The story of the dive: St. Petersburg and Tsarskoye Selo

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. Check out of the hotel with your belongings. Transfer to Tsarskoye Selo.

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.

The Catherine Palace was founded by Catherine I, and was completed under Elizabeth Petrovna and Catherine II, who called it "whipped cream" for the beauty of its facade. Now it is one of the best examples of Russian Baroque. The great hall of the palace, with an area of 850 square meters, was built without a single column, and thanks to the mirrors reflecting the windows and the aerial ceiling painting, it seemed that there were no walls or ceiling in the huge hall. The main pearl of the palace is the famous Amber Room, which mysteriously disappeared during the war.

Visit to the Agate rooms.

You will visit the Agate Rooms, which are the front part of the 2-storey complex Cold Baths, located in Catherine Park. The interiors of the Agate rooms are decorated with marble, murals, gilded bronze, parquet floors, colored Ural and Altai jasper.

Catherine Park tour.

After visiting the Agate Rooms, you will have a guided tour of the magnificent park surrounding the palace. 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.

Accommodation at the Fort Kolesnik Hotel.

End of the program: hotel.

Program duration: ~ 6 hours.

Breakfast at the hotel.

07:30-11:00 Free access to the fitness room and pool.

Take swimming accessories with you - a bathing suit, a cap, rubber shoes!

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

Walking tour "City of the Muses – Tsarskoye Selo".

The fate of Tsarskoye Selo is amazing and unusual. Born as a summer imperial residence, it becomes a place of attraction not only for dignitaries, but also for creative people. A.S. Pushkin was educated here at the Lyceum, N.M. Karamzin wrote The History of the Russian State, M.Y. Lermontov served in the Hussar regiment, I. Annensky, A. Akhmatova, N. Gumilev lived, studied, and served... It is not for nothing that Tsarskoye Selo is rightfully called the "city of the muses."

You will visit the Lyceum, the Alexander Palace and the Fedorovsky Cathedral, and take a walk in the Alexander Park.

Visit to the Fedorovsky Cathedral.

At the beginning of our walk you will visit one of the sights of Tsarskoye Selo – the Fedorovsky Sovereign Cathedral. It was built on behalf of Emperor Nicholas II for His Majesty's own convoy and consolidated infantry regiment. The imperial family's private chapel was located there.

Excursion to the Alexander Palace.

The Alexander Palace was built at the end of the 18th century by order of Empress Catherine II as a gift for the wedding of her grandson, Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich (the future Emperor Alexander I). The palace was designed by the famous Italian architect Giacomo Quarenghi. An extensive park with a lake was laid out around the palace.

Lunch at the Singing Tower.

Excursion to the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum.

You will see a Large hall, a Library, a newspaper room, classrooms and bedrooms of pupils, hear a story about the free lyceum life and the principles of education, thanks to which Russian culture has received new big names.

Graduation place: Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum.

Program duration: ~ 5.5 hours.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Room release. You will leave your belongings in the luggage compartment of the bus.

09:00 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby.

Bus tour to Pavlovsk "Shelter of love, source of inspiration".

On the banks of the winding Slavyanka River in the second half of the XVIII century, another pearl appeared in the necklace of summer imperial residences - Pavlovsk. It is considered one of the most romantic suburbs of St. Petersburg. During the tour, you will visit the elegant Pavlovsk Palace, where the "feminine hand" of Empress Maria Feodorovna is so felt in everything.

Excursion to the Pavlovsk Palace.

Surrounded by a magnificent landscape park, the Pavlovsky Palace, an amazing building in beauty and harmony, shines, in which you will see the exquisite decoration of the state halls and private chambers, which are rightfully considered authentic masterpieces of the classical style.

A walk through Pavlovsky Park.

The place of the end of the program: Moskovsky railway station, metro station "Pl. Uprisings."

Program duration: ~ 5.5 hours (ending at ~14:30).

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

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