St. Petersburg tours

St. Petersburg is known as the northern and cultural capital of Russia, being the second largest city  after Moscow. It boasts the beautiful name of the “Museum in the open air” as well as the “Northern Venice” thanks to the numerous monuments, elegant parks, refined architecture of its palaces and square ensembles and miscellaneous rivers and canals.  Though St. Petersburg is a relatively young city, its Historic Centre constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During its history St Petersburg for two hundred years was the capital of Russian Empire, underwent two revolutions, the blockade of the Second World War and for three times it was renamed. You can contemplate by yourself all the remains and mysteries of its majestic history on our tours.

Our city tour (by private car/mini-bus) gives you a wonderful opportunity to see all the most important and interesting places of the historical center of St. Petersburg. You will pass along the Nevsky Prospect, crossing main rivers and canals of the city, passing along Our Lady of Kazan Cathedral, admiring the 18th & 19th century mansions. We’ll show you a lot of famous and historical places such as St. Basil’s Point, Winter Palace, Peter-and-Paul Fortress, St. Isaac’s Cathedral, Church of the Savior on the Spilt Blood and many others. Tours takes 3-4 hours.

* This tour is also possible with visiting of one museum (Peter-and-Paul Fortress or
St. Isaac’s cathedral and its colonnade or the Church of the Saviour on the Spilt Blood).
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We offer you guided boat tours by individual boats as well as excursions by public river trams. Both tours are with private guide. During your boat tour you will have an opportunity to admire the so-called “Nothern Venice” (how St. Petersburg is also named) with its picturesque views and architectural landscapes from the water of the river Neva and other rivers and canals of the city; pass under the miscellaneous bridges, the majority of which have their own story. The duration is 1,5 hours. 

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The guided tour to the Hermitage comprises visiting Winter Palace (the former residence of the Russian emperors) and the other three palaces. The Hermitage collection stands among such famous and prominent collections as Prado in Madrid and Louvre in Paris. This Museum contains over 3 million pieces of art from the antiquity to the present day, many artifacts of the world culture such as paintings, sculptures, graphic works, works of applied art, etc. The museum’s architecture and interiors will impress you with its grandeur and sophistication. The tour lasts 4 hours and is without private transport (on foot). 

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We offer you different tours dedicated to the orthodoxy in St.Petersburg. These tours contain visits to various temples of the city (churches, cathedrals, monasteries). On these guided tours (by car / mini-bus or on foot) you will visit 3 or 5 of the most important cathedrals of St. Petersburg: The Alexander Nevsky Lavra, The Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood, St. Isaac’s Cathedral, the Cathedral of our Lady of Kazan and Nikolsky Cathedral. The duration of the tour is 4 or 5 hours.

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Tour to the fascinating summer residence of Peter I  –  Peterhof (Petrodvorets)  – that  is  situated on the  picturesque shore of the Gulf of Finland  is  an unforgettable journey to the “Russian Versailles” of the XVIII century.  You will see the Grand Palace, three beautiful cascades, 173 fountains, architectural & park ensembles based on the mythological and ancient subjects adorn the park. The park of Peterhof has the unique pipe system which enables all the fountains work all day long. Tours to Peterhof last for 5 – 7,5 hours. You can reach the park by hydrofoil boat or by private car / mini-bus.

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Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin) is another imperial residence of Russian tsars. You will see Catherine Palace and Park ensemble that is a great monument of  the world-ranking  architecture and garden-and-park design. It is one of  the finest examples of the Baroque and Classical architecture. The real pearls of this residence is Catherine’s Palace with its Golden Enfilade and magnificent Amber Room with its mysterious history.The duration of the standard tour is 5 hours.

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We offer you the tour to Pavlovsk that has one of the largest landscape parks in Europe  (with the area of about  600 hectares). Here is located the majestic summer residence of the emperor Paul I. The palace charms with its exquisite design and pleasant atmosphere of the royal apartments & residential rooms. There you can enjoy the refined collection of Russian paintings and drawings as well as the beautiful interiors of the late XVIII and early XIX. Standard tour takes 5 hours.

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We offer you the tour to Yusupov Palace that is one of the oldest mansions of St. Petersburg which was designed to surpass the luxury and greatness of the royal family. On this excursion you will be given the opportunity to contemplate a very impressive collection of applied arts as well as of outstanding paintings, sculptures and interiors. Moreover the tour may also include visiting of The Rasputin’s murder exhibition which is devoted to the last moments and death of Grigory Rasputin – the most mysterious person in Russian history.The tour lasts 2-3 hours.

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We offer you the excursion to the Russian Museum – the first state museum of Russian fine arts as well as the treasure-house of the world importance. Here you will find a lot of paintings, Russian icons, different objects of old Russian decorative and applied arts,  many drawings and watercolours, graphics … All the wealth and variety  of  Russian art  is  superbly represented in Russian museum.  Today this museum estimates about 400,000 items. The duration of the tour is 3 hours.

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For those who are much interested in Russian history and politiscs we offer our excursion to the Museum of Political History of Russia. This museum, which occupies now the former  mansion  of  Mathilda  Kshesinskaya  – prima-ballerina of Mariinsky Theatre, offers you the fascinating and modern exhibition devoted to the political history of Russia. It is one of the few places where you can see the documents and expositions of the processes taking place in the economical, political and social life of Russia in the 19 – 21 centuries. Tour lasts 3 hours and is on foot.

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This guided tour is dedicated to Leningrad’s blockade (900 days and 900 nights of the blockade during the Great Patriotic War – World War II). On this tour you will be taken to the Museum of Blockade and other memorials dedicated to this dramatic period of the history of the city – Piskarevskoe Memorial Cemetery (with its famous memorial to “The Motherland” and mass graves and beds of honour where were burried the people who died during the blockade) and “The Flower of Life” memorial, devoted to the children who died in blockade. Tour takes 6-7 hours.

* In summer period it is possible to add to this tour visiting the Monument of “The Broken Ring” that is a symbol of the siege breaking (it’s additional 1-2 hours).

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