Operation days

Daily, except Wednesday

Duration

4 hours

Description

Let’s start exploring St. Petersburg with its history! You’ll be welcomed by palaces, monuments and majestic squares of our city. Take a walk through the central streets and parks to feel the spirit of the Northern capital of Russia. As part of our tour you will visit The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. The nine-domed сhurch was built in the Russian style in memory of one of the most beloved by the Russian people Emperor – Alexander II, on this place on March 1, 1881 he was fatally wounded by a terrorist. From our professional guide you will know about how the church was built with funds collected from all over Russia, as well as other facts about the history of this great architectural monument. Also you will explore the majestic St. Isaac's Cathedral, the largest Orthodox Church in the city, and its interior, which presents all kinds of monumental and decorative art-painting, sculpture, mosaic, colored facing stone. We will end our tour with en excursion in The Peter and Paul fortress, it is the same age as our city, the day of its foundation is considered to be the day of foundation of St. Petersburg also. Protection of its impregnable fortifications, towering over the Neva river, allowed St. Petersburg to become the way we know it.  

Itinerary

10:00 Meeting with your guide at the hotel;

10:15-10:45 Arrival at Saint Isaac’s Square, an excursion in St. Isaac’s Cathedral, The Bronze Horseman and Senate Square;

11:00 Kazan Cathedral, Nevsky Prospect, The Winter Palace;

11:30-12:00 Visiting The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood with an excursion;

12:15 Spit of Vasilievsky Island;

12:30-13:30 Visiting The Peter and Paul Fortress;

14:00 Departure to the hotel.

The tour cost is per person

Price includes professional guide service (Russian, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian languages), comfortable transportation and entrance tickets to the museums

In case of booking a guide with another language, additional payment is 2000rub per hour

Entrance tickets to the museums are non-refundable and non-exchangeable

Cancellation of the tour is possible no later than 24 hours in advance

Extra hours for any tour 4800 RUB during low season

Extra hours for any tour 5800 RUB during high season