The Great Guest: a weekend in Veliky Novgorod and St. Petersburg

Breakfast at the hotel. 12:00 check-out time.

Attention! Room release before departure for excursions (things in the hotel's luggage room).

10:30-11:00 Collection from the hotels of the city.

11:00 a.m. 4-hour car tour of the city and surrounding area “To the stars of the blue domes" with photo breaks in the most beautiful corners.

A trip to an active monastery for men, learn about the monks' lives. St. George's Cathedral was built on the territory, this temple was used as the tomb of the Novgorod princes. Alexander Nevsky's mother and brother, Dmitry Shemyaka, and others are buried here.

Visit to the current, largest of the Novgorod monasteries — St. George the Victorious, traditionally called St. George, St. George's Cathedral.

12:30 Excursion to the Wonderful village of "Vitoslavlitsy" — we will learn about the traditions and life of the peasants of the Novgorod province in a living open-air museum.

Architectural and natural reserve of wooden architecture. Visiting huts with a set of peasant household items and tools, a forge, a threshing floor. Acquaintance with the Novgorod provinces in the late 19th and early 20th centuries".

13:30 Free time on the territory of the complex. Purchase of souvenirs, independent visits to locations on the territory of the museum of wooden architecture — “Economic Yard” (free admission on the guest's card), the manor house of Countess A.A. Orlova-Chesmenskaya.

14:00 Lunch at the Yuryevskoye Podvorye restaurant complex — extra charge. 1000 rub./person. We recommend booking with a tour due to the inability to purchase lunch on the spot.

14:45 Departure to the city center. Those who wish to stay can return by public transport No. 7, No. 7a (stop at the MDZ “Vitoslavlitsy”).

15:00 Free time in the city center. Independent sightseeing according to the guest's card.

17:00 Transfer to the railway station for tourists departing to St. Petersburg.

18:06 Departure by Lastochka train to St. Petersburg No. 804M/7004.

20:55 Arrival in St. Petersburg at Moskovsky railway station (metro station Ploshchad Vosstaniya, Mayakovskaya).

Independent return to the hotel. Check-in at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Departure from the base hotels:

08:30 Departure from the Saint Petersburg Hotel, 08:45 Departure from the Rus Hotel, 09:00 Departure from the Oktyabrskaya Hotel.

Bus tour “Along the old Peterhof Road” is not only the main highway connecting St. Petersburg with Peterhof, but also a real cultural and historical monument, along which the best examples of palace and park ensembles of the XVII and XVIII centuries are located.

Perhaps the most striking example of them can be the Kiryanovo estate. On a bus tour, thanks to the opportunity to see the estates of those close to the emperors, you will be able to feel the spirit of Peter the Great's time and the "golden age" of Catherine II.

A guided tour of the Lower Park is a must–visit destination for every tourist coming to St. Petersburg. Just imagine, the park covers 102.5 hectares, which is comparable in size to the three squares of the Moscow Kremlin!

First of all, the Lower Park is famous for the ensemble of the central part with the fountain “Samson tearing the lion's mouth”.

Also, the presence of firecracker fountains will allow you to plunge into Peter the Great's time, when the tsar had fun watching how splashes of water "covered" passing ladies and gentlemen. In addition to the firecracker fountains, local squirrel residents will be waiting for you, who are always happy to have treats!

Additionally: A walk along the Gulf of Finland on the Meteor motor ship from Nizhny Park to the center of St. Petersburg on Admiralteiskaya Embankment (approximately 1400 rubles adult, 1200 rubles school, prices to be specified in the spring of 2025).

16:00 The program ends in the city center at the Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station opposite the Oktyabrskaya Hotel.

Independent return to the hotel.

Additionally: Bus tour "Night Petersburg" (prices later).

Breakfast at the hotel. Room release. Check out with your belongings. Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby, a sign for the name of the tour “Three days with St. Petersburg.”

09:00 Departure from the Saint Petersburg Hotel.

09:30 Departure from the Rus Hotel, including for guests from the Arbat Nord, Indigo, and Radisson Sonya hotels.

Transfer to Moskovsky train station (luggage storage is at your own expense). Guests from hotels located near Moskovsky Train Station can leave their belongings in the luggage room of the hotels.

10:00 Departure from the Oktyabrskaya Hotel, including for guests from the Best Western, Port Comfort, Ibis, Nevsky Bereg, Sokroma Hotel Chain, Yes on Marta, Kronwell Inn, Novotel, Grand Hotel The Emerald.”

The Gardens and Parks of St. Petersburg bus tour is dedicated to the green corners of our city, decorated with famous trellises. You will see Mikhailovsky Garden, Field of Mars, Summer Garden, Alexander Park.

A walk to the Summer Garden is Peter the Great's favorite brainchild, a pearl in the park necklace of St. Petersburg. In 1704, Peter the Great ordered a large garden to be laid out for himself, similar to the famous Western European parks of that time, and he outlined his initial plan.

Optional: Boat tour of the rivers and canals of St. Petersburg. You will have a fascinating journey through Northern Venice with its picturesque water streets and delicate fences, humpback bridges and front facades (prices later).

14:30 Visit to the Hermitage– the largest museum in the country, with about three million exhibits in its collection. The entire history of world culture is presented here – from Ancient Egypt to the picturesque masterpieces of the twentieth century. Free time at the Hermitage (open until 18:00).

The program ends no later than 18:00 in the city center (the nearest metro stations are Admiralteiskaya, Gostiny Dvor/Nevsky Prospekt). Independent return to the train station.