Silver necklace of Russia. Petersburg and Vyborg. Autumn-Spring

Breakfast at the hotel.

10:00 Departure from the hotel for the program.

Peter the Great Seaside Paradise 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.

Program until October 12, 2025 (Nizhny Park): Peterhof Fountain Park tour. You will see the Peterhof palace and park ensemble, admire the most famous fountains and cascades of the park.

The jet of the most famous fountain "Samson" rises to the height of a seven-story building. You will have the opportunity not only to walk along the alleys of the park, but also to admire the panorama of the Gulf of Finland.

Program after October 13, 2025 (Grand Palace): Excursion to the Grand Imperial Palace. The Grand Peterhof Palace is a kind of semantic center of the palace and park ensemble. It impresses with the radiance of gilding, the luxury of the decor and the richness of the palace halls.

The palace unites the Upper Garden and the Lower Park of Peterhof into a single whole and is a complete work of art.

Free time. Independent walk in the park.

Place of completion of the program: gost. Oktyabrskaya, Moskovsky railway station, metro station "Pl. Uprisings."

Program duration: ~6 hours (ending at ~16:00).

Breakfast at the hotel.

Free day.

Breakfast (self-order a dry ration at the reception the night before).

08:00 Departure from the Oktyabrskaya Hotel (Ligovsky Prospekt, 10), including for the Moscow, Azimut and A Hotel Fontanka hotels (pick up 30 minutes before departure) — at 07:30.

You get to the place of departure for the tour on your own. It is possible to order an individual transfer from the hotel to the departure point for an additional fee.

Guided tour "Vyborg: a journey to the Middle Ages along the Royal Road". Vyborg is a unique city with a rich history, after visiting which you will find yourself in Medieval Europe on the territory of Russia.

Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in the city of Zelenogorsk. On the way to Vyborg, the bus will stop in the city of Zelenogorsk at the main attraction of these regions.

Here, in the park, stands the Lutheran Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, a magnificent creation by the famous Finnish architect Josef Stenbeck.

In the same area, like a white swan across the waters of the bay, the white-stone Church of the Icon of the Mother of God is located among the pines and firs.

Visit to the State Historical, Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve "Monrepos Park" - "My peace", "My rest" – the only rock landscape park of the Romantic era in Russia, "Finland in miniature".

The park embodies the whole nature of the Karelian Isthmus and fascinates with its natural nature. Pines and fir trees grow on the high hills, rocks and marshes "side by side".

You will be able to admire the beauties of its wild nature and see the Hermit's Hut, the Narcissus spring, as well as the St. Peter's Gorge. St. Nicholas and the grotto.

Many famous people visited Monrepos: Baratynsky, Batyushkov, Denis Davydov, Anna Kern, Glinka, Vladimir Solovyov.

In 1863, Emperor Alexander II visited Monrepos, having heard about the beauty of this place and wishing to see it personally.

Lunch at a cafe in the city (optional, on-site payment).

Visit to the Castle Island. Sightseeing of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg Castle, founded in 1293, during the Third Swedish Crusade. The castle was built according to medieval canons, when artillery was not yet used on the battlefield, and the main military force was mounted knights.

After the tour, you will be able to visit the St. Olaf Tower and exhibitions on the territory of the fortress on your own (for an additional fee, purchase at the ticket office. Queues are possible!).

Old Town Tour. Sightseeing tour of the city, during which you will slowly walk through the narrow cobbled streets and ancient squares of this amazing city, which attracts tourists and travelers from many countries.

You will see the military fortifications of the XIII – XIX centuries, admire the "cascade of squares": Cathedral – Pioneer – Market.

Visit the monument to Thorgels Knutsson, the founder of Vyborg, and stroll along the Bolshoy Kovsh embankment, as well as visit the Burger Manor, where you will have the opportunity to taste Scandinavian gleg, Swedish lemonade, or just drink coffee with a local pretzel.

Visit the Panzerlax Bastion and the Alvar Aalto Library (guided tour of the library for an additional fee). The Panzerlaks bastion is the most important element of the fortress structure on the coast of Vyborg Bay.

Next to the bastion, in a green square, is the central library, designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto in the style of functional modernism, which is characterized by a combination of the rigor of functionalism and the gentle smoothness of natural lines.

The wave-shaped acoustic ceiling of the lecture hall, which has now been restored according to the original drawings, as well as the original lighting of the reading room with round windows located on the ceiling, caused a sensation in the architectural world.

Sunlight enters through them, while the walls of the hall do not contain windows.

Place of completion of the program: gost. Oktyabrskaya, Ligovsky ave., 10, metro station Pl. Uprisings."

Program duration: ~ 14 hours.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Room release before 12:00.

Check out of the hotel on your own.

Free day.