Petersburg Special (hotel is not included)
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10:00 - Meet your friendly guide in the morning at your hotel, and then hop aboard your comfort car or mini van for your city tour. Relax as you travel and listen to your guide explaining St Petersburg’s culture and sights. You'll witness the glamour and grandeur of Russian royalty and aristocracy along the famous Nevsky Prospect and admire the numerous amazing canals and rivers. You will see fabulous Kazansky Cathedral, State Russian Museum, Cathedral of Our Savior on the Spilt Blood, Admiralty, Palace Square, Naval Museum, St Petersburg University, Menshikov Palace, Academy of Fine Arts, Bronze Horseman (Senate square), Alexandrinsky Theatre, Smolny Cathedral, monument to Catherine the Great, Square of Arts and have 2-hour guided tour of the magnificent State Hermitage Museum Museum, widely considered to be among the finest museums in the world. The enormous collection almost amounts to a comprehensive history of Western European art. Viewing it demands a planning, so our expert-guide will show you all the great masterpieces.
13:00 - Lunch
14:00 - After tasty lunch you will enjoy a walking tour to the Peter & Paul's Fortress, where the Romanovs are buried. You will swoon at the panoramic views from atop the fortress walls, at the foot of which lies a sandy riverside beach. Then you will be returned to your hotel.This full-day tour combines the two most popular excursions from St Petersburg in one trip. You'll explore Russian's royal history at the incomparably grand palaces and see the amazing gardens.
10:00 - After pickup from your hotel, your guide will take you to one of St. Petersburg's most famous and popular visitor attractions, the astonishing Peterhof, "the fountain capital", which are often referred to as "the Russian Versaille". Hugging the Gulf of Finland, 29km west of St Petersburg, Peterhof is really gem of the environs of the city with leafy gardens and a spectacular ensemble of gravity-powered gilded fountains, including 4 cascades.
14:00 - Lunch
15:00 - After lunch you will visit Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin) and admire the vast baroque Catherine's Palace (Tsarskoe Selo), a real pearl among the summer residences of the Romanovs and a UNESCO site. The interiors are superb, with highlights including the world-famous Amber Room, where the whole surface of the walls is covered with natural amber. Besides the palace, the guide will take you around the royal Catherine’s park. Then return to your car or minivan and travel back to the hotel where your tour ends.What's included
- Hotel pick up and drop-off
- Professional English-speaking guide assistance. Other languages upon request (additional charge may apply)
- Driver’s services as per the program (Comfortable car/minivan with A/C)
- Entrance fee to the Hermitage museum
- Entrance fee tо Peter and Paul’s Fortress
- Entrance fee tо Peterhof Park and Fountains Complex (no Palace)
- Entrance fee tо Catherine's Palace
- Restaurant Lunches on both days of the tour
- Visa invitation
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Personal expenses
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Gratuities to guide/driver (optional)
- The timings in the itinerary are approximate and can be altered based on entrance time available to a particular sight
- Order of tour days may be changed due to days-off on particular sights
- The fountains in Peterhof operate from early May to early October. During the winter season the park is covered with snow and all fountains are kept under wooden boxes for their preservation
- In rare cases visit to Catherine Palace can be replaced with a visit to Pavlovsk Palace due to days off and overbooking or you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund
- The tour price already includes all the taxes & fees, you will not see any of them later during the checkout.
- Adult pricing applies to all travelers
Visa
Russian visa support (Russian visa invitation letter) is included.
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