You arrive at the hotel on your own.
A shuttle service to the hotel is available for an additional fee and must be booked in advance: private transfer from the train station/ airport (from 2000 rubles/car).
Guaranteed hotel accommodation after 14:00.
You can leave your belongings free of charge in the luggage room of the hotel.
Important information:
- tourists staying at the Azimut Hotel St. Petersburg, River Palace Hotel, Dostoevsky hotels go on excursions from the accommodation hotel;
- tourists staying at the hotel "A Fontanka Hotel" come to the Azimut Hotel St. Petersburg (43/1 Lermontovsky Ave., nearby building) for a meeting and departure for an excursion.
From 11:00 to 13:00 (before departure for the program), a representative of the company with a sign "About Petersburg" will meet you in the lobby of the hotel.
You can come up at any convenient time in this interval.
He will answer all your questions, give you updated tour programs and offer additional excursions that you can purchase at will.
13:00 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby.
Bus tour to Tsarskoye Selo "Suburban imperial residences".
Tsarskoye Selo is the ceremonial summer residence of the Russian emperors, one of the most beautiful palace and park ensembles in Europe.
Russian sovereigns lived in this picturesque place during the warm season, and then official receptions, luxurious balls and entertainment court events were held here.
Excursion to the Catherine Palace with the Amber Room.
The Catherine Palace was originally created by architect F.B. Rastrelli as a place for official receptions of Russian nobility and foreign diplomats.
The suite of rooms and state halls stretching for almost 300 meters, richly decorated with intricate carvings and gilding, will certainly not leave you indifferent. And the "highlight" of the palace is the famous Amber Room.
A walk through the Catherine Park.
After the tour of the palace, you will have an hour of free time to walk around the magnificent park surrounding the palace on your own.
Russian Russian Museum is decorated with exquisite pavilions and numerous monuments in honor of the victories of Russian weapons during the Russo-Turkish wars.
The place of completion of the program: the hotel.
Duration of the program: ~5.5 hours (ending at ~18:30).