3-Day Tour
Tour price includes the following services:
1. all port fees for three days and all local Russian taxes
2. english-speaking guide for three days
3. A/C vehicle for three days with this timing (every extra hour costs $30)
4. admission tickets to all the museums shown on the itinerary
5. subway ride, hydrofoil ride (included only in the C tour)
6. pass for the camera in the museums except for the Yusupov's palace ($6 for the camera, $12 for the video)
7. one bottle of water per person per day
8. audio head-sets for larger groups of 10 and more people
Tour price does not include the following services:
1. cost of lunches (can be $10–$15 pp per day)
A-TOUR | basic
DAY 1 | 8.00 am – 4.00 pm
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8.00 am – 8.30 am |
Meet at the ship |
|
8.30 am – 11.30 am |
City sightseeing tour with the visit to Peter and Paul’s fortress and cathedral |
| 11.30 am – 12.30 pm |
A visit to the Church on the Spilled Blood |
| 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm | Lunch: traditional Russian meal (optional) |
| 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm |
A visit to the Russian Museum |
| 4.00 pm |
Return to the ship or optional evening activities* |
DAY 2 | 9.30 am – 4.30 pm
| 9.30 am | Meet at the ship |
| 9.30 am – 10.30 am |
Drive to Peterhof summer residence. Subway ride (at request) |
| 10.30 am – 12.30 pm | Peterhof Lower fountain park and the Upper gardens |
| 12.30 pm – 1.00 pm |
Lunch (optional) |
| 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm |
Tsars’ Village, the Catherine’s palace with the Amber room |
| 3.30 pm – 4.30 pm | Drive back to the city. A stop at the Siege Memorial (at request) |
| 4.30 pm |
Return to the ship or evening options |
DAY 3 | 10.00 am – 3.30 pm
| 10.00 am | Meet at the ship |
| 10.00 am – 11.00 am | City sightseeing tour |
| 11.00 am – 1.00 pm |
Excursion in the Hermitage museum |
| 1.00 pm – 1.30 pm | Lunch (optional) |
|
1.30 pm – 3.00 pm |
Free time for walking along the main street Nevsky prospect/a visit to the farmers’ market and/or a local grocery store/shopping moll/or stay longer at the Hermitage |
| 3.30 pm | Return to the ship |
| Group of people | 02 PAX | 04 PAX | 06 PAX | 08 PAX | 10 PAX | 12 PAX | 14 PAX | 16 PAX |
| Price per person | $ 750 | $ 475 | $ 395 | $ 360 | $ 320 | $ 290 | $ 275 | $ 265 |
Kids 0 to 6 y.o. are for free. Kids 7 and older, students (with a valid ISIC) – discount $45 US pp.
We started a charity project in 2010 where $1 of your total tour cost will be donated to the Orphanage House No. 40 in St. Petersburg. You can read more information about this program here.
B-TOUR | moderate
DAY 1 | 8.00 am – 4.00 pm
|
8.00 am – 8.30 am |
Meet at the ship |
| 8.30 am – 11.30 am | City sightseeing tour with the visit to Peter and Paul’s fortress and cathedral |
| 11.30 am – 12.30 pm |
A visit to the Church on the Spilled Blood |
| 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm | Lunch: traditional Russian meal (optional) |
| 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm |
A visit to the Russian Museum |
| 4.00 pm | Return to the ship or optional evening activities* |
DAY 2 | 9.30 am – 5.00 pm
| 9.30 am | Meet at the ship |
| 9.30 am – 10.30 am |
Drive to Peterhof summer residence. Subway ride (at request) |
| 10.30am – 12.30 pm | Peterhof Lower fountain park and the Upper gardens |
| 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm | Lunch (optional) |
| 1.30 pm – 2.00 pm | Drive to Tsars’ Village |
| 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm | Tsars’ Village park, the Catherine’s palace with the Amber room |
| 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm | Drive back to the city |
| A stop at the Siege Memorial (at request) | |
| 5.00 pm | Return to the ship or evening options |
DAY 3 | 9.00 am – 3.30 pm
| 9.00 am | Meet at the ship |
| 9.00 am – 10.30 am | Shopping/a visit to the farmers’ market |
| 10.30 am – 11.30 am | Excursion inside St. Isaac’s Cathedral |
| 11.30 am – 12.30 pm | Lunch (optional) |
| 12.30 pm – 3.00 pm | The Hermitage museum |
| 3.30 pm | Return to the ship |
| Group of people | 02 PAX | 04 PAX | 06 PAX | 08 PAX | 10 PAX | 12 PAX | 14 PAX | 16 PAX |
| Price per person | $ 775 | $ 495 | $ 415 | $ 380 | $ 340 | $ 310 | $ 295 | $ 285 |
Kids 0 to 6 y.o. are for free. Kids 7 and older, students (with a valid ISIC) – discount $45 US pp.
We started a charity project in 2010 where $1 of your total tour cost will be donated to the Orphanage House No. 40 in St. Petersburg. You can read more information about this program here.
C-TOUR | active
DAY 1 | 8.00 am - 5.00 pm
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8.00 am – 8.30 am 8.30 am – 10.30 am |
Meet at the ship City sightseeing tour with many photo stops. A visit to the local farmers’ market |
| 10.30 am – 12.30 pm |
The visits to Peter and Paul’s fortress and cathedral and the Church on the Spilled Blood |
| 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm | Lunch/snack (optional) |
| 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm | A visit to the Russian Museum |
| 3.30 pm – 4.30 pm | Free time/stroll along the main street Nevsky prospect |
| 5.00 pm |
Return to the ship or evening options |
DAY 2 | 8.30 am – 5.00 pm
| 8.30 am | Meet at the ship |
| 8.30 am – 9.30 am |
Drive to Peterhof (summer residence). Subway ride (upon request) |
| 9.30 am – 12.30 pm | Special early entrance to the Grand palace in Peterhof, walk in the fountain park |
| 12.30 pm – 1.00 pm | Lunch (optional) |
| 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm | Drive to Tsars’ Village |
| 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm | Tsars’ village park, the Catherine’s palace with the Amber room |
| 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm | Drive back to the city |
| A stop at the Siege Memorial (at request) | |
| 5.00 pm | Return to the ship or evening options |
DAY 3 | 9.00 am – 4.00 pm
| 9.00 am | Meet at the ship |
| 9.30 am – 12.00 pm |
Special early entrance to the Hermitage museum |
| 12.30 pm – 1.00 pm | Lunch (optional) |
| 1.00 pm – 2.30 pm | Excursion in the Yusupov’s palace |
| 2.45 pm – 3.30 pm |
Inside visit to the St.Isaac's cathedral |
| 4.00 pm | Return to the ship |
| Group of people | 02 PAX | 04 PAX | 06 PAX | 08 PAX | 10 PAX | 12 PAX | 14 PAX | 16 PAX |
| Price per person | $ 850 | $ 565 | $ 475 | $ 440 | $ 400 | $ 365 | $ 355 | $ 345 |
Kids 0 to 6 y.o. are for free. Kids 7 and older, students (with a valid ISIC) – discount $45 US pp.
We started a charity project in 2010 where $1 of your total tour cost will be donated to the Orphanage House No. 40 in St. Petersburg. You can read more information about this program here.
Note: tour sequence may vary depending on overcrowding at venues.
The Top 20 sights of the city sightseeing tour:
Peter and Paul’s fortress and the cathedral – inside visit
Spit of the Bazil Island and Rostral Columns – photo stop
Senate Square/Decembrists Square and the Bronze Horseman (monument to Peter I) – drive by or optional photo stop
Admiralty – drive by
Sphinxes – photo stop
Cruiser „Aurora“ – optional photo stop
Log cabin of Peter I – optional photo stop
Field of Mars and the Michael’s castle (Palace of Paul I) and the Trinity bridge – drive by
Summer garden – drive by
Church on the Spilled Blood – a visit or a photo stop depending on your itinerary
St. Isaac’s cathedral – a visit or a photo stop depending on your itinerary
Isaac’s Square and the Mariinskij palace with a monument to Nicholas I – photo stop
St. Nicholas Marine Cathedral – inside visit
Theatre Square and Mariinsky Opera and Ballet House - photo stop or drive by
Yusupov’s palace – a visit or a photo stop depending on your itinerary
Nevsky prospect – photo stop (upon request) or drive along
Uprising Square – drive by
Kazan Cathedral – photo stop (upon request) or drive by
Catherine’s garden and the monument to Catherine the Great – photo stop (upon request) or drive by
Rossi street and the Alexandrinskij drama theater – drive by
Palace Square with Alexander Column, Arch of the General Headquartes and the Winter Palace – a visit to the Winter Palace (present Hermitage)
The Square of Arts and the Michael’s palace – drive by
Smolny Convent – photo stop – If time permitting: driving time 20 minutes one way*
(*The possibility to see all 20 sights depends on the day of the week and on the traffic conditions).
During your three-day tour you will learn about:
Foundation of St.Petersburg in May 1703 by Peter I
St. Petersburg – the former capital of Russia till 1918
St. Petersburg – the cultural capital of the present Russia
Romanov Dynasty before the October revolution of 1917
Soviet times and Lenin
World War II and the Siege of Leningrad
Cold War and Perestroika/Gorbachov
Post-perestroika period and present day life
Please also have a look at our evening options!
Some interesting facts and infos about Russia and about the history of St. Petersburg
We have started a new charity project where $1 of your total tour cost will be donated to the Orphanage House No. 40 in St. Petersburg. Read about what your help has done so far.