18/04/2014
Standard Program in St.Peterburg, 6 days
1-st Day
Arrival to St.Petersburg. Meeting at the airport or railway station.
Sightseeing tour by car: photo stop on the Smolny convent (one of the most beautiful cathedral in the city), you will see Isaac's Square with the majestic St. Isaac's Cathedral, Bronze Horseman, Admiralty, ceremonial residence of the Russian emperors - the Winter Palace and Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, the Field of Mars. You will also see the house of Peter I, the arrow of Vasilevsky Island, Rostral Columns, the Stock Exchange building, magnificent Peter and Paul’s Fortress. We will make a photo stop at cruiser Aurora.
Dinner in a local restaurant.
Transfer to the place of accommodation.
2-nd Day
Breakfast.
Walking tour along Nevsky Prospect, visit the Cathedral of the Saviour on Spilled Blood, Kazan cathedral, Peter and Paul Fortress - Saint-Petersburg ‘s foundation place
Lunch in a local restaurant
Yusupov Palace Tour - one of the richest aristocratic dynasties of Russia, it has fabulously rich interiors and it is a place where Grigory Rasputin, the mysterious figure of the Russian history, was murdered.
RIVER & CANAL CRUISE - ST-Petersburg was nick-named Venice of the North, so almost all the city centre might be seen from the water due to a large number of rivers and canals
Dinner in a local restaurant.
3-rd Day
Breakfast
Departure to Tsar Village (Pushkin) and Pavlovsk Palace
These are two former imperial summer residencies: Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin) and Pavlovsk. Tsarskoe Selo, is a home of the stunning baroque Catherine Palace where you will have the chance to see the renowned resurrected Amber Room. Pavlovsk is surrounded by the largest landscape park in Europe.
Traditional Russian lunch in the local restaurant
Return to the city,
Early Dinner
Performance at St.Petersburg Theater
4-th Day
Breakfast.
The Hermitage Museum Visit - The collection of the State Hermitage includes more than three million works of art and artefacts of the world culture. Among them are paintings, graphic works, sculptures and works of applied art, archaeological finds and numismatic material.
Lunch
Field Of Mars and Summer Garden walking tour. Field of Mars - the largest memorial park complex in the center of Saint Petersburg, covering an area of nearly nine hectares. Majestic panorama extensive parterre square with a monument to the victims of the revolution is limited to the southern and eastern sides of the Summer and Mikhailovsky gardens and overlooks the north side of the Neva and Suvorov Square. History of the Champs de Mars dates back to the early founding of St. Petersburg.
St.Isaac’s cathedral visit - St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg - an outstanding example of Russian religious art. It is one of the most beautiful and significant dome structures not only in Russia but also in the world.
Buying souvenirs in the pedestrian street of St.Petersburg – the most popular shopping spots in St Peterburg
Dinner and alive music in a nice local bar
5-th Day
Breakfast.
Departure to RUSSIAN VERSAILLES: PETERHOFF GRAND PALACE AND LOWER PARK TOUR
Tour of Peterhoff Grand Palace and Lower Gardens
No trip to ST-Petersburg in summer can be complete without a tour of Peterhoff, a beautiful summer residence of the Russian Imperial family with the spectacular fountain-filled grounds..
Return to ST-Petersburg by hydrofoil
Dinner at the local restaurant
Night Time: OPEN BRIDGES and WHITE NIGHTS tour, from 2am till 5 am
6-th Day
Excursion to the Lake Ladoga - the largest lake in Europe and the 14th largest freshwater lake by area in the world. You will see the Road of Life which during the World War II provided the only access to the besieged city of Leningrad by ice road winter transport route across the frozen Lake Ladoga. The siege lasted for 29 months from 8 September 1941, to 27 January 1944.
Departure to the airport or railway station.
Photos are from the webs http://www.spb-guide.ru/, http://www.hellopiter.ru/, www.trip-guide.ru, http://vk.com/album-22096556_153362911