Arrival to Saint Petersburg airport/railway station
Meeting with English-speaking guide
Transfer to the hotel, check-in
Free time
Day 2
Buffet Breakfast at the hotel
Departure to the SPb City tour with visiting Peter & Paul Fortress and St. Isaac’s Cathedral
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. Visit to a 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. Return to the hotel
Free time
Day 3
Buffet Breakfast at the hotel Walking tour through the city center Excursion to the Yusupov Palace (ceremonial interiors Rasputin)
One of the best palaces and not only in Saint Petersburg. When in England were creating the catalogue “The best private houses of Europe” Yusupov Palace was the only entered to that list from the whole Soviet Union. Behind the modest palace facade hides a wonderful world that opens in front of you like a magic box from a fairy tale.Baroque, Rococo, chinoiserie, east, classicism, modern... - talking about the interiors of the palace, as if you flip over a catalogue for artistic styles. But this catalogue is not a boring book, because you see with your own eyes, feel the era, style, talk about the owners - Yusupov - the richest Russian family, beautiful women, elegant men, palace intrigues and murder of Rasputin. Free time in the city
Day 4
Buffet breakfast in the hotel Countryside excursion to Pushkin ( Tsarskoe Selo). Visit to Catherine’s Palace.
The main summer Emperor residence. A wonderful place connected with a huge range of outstanding names of poets, musicians and silver and golden century of Russian culture. Excursion to a Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is the symbol of St. Petersburg and Russia – the first church established on the spot death of the emperor Alexander II, one of the many victims of the coming revolution. Return to the hotel
Free time
Day 5
Buffet breakfast in the hotel, check out
Transfer to airport/railway station
