Unknown Vyborg: life in the Art Nouveau style

Breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

Room release, things are sent to the hotel's luggage room.

08:45 Meeting with the guide in the lobby of the Druzhba Hotel.

Transfer to Monrepos Park.

09:00 Guided tour of Russia's only rock landscape park Monrepos. Monrepos Park is a unique harmonious union of nature and man.

During the tour, within the limits of a small park, we will travel to various countries and historical eras, recall myths and legends – ancient, Scandinavian and Karelian.

We will visit the Champs-Elysees, from where we will admire the Chinese bridges and the wooden manor house in the classical style, from the swing hill we will see the most international obelisk to the Broglio brothers and we will feel the sea smell of the Protective Bay.

Once on the Neptune Peninsula, we will dive into the history of the owners and creators of the Baron Nicolai Park, whose ashes rest on the granite island of the Dead, and find out which ferryman was most feared.

The farthest point of our journey will be the End of the world, the path to which will pass through the Grotto of Desires and the gorge of St. Nicholas, where we will be greeted by the first monument to the literary hero.

And the radon water of the Narcissus spring will remain a fresh memory of the Monrepos Park. Our trip through the Monrepos Park will be framed by picturesque granite rocks covered with mosses and lichens, in a variety of rich colors and unforgettable aromas of annual flowers.

Transfer to the center of Vyborg.

11:30 Excursion to the Hermitage-Vyborg Exhibition Center. The center is one of the five satellite art centers of the Hermitage in the world, where you will get acquainted with the works from the extensive collection of this museum.

The Vyborg Center is located in the historic building of the former Museum of Fine Arts and the School of painting, the creation of the Finnish architect Uno Ulberg.

12:30 p.m. Free time to explore the city on your own. The opportunity to walk around the Castle Island and explore the territory of Vyborg Castle.

Optional walk to the Singing Field.

This is a unique venue designed for summer musical and theatrical events. Or you can walk to the Water Tower on Battery Hill, one of the largest in Fennoscandia.

A walk along Fortress Street, the main urban artery where souvenir shops are concentrated. Here you can buy Vyborg ale, beer and other memorabilia.

13:30 Lunch at a cafe for an additional fee.

We recommend visiting:

Burger's estate, 7A Progonnaya St., seven days a week, from 11:00 to 19:00. Nowadays, in the estate of a rich Swedish citizen, you can buy books, souvenirs, guidebooks with a map of Vyborg and taste local delicacies.

The Vyborg Space exhibition is held daily from 10:00 to 18:00, nab. 40th Anniversary of the Komsomol, 1, Victoria Hotel, ground floor, entrance from the Market Square. You will see a unique collection of rare books about space and astronauts with autographs of Soviet and foreign conquerors of the universe, space food, badges, stamps and numismatics.

Exhibition halls in the Museum Building and the Governor's House, Tues.-Sun. from 10:00 to 18:00, Castle Island, 1. In the temporary exhibition space you will see objects from museum collections, an art exhibition dedicated to Vyborg Castle in fine art, and learn about the secrets of sunken ships.

Lenin House Museum in Vyborg, Tue.-Sun. from 10:00 to 18:00, Rubezhnaya St., 15. The museum is located in a wooden Finnish house of the late 19th century, where Lenin hid for 2 weeks on the eve of the October Revolution of 1917. You will learn about the life of the "red Finns" in Soviet Russia, the revolutionary events and the civil war in Vyborg.

Chocolate Museum, daily from 11:00 to 19:00, 1A Shturma Street. In the former powder cellar you will see Vyborg sights made of real Belgian chocolate, you will be able to buy souvenirs made by the museum in its own production, and have a cup of hot chocolate in a cozy cafe.

17:00 Departure from Vyborg railway station by Swallow to St. Petersburg.

18:20 Return to Finlyandsky railway station, St. Petersburg.

We recommend purchasing tickets for trains departing from Moskovsky Railway Station no earlier than 20:00 or booking an extra night in St. Petersburg.