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Sightseeing tour

Duration 3 hours City bus tour including Nevsky prospect (the main street of the city), Neva River embankments and bridges, Palace Square, Isaac Square, Decembrists Square Arts Square, Spit of Basil Island, Peter & Paul Fortress and other remarkable sights. Price, EUR # of persons 1 2 3 4-6 7+ Comfortable car/minivan 54 27 23 17 on request Air-conditioned comfortable car/minivan 59 29 23 17 on request

Saint Peter and Paul Fortress

Duration 3 hours The Museum of St.Petersburg History. Peter & Paul Fortress was founded by Peter I in 1703. Besides the ancient fortifications, on the grounds of the fortress one can visit the Sts.Peter and Paul Cathedral of the early XVIII century (architect Trezzini) with the burial vault of Peter the Great and other Russian tsars, the museum in Trubetskoy bastion prison, expositions: "The History of St.Petersburg", "The History of the Imperial Mint", "Pechatnya" (Printing Workshop), museum on cosmonautics and missilery; excursion route "Panorama of the Neva" - over the roofs of the fortress' bastions and curtains. From the middle of the 18th century St.Peter and Paul Fortress contained Russia's political prison. Price, EUR # of persons 1 2 3 4-6 7+ Comfortable car/minivan 58 31 27 21 on request Air-conditioned comfortable car/minivan 63 33 27 21 on request

Saint Isaak Cathedral

Duration 3 hours St.Isaac Cathedral is one of the finest architectural monuments of the XIX century (architect Montferrand), the former principal cathedral of the Russian capital, the largest cathedral in town able to accommodate about 10,000 audience. The cathedral is graced with 112 solid granite columns weighing up to 114 tons each, and about 400 relieves and bronze sculptures. The observation platform on the colonnade provides a magnificent view of the city. Price, EUR # of persons 1 2 3 4-6 7+ Comfortable car/minivan 64 37 33 27 on request Air-conditioned comfortable car/minivan 69 39 33 27 on request

Sightseeing tour + Saint Isaak Cathedral

Duration 4 hours City bus tour including Nevsky prospect (the main street of the city), Neva River embankments and bridges, Palace Square, Decembrists Square Arts Square, Spit of Basil Island, Peter & Paul Fortress. Plus you will visit St.Isaac Cathedral, the 4th greatest cupola cathedral in the world, richly decorated with monolithic columns, paintings, mosaics, sculptures, marble and semi-precious stones. Price, EUR # of persons 1 2 3 4-6 7+ Comfortable car/minivan 79 44 39 32 on request Air-conditioned comfortable car/minivan 85 48 39 32 on request

Sightseeing tour + Saint Peter and Paul Fortress

Duration 4 hours City bus tour including Nevsky prospect (the main street of the city), Neva River embankments and bridges, Palace Square, Isaac Square, Decembrists Square Arts Square, Spit of Basil Island. Plus you will visit Peter & Paul Fortress, former political prison and presently an exhibition of the city's history. Price, EUR # of persons 1 2 3 4-6 7+ Comfortable car/minivan 73 38 33 26 on request Air-conditioned comfortable car/minivan 79 41 33 26 on request

Saint Isaak Cathedral + Saint Peter and Paul Fortress

Duration 4 hours The first part is an entrance to St.Isaac Cathedral, an outstanding work of architecture and the 4th greatest cupola cathedral in the world. It was built during 40 years to the design of French architect in Russian classical style. The Cathedral richly decorated with monolithic columns, paintings, mosaics, sculptures, marble and semi-precious stones. The second part of the excursion is an entrance to Peter & Paul Fortress, which is situated on an island of its own on the River Neva and is like a city within the city. It is the first building of St.Petersburg, founded by Peter the Great in May 1703 to defend St.Petersburg against enemy raids. In its center there is the Sts.Peter and Paul Cathedral, the highest architectural point of the city. The Cathedral served as the burial place of the Russian tsars. From the middle of the 18th century St.Peter and Paul Fortress contained Russia's political prison and presently its an exhibition of the city’s history. Price, EUR # of persons 1 2 3 4-6 7+ Comfortable car/minivan on request on request on request on request on request Air-conditioned comfortable car/minivan on request on request on request on request on request

Hermitage

Duration 3,5-4 hours The State Hermitage is one of the oldest and largest museums in the world. The museum is located in 5 historical buildings of St.Petersburg, including the Winter Palace - the former residence of Russian tsars. The buildings of the museum, by themselves, are architectural chef d'oeuvres. The collections of The Hermitage number over 3 million items from prehistoric to modern times. Magnificent works of art embracing prehistoric culture, Egyptian art, the art of Antiquity, and great collections of Western-European paintings and sculptures are displayed in 400 halls of the museum. Price, EUR # of persons 1 2 3 4-6 7+ Comfortable car/minivan 83 49 44 36 on request Air-conditioned comfortable car/minivan 89 52 44 36 on request

Hermitage + Special Storage

Duration 4 hours The State Hermitage is one of the oldest and largest museums in the world. The museum is located in 5 historical buildings of St.Petersburg, including the Winter Palace - the former residence of Russian tsars. The buildings of the museum, by themselves, are architectural chef d'oeuvres. The collections of The Hermitage number over 3 million items from prehistoric to modern times. Magnificent works of art embracing prehistoric culture, Egyptian art, the art of Antiquity, and great collections of Western-European paintings and sculptures are displayed in 400 halls of the museum. Special Storage includes the most precious of the jewelry items: from Scythian Gold to the 18th-19th century European jewelry. Price, EUR # of persons 1 2 3 4-6 7+ Comfortable car/minivan 91 57 52 44 on request Air-conditioned comfortable car/minivan 98 60 52 44 on request

Russian Museum

Duration 3 hours The Russian Museum is opened in 1898 in the Mikhaylovsky Palace (architect Rossi). The museum is the world's largest museum of Russian art and numbers nearly 400,000 works. The museum exhibits the collection of icons, wonderful pieces of graphic art, sculpture, applied art (XVIII-XX centuries) and the Avant-garde painting of the XX century. It contains works by Great Russian artists: Rublev, Shubin, Kiprensky, Fedotov, Repin, Levitan and many others. Price, EUR # of persons 1 2 3 4-6 7+ Comfortable car/minivan 61 34 30 24 on request Air-conditioned comfortable car/minivan 66 36 30 24 on request

Kazan Cathedral

Duration 3 hours The Kazan Cathedral is outstanding example of the early 19th-century Russian architecture, erected on the site of a small stone church to hold the ancient icon of Our Lady of Kazan. The Kazan Cathedral encircles a small square with a double row of beautiful columns - an impressive colonnade. It took 10 years to construct this church (architect Voronikhin). Kazan Cathedral was meant to be a Russian version of Basilica of St.Peter's in Rome and the main church of Russia. After the War of 1812 (during which Napoleon was defeated) the church became a monument to the Russian victory. The captured enemy banners were put in the cathedral and the famous Russian field marshal Mikhail Kutuzov, who won the most important campaign of 1812, was buried inside the church. Price, EUR # of persons 1 2 3 4-6 7+ Comfortable car/minivan 79 52 48 42 on request Air-conditioned comfortable car/minivan 84 54 48 42 on request

Yusupov Palace

Duration 3 hours The Yusupov Palace, build by Vallin de la Mothe in the Early Russian Classical style, represents a rare combination of an architectural monument and a temple of art. It was a residence of the wealthy and respected Yusupov family. The Palace is outstanding not only for its architectural and artistic merits, however, but also for the events that happened there in December 1916, with the murder of Grigory Rasputin. Price, EUR # of persons 1 2 3 4-6 7+ Comfortable car/minivan 106 79 75 35 on request Air-conditioned comfortable car/minivan 111 82 75 35 on request

Alexander Nevsky Lavra

Duration 3 hours Alexander Nevsky Lavra founded by Peter I, was given the official title of "The Alexander Nevsky Monastery of the Holy Trinity". At the turn of the 20th century there were 16 churches in the monastery complex, of which five still survive: Holy Trinity Cathedral, the Church of the Annunciation, St.Lazarus' Church, St.Nicholas' Church and the Church of the Holy Mother of God "the Joy of all Mourners" which is over the monastery gates. The monastery complex comprises the Tikhvin and Lazarus cemeteries where the outstanding figures of Russian culture as Dostoyevsky and Tchaikovsky are buried. Price, EUR # of persons 1 2 3 4-6 7+ Comfortable car/minivan 59 32 28 22 on request Air-conditioned comfortable car/minivan 64 35 28 22 on request

Pushkin (Tsarskoe Selo) incl. Amber room

Duration 4 hours The Palace-and-Park ensemble of Pushkin (Tsarskoe Selo) - a former country residence of Russian emperors - is a fascinating monument of the world's architectural and gardening arts of the XVIII-XIX centuries. Its three parks occupy the area of 600 ha, on which over 100 architectural constructions rise: from magnificent palaces and grand monuments to intimate pavilions and park sculptures. The compositional centre of the Tsarskoselsky ensemble is Catherine's Palace, containing exquisite decorative objects, furniture, Russian and Western-European paintings, unique collections of porcelain, amber, arms, decorative bronze, sculptures etc. Nowadays, the collection of the museum Tsarskoye Selo numbers about 20,000 items. Amber Room-one of the most interesting in art relation's rooms of Catherine Palace. The basis of furniture of this interior was made by amber panels masterly executed by the German foremen on the project of the architect Shluter. During the years of Great Patriotic War the occupants stole amber plates. According to the agreement between Russia and Germany these things were given back to the Catherine's Palace-museum. Price, EUR # of persons 1 2 3 4-6 7+ Comfortable car/minivan 86 52 46 39 on request Air-conditioned comfortable car/minivan 92 55 46 39 on request

Pavlovsk

Duration 4 hours Pavlosk is a superb palace-and-park ensemble of the late XVIII - beginning of the XIX centuries that was used as a summer residence of the Russian emperor Paul I and his family. The landscape park, one of the largest in Europe, covers the area of 600 ha. The works on the palace-and- park ensemble on the winding banks of the Slavyanka River lasted for 50 years. The formation of the collections of the Pavlovsky Palace was closely connected with the trip of its owners over Europe in 1781-1782. They visited workshops of well-known artists, ordering and acquiring paintings, furniture, bronze articles, silk fabrics, china sets etc. They brought to Russia a large number of antique sculptures from Italy, as well as gifts from European royal courts. The museum also displays an excellent collection of portraits by Russian artists and a number of Pavlovsk landscape paintings and drawings. Price, EUR # of persons 1 2 3 4-6 7+ Comfortable car/minivan 83 49 44 36 on request Air-conditioned comfortable car/minivan 89 52 44 36 on request

Pushkin + Pavlovsk (2 Palaces + 2 Parks)

Duration 6 hours Visit of the two magnificent summer residences of the Russian tsars. Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin) is surrounded by a romantic park with mysterious arbours, pavilions, grottoes and ancient statues. In Pushkin you will find a jewel of Russian baroque - Catherine Palace with the Amber Room inside, which is considered to be one of the world's wonders. After the amazing luxury of the Catherine Palace you will find yourself in the homelike palace of Paul I, which is situated in the town of Pavlosk. Magic, huge landscape park was laid around the Palace of Paul I, who was looking for solitude in this quiet picturesque place. Johann Strauss performed with an orchestra in the building of the Musical Station in the park. Price, EUR # of persons 1 2 3 4-6 7+ Comfortable car/minivan 130 81 73 63 on request Air-conditioned comfortable car/minivan 139 85 73 63 on request

Peterhof (Petrodvorets) - Grand Palace + Monplaisir or Cottage

Duration 5 hours The Palace-and-Park Ensemble Peterhof (Petrodvorets) is a jewel of the Russian art, a town of parks, palaces, and fountains. In the past it used to be an exquisite summer residence of Russian tsars. Verkhniy (Upper) Garden and Nizhniy (Lower) Park, genuine masterpieces of landscape design, number over 150 fountains, 5 monumental cascades. On the territory of the reserve, 9 working museums (the Grand Palace, Monplaisir, Catherine's Block, Marli, Hermitage, the church of St.Alexander Nevsky (Gothic Capella), the Benois family museum, Cottage, and the Bath Block. The Monplaisir Palace is the oldest building in Peterhof where Peter had his living quarters. Later, on Peter's order, the Grand Palace was erected. It was completely rebuilt by the architect Rastrelli in 1747-1752. Its halls and rooms reflect the pomp and lusture of the reign of Empress Yelizaveta Petrovna, Peter's daughter. Price, EUR # of persons 1 2 3 4-6 7+ Comfortable car/minivan 125 83 76 67 on request Air-conditioned comfortable car/minivan 139 85 76 67 on request

Peterhof (Petrodvorets) - Grand Palace + Park

Duration 5 hours The Palace-and-Park Ensemble Peterhof (Petrodvorets) is a jewel of the Russian art, a town of parks, palaces, and fountains. In the past it used to be an exquisite summer residence of Russian tsars. The park began to take shape in 1705 during Peter I reign. Verkhniy (Upper) Garden and Nizhniy (Lower) Park, genuine masterpieces of landscape design, number over 150 fountains, 5 monumental cascades. On the territory of the reserve, 9 working museums (the Grand Palace, Monplaisir, Catherine's Block, Marli, Hermitage, the church of St.Alexander Nevsky (Gothic Capella), the Benois family museum, Cottage, and the Bath Block. Grand Palace is the largest architectural construction of the Peterhof ensemble. The graceful building with galleries, sparkling gilding of domes was stretched by its facade along a terrace almost on 300 meters. Price, EUR # of persons 1 2 3 4-6 7+ Comfortable car/minivan 113 72 65 56 on request Air-conditioned comfortable car/minivan 121 75 65 56 on request

Boat tour of Rivers and canals

Duration 3 hours A new perspective on the city can be gained from water-level and the boat trips visit some areas of the city that might not be reached on ground. There are trips with interesting route in the historical part of the city. From the very outset the city was built on water, on numerous islands in delta of Neva River. The combination of the architecture and water in St.Petersburg, as well as in Venice, has a special charm. Wide full-flowing Neva is conceived as the main prospectus of the city along which majestic palaces, temples, gardens, monuments are stretched. Price on-request. Price, EUR # of persons 1 2 3 4-6 7+ Comfortable car/minivan on request on request on request on request on request Air-conditioned comfortable car/minivan on request on request on request on request on request

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