TOURS IN ST. PETERSBURG
Guided ride in a comfortable car around the city, stopping at the Spit of Basil’s Island (architectural ensemble of the early 19th century, the former trade port of St. Petersburg); guided introduction to Petropavlovsk Fortress, where many Russian luminaries, including Peter the Great and Nicholas II were buried; guided ride on Nevsky Prospect all the way to the Smolny Convent and the Smolny Institute (the headquarters of the 1917 October Revolution). Also included is a visit to the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Many eminent figures of Russian science and culture and representatives of the Russian aristocracy, including Dostoevsky and Chaikovsky, were buried in the Lavra’s Necropolis.
The tour includes a guided walk along the main city streets in the cultural and shopping heart of the city, and visiting the Catherine the Great Memorial.
Hermitage tour
Guided excursion to the one of the four largest art museums in the world.
Motor-launch tour on canals and rivers (summer only)
An opportunity to get a unique city view from the water, just like Peter the Great dreamed of it! It also gives you a chance to observe some of the gorgeous parts of the city located off the regular tourist paths. The tour will take you to see the palaces and mansions on the banks of some out of the 66 rivers and canals of "Northern Venice", the Winter, Sheremetiev, Stroganov, and Marble palaces, the Michael Castle, the spire of Peter-and-Paul fortress, the sphinxes on the embankment,
and to some of the 350 bridges.
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