Under the Christmas star. 5-day tour to St. Petersburg

Breakfast at the hotel.

10:00 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby. Departure to the program by bus.

Bus tour to Tsarskoye Selo "Suburban imperial residences". After driving along the old Tsarskoye Selo road, you will find yourself in the brilliant world of the former official residence of the Russian emperors – Tsarskoye Selo.

During the tour, you will learn when this suburb of St. Petersburg appeared, what events are associated with it, and why it is often called the "city of the muses."

Excursion to the Catherine Palace with the Amber Room. The Catherine Palace was originally created by architect F.B. Rastrelli as a place of official receptions for Russian nobility and foreign diplomats.

Stretching for almost 300 meters, the suite of rooms and state halls, 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, bizarrely shaped ponds and numerous monuments in honor of the victories of Russian weapons during the Russo-Turkish wars.

End of the program: hotel.

Program duration: ~5.5 hours.

Breakfast at the hotel.

09:00 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby. Departure to the program by bus.

Bus tour to Kronstadt "Be the Russian Fleet!". The tour will introduce you to the amazing city, steeped in naval glory and located on the small island of Kotlin in the center of the Gulf of Finland. This city has managed to be both a "key" and a "lock" without losing its crown.

During the tour you will see a number of defensive structures of the XVIII-XIX centuries, monuments to Russian sailors and harbors, from where ships set off on military campaigns and circumnavigation of the world, you will be able to whisper a wish in the ear of a magical tree.

Visit to St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral. The Naval Cathedral in Kronstadt, consecrated in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, is the main naval temple of Russian sailors. It was built in the early 20th century as a memorial temple to all the sailors who died for the Fatherland.

You will visit St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral, where you will independently get acquainted with its unique interior decoration and marine relics.

Excursion to the Museum of Naval Glory of Russia. This is a new innovative museum complex in Kronstadt. Various simulations of ships and submarines, planes and helicopters of naval aviation are presented in the halls.

The immersive format makes it easy for every guest of the museum to get acquainted with the exposition, the main exhibit is the legendary first Soviet nuclear submarine K-3 Leninsky Komsomol.

Visit to the museum and historical park "Island of Forts". This is Russia's first and largest park dedicated to the Navy. There are several themed venues on an area of 9 hectares.

You can stroll along the Alley of Heroes of the Russian Fleet, which tells about more than three centuries of its history, and explore the lighthouse of memory with 200 names of heroic sailors, from the era of Peter the Great to the present day.

End of the program: hotel.

Program duration: ~7 hours.

Breakfast at the hotel (if the "no breakfast" tariff is not selected).

Free day.

Independent participation in the Christmas festivities.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Room release.

You can leave your belongings free of charge in the hotel's luggage room or take a bus with you.

09:00 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby. Departure to the program by bus.

Excursion to the Hermitage. The Hermitage is one of the largest art museums in the world. It began as a private collection of Empress Catherine II and remained closed to the general public for a long time.

Now his collections number more than 3.5 million exhibits. Among them are masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, antique sculpture, Egyptian antiquities, a real mummy and much more.

The program ends at Moskovsky train Station (the nearest metro station is Ploshchad Vosstaniya).

Program duration: ~3 hours (ending at ~13:00).