Additionally: Visit the Petrovsky Aquatoria mock-up theater, where you will plunge into the life of the city in the first half of the XVIII century.

Thanks to moving objects, modern light, sound and visual effects, the old Petersburg will come alive in front of you (700 rubles without guided tour / 800 rubles with guided tour, opening hours 10:00-22:00).

We recommend visiting the iconic places of St. Petersburg on this day.:

• Karl Bulla's photo salon at the Demidov house (open until 20:00);
• subscription editions (open until 22:00);
• Yeliseyev Merchants store (open until 23:00);
• Singer Company House – Book House (open until 23:00);
• crumpets on Bolshaya Konyushennaya (open until 20:00);
• New Year's Fair in New Holland, on Manezhnaya Square (open until 22:00).

Breakfast at the hotel. Meeting with the guide in the lobby of the base hotels.

For the schedule of departure of buses from hotels, see the "Important to know" section.

Transfer from St. Petersburg to the seaside suburb of Peterhof.

The Peterhof Imperial Summer Residence was built to amaze the imagination of all guests and introduce them to the history of the Russian state.

10:30 Guided tour of the Grand Peterhof Palace. On our tour, we will visit the Grand Peterhof Palace, a majestic and exquisite building whose facade stretches for almost 300 meters and effectively divides the park into an upper and lower part.

Its ornate interiors are filled with numerous works of art and tell about the official life of the Russian rulers.

We will learn palace etiquette, try to imagine ourselves at a gala dinner, and learn about the most famous events that have ever taken place in the palace.

Transfer to the base hotels until 14:00.

14:30 The end of the program at the metro station "Pl. Vosstaniya" on Nevsky Prospekt, at the Moscow railway Station.

Breakfast at the hotel. Room release, check-out with your belongings. Meeting with the guide in the lobby of the base hotels.

Meeting with the guide in the lobby of the base hotel, the sign "Petersburg welcomes".

For the schedule of departure of buses from hotels, see the "Important to know" section.

10:40 Suburban excursion to Tsarskoye Selo. Tsarskoye Selo is the favorite summer residence of Empress Catherine II.

The center of the ensemble is the Catherine Palace, an outstanding monument of the Baroque era, in which a unique Amber Room was recreated for the tercentenary of St. Petersburg: all its walls are decorated with "gifts of the sun."

There is a picturesque park next to the palace, consisting of regular and landscape parts.

12:30 Excursion to the Catherine Palace with the famous Amber Room. You will visit a magnificent example of Russian Baroque architecture, which will delight with restored interiors and tell about the life of its crowned owners.

Free time in Tsarskoye Selo (2.5 hours) or for an additional fee, a bus tour to Pavlovsk. If a group is recruited, those who do not go on an additional excursion to Pavlovsk spend more time in Tsarskoye Selo.

Additionally: An excursion to Pavlovsk with a visit to the Pavlovsk Palace. The palace was built for the family of the future Emperor Paul I.

Its interiors, inspired by the impressions of a trip to Europe and the delicate taste of Maria Feodorovna, create a special, romantic mood characteristic of its crowned owner (when recruiting a group of 15 people or more: 1,750 rubles. adults, 1,350 rubles. school, 1,600 rubles. art., pence.).

The end of the program at the metro station "Pl. Vosstaniya" on Nevsky Prospekt, at Moskovsky railway Station until 17:00 (19:00 when recruiting a group in Pavlovsk).