Tour program
day1 | - Arrival in St.-Petersburg. Meeting with guide. - City tour: «St-Petersburg – Northern capital of Russia (only view points, without entrance)». During a tour of St. Petersburg you will see St.Isaac’s Cathedral, the Bronze Horseman, the Admiralty, Winter Palace, Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood and the Field of Mars. Than you will see Vasilyevsky Island, Rostral columns, stock Exchange building. - Excursion to Peter and Paul Fortress (The tour includes a visit to Peter and Paul Cathedral, the first cathedral of St Petersburg, a burial place of the Romanov dynasty.) Transfer to hotel. - Check in at hotel. ( A guide and transport will be with you for 8 hours in total) |
day2 | - Breakfast in hotel. A guide will meet you in the hotel lobby. - Excursion the State Hermitage museum - Russia's best gallery of art and one of the most prominent art museums in the world. The museum was founded in 1764 when Catherine the Great purchased a collection of 255 paintings from the German city of Berlin. Today, the Hermitage boasts over 2.7 million exhibits. - Excursion to the History Museum-Scale Model «Peter the Great Aquatory» - Large scale model of St. Petersburg of 18th century. - Transfer to restaurant. Dinner. Then you have free time. - For an additional fee: Russian folk show at the Nikolaevsky Palace in St.-Petersburg. (Enjoy this unique opportunity of getting acquainted with the history and cultural traditions of Russia!) ($59 per person) / Russian Ballet in the palace theaters of St. Petersburg. (from $ 39 per person)/ Boat trip ($12 per person) (A guide and transport will be with you for 8 hours in total) |
day3 | - Breakfast in hotel. Check out from hotel. Meet with a guide in the hotel lobby. - Bus excursion to Peterhof. Peterhofis known as Russian Versailles and famous for its numerous and impressive cascades and fountains. (Park complex and the small Palace, Grand Palace – external review). - Transfer to restaurant. Dinner. - Excursion «Tea in a Communal apartment». Communal apartments appeared in the Soviet Union following the Russian revolution of 1917. The communal apartment became the predominant form of housing in the USSR for generations, and examples still exist in "the most fashionable central districts of large Russian cities". - Transfer to airport/railway station. (A guide and transport will be with you for 9 hours in total) |
Approximate prices of the tour per person (prices-netto are in dollars)/Approximate prices of the tour per person without accommodation (prices-netto are in dollars):
Hotel |
Date |
Group |
Group |
Group |
Group |
Group |
Extra payment |
|
04.07.16 – 30.09.16 01.05.17 – 22.05.17 |
$159 |
$169 |
$189 |
$179 |
$199 |
$22 |
01.10.16 – 30.04.17 |
$149 |
$159 |
$179 |
$169 |
$189 |
$10 |
|
|
04.07.16 – 30.09.16 01.05.17 – 22.05.17 |
$169 |
$179 |
$199 |
$189 |
$209 |
$23 |
01.10.16 – 30.04.17 |
$159 |
$169 |
$179 |
$169 |
$199 |
$17 |
|
|
04.07.16 – 30.09.16 01.05.17 – 22.05.17 |
$169 |
$179 |
$199 |
$179 |
$209 |
$18 |
01.10.16 – 30.04.17 |
$149 |
$159 |
$179 |
$159 |
$189 |
$18 |
|
|
04.07.16 – 30.09.16 01.05.17 – 22.05.17 |
$279 |
$289 |
$309 |
$299 |
$339 |
$53 |
01.10.16 – 30.04.17 |
$209 |
$219 |
$239 |
$229 |
$249 |
$43 |
Prices for the period of white nights (23.05.17 – 03.07.17) - on request.
Please try to book tours for groups for the summer season in advance, especially for the period - at the end of May-June, because of shortage of hotel rooms in St.-Petersburg during the summer season.
Included:
- Stay at your chosen hotel for 2 nights. Check-out time 12.00. Check-in time 2 pm.;
- 3 breakfasts and 2 dinners;
- Transport: according to the tour programme (group 10-15 people by minibus, group of 20/30/40 people by bus);
- Tickets to the museums as stated in the tour programme.
- Services of guide.
For additional payment:
- All the additional services;
- A typical meal for one person costs approximately $9-10.
- For extra usage of the transport in Saint-Petersburg: $12 per hour for a minibus (12-18 seats, 4+1 hours minimum); $23 per hour for a bus (20/30/40 seats, 3+1 hours minimum);
- Guide escort extra hours - $11 per hour;
- Dinner ($10 per person);
- Hire of clothes in winter month.