Venice of the North
Experience St Petersburg’s most sought-after attractions including Winter Palace, the Peter and Paul's fortress, St Issac's Cathedral and Church on Spilled Blood. Explore Russia’s national museum – the Hermitage, and immerse into the world of the Royals with knowledgeable guide! The collection of the State Hermitage includes over 3 million works of art and unique world culture artifacts - amazing paintings, graphic works, sculptures, works of applied art, archaeological artifacts and numismatic objects. After visiting imperial estates like Pushkin and Petergof and seeing amazing imperial attractions like magnificent Grand Cascade and fabulous Catherine's Palace, visit one of the most beautiful private palaces in St. Petersburg - Yusupov Palace and learn about legendary Russian family of the Princes Yusupovs and famous Grigory Rasputin. One of the world's most beautiful cities, St. Petersburg has all the ingredients for an unforgettable travel experience: high art, lavish architecture, an extraordinary history and rich cultural traditions that have inspired and nurtured some of the modern world's greatest literature, music, and visual art. St Petersburg will charm and entice you!
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Welkom to St Petersburg, a city of magic beauty, countless bridges and canals. Spend the evening at leisure before your tomorrow sightseeng tour starts. Transfer to the hotel is included.
Meet your guide at your hotel and start your 8-hour city tour with a look at the city’s center to learn about amazing imperial past, visiting sights like the Peter and Paul's fortress with soaring golden spire of the Baroque and huge St Issac's Cathedral, and then move to the Church on Spilled Blood, built in a historical Russian style with colorful onion domes. After tasty lunch travel along Palace Square, seeing baroque white-and-azure Winter Palace of Russian tsars and Alexander Column - two of the town’s main landmarks – and then continue to Hermitage Museum, unmissable attraction on any St. Petersburg itinerary. Learn about the museum’s history as you walk around admiring the artwork with your experienced guide. Then transfer back to your hotel.
In the morning your guide takes you to Pushkin with the vast baroque Catherine Palace, 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. Our experienced guide will give detailed explanation of what you'll see and take you around the royal Catherine’s park. Then have a tasty lunch accompanied by folk performances. Then return to your hotel.
Board your coach and head to one of St. Petersburg's most famous and popular visitor attractions, amazing palace and park at Peterhof, which are often referred to as "the fountain capital". While you travel, listen to historical facts from your expected guide. Hugging the Gulf of Finland, 29km west of St Petersburg, Peterhof is really gem of the environs of the city. The astonishing palace is surrounded by leafy gardens and a spectacular ensemble of gravity-powered gilded fountains, including the Grand Cascade, the greatest fountain complex in the world. Then enjoy a tasty lunch and have the leisurely trip back to St Petersburg.
Meet your friendly guide at your hotel and travel to the spectacular Yusupov Palace on the Moyka River with the best 19th-century interiors in the city. Learn more about sumptuous receptions, including dances and masquerades and the murder scene Grigory Rasputin - Siberian peasant who became a beginning of XX century spiritual mentor and family friend Emperor Nicholas II. Have a tasty lunch. Transfer back to your hotel.
Spend the day at your leisure.
Meet your driver at the hotel and transfer to the airport.
What's included
- The best guides in St. Petersburg;
- Hotel accommodation in a fine, central 4* hotel;
- Private driver and all airport transfers;
- All of the museum entrance fees;
- Full Russian visa processing for US and Australian citizens and visa support for all other countries
airfares to Russia, personal expenses, optional tours
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