Optional Excursions 2016

St. Petersburg - the Russian metropolis of Czars...

St. Isaac´s Cathedral. clopdia of park design through the St. Isaac´s was originally the city´s age of empire. main church and the largest cathe- Price: € 61,- (with big Palace) dral in Russia. The cathedral facades Price: € 46,- (Park only) are decorated with sculptures and massive granite columns, while the Pavlovsk. interior is adorned with incredibly The Great Palace at Pavlovsk is Peterhof. Grand Cascade & Samson Fountain detailed mosaic icons, paintings and somewhat staid in comparison to Yussupov Palace. columns made of malachite and lapis its near neighbour at Tsarskoe Selo, The Yussupov Palace is one of the lazuli. forgoing that building´s opulent orna- most beautiful examples of clas- Price: € 39,- mentation for classical elegance and sicsm style constructions. Decorated harmony, painted in the deep yellow with six-column portico, the palace Russian Museum. and white color scheme typcial of St. delights with harmony of proportions The Russian Museum is a unique Petersburg neo-classicism. and silhouette elegancy. The palace depository of the Russian Fine Art. The Price: € 44,- collections of Russian Museum consists is worth visiting not only as one of the best monuments of the palace archi- of about 400.000 exponents. Pushkin. tecture of the 19th century, but also Price: € 42,- The Catherine Palace is named after from the historical point of view. Catherine I, the wife of Peter the Gre- Price: € 46,- Peterhof. at, who ruled Russia for two years af- The Grand Palace at Peterhof was ter her husband´s death. The palace Alexander-Newsky Monastery. designed to be the centerpiece of is best known for Rastrelli´s grand The complex is home to some of the Peter the Great´s ‚Russian Versailles‘. suite of formal rooms known as the oldest buildings in the city, as well Highlights include the richly gilded Golden Enfilade. It starts at the spa- as to cemeteries which contain the Ballroom and Felten´s splendid white- cious airy ballroom, the ‚Grand Hall‘ graves of some of the giants of Rus- and-turquoise Throne room, which or the ‚Hall of Lights‘, with a specta- sian culture, including Tchaikovsky, has a particulary fine parquet floor. cular painted ceiling and comprises Dostojevsky and Glinka. Do not miss the great extended park numerous distinctively decorated Price: € 38,- with its famous system of fountains, smaller rooms, including the including the truly spectacular Grand famous,reproduced Amber Room Pushkin & Pavlovsk. Cascade. Peterhof is like an ency- Price: € 51,- Price: € 73,-

Peter & Paul Fortress. Price: € 28,- (during incl. City sight- seeing tour)

Theatre/Opera Performance. Performances/Prices on request

Note: Prices are per person for groups of min. 20 Pax.

Please be informed that when you have boo- ked two optional excursions on one day or a whole day excursion, we have to arrange lunch boxes instead of lunch on board. That is why we sometimes have not enough time to come Pushkin. Catherine Palace back for lunch on board.