You arrive at the hotel on your own.
A transfer to the hotel is available for an additional fee and must be booked in advance.: private transfer from the train station/ airport (from 2000 rub/car).
Guaranteed hotel accommodation after 14:00.
You can leave your belongings in the luggage room of the hotel.
Departure for the program from the accommodation hotel.
From 11:00 to 13:00 (before departure for the program), a representative of the company with a sign "About Petersburg" will meet you in the lobby of the hotel. You can approach at any convenient time in this interval.
He will answer all your questions, provide updated tour programs and offer additional excursions that you can purchase at will.
13:00 Meeting with the guide in the lobby of the hotel.
Petrovsky Petersburg bus sightseeing tour.
What could be more beautiful than St. Petersburg? The solemn beauty of the majestic Neva River, small rivers and canals, numerous bridges connecting the islands, the magnificent panorama of the Arrow of Vasilyevsky 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 the Peter and Paul Fortress, because St. Petersburg began with it.
Guided tour of the Peter and Paul Fortress (radio guides will be provided for your comfort).
The Peter and Paul Fortress is the soul of St. Petersburg, its first building, where the atmosphere of Peter the Great's time is still present. The day of the foundation of the fortress, May 27, 1703, became the birthday of St. Petersburg.
During the tour of the fortress, you will get acquainted with the history of its construction, find out where the name of the island came from and why the cannon shoots exactly at noon, 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.
End of the program: hotel.
Program duration: ~4.5 hours.