LONG WEEKEND IN SAINT-PETERSBURG
(from Wednesday to Sunday)
Duration: 5 days
DAY 1.
Guide & transport
Arrival to St-Petersburg. Meeting with guide. Transfer to hotel. Accommodation.
Free time without guide.
Day 2. ST-PETERSBURG CITY TOUR
Guide & transport
Breakfast.
City tour with a visit to the Peter and Paul Fortress.
Tourists will see the Palace Square, Spit of Vasilyevsky Island, Nevsky Prospect, Winter Palace, Kazan and St. Isaac’s Cathedrals, the Admiralty. Famous Egyptian sphinxes, monuments to Peter I (“The Bronze Horseman”) and Nicholas I, the cruiser “Aurora”, Peter and Paul Fortress and many other architectural sights and monuments.
Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation. Free time without guide.
Day 3. PETERHOFF
Guide & transport
Breakfast. Meeting with guide.
Departure from hotel for suburban excursion to Peterhof (32 km from St-Petersburg).
Peterhof is perhaps the most famous and impressive Imperial Estate of St. Petersburg. Located on the shores of the Gulf of Finland (part of the Baltic Sea), the palace was built by Peter the Great as a resting place on the way to the Imperial Naval Base in Kronstadt. But the Tzar quickly recognized the attractiveness of the area and built a huge estate to rival the famous gardens of Versailles.
Visit of the Grand Palace of Peterhof and the Lower Park. Late afternoon return to hotel.
Free time without guide.
Day 4. THE HERMITAGE
Guide & transport
Breakfast. Meeting with guide. Visit to the Hermitage.
The Hermitage is the best Russian gallery of world art, one of the most famous art museums in the world and, of course, the main tourist attraction of St. Petersburg. The museum was founded in 1764 when Catherine the Great acquired a collection of 255 paintings in Berlin.
The Hermitage is proud of over 2.7 million exhibits and presents a wide range of art and artifacts from around the world and throughout history
(from Ancient Egypt to Europe in the early 20th century.
Day 5.
Guide & transport
Breakfast.
Check-out. Meeting with guide. Transfer to airport.
Available languages
Guide:
English-speaking/French-speaking/German-speaking/Spanish-speaking/Czech-speaking. Other languages are upon request.