During this tour, you will see all the main highlights of St Petersburg: the Hermitage, Nevsky Prospect, Kazan Cathedral, Stroganov Palace, Admiralty, Palace Square, Peter and Paul Fortress, Naval Museum, St. Petersburg University, Menshikov Palace, Academy of Fine Arts, Senate Square, monument to Peter the Great (the Bronze Horseman), Isaac's Square, Mariinsky Palace, monument to Nicolas II, St. Isaac's Cathedral, Palace Embankment, Marsovo Fields, Summer Gardens, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Rastrelly Square, Smolny Cathedral, Anichkov Palace, monument to Catherine the Great, Square of Arts, State Russian Museum, Koniushennaya Square, Cathedral of Saviour-on-the-Spilled Blood as well as the numerous canals and rivers, beautiful bridges crossing them.

After the pick-up from your hotel, proceed for a guided visit to one of the best museums in the world: The State Hermitage Museum. The Hermitage in St. Petersburg, is the biggest museum in the World (together with the Louvre in Paris, they are in competition for the World's "No 1" title in terms of exhibition space, number of items and collections etc). The buildings that the Hermitage occupies are brilliant examples of European architecture. The walls of these buildings have also seen a great number of important historical events - from the times of Peter the Great to Nicolay II. Every visitor can feel the force of Russian history here. Its collections, of which only a small part is on permanent display, comprise over three million items, including the largest collection of paintings in the world. The collections occupy a large complex of six historic buildings along Palace Embankment, including the Winter Palace, a former residence of Russian emperors. As the museum houses an incredible 2.7 million pieces in its collection, if you spent just 1 minute with each piece, seeing everything would take 11 years. After the museum, take a break for a lunch at the traditional Russian restaurant. After the lunch proceed for an overview city tour with 3-5 photo stops and guided inside visits to Peter & Paul's Fortress and Cathedral -  the burial place of all Russian Emperors and Empresses from Peter the Great to Alexander III and St Isaac's Cathedral - main orthodox cathedral of the Russian Empire. At the end of the tour, get back to your hotel by coach.

Preliminary itinerary:

10:00 – Meeting your guide

10:30-13:00 – Excursion to the Hermitage Museum

13:00-14:00 – Lunch

14:00-18:00 – City tour around the city's main highlights with photo stops and inside visits to Peter & Paul's Fortress and Cathedral and St Isaac's Cathedral 

18:00 – Return to hotel