- Recommended period: all the year round
- Main sights: bus sightseeing tour, the Hermitage (the main museum complex), the Lower Park in Peterhof, the Catherine Palace and the park in Tsarskoe Selo, Yusupov Palace, St. Isaac’s Cathedral or Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood
- Accommodation: not included
- Transport: minibus/coach
Itinerary
Day 1
- Meeting with the guide in the airport, at the sea port or at the railway station.
- Sightseeing tour with outside views of the following attractions: Nevsky prospect, Kazan Cathedral, Cathedral of the Savior on Spilled Blood, Field of Mars, Summer Garden, Marble Palace, Mikhailovsky Castle, Admiralty, Senate square, St. Isaac’s Cathedral, Bronze Horseman monument, cruiser «Aurora», Spit of Vasilyevsky Island, Rostral Columns, Smolny Cathedral, Palace square overlooking the Winter Palace, Palace Bridge, the territory of the Peter and Paul Fortress and other famous sights.
- Excursion to the Hermitage — the largest art museum in the world. Its collections include more than 3.5 million exhibits. During the tour you will get acquainted with the ceremonial halls and masterpieces of this grand museum — the works of Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Raphael and other famous works of art.
Day 2
- Meeting with the guide.
- Excursion «Russian Versailles» — you will see the most luxurious summer residence of Russian tsars — Peterhof — this is the pearl of Russian art — a city of parks, palaces and fountains.
- Excursion to Tsarskoe Selo with a visit to the Catherine Palace. The beloved residence of the Russian emperors will open its doors to you, inviting you to meet with exquisite masterpieces of art and architecture.
Day 3
- Meeting with the guide.
- Visit to the palace of the Yusupov Princes on the Moika. Visiting the ceremonial halls of the Yusupov Palace, as well as the famous exposition «The Murder of Grigory Rasputin».
- Excursion to St. Isaac’s Cathedral — the most luxurious and grandiose of the city’s churches or the Cathedral of the Savior on Spilled Blood — a memorial church in St. Petersburg, built on the site of the fatal wound of Alexander II. The main decoration of the cathedral is the unique mosaics covering the interiors and facades of the building.
- Transfer to the airport, to the sea port or to the railway station.
Included:
- the Hermitage (the main museum complex), the Lower Park in Peterhof (the Grand Palace 01.01-22.04.22 and 17.10-31.03.23), the Catherine Palace and the park in Tsarskoe Selo, the Yusupov Palace, the St.Isaac’s Cathedral or the Savior on the Spilled Blood
- comfortable minibus for 10+1/ bus for 15+1 and more
- licenced English, German, French, Italian and Spanish speaking guide
- 2nd guide where necessary
- 1 FOC
- commission
