Glorious of St. Petersburg

Departure for city short-time loop tour; during this tour you will see Nevsky avenue, Arts square and Isaac square, Cherch of the Savior on Blood, Anichkov bridge, Mariinsky Theatre.

Then you will visit the famous military cruiser Aurora and Our Lady of Kazan Cathedral which is functional nowadays.

After that you will be able to visit Peter and Paul Fortress – the urban node, also you will have the possibility to explore Peter and Paul Cathedral – the Cathedral named after Apostles Peter and Paul.

Isaac Cathedral visit – the largest orthodox temple of Saint Petersburg and visit Russian vodka museum. During the tour you will find out the history of Russian traditional drink and also you will have the possibility to taste it.

Lunch in a restaurant.

And then you will visit Hermitage, the largest in Russia and one of the largest art and cultural-historical museums in the world. The modern State Hermitage occupies six impressive buildings located along side of Neva river in the center of Saint Petersburg. Hermitage was founded in 1764 as private collection of Catherine II but since 1852 it is opened for public. One of the largest collection in the whole world has been accumulated during one century and a half, it comprises nearly 3 million artworks and monuments of global culture which are located in more than 400 rooms. Hermitage accommodates such masterpieces like works of Leonardo da Vinci, Rafael, Tiziano, Rembrandt, P.P.Rubens, A. Van Dyck, El Greco, N.Poussin, V.Van Gogh, P.Gauguin, P.Picasso, A.Matisse.

Travel along rivers and channels of Saint Petersburg. You will see the whole city of tsar times from water. Rivers travel – Fontanka, Moyka, Bolshaya and Malaya Neva, you will see giant metal bridges with pivot spans, stone “curved” chiseled little bridges above little rivers and channels. There are more than 340 of them. Travel along rivers and channels is trip at “Northern Venice”.

Return.

Visit of Peterhof, the former tsar residence. This global architecture memorial and palace and garden art comprises the palace and garden complex dated 18-19 centuries and the Grand Palace of Peterhof consisting of more than 30 rooms richly decorated, ceilings are pictured, parquetry flooring is encrusted and wall are gold-plated.

This tour also comprises a visit of Grand Palace and walk in lower and upper gardens.

Lunch in a restaurant.

Trip to the State Museum-Preserve “Tsarskoe Selo” – a brilliant monument of the global architecture and garden art of XVIII – early XX century. Great constellation of outstanding architects, sculptors, artists embodied here the conceptions of their glorious Customers. Composition center of this monument is Catherine Palace – a magnificent edifice in Russian baroque style. Luxury decoration of Grand hall of the Palace and “Golden enfilade” do impress, you can also see the famous restored Amber room.