Arrival to St. Petersburg airport, meeting with English-speaking guide
Transfer to hotel
Arrival to hotel , check-in, accommodation
Time at leisure
Coach and guide for transfer
Day 2
Buffet breakfast at hotel
Departure for SPB City tour with visit of Peter & Paul Fortress (entrance)
The fortress is used to be called the Russian Bastille. During two centuries the fortress was a political prison. The son of Peter I Tsarevich Alexei, Princess Tarakanova whose names are covered with legends and many other famous persons were imprisoned. As it wrote a famous writer A. Dumas "This fortress saw it all, heard it all, but still it keeps a secret ..." Who knows, maybe some of them will slightly open for you during the tour of the fortress. Lunch at local café/ restaurant (not included to the package, extra payment if needed) Visit of St. Isaac’s Cathedral
"The stronghold of Orthodoxy", "Cathedral of Cathedrals" All that's about it - the creation of Montferrand, the temple, for which the architect has given 40 years of his life and considered his main brainchild - "Isaac giant."- the main Church of Saint Petersburg. Return to hotel
Coach and guide for 8 hours
Day 3
Buffet breakfast at hotel
Visit of Hermitage Museum
Hermitage is one of the most famous and most visited museums in the world. His collection began with 225 paintings purchased by the Empress Catherine II in 1764. And now it has about 3,600 exhibits. Hermitage is among the five largest museums in the world. Once Empress jokingly wrote, "only me and mice admire all this masterpieces." Time passed, and her grandson, Emperor Nicholas I, made the Hermitage public. The pride of the Hermitage collection is works of art by Rembrandt, Rubens, Titian, Gauguin, Rodin, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Cezanne and many - many others. Lunch at local café/ restaurant (not included to the package) Time for shopping in the city
Return to hotel
Coach and guide for 9 hours
Day 4
Departure from hotel to Peterhof Visit of Grand Palace & Lower Park with fountains
Peterhof is a kingdom of Poseidon - the god of the seas and Fonta the god fountains. This is Russian Versailles and Italian Tivoli. This is the kingdom of Tchernomor described by Pushkin. This is the "winding road" seen by Lermontov in the water surface of the Gulf of Finland. This is the first Russian Hermitage Museum and a huge number of so-called Small Palaces. This magical world of Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, embodied in the interiors of the Grand Peterhof Palace. Peterhof is always a great holiday. Transfer back to St.Petersburg Lunch at local café/ restaurant (not included to the package, extra payment if needed) Return to hotel
Time at leisure
Coach and guide for 9.5 hours
Day 5
Buffet breakfast at hotel
Check out
Transfer to airport with guide (min 3 hours prior flight) Departure to airport/railway station
Coach and guide for transfer only
