Three-Day Active Shore Tour of St. Petersburg
Discover the Hermitage (Main Complex & General Staff, Impressionists & Post-Impressionists), Peter & Paul Fortress, St.Isaac's Cathedral, the Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood, The Russian Museum, Peterhof Parks, The Catherine Palace, Faberge Museum on our Three-days’ Active Shore Tour of St. Petersburg.
The active three-days’ tour is conducted with a private car, guided by a PhD or MA-level expert on history and art. Our knowledgeable guide will share with you everything majestic St. Petersburg has to offer. Stroll down the noisy and colorful Nevsky Prospect, explore onion-domed cathedrals with variegated mosaics, learn about the Orthodox icons and Soviet avant-guard in the Russian Museum, and listen to the stories of the tsars in Peterhof and Pushkin palaces and grounds. Top up your experience with a meditative boat ride and learn the history of astonishing Faberge Eggs collection at the Faberge museum.
Meet your guide at the cruise port terminal, and together take a private car through St. Petersburg city center. As we travel, our guide will introduce the story of St. Petersburg foundation - its origin and how it developed to become the Venice of the North. On arrival to Peter and Paul Fortress, we’ll start to map this story onto the fortress streets that we walk, tracing a path through the burial vaults of the Romanov Family. We’ll continue the discovery of the Romanovs history in the Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood and in St. Isaac’s Cathedral .
Our journey will continue on a boat ride of St. Petersburg canals and rivers.
On the second day of the tour we will head to Peterhof Parks, wander around the most beautiful fountains in the world and take pictures of the Samson fountain along with the Grand Cascade.
Visit the world-famous Amber Room in the Catherine Palace and avoid the crowds on a separate entrance admission.
On day three you will visit the Hermitage with an art historian guide. The Hermitage is the home to a world-renowned collection of paintings by the Renaissanceartists. We will weave through the galleries with our guide, pausing to study and discuss the famous works by Rembrandt and Leonardo Da Vinci, as well as lesser-known treasures. The Benois Madonna will provide the climax to our visit, and we will take time to appreciate the artist’s mastery, and learn about the painting’s pathway to its current home.
If time allows, we may also explore the Impressionists’ Collection in the General Staff Building.
At the end of our third day together, we’ll take a tour of the Faberge Museum and stroll along NevskyProspekt to visit the Kazan Cathedral.
Need more of a local experience? Take a look at our Special Interest tours:
max: any
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.30 – 9.00 | Meeting at the sea port. |
| 9:00 – 13:00 | City highlights tour. Peter & Paul Fortress and Cathedral (inside visit). St.Isaac’s Cathedral (inside visit), Spilled Blood Church (inside visit). |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch. |
| 14:00 – 16:00 | The Russian Museum highlights tour. |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Private boat tour. |
| 18:00 | Return to the ship or evening program. |
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.30 – 9.00 | Meeting at the sea port. Drive to Peterhof. Subway ride (a few stations’s in 1950-s style, optional). |
| 10.00 – 12.00 | Peterhof Fountain Parks tour. Grand Cascade and Grand palace (exterior). Drive to Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin). |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch. |
| 14:00 – 16:00 | A visit to the Catherine Palace with Amber Room and a walk in the park. |
| 17:00 | Return to the ship or an optional evening program. |
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 9:00 | Meeting at the sea port. |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | The Hermitage early entrance. |
| 10:00 – 13:00 | The Hermitage highlights tour (Main Complex, Old Masters + General Staff, Impressionists & Post-Impressionists). |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch. |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Faberge Museum (with audio guide). |
| 15:00 – 16:30 | Nevsky prospect walking tour, Kazan cathedral (inside visit). |
| 17:00 | Return to the ship. |
| Group size | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12+ | Max group size |
| Private tour USD/person |
790 | 605 | 510 | 435 | 390 | 375 | 370 | 365 | 350 | 345 | 340 | Contact us | Any |
| Group size | Private tour USD/person |
| 2 | 790 |
| 3 | 605 |
| 4 | 510 |
| 5 | 435 |
| 6 | 390 |
| 7 | 375 |
| 8 | 370 |
| 9 | 365 |
| 10 | 350 |
| 11 | 345 |
| 12 | 340 |
| 12+ | Contact us |
| Max group size | Any |
Children up to 6 years: free of charge
Children from 6 to 17 years and students (with valid ISIC only): USD 30 discount
- private expert guide,
- private air-conditioned vehicle with this timing,
- admission tickets to all museums of the itinerary,
- audio headsets for more than 7 people,
- pass for the camera in the museums,
- one bottle of water per person per day,
- all port fees and taxes
- Lunches
- Gratuities for guide and driver
please let us know on the TOUR REQUEST and we will tailor it accordingly.
Our party of seven friends engaged your services on the recommendation of friends who had toured with you previously. We found your presentation of your city and its features enthralling; you were never at a loss to be efficient, informative and interesting, to answer our questions, to keep us moving through the occasional crowd and to make good eating and entertaining recommendations. We would like to come back and in the meantime have no hesitation in recommending your company to anyone sincerely interested in all St. Petersburg has to offer.
Kindest regards
Chris Hodson, USA
A heart felt thank you from Billy and me for making our time in St. Petersburg so special and interesting. We are so grateful to have made a wonderful new friend and to have been so fortunate to partake of all of your knowledge. A long trip back home - but pretty smooth all in all.
With love and best regards,
Vicky
