St. Petersburg City Highlights Walking Tour

This is an alternative to the City Highlights Tour by car. On this tour, you can experience the life of the city center while walking around the magnificent palaces and streets which Emperors and Empresses once resided with your art historian guide.

We will start from the Square of Arts and walk along the famous Nevsky  Prospect to the monument of Catherine the Great.

Then, we will continue to Michael’s Castle where the unloved son of Catherine, Paul, lived and was murdered.

We will stroll on to the Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood and continue our scenic walk along the Moika River past the Alexander Pushkin Memorial Museum to the Palace Square, the Winter Palace, and Alexander Column.

Exiting from the square, we’ll head to the grandeur of St. Isaac’s Cathedral and end our tour with the “Bronze Horseman” (the monument to Peter the Great) observation.

By the end of the tour you will have a better understanding of the city, the history of the Romanov family and some practical tips to use for the rest of our stay in St. Petersburg.

The tour includes a walk by:

• The Nevsky Prospect
• The Admiralty
•  The Palace Square and the Hermitage
• Peter and Paul Fortress
• St. Isaac’s Square
• The Bronze Horseman
• The Field of Mars and Michael’s Castle
• The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood.

Optional visits inside at the following locations:

•  The Kazan Cathedral (no fee)
• St. Isaac’s Cathedral (entrance fee required)
• The Church on the Spilled Blood (entrance fee required)

For a deeper look at the built environment of St. Petersburg try our Special Interest Tours:

• Romanov Secrets Tour
• Architectural styles of St. Petersburg
• Add a transfer to the tour