The romance of the scarlet sails. Travel to St. Petersburg

Breakfast at the hotel (if the “no breakfast” rate is not selected). 

11:00 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby. 

Bus tour to Peterhof “There are fountains shining with silver...”.

The tour will give you an unforgettable encounter with one of the most famous suburban imperial residences. 

The road that will lead us to Peterhof still carefully preserves the traces of bygone centuries. 

The preserved monuments and estates recreate the atmosphere of country life in Russia at the end of the XIX – beginning of the XX century. 

A tour of the Peterhof Fountain Park.

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 marshy coast 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 with a golden vase standing on the roof. 

Its base is the Grand Cascade, an incredible water extravaganza with fountains and sculptures.

The jet of the most famous fountain “Samson” rises to the height of a seven-storey 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.

Free time.

Where to have lunch? You will have 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. 

Excursion to the Cottage Palace in Alexandria Park.

The famous Nizhny Park is bordered by another, less well–known Peterhof Park - Alexandria. 

One of his first buildings was the Cottage Palace, the “family hearth” of Emperor Nicholas I and his wife Alexandra Feodorovna. 

The interiors of the palace, filled with authentic things, preserve the atmosphere of family comfort and warmth. 

"Alexandrinsky landowner" was how Nicholas I called himself, and Alexandra Feodorovna admitted that it was here that she “was happy like nowhere else.”

The cottage has been preserved to this day with almost no alterations. 

And this is its uniqueness. 

Dinner at the cafe at 20:30. 

Attending a holiday rehearsal “Scarlet sails.”

The best moment to admire a beautiful sailboat is to attend a dress rehearsal. 

This is a unique opportunity to see the ship up close and take beautiful photos. 

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

Program duration: ~ 9.5 hours.

Breakfast at the hotel (if the “no breakfast” rate is not selected). 

12:00. Meeting with the guide in the lobby of the hotel.

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 decoration of the Catherine Palace. one of the halls of Rastrelli's Golden Suite is the famous Amber Room, stolen by the occupiers 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 in the park, only outside it. Therefore, we recommend taking drinks and snacks with you and having a picnic while walking around Catherine Park. 

Place of completion of the program: hotel.

Program duration: ~7 hours.

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

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

Bus tour “Petrovsky Petersburg".

The tour is dedicated to the first decades of St. Petersburg's existence and allows you to feel the idea of Tsar Peter I - to found a new European city on the swamp, which is destined to become famous all over the world not only as a center of trade, science and art, but also as a center of reforms that brought Russia closer to Europe. 

A tour of the Peter and Paul Fortress.

The Peter and Paul Fortress, the first building of St. Petersburg, was erected during the Northern War with Sweden, which Russia fought for the return of access to the Baltic Sea coast. 

The day of its foundation on May 16 (27), 1703 is considered the day of the foundation of the city. 

Peter the Great gave the name of St. Petersburg to the new fort. 

The same name was given to the city, which was rapidly growing outside the fortress walls. 

Peter and Paul Fortress is a unique military, historical and architectural monument, whose fate is closely intertwined with the fate of the whole of Russia.

Excursion to St. Isaac's Cathedral.

St. Isaac's Cathedral is a masterpiece of world architecture – it is the fourth largest church building in the world. 

During the tour, you will learn why it was built four times and why it is so closely associated with the name of the founder of our city, Emperor Peter I. 

The luxurious interior of the cathedral is amazing – a spectacular combination of gilding, colored glass, lapis lazuli and malachite, paintings and mosaics by famous artists, statues and sculptural groups. 

The cathedral was rebuilt, closed, and its columns were scarred by Nazi shells.

But the swarthy gold of its domes still shines in the St. Petersburg sky. 

The colonnade of St. Isaac's Cathedral, located at the height of a 15-storey building, offers an amazing panorama of St. Petersburg (an entrance ticket can be purchased additionally at the cathedral's ticket offices). 

The place of completion of the program: St. Isaac's Cathedral (the nearest metro station "Admiralteyskaya").

Duration of the program: ~ 4 hours.

Independent visit to the holiday “Scarlet sails.”

Please note that the passage to the Palace Embankment (the best place to watch the holiday) will be blocked, only graduates of St. Petersburg schools will be able to get there by invitation cards. 

The concert on the Palace Square is not available to visitors. 

Residents and guests of the city can be accommodated on Admiralteyskaya, Universitetskaya and Kutuzov embankment, from where they can watch the passage of a sailboat and fireworks in the crowd. 

Closer to the date of the holiday, tickets for motor ships will be on sale, from where you can watch the fireworks, but, according to the experience of previous years, the brig “Scarlet Sails” will not be visible from the ship.

We also do not recommend buying tickets online to watch the holiday from the roof, as hundreds of people are deceived every year.

Breakfast at the hotel (if the “no breakfast” rate is not selected). 

Rooms are available until 12:00.

Check out of the hotel on your own. 

Free day. 

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

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