INDIVIDUAL TOURS IN SAINT PETERBURG Classic City Tour of Saint-Petersburg Duration: 3 hours – 200 USD A relatively young city, St. Petersburg was founded in 1703, and has been playing key role in the history of Russia ever since. Our sightseeing tour will acquaint you with the main architectural and historical monuments of Saint Petersburg. You will take a ride along its main streets and prospects enjoying its splendid sights: numerous palaces and cathedrals, rivers and channels, bridges and parks… The guide will treat you to savoury stories on the city’s background, present time’s morals & manners, renowned sights and less known curiosities. Even this fleeting encounter with this city won’t leave you indifferent, but if you are inclined to spend in St. Petersburg more than one day we will be glad to unveil more mysteries here and arrange individual sightseeing programme. City Tour + Peter and Paul’s Fortress Duration: 4 hours – 280 USD Get a glimpse of what St. Petersburg looked like more than 300 years ago during our 4-hour city tour with a visit to Peter and Paul’s fortress. Our City Tour provides a unique opportunity to get familiar with one of the most beautiful cities in Europe and one of its greatest sights. You’ll see magnificent Nevsky Prospect, amazing Isaac’s, Kazansky and Savior-on-the- Spilled-Blood cathedrals, palaces of the greatest Russian noble families. You will visit Peter and Paul’s fortress, the oldest part of the city, which was founded by Peter The Great, who took part in building the fortress himself. The power of the walls contrasts with the beauty of the Peter and Paul cathedral – the highest building in the city (except TV tower), one of the real classical architecture masterpieces. You will be led through the most interesting places of the fortress and will see lavishly decorated interiors of Peter and Paul Cathedral that used to be the main burial place for Russian Emperors. The Hermitage and Winter Palace Duration: from 2 up to 4 hours from 120 USD ( without transportation ) One of the largest museums in the world, the State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings situated along the embankment of the Neva River. It would take 15 years to see all the exhibits treasured in the Hermitage. We suggest you to admire the gems of the collection. In the course of the excursion you will be familiarized with masterpieces by outstanding artists from Italy, Spain, Holland, Flanders, France, England, Germany, and other Western European countries. On display there are works by such great masters as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Giorgione, Titian, Michelangelo, Francisco de Goya, Renoir, Picasso and many others. The lovers of the art of impressionists and postimpressionists will definitely enjoy works by Degas, Renoir, Pissarro, Van Gogh, Gauguin and other artists. We hope that you will remember your visit to the State Hermitage museum as one of the best experiences of your life. Boat Tour along rivers and canals Duration: 2 hrs 350USD Saint-Petersburg is often referred to as Venice of the North. Like the Italian city, the Northern capital of Russia boasts wondrous architecture, splendid museums and vibrant lifestyle. Born from the sea foam and specifically designed as a gateway of a strong naval empire, St. Petersburg cannot be imagined without the humpbacked bridges of its channels and world-famous draw bridges of mighty Neva river. Take a river tour on a ‘gondola’ of St. Petersburg – a comfortable water bus or a speedboat – and see the imperial city adorned with chiseled railing of the quays and more than 340 bridges. The guide will tell you the fluid history of St. Pete’s water – ever changing and at the same time as constant as in primeval times. Do not miss a chance to see the Northern Venice! Draw Bridges Night city tour Duration: 2-3 hours from 250 USD St. Petersburg occupies the first place in Russia and one of the leading places in the world for the number of bridges. The elegance of the draw bridges can be compared only to the beauty of the city architectural ensembles. The bridges of St. Petersburg have become an integral part of the city. Those who walked along St. Petersburg embankments and admired the beauty of drawn bridges fall in love instantly with the individuality of Northern Venice. In the course of the excursion you will see the night transformation of the city panorama and amaze at how differently the city looks at twilight, illuminated lavishly but smartly. The most unforgettable spectacle are the famous draw bridges of the city center: the Palace Brigde, the Trinity Brigde, the Liteinyi Brigde. You are sure to get the brightest impressions of architectural harmony and poetry of St. Petersburg by night. Pushkin: Catherine Palace and Park Duration: 5 hours 350 USD We invite you to learn more about one of the most picturesque suburbs of St. Petersburg, the town of Pushkin named after a famous Russian poet, also know as Tsarskoye Selo (tsars’ village literally). The Catherine Park, an inseparable part of the ensemble and a very poetic place, is a magnificent work of creative labor of several generations of talented Russian architects, prominent sculptors, gardeners, and engineers, thousands of craftsmen and working people of various specializations. Catherine Palace is the center of the composition of the park and the main landmark of Pushkin. During the palace excursion you will get to know about the mysterious history the Amber Room and see its splendid interiors, designed by eminent architects and recently restored. You will enjoy the result of restoration works performed by skilled masters, who needed all their professionalism to recreate the eighth wonder of the world. The collection of the palace includes a large number of precious works of art, such as furniture, porcelain, statues, canvases, etc., including personal belongings of Russian emperors and members of their familie Peterhof: Lower Park and Great Palace Duration: 5 hours 350 USD We invite you to see one of the best known suburbs of St. Petersburg, Peterhof or Petrodvorets. This gem of Russian 18-19 century architecture used to be the favourite and most beautiful summer residence of the Royal family. The world-famous palace, fountain and park ensemble of Peterhof is an outstanding landmark that witnessed huge stratum of Russian history. The Lower Park is an ideal place for walking. Not only will you amaze at various fountains of different sizes and shapes but also learn the symbolic motive of each sculpture complex. You get stunned at the view to the Great Palace and the Fountains Cascade from the gulf of Finland. During the tour you will visit the Great Palace which is structural center of the Upper Gardens and the Lower Park. You will enjoy its spacious and airy rooms adorned with rich moldings, splendid parquet flooring, exquisite carving, painted ceilings and canvases by great masters. Your tour to St. Petersburg will not be complete is you miss this gem of world heritage. The prices are basing on services with English speaking guide*, regular car 1 -3 pax with driver. All these tours can be modified by your request, combined and transformed with accordance to your own program. You can request your preferable type of car from regular to luxury van. *You can also request your native speaking guide for all of these tours FOR RESERVATION, PLEASE SEND THE ENQUIRY TO [email protected] OR BY CALL +7 821 7670831, +7 921 9651600 .