Winter-spring portrait of the great city of St. Petersburg. 3-day tour

Breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

A sightseeing tour of St. Petersburg "Portrait of a great city" will introduce you to the best architectural ensembles of the Northern capital and the most famous monuments of monumental sculpture, with amazing panoramas of the Neva banks and the embankments of small rivers full of charm. You will see what made up the glory of St. Petersburg, which has become one of the six most beautiful cities in Europe.

Visit to the Kunstkamera. During the self-examination, you will get acquainted with a unique collection of antiquities that reveal the history and way of life of the peoples of the Old and New World, you will see part of the collection of anatomical rarities and anomalies of Peter the Great himself.

Transportation is provided for a sightseeing tour.

Breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

A country tour to Peterhof with a visit to the Grand Palace, the largest and most significant architectural structure of the Peterhof Palace and Park ensemble, which has a rich collection of Russian and Western European fine and applied arts of the XVII–early XX centuries.

From 22.04 Sunday excursion to the Grand Palace is replaced by an excursion to the Lower Park. The entire Lower Park is decorated with fountains, which are the main purpose of the trip to Peterhof. When leaving the Lower Park, do not forget to throw a coin into the pool of the Favorite fountain in order to return here.

The tour may end later in the city center, around 20:00.

Transportation is provided for a country trip.

Breakfast at the hotel restaurant.

Walking tour "Two islands, three centuries". The epithet "the most" can be used in the description of all the objects of this tour, and it begins with an excursion to St. Isaac's Cathedral. The temple built by the arch. Built by Montferrand in 1858, it is an outstanding architectural monument. The former main cathedral of the Russian Empire, the largest cathedral in the city is able to accommodate about 14,000 people. It impresses with the richness of the interior, decorated with various grades of marble, malachite and lapis lazuli columns, paintings and mosaics.

The tour will continue with an acquaintance with the most recognizable monument of our city, the "Bronze Horseman", created for the 100th anniversary of the accession of Peter the Great to the throne.

The tour will end on the man-made island of New Holland. This is the youngest park in St. Petersburg, which is a unique cultural public space, with museums, restaurants, exhibitions, recreation areas, playgrounds, workshops and concerts, located on the territory of an architectural monument of the XVIII century.

Free time in the city center.

Transportation is not provided.

Walking tour "Two islands, three centuries" - start from the Admiralteyskaya metro station.

Breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

Walking tour "Your fences have a cast-iron pattern ..." St. Petersburg has no equal in the world in terms of the richness of cast-iron decoration.

The strict beauty of the lines of the fences of the Kazan Cathedral, Mikhailovsky Garden, the openwork railings of embankments and bridges — this endless melody of metal "lace" is unique and one of the features of the Northern capital.

Excursion to the Church of the Resurrection of Christ (Spas on Blood), a unique monument to Emperor Alexander II the Liberator. The decoration of the temple is considered to be the rarest collection of Russian mosaic art in Russia.

An excursion to the Hermitage, a kind of temple of beauty, history and culture, will introduce you to the masterpieces of Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and other great masters.

Transportation is not provided.

Walking tour "Your fences are a cast–iron pattern" - start from the Nevsky Prospekt metro station, near the Kazan Cathedral.

For an additional fee:

Visit to the historical theater-layout "Petrovsky Aquatoria", depicting St. Petersburg of the beginning of the XVIII century. Here you can watch the movement of 130 ships made according to historical models, watch fist fights during Maslenitsa and dances of the nobility at imperial receptions in Peterhof. The uniqueness of the museum is that here you can see exact copies of the original buildings and monuments that have been lost or have changed their appearance.

Breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Room release before 12:00

A country trip to Tsarskoye Selo with a tour of the Catherine Palace, the brilliant creation of F.B. Rastrelli. The splendor of the decoration is admired by the Great Hall of the Catherine Palace and the "Golden Suite" of the state rooms, among which is the world—famous revived Amber Room.

ATTENTION: the tour may end later in the city center, around 20:00.

Transportation is provided for a country trip.