Founded in 1703, this amazing city has been known as Saint Petersburg, Petrograd and Leningrad, each incarnation reflecting a different period of its history. Experience the life of the city center while walking around the magnificent palaces and streets which Emperors and Empresses once resided.
Magical architecture and world-leading museums are the reason it's the top tourist destination in the whole country.
On this private tour you will get acquainted with its most renowned places.
We will visit the Square of Arts and walk along the famous Nevsky Prospect. See Michael’s Castle where Emperor Paul I lived and was murdered, the monument to Catherine the Great. Stroll on to the Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood and continue to the Palace Square, Winter Palace, and Alexander Column. We will then take a short walk to St. Isaac’s Cathedral and end our tour with the “Bronze Horseman” (the monument to Peter the Great).
Peter and Paul Fortress, located on Hare Island was supposed to protect St. Petersburg from foreign troops, but never saw any military action. The State Mint was located here, as well as a political prison for rebels and revolutionaries, but also representatives of the royal family and even some world famous Russian writers! The first gas-dynamic laboratory in Russia, studies in which laid the foundations of Russian cosmonautics was located on the territory of the fortress as well.
Explore the Northern capital of Russia with our expert guide!
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Pick-up at hotel
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Nevsky Avenue
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Square of Arts (photo stop)
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Church of Resurrection on Spilled Blood (photo stop)
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Peter and Paul Fortress (entrance)
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Hermitage (Winter Palace) (exterior)
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Bronze Horseman monument (photo stop)
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St. Isaac's Cathedral (photo stop)
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Stroganoff Palace
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Kazan Cathedral (photo stop)
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Souvenir shop
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Arrival at hotel
Please dress for the weather.