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Tour cost includes: - private guide - private A/C vehicle - admission fees - blanket visas - photo/video permits |
Tour cost does not include: - lunch (extra 10 USD per person per day) - evening extra activities (ballet, folk show, opera, restaurant etc.) |
To check your group price, please send your enquiry to info@guide-guru.com
Moderate
Strenuous
Total - 22 hours
Total - 23 hours
Day 1 (8.30am-4.30pm)
Day 2 (8.30am-5.30pm)
8.30am Meet your guide at the ship next to passport control booths. The guide will hold Guide-Guru sign.
8.30am Meet your guide at the ship next to passport control booths. The guide will hold Guide-Guru sign.
9.00-11.30am City sightseeing tour. You will see the Old city, Nevsky prospect, Square of Arts, Bronze Horseman, Strelka, Cruiser Aurora (battleship that signalled Bolshevik Revolution) and Peter the Great's Log Cabin.
9.00-12.00pm City sightseeing tour. City sightseeing tour. You will see the Old city, Nevsky prospect, Square of Arts, Bronze Horseman, Strelka, Cruiser Aurora (battleship that signalled Bolshevik Revolution) and Peter the Great's Log Cabin, visit inside Peter&Paul Fort, see the burial place of Romanov czars in Peter&Paul cathedral
11.30-12.30pm Lunch time
12.00-1.00pm Lunch time
12.30-1.30pm Transfer to Peterhof
1.00-2.00pm Transfer to Peterhof, take a Metro trip to see its beautiful underground architecture
1.30-3.30pm Take a relaxing walk in Peterhof Fountain Park, see a unique fountain system that operates without pumps, admire shining waterfalls and cascades, walk to the Gulf of Finland.
2.00-4.30pm Take a relaxing walk in Peterhof Fountain Park, visit inside Grand Peterhof Palace, see royal gala and private living rooms, continue your tour in the Upper Gardens, view a unique fountain system that operates without pumps, admire shining waterfalls and cascades, walk to the Gulf of Finland.
3.30-4.30pm Transfer to St.Petersburg, take a Metro trip to see its beautiful underground architecture
4.30-5.30 Take a hydrofoil to St.Petersburg
4.30pm Onboard the ship
5.30pm Onboard the ship
from 6.30pm Evening entertainment (folk performance, ballet, opera, dinner in the Russian family, restaurant) - extra charges apply
from 6.30pm Evening entertainment (folk performance, ballet, opera, dinner in the Russian family, restaurant) - extra charges apply
Day 2 (9.00am-4.30pm)
Day 2 (9.00am-4.30pm)
9.00am Meet the guide and the driver
9.00am Meet the guide and the driver
9.00-10.00am Drive to Catherine's palace in Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo)
9.00-10.00am Drive to Catherine's palace in Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo)
10.00-12.30pm Tour Catherine Palace. You will enter the premises through a glittering wrought-iron Gold gates from where opens a stunning view on the heaven-blue palace facade. You will tour the grand baroque Catherine palace with its endless Golden Gallery of rooms: Great Hall of Mirrors, Picture Hall, Gala Dining hall, Marble Staircase, the legendary Amber Room etc. Your tour continues in a splendid Catherine Park.
10.00-12.30pm Tour Catherine Palace. You will enter the premises through a glittering wrought-iron Gold gates from where opens a stunning view on the heaven-blue palace facade. You will tour the grand baroque Catherine palace with its endless Golden Gallery of rooms: Great Hall of Mirrors, Picture Hall, Gala Dining hall, Marble Staircase, the legendary Amber Room etc. Your tour continues in a splendid Catherine Park.
12.30-1.30pm Lunch time
12.30-1.30pm Lunch time
1.30-3.30pm Tour Pavlovsk, visit the Emperor Paul's Grand Palace, walk in Pavlovsk landscape park
1.30-3.30pm Tour of Pavlovsk, visit the Emperor Paul's Grand Palace, walk in Pavlovsk landscape park
3.30-4.30pm Transfer to St.Petersburg
3.00-4.30pm Transfer to St.Petersburg
4.30pm Onboard the ship
4.30pm Onboard the ship
from 6.30pm Evening entertainment (folk performance, ballet, opera, dinner in the Russian family, restaurant) - extra charges apply
from 6.30pm Evening entertainment (folk performance, ballet, opera, dinner in the Russian family, restaurant) - extra charges apply
Day 3 (10.00am-4.30pm)
Day 3 (10.00am-4.30pm)
10.00am Meet the guide and the driver
10.00am Meet the guide and the driver
10.30-11.00am Visit inside Church-on-the-Spilled Blood
10.30-11.00am Visit inside Church-on-the-Spilled Blood
11.00-1.00pm Tour of the Hermitage museum. You will explore treasures of one of the richest world art museums, view the Royal collection of European masters (Leonardo da Vinci, Rafael, Michelangelo, Rubens, Titian, Rembrandt, Van Dyck), see the French Impressionists collection that is second to the collection in France, take a special tour of the Winter Palace and view royal gala and living rooms.
(early admission can be arranged upon your request, additional charge will apply)
11.00-1.00pm Tour of the Hermitage museum. You will explore treasures of one of the richest world art museums, view the Royal collection of European masters (Leonardo da Vinci, Rafael, Michelangelo, Rubens, Titian, Rembrandt, Van Dyck), see the French Impressionists collection that is second to the collection in France, take a special tour of the Winter Palace and view royal gala and living rooms.
(early admission can be arranged upon your request, additional charge will apply)
1.30-2.30pm Lunch time
1.30-2.30pm Lunch time
2.30-4.00pm Boat trip through the rivers and canals. During this fascinating journey, you will pass under numerous bridges with intricate wrought-iron railings, admire the exteriors of the many former noble mansions and palaces and feel the atmosphere of the old Petersburg.
2.30-4.00pm tour the Yusupovs' palace, home of the wealthiest Russian noble family that is known as a place of Monk Rasputin's murder.
4.30pm Onboard the cruise ship
4.30pm Onboard the cruise ship
Tour sequence may vary depending on museum opening hours, to escape logistic issues or overcrowding at venues.
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