Two Day special offer “DeLuxe”
Special Offer: Two-day “DeLuxe” Tour
group tour option: flat rate 300 USD pp (max group size 16)
This tour is the most all-inclusive and the most active option involving the most walking out of any of the tour options. You will have a special early entrance to the Hermitage museum, excursion in the Yusupov’s Palace, the Catherine’s Palace, the Church on the Spilled Blood, the Peterhof fountain park and Peter and Paul’s fortress + cathedral. Lunches, hydrofoil ride, subway ride and a canal boat ride are included in the tour price. The tour is available as a group tour at 300 USD per person and as a private tour.
Tour price includes the following services:
1. all port fees for two days and all local Russian taxes
2. english-speaking guide for two days
3. A/C vehicle for two days with this timing
4. admission tickets to all the museums shown on the itinerary
5. special early entrance to the Hermitage museum
6. photo passes for all museums except for Yusupov Palace ($6 US per camera or $12 US per video camera)
7. subway ride
8. one bottle of water per person per day
9. audio head-sets
10. hydrofoil ride
11. lunches on both days
12. canal boat ride
DAY 1 | 7.30 am – 6.00 pm
| 7.00 am – 7.30 am |
Meet at the ship as soon as the ship is cleared |
| 7.30 am – 8.30 am | City sightseeing tour. Subway ride |
| 8.30 am – 9.30 am | Canal boat ride |
| 10.00 am – 10.30 am | Hydrofoil ride to Peterhof |
| 10.30 am – 12.00 pm |
Walk in the Peterhof Lower fountain park and the Upper gardens |
| 12.15 pm – 1.15 pm | Lunch: traditional Russian meal |
| 1.15 pm – 2.15 pm |
Drive to the Tsars’ Village (summer residence) |
| 2.15 pm – 3.45 pm | A visit to the Catherine’s palace with the Amber room and a walk in the park |
| 3.45 pm – 4.30 pm |
Drive back to St. Petersburg |
| 4.30 pm – 5.30 pm |
A visit to Peter and Paul’s fortress and cathedral, the burial place of the Russian Emperors |
| 6.00 pm | Return to the ship or evening options |
DAY 2 | 8.30 am – 5.00 pm
| 8.15 am - 8.30 am |
Meet at the ship, paying for the tour |
| 8.30 am – 9.30 am | City sightseeing tour with many photo opportunities |
| 9.45 am – 12.00 pm | Special early entrance to the Hermitage Museum |
| 12.00 pm – 12.30 pm | Excursion in the Church of Our Saviour on the Spilled Blood |
| 01.00 pm – 2.00 pm | Lunch: traditional Russian meal |
| 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm | A visit to the Yusupovs’ Palace |
| 3.45 pm - 5.00 pm |
A visit to St. Isaac’s cathedral. 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 | $ 650 | $ 450 | $ 370 | $ 350 | $ 330 | $ 320 | $ 310 | $ 300 |
group tour option: flat rate 300 USD pp (max group size 16)
Kids 0 to 6 y.o. are for free. Kids 7 and older, students (with a valid ISIC) – discount $ 30 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 and museums' closing days.
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 two-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
The Romanovs dinasty 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.