ST. PETERSBURG SUMMER SEASON 2021

ST. PETERSBURG

DISCOVER THE HISTORY WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF ST. PETERSBURG – THE CITY THAT LED THE FOR 200 YEARS.

Wander through the city’s beautiful historic centre on Vasilyevsky Island – acknowledged as a UNESCO World Heritage site – and take in the view across the delta of the River to see why St. Petersburg is known as the Window to the West.

1 2 ST. PETERSBURG CITY TOUR …

… INCLUDING A VISIT TO KAZAN CATHEDRAL

Take in the full majesty of Kazan Cathedral – one of St. Petersburg’s largest. Look out over Nevsky Prospect from its serene exterior colonnade, patterned after St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, and learn how its architect was a brilliant village serf who melded the Napoleonic Empire Style into its design. As you admire the cathedral’s ornate interior, you’ll learn about the role it played in ’s victory in the great Napoleonic wars by inspiring General Mikhail Kutuzov, immortalised in a bronze statue that stands outside the cathedral.

pax price, € transport 1 107,00 car tourist class 2 53,00 1 132,00 car Mercedes E-class DURATION 4 hrs 2 66,00 CLOSED – 3 42,00 minivan Mercedes Viano SIGHTSEEING 4 31,00 5 25,00 EASY 6 23,00 minibus Mercedes Sprinter UNESCO 8 18,00 10 14,00 20 12,00 bus Tour price includes: guide service, air-conditioned vehicle, audio headsets (for 6+ pax), bottle of water, 30 10,00 weather protection kit, all taxes.. 3 4 … INCLUDING A VISIT TO PETER AND PAUL FORTRESS

Witness the birthplace of modern St. Petersburg as you explore the Peter and Paul Fortress, founded to protect the city from the Swedish Empire during the Great Northern War. Within the fortress you’ll discover its dark history as it went from being a last bastion of defence to a prison. Back in the present day, you’ll learn that it now serves as the final resting place of and almost every Tsar that followed him.

pax price, € transport 1 129,00 car tourist class 2 65,00 1 160,00 car Mercedes E-class 2 80,00 DURATION 4 hrs 3 51,00 minivan Mercedes Viano CLOSED – 4 38,00 SIGHTSEEING 5 31,00 EASY 6 29,00 minibus Mercedes Sprinter 8 22,00 UNESCO 10 18,00 20 14,00 bus Tour price includes: guide service, air-conditioned vehicle, audio headsets (for 6+ pax), bottle of water, 30 10,00 weather protection kit, all taxes.

5 6 … INCLUDING A VISIT TO ST. ISAAC CATHEDRAL

The sun glinting off the gilded dome of St. Isaac’s Cathedral can be seen miles away – there’s no mistaking this most iconic of St. Petersburg’s landmarks. Once you’re through the cathedral’s colossal bronze doors, you’ll marvel at its ornate columns and incredible artwork. You’ll come to understand why it took 40 years to build – so long that its name became a Finnish expression that means something interminable!

pax price, € transport 1 143,00 car tourist class 2 76,00 1 173,00 car Mercedes E-class DURATION 4 hrs 2 91,00 CLOSED – 3 61,00 minivan Mercedes Viano SIGHTSEEING 4 48,00 5 40,00 EASY 6 38,00 minibus Mercedes Sprinter UNESCO 8 31,00

Tour price includes: guide service, air-conditioned 10 27,00 vehicle, admission museum tickets, audio headsets 20 23,00 bus (for 6+ pax), bottle of water, weather protection kit, all taxes. 30 19,00

7 8 … INCLUDING A VISIT TO THE CHURCH ON SPILT BLOOD

Admire the vast collection of highly detailed interior and exterior mosaics of the church of the Savior on Spilled Blood as well as its enameled domes reminiscent of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow. At first sight, you might be forgiven for thinking its mediaeval revivalist style is out of place in St. Petersburg. But as you learn about its history, you’ll come to understand why a church, built in 1883, should evoke a much older architectural language – as a memorial to the murdered Tsar Alexander II.

pax price, € transport 1 112,00 car tourist class 2 58,00 1 138,00 car Mercedes E-class 2 71,00 DURATION 4 hrs 3 47,00 minivan Mercedes Viano CLOSED Wednesday 4 36,00 SIGHTSEEING 5 30,00 EASY 6 28,00 minibus Mercedes Sprinter 8 23,00 UNESCO

10 20,00 Tour price includes: guide service, air-conditioned 20 17,00 bus vehicle, admission museum tickets, audio headsets (for 6+ pax), bottle of water, weather protection kit, 30 15,00 all taxes.

9 10 … INCLUDING A VISIT TO PETER AND PAUL FORTRESS, ST. ISAAC’S CATHEDRAL AND THE CHURCH ON THE SPILT BLOOD

pax price, € transport 1 188,00 car tourist class 2 107,00 1 226,00 car Mercedes E-class DURATION 5 hrs 2 126,00 CLOSED Wednesday 3 89,00 minivan Mercedes Viano SIGHTSEEING 4 73,00 5 64,00 MODERATE 6 61,00 minibus Mercedes Sprinter UNESCO 8 52,00

Tour price includes: guide service, air-conditioned 10 47,00 vehicle, admission museum tickets, audio headsets 20 42,00 bus (for 6+ pax), bottle of water, weather protection kit, all taxes. 30 37,00

11 STATE HERMITAGE

12 STATE HERMITAGE VISIT ...

Named for Catherine the Great’s “Refuge”, the State is the world’s second largest. Its shimmering baroque façade lies between the Neva River and the vast Square with its majestic Alexander Column. The winter residence of the tsars belongs as much to Russian history as its collection belongs to the world. Ancient Greece, China, mediaeval and Renaissance art, painting to sculpture to ceramics, it takes a lifetime to see it all. Meditate on a da Vinci, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, and then bask in an enormous gilded ballroom. This is the finest jewel in the Imperial city’s crown.

pax price, € transport 1 141,00 car tourist class 2 77,00 1 172,00 car Mercedes E-class DURATION 4 hrs 2 93,00 3 63,00 minivan Mercedes Viano CLOSED Monday 4 51,00 CULTURE 5 43,00 DEMANDING 6 41,00 minibus Mercedes Sprinter 8 35,00 UNESCO

10 31,00 Tour price includes: guide service, air-conditioned 20 26,00 bus vehicle, admission museum tickets, audio headsets (for 6+ pax), bottle of water, weather protection kit, 30 21,00 all taxes.

13 14 ... INCLUDING THE GENERAL STAFF BUILDING

Bold strokes in steel and marble have recently turned the neoclassical General Staff Building opposite the into a showcase of modern art. Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, photography, African and contemporary art now have the space and grandeur they deserve.

pax price, € transport 1 177,00 car tourist class 2 98,00 1 214,00 car Mercedes E-class DURATION 5 hrs 2 117,00 CLOSED Monday 3 81,00 minivan Mercedes Viano CULTURE 4 65,00 5 56,00 DEMANDING 6 53,00 minibus Mercedes Sprinter UNESCO 8 45,00

Tour price includes: guide service, air-conditioned 10 40,00 vehicle, admission museum tickets, audio headsets 20 35,00 bus (for 6+ pax), snack box, bottle of water, weather protection kit, all taxes. 30 33,00

15 16 17 ... INCLUDING THE GENERAL STAFF BUILDING AND TREASURY GALLERY* *One room of your choice - Golden or Diamond

Golden Room Glittering variety greets visitors to the Treasure Gallery. Sumptuous imperial collections are matched with Ancient Greek, Indian, Chinese treasures, and gold from Central Asian burial mounds. Diamond Room The elegant pendants and snuff boxes of the Russian imperial family at the heart of the Treasure Gallery’s Diamond Room compete with ancient gold buckles and 20th century brooches.

pax price, € transport 1 265,00 car tourist class 2 142,00 1 302,00 car Mercedes E-class 2 161,00 DURATION 5 hrs 3 110,00 minivan Mercedes Viano CLOSED Monday 4 87,00 CULTURE 5 74,00 DEMANDING 6 68,00 minibus Mercedes Sprinter 8 56,00 UNESCO

10 49,00 Tour price includes: guide service, air-conditioned 20 39,00 bus vehicle, admission museum tickets, audio headsets (for 6+ pax), snack box, bottle of water, weather 30 37,00 protection kit, all taxes.

18 19 RIVER AND CANAL CRUISE

Hop aboard our boat trip to get a completely new view of St. Petersburg’s embankments. Peter the Great built his city up from the water, and there is no better way to see it than on one of its famous river tours. that are grand from Nevsky Prospect dazzle as the ornate façades rising above granite embankments reveal where their real entrances were. Cruise down the city’s extensive network of canals to discover why some call it the “Venice of the North” with hundreds of channels, canals and rivers. Greatest among these is the Neva with Europe’s largest flow by volume, giving the city its breadth and scale. The verdant banks of the Summer Gardens on the noble Fontanka are as romantic as the intimate channels that crisscross the city centre.

pax price, € transport 1 252,00 car tourist class 2 127,00 1 283,00 car Mercedes E-class DURATION 3 hrs 2 142,00 CLOSED – 3 92,00 minivan Mercedes Viano SIGHTSEEING 4 69,00 5 56,00 EASY 6 48,00 minibus Mercedes Sprinter UNESCO 8 36,00

Tour price includes: guide service, air-conditioned 10 29,00 vehicle, admission river boat tickets, audio headsets 20 20,00 bus (for 6+ pax), bottle of water, weather protection kit, all taxes. 30 14,00

20 CITY CRUISE BY NIGHT

One of the most memorable ways to see St. Petersburg is at night – and with this tour, you’ll see it from the river as well as dry land! The city is famed for its ‘white nights’ around the summer solstice – and when the sun never sets, you can be sure the city never sleeps, with nightlife continuing 24/7 and music festivals taking over New Holland Island. On the Neva delta, you can drink in the view of the city’s most famous sites, including the Winter Palace and Peter and Paul Fortress. Just make sure you plan how to get home – with the Palace Bridge drawn up every night, it’s easy to find yourself on the other side of the river!

Bus tour only Incl. river boat tour pax price, €, transport pax price, € 1 211,00 car tourist class 1 458,00 2 106,00 2 229,00 1 257,00 car Mercedes E-class 1 504,00 2 129,00 2 252,00 DURATION 4 hrs 3 82,00 minivan Mercedes Viano 3 164,00 CLOSED – 4 62,00 4 123,00 SIGHTSEEING 5 49,00 5 99,00 EASY 6 45,00 minibus Mercedes Sprinter 6 85,00 8 34,00 8 64,00 UNESCO 10 28,00 10 51,00 Tour price includes: guide service, air- 20 21,00 bus 20 33,00 conditioned vehicle, admission river boat tickets, audio headsets (for 6+ pax), bottle 30 15,00 30 23,00 of water, weather protection kit, all taxes.

21 22 RUSSIAN MUSEUM VISIT

Though often overshadowed by the Hermitage, the Russian Museum is a world-class institution in its own right. The Mikhailovsky Palace was designed by Carlo Rossi as part of his neoclassical reworking of the city at the end of the 18th century and was transformed into the country’s premiere showcase for national art by emperor Alexander III at the end of the 19th. Start with the superb collection of icons at the country’s spiritual sources, then move on to the decorative arts of the eighteenth century. The vast seascapes of Aivazovsky, biblical motives of Karl Bryullov, and sensitivity of Ilya Repin draw the crowds, though the collection of art from the Soviet period is also superb. Flanking the museum’s main building is the Benois corpus which features temporary exhibits, and the separate Russian Ethnographic museum.

pax price, € transport 1 128,00 car tourist class 2 70,00 1 153,00 car Mercedes E-class DURATION 3 hrs 2 82,00 CLOSED Tuesday 3 61,00 minivan Mercedes Viano CULTURAL 4 49,00 5 41,00 MODERATE 6 39,00 minibus Mercedes Sprinter UNESCO 8 33,00

Tour price includes: guide service, air-conditioned 10 29,00 vehicle, admission museum tickets, audio headsets 20 25,00 bus (for 6+ pax), bottle of water, weather protection kit, all taxes. 30 23,00

23 24 YUSUPOV PALACE VISIT INCLUDING RASPUTIN EXHIBITION

Oriental decadence, assassinations and lovers buried in the basement are some of the legends surrounding the fabulously wealthy Yusupov family. Descendants of Volga Tatar nobility, their palace on the Moika river was the finest of 57 that they had around the country. A dazzling white marble staircase leads to glittering ballrooms, a chapel, a sculpture gallery, and a gilded private theater that once hosted stars of the European stage. Here in 1916 the renegade monk and imperial favorite Gregory Rasputin was assassinated in a conspiracy led by members of the aristocracy, his body tossed into the river nearby. The restored palace hosts operettas in the theatre, a special exhibit on Rasputin, a secluded garden, and special events in loft space occupying the former stables.

pax price, € transport 1 135,00 car tourist class 2 77,00 1 160,00 car Mercedes E-class 2 89,00 DURATION 3 hrs 3 69,00 minivan Mercedes Viano CLOSED — 4 56,00 CULTURAL 5 49,00 MODERATE 6 46,00 minibus Mercedes Sprinter 8 40,00 UNESCO

10 36,00 Tour price includes: guide service, air-conditioned 20 35,00 bus vehicle, admission museum tickets, audio headsets (for 6+ pax), bottle of water, weather protection kit, 30 30,00 all taxes.

25 26 FABERGE MUSEUM VISIT

There are only 50 Fabergé eggs in the world, some belonging to royalty and some with whereabouts unknown. Since 2013, 15 of the finest have had a splendid showing in the suitably ornate salons of the Shuvalov Palace on the Fontanka River. While Soviet ideology painted them as examples of royal decadence, in reality the Fabergé enterprise served the broadening élite of what was, at the time, Europe’s fastest growing economy. In 2003, for perhaps as much as $120m, Russian oilman Viktor Vekselberg bought the core collection from media magnate Malcolm Forbes in a bid to “bring back to my country one of its most revered treasures”. His Link of Times foundation has since added some 4000 items to the collection in an effort to restore lost Russian heritage. In brightly-lit cases, the pearl and gold, jade and enamel masterpieces reveal a lost world.

pax price, € transport 1 206,00 car tourist class 2 103,00 1 230,00 car Mercedes E-class DURATION 3 hrs 2 116,00 CLOSED — 3 80,00 minivan Mercedes Viano CULTURAL 4 60,00 5 49,00 MODERATE 6 45,00 minibus Mercedes Sprinter UNESCO 8 38,00

Tour price includes: guide service, air-conditioned 10 34,00 vehicle, admission museum tickets, audio headsets 20 33,00 bus (for 6+ pax), bottle of water, weather protection kit, all taxes. 30 27,00

27 PETERHOF

28 GRAND PALACE AND LOW PARK

Peter the Great’s ornate window to the west is his fabulous and formal gardens. Conceived as a seaside palace to impress foreign dignitaries arriving by boat, and styled after Louis IV’s Versailles, Peter’s gem is really more harmonious. The large upper gardens were lain out by Peter himself around a large lake dominated by a statue of Neptune. Below is the site’s most stunning feature – a cascade of fountains that shimmer between large golden statutes meant to stun the western visitors and perhaps remind them that Peter’s fountains indeed worked better than those in Versailles. At their center a brawny golden Samson splays open the mouth of a golden lion spewing an astonishingly high jet of water. All about the lower level are other elaborate fountains and gardens that continue to impress. At the crest of the hill rises the palace itself, rebuilt after Nazi occupation. After the Hermitage, this is the city’s most fascinating destination.

pax price, € transport 1 201,00 car tourist class 2 123,00 1 238,00 car Mercedes E-class DURATION 5 hrs 2 141,00 CLOSED Monday* 3 105,00 minivan Mercedes Viano CULTURAL 4 90,00 DEMANDING 5 81,00 6 78,00 minibus Mercedes Sprinter UNESCO 8 70,00 * The Grand Palace is closed for maintenance the last Tuesday of each month. The lower park is open all season. 10 65,00 Tour price includes: guide service, air-conditioned vehicle, 20 60,00 bus admission museum tickets, audio headsets (for 6+ pax), snack box, bottle of water, weather protection kit, all taxes. 30 55,00

29 30 LOW PARK WITH THE RIDE BY HYDROFOILS ON THE WAY BACK

Peter the Great’s monumental palace was meant to be seen by visitors arriving by sea. A hovercraft departing from the city center will take you to the palace within 40 minutes where you can walk from the windswept pier up by golden, cascading fountains. The lower gardens have formal groves and plantings that look over the sea, the large upper gardens a lake and more 18th century architecture. The palace itself, rebuilt after World War II, rises from the crest of a hill. Peterhof by hydrofoil is the best way to see Peter’s fabulous palace and the city skyline from the water.

pax price, € transport 1 182,00 car tourist class 2 109,00 1 213,00 car Mercedes E-class 2 124,00 DURATION 4 hrs 3 92,00 minivan Mercedes Viano CLOSED – 4 78,00 CULTURAL 5 70,00 MODERATE 6 67,00 minibus Mercedes Sprinter 8 60,00 UNESCO

10 55,00 Tour price includes: guide service, air-conditioned 20 49,00 bus vehicle, admission museum tickets, audio headsets (for 6+ pax), bottle of water, weather protection kit, 30 45,00 all taxes.

31 32 PUSHKIN AND PARK

The best way to experience the magnificence of the Russian emperors is in their suburban estates. Elizabeth moved the imperial residence to Tsarskoe Selo, the “Royal Settlement” – a rococo masterpiece filled with gilded rooms and sculpture. Here Catherine the Great moved an amber-encrusted room from the Winter Palace. Here are some of the region’s finest formal gardens, and a park in the English style. Promenades, fountains and secluded groves make them even more delightful than the palace. Here, too, imperial Russia met it its end with tsar Nicholas II and his family detained until they were sent on to further exile and assassination. Here the German army looted and bombed. Here the Nazi army stole the fabled and supposedly shipped it to Dresden, where it was likely destroyed by Allied bombs. Here the Stalin ordered the Amber Room completely rebuilt along with the vast palace as a national monument of culture and resistance.

pax price, € transport 1 189,00 car tourist class 2 110,00 DURATION 5 hrs 1 226,00 car Mercedes E-class 2 129,00 CLOSED Tuesday* 3 93,00 minivan Mercedes Viano CULTURAL 4 78,00 MODERATE 5 69,00 UNESCO 6 66,00 minibus Mercedes Sprinter 8 57,00 * The last Monday of every month is the sanitary day for the Catherine Palace. Catherine park operates all the season around without days off. 10 53,00 Tour price includes: guide service, air-conditioned vehicle, 20 47,00 bus admission museum tickets, audio headsets (for 6+ pax), snack box, bottle of water, weather protection kit, all taxes. 30 43,00

33 34 AND PARK

Paul I, the ill-fated son of Catherine the Great, did everything he could to get free of his mother’s clutches. In contrast to her rococo follies, his taste for chivalry drew him to brooding romanticism. His austere, Palladian summer residence in Pavlovsk took on the eclectic styles of his era with several generations of designers shaping the classical harmonies of the interior. After the emperor’s murder, his widow the Empress Maria Fyodorovna exiled herself to its glimmering, empty halls. As in Tsarskoe Selo, Paul’s palace was almost entirely destroyed under Nazi occupation and is now largely the result of post-war restoration. In good weather and bad, Paul’s dark, close groves with arrow-straight paths, lakes and hills are perfect places for quiet meditation in any season.

pax price, € transport 1 171,00 car tourist class 2 93,00 1 208,00 car Mercedes E-class 2 111,00 DURATION 5 hrs 3 75,00 minivan Mercedes Viano CLOSED Monday* 4 60,00 CULTURAL 5 51,00 MODERATE 6 48,00 minibus Mercedes Sprinter 8 40,00 UNESCO

10 35,00 Tour price includes: guide service, air-conditioned 20 30,00 bus vehicle, admission museum tickets, audio headsets (for 6+ pax), snack box, bottle of water, weather 30 25,00 protection kit, all taxes.

35 PUSHKIN CATHERINE PALACE AND PARK, PETERHOF LOW PARK

pax price, € transport 1 324,00 car tourist class 2 197,00 DURATION 8 hrs 1 380,00 car Mercedes E-class CLOSED Tuesday* 2 225,00 3 168,00 minivan Mercedes Viano CULTURAL 4 144,00 DEMANDING 5 129,00 UNESCO 6 124,00 minibus Mercedes Sprinter

* The Catherine Palace is closed for maintenance the last 8 111,00 Monday of each month. Catherine park is open all season. 10 103,00 Tour price includes: guide service, air-conditioned 20 94,00 bus vehicle, admission museum tickets, audio headsets (for 6+ pax), lunch in the restaurant, bottle of water, 30 87,00 weather protection kit, all taxes.

PUSHKIN CATHERINE PALACE AND PARK, PAVLOVSK PALACE AND PARK

pax price, € transport 1 315,00 car tourist class DURATION 8 hrs 2 188,00 CLOSED Monday/Tuesday 1 371,00 car Mercedes E-class 2 216,00 CULTURAL 3 159,00 minivan Mercedes Viano DEMANDING 4 135,00 UNESCO 5 120,00 6 115,00 minibus Mercedes Sprinter Tour price includes: guide service, air-conditioned vehicle, admission museum tickets, audio headsets 8 102,00 (for 6+ pax), lunch in the restaurant, bottle of water, 10 94,00 weather protection kit, all taxes. 20 85,00 bus 30 78,00

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