St. Petersburg 3-day cruise tours "The Baltic Extravaganza"

This 3 day St. Petersburg cruise tours are specially designed for Russia admirers who deliberately chose the Baltic cruise to spend 3 days in Russia and explore St. Petersburg treasures. The cruise tour is called "The Baltic Extravaganza" because it really makes the HIGHLIGHT of your entire Baltic cruise. During 3 tour days you will go on a profound cultural voyage through the history of Russia and its former brilliant capital of Saint Petersburg.

On your city tour you will walk in the Old Town to admire numerous elegant house facades, mansions of the nobility, curving cobble stone embankments and wide prospects,feel the vibrant modern life of St. Petersburg with its numerous restaurants, cafes, shops and boutiques, learn the story of Leningrad Siege and post WWII life. You will next become an art-connoiseur visiting the renowned Hermitage museum, and take an exciting trip to the imperial summer residences of Pushkin, Pavlovsk and Peterhof to become amazed at the Romanov monarchs' wealth and luxury.

You will be privileged to tour inside the Grand Yusupovs' palace, home of the wealthiest Russian noble family, learn the story of the mysterious monk Rasputin murder.

As an option, we offer you to spend 2 days in St. Petersburg and 1 day in Moscow.
Learn more about the  Cruise tour "Baltic Extravaganza"St Petersburg + Moscow.

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Cruise ships calling at St. Petersburg port for 3 days: Oceania Nautica (Oceania Cruises), Seaborn Sojourn, Seaborn Pride (Seaborn Cruises), Crystal Symphony (Crystal Cruises), Seven Seas Voyager (Seven Seas Cruises), Quest for Adventure (Saga Cruises), Discovery Cruise Line, SilverSea Whisper, SilverSea Cloud (SilverSea Cruises). 

The below tour programs are basic and we can easily adjust them to your ship berthing time and your individual needs. Just let us know and we readily customize the tour program for you. We aim at reducing your travel expenses offering the most attrractive tour costs for seeing the most remarkable attractions. The tours can be supplemented with additional visits to St.Isaac's cathedral, Peter Paul Fortress with cathedral, Evening Canal cruise, the Yusupovs' palace, Grand Peterhof palace, early entry to the Hermitage, a hydrofoil ride. Contact us for a special quote.

"When planning your trip to St Petersburg, you might want to see Everything, and the More things are packed into the tour, the better. There's another side of the coin. The Quantity will inevitably spoil the Quality. Having worked as a tour guide for 8 years, I can sum up: when you rush, there's no place for a mere enjoyment. St. Petersburg does not deserve this attidude. It unveils its beauties and charm only to travelers who can stop & gaze.  Always remember, St. Petersburg is a 5 million city with a very busy traffic which becomes even busier year after year. A very tight tour program may lead to physical and moral wear-out. Our goal is to make your acquaintance  with St. Petersburg really memorable and pleasant with NO place for stress and disappointment! " Natalia Rogachyova, Program director

Light	Moderate	Intensive
Total 20 hours	Total 23,5 hours	Total 24 hours
Day 1 (8.30-3.00pm)	Day 1 (8.00-4.00pm)	Day 1 (8.00-4.30pm)
8.30am - meet your guide at the sea passenger port terminal next to the Immigration control.	8.00am - meet your guide at the sea passenger port terminal next to the Immigration control.	8.00am - meet your guide at the sea passenger port terminal next to the Immigration control.
8.30-12.00am - Comprehensive St. Petersburg sightseeing tour (see the Old city, Nevsky prospect, Square of Arts, the Winter Palace, Bronze Horseman, Strelka, stop on St.Isaac's square, visit inside Spilled Blood Church. You will also see Cruiser Aurora (battleship that signalled Bolshevik Revolution) and Peter the Great's Log Cabin, visit the House of Karl Faberge.	8.30-11.30am - Comprehensive St. Petersburg  sightseeing tour (see the Old city, Nevsky prospect, Square of Arts, the Winter Palace, Bronze Horseman, Strelka, stop on St.Isaac's square, visit inside Spilled Blood Church. You will also see Cruiser Aurora (battleship that signalled Bolshevik Revolution) and Peter the Great's Log Cabin, visit the House of Karl Faberge.	8.30-12.00am - Comprehensive St. Petersburg sightseeing tour (see the Old city, Nevsky prospect, Square of Arts, the Winter Palace, Bronze Horseman, Strelka, stop on St.Isaac's square, visit the House of Karl Faberge. You will next tour inside Peter Paul Fortress with cathedral (the city's birth place and a burial place of the Romanovs royal family). Visit inside Spilled Blood Church. You will also see Cruiser Aurora (battleship that signalled Bolshevik Revolution) and Peter the Great's Log Cabin.
12.00-12.30pm - lunch time 12.30-2.30pm - free time, shopping. Visit the famous central department store Gostiny Dvor.	11.30-1.30pm – Tour of the Hermitage museum. You will explore treasures of one of the richest world art museums, see the Royal collection of European masters (Leonardo da Vinci, Rafael, Michelangelo, Rubens, Titian, Rembrandt etc.), a collection of French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists that is only second to the collection in France. You will also take a special tour of the Winter palace and view royal living rooms and Gala halls. 1.30-2.00pm - lunch time	12.00-2.00pm – Tour of the Hermitage museum. You will explore treasures of one of the richest world art museums, see the Royal collection of European masters (Leonardo da Vinci, Rafael, Michelangelo, Rubens, Titian, Rembrandt etc.), a collection of French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists that is only second to the collection in France. You will also take a special tour of the Winter palace and view royal living rooms and Gala halls. 2.00-2.30pm - lunch time
3.00pm - back onboard the cruise ship.	2.30-3.30pm – Canal cruise. During this relaxing canal cruise you will see the city from a different angle. St. Petersburg inherited many features from its European "sister towns" Venice and Amsterdam. Similar location on islands and winding rivers determined its architectural look: it boasts of more than 400 bridges, curving granite embankments, graceful palaces of nobility and royalty overlooking waterways. (Groups above 6 pax are provided a private boat and have a treat of the Russian champagne onboard).	3.00-4.00pm – Canal cruise. During this relaxing canal cruise you will see the city from a different angle. St. Petersburg inherited many features from its European "sister towns" Venice and Amsterdam. Similar location on islands and winding rivers determined its architectural look: it boasts of more than 400 bridges, curving granite embankments, graceful palaces of nobility and royalty overlooking waterways. (Groups above 6 pax are provided a private boat and have a treat of the Russian champagne onboard).
	4.00pm - back onboard the cruise ship.	4.30pm - back onboard the cruise ship.
from 6.00pm - check our Evening entertainment programs	from 6.00pm - check our Evening entertainment programs	from 6.00pm - check our Evening entertainment programs
Day 2 (8.30-4.30pm)	Day 2 (8.30-5.00pm)	Day 2 (8.30-5.00pm)
8.30am - meet your tour guide, payment procedures.	8.30am - meet your tour guide, payment procedures.	8.30am - meet your tour guide, payment procedures.
9.00-10.00am - transfer to Pushkin town. You will pass through the residential and suburban areas of St.Petersburg and see apartment houses of the local people.	9.00-10.00am - transfer to Pushkin town. You will pass through the residential and suburban areas of St.Petersburg and see apartment houses of the local people.	9.00-10.00am - transfer to Pushkin town. You will pass through the residential and suburban areas of St.Petersburg and see apartment houses of the local people.
10.00-11.30am - 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.	10.00-11.30am - 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.	10.00-11.30am - 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.
12.00-1.00pm - Drive to the town of Peterhof, see the summer houses (called ‘dachas’) of the Russians on the way.	11.40-12.00pm - lunch time	11.40-12.00pm - lunch time
1.00-1.30pm - lunch time	12.00-12.30pm - transfer to Pavlovsk	12.00-12.30pm - transfer to Pavlovsk
1.30-3.00pm - tour Peterhof Fountain Park. You will walk in the Upper and Lower Peterhof parks, enjoy the spectacular view on the Grand Cascade with its shining gilded statues and Grand Peterhof palace (outside view), learn about the unique fountain system that operates without pumps, enjoy “trick fountains” invented by Peter the Great to entertain his guests, stroll along the Finnish Gulf to admire magnificent sea-view and St.Petersburg panorama.	1.00-3.00pm - visit inside the Emperor Paul's palace. The Pavlovsk Palace has most exquisite interiors decorated to the tastes of the Emperor Paul and his spouse Maria. You will observe the Italian Hall, the Grecian Hall, the Hall of War and the Hall of Peace, the Libraries of Paul I and Maria Fyodorovna, the Boudoir, the Gala Bedroom, and the Tapestry Room decorated with very rare Gobelin tapestries from the famous Don Quixote series given to Paul I by Lois XVI. Your tour will continue in Pavlovsk landscape park which is the one of the largest parks in Europe.	1.00-3.00pm - visit inside the Emperor Paul's palace. The Pavlovsk Palace has most exquisite interiors decorated to the tastes of the Emperor Paul and his spouse Maria. You will observe the Italian Hall, the Grecian Hall, the Hall of War and the Hall of Peace, the Libraries of Paul I and Maria Fyodorovna, the Boudoir, the Gala Bedroom, and the Tapestry Room decorated with very rare Gobelin tapestries from the famous Don Quixote series given to Paul I by Lois XVI. Your tour will continue in Pavlovsk landscape park which is the one of the largest parks in Europe.
3.00-4.30pm - transfer to St. Petersburg, (You can also request hydrofoil transport at extra 15$/person. Journey time will be only 30 minutes),  take a Metro ride (optional).	3.00-4.30pm - transfer to St.Petersburg, take a Metro ride (optional).	3.00-4.30pm - transfer to St.Petersburg, take a Metro ride (optional).
4.30pm - back onboard the cruise ship.	5.00pm - back onboard the cruise ship.	5.00pm - back onboard the cruise ship.
from 6.00pm - check our Evening entertainment programs	from 6.00pm - check our Evening entertainment programs	from 6.00pm - check our Evening entertainment programs
Day 3 (10.30am-4.00pm)	Day 3 (9.30am-4.30pm)	Day 3 (9.30am-4.30pm)
10.30am - meet your tour guide.	9.30am - meet your tour guide.	9.30am - meet your tour guide.
11.00-1.30pm - Tour of the Hermitage museum. You will explore treasures of one of the richest world art museums, see the Royal collection of European masters (Leonardo da Vinci, Rafael, Michelangelo, Rubens, Titian, Rembrandt etc.), a collection of French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists that is only second to the collection in France. You will also take a special tour of the Winter palace and view royal living rooms and Gala halls.	9.30-10.30pm - Drive to the town of Peterhof, see the summer houses (called ‘dachas’) of the Russians on the way.	9.30-10.30pm - Drive to the town of Peterhof, see the summer houses (called ‘dachas’) of the Russians on the way.
2.30-3.30pm - visit inside Peter Paul Fortress with cathedral (the city's birthplace and the burial place of the Romanovs' royal family).	11.00-12.30pm - tour Peterhof Fountain Park. You will walk in the Upper and Lower Peterhof parks, enjoy the spectacular view on the Grand Cascade with its shining gilded statues and Grand Peterhof palace (outside view), learn about the unique fountain system that operates without pumps, enjoy “trick fountains” invented by Peter the Great to entertain his guests, stroll along the Finnish Gulf to admire magnificent sea-view and St.Petersburg panorama.	10.30-1.00pm - tour Peterhof Fountain Park and Peterhof Palace. You will walk in the Upper and Lower Peterhof parks, enjoy the spectacular view on the Grand Cascade with its shining gilded statues and Grand Peterhof palace, learn about the unique fountain system that operates without pumps, enjoy “trick fountains” invented by Peter the Great to entertain his guests, stroll along the Finnish Gulf to admire magnificent sea-view and St.Petersburg panorama. Visit inside Grand Peterhof Palace, see the royal gala and private living rooms, Oak Study of Peter the Great.
4.00pm - back onboard the cruise ship	12.30-2.00pm - transfer to St. Petersburg. (You can also request hydrofoil transport at extra 15$/person. Journey time will be only 30 minutes.) 2.00-2.30pm – lunch time	1.00-1.40pm - take Hydrofoil back to St. Petersburg. This speed boat will allow you to avoid traffic jams.| 2.00-2.30pm – lunch time
	3.00-4.00pm – Visit the Yusupovs' palace. Tour the Yusupovs' palace, home of the wealthiest Russian noble family that is known as a place of Monk Rasputin's murder.	3.00-4.00pm – Visit the Yusupovs' palace. Tour the Yusupovs' palace, home of the wealthiest Russian noble family that is known as a place of Monk Rasputin's murder.
	4.30pm - back onboard the cruise ship	4.30pm - back onboard the cruise ship
TOUR REQUEST	TOUR REQUEST	TOUR REQUEST

 *Tour sequence may change depending on the day of the week, logistics, museum openining hours.

Tour cost, USD (per person):

Light

Moderate

* Price for groups above 10pax includes LUNCH ON 3 DAYS.

includes Child under 6 may travel with 1 parent free of charge. More than 16 pax group is quoted individually, please send your enquiry to get an additional discount. Schoolchildren, students and children above 6 y.o. are offered a discounted price. (Students must provide their international ISIC ID card to our Tour Coordinator upon payment to claim the discounted price. Failing to do this, they pay the full adult price).

The price is indicated in USD per person. You can share this tour with others to save $$ if you place an invitation on our Roll Call Boards. We can also help you finding tour mates via our Facebook page. Cruisecritic website is a great way to find tour mates.

The tour cost includes: private guide, private A/C comfortable car, admission fees, bottled still water (1 bottle/person/day), photo/video permits, port fees, blanket visas, earphones (for groups above 10pax), lunch on 3 days (for groups above 10 pax), Welcome gift.

The tour cost doesn't include: lunch (for groups below 10pax), card procession fees (if you pay with credit card).
 

How to book

1. Send a Tour Request.
2. Receive our Tour program offer.
3. Confirm it and send your passport details (we need this info to register you with the Russian Immigration authorities. Your private data will remain strictly confidential.)
4. Receive our Booking notice and your Tour tickets for visa-free disembarking.

Booking deadline - latest 1 week before your arrival.

Payment terms: No deposit or prepayment is required. Payment is made at the beginning of Day 2 after you enjoyed your Day 1.
We accept:
- Credit cards (Visa/Mastercard/JSB/China Union Pay). 3% bank fee is added to your tour price to cover bank procession fees.
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