- Reception by your guide at your hotel — transfer from there to the city.
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State Hermitage Museum – one of the best art collections in the world. The Gala-rooms of the Winter Palace, the Italian Renaissance, Dutch, Flemish and Spanish old masters (Rembrandt, Rubens, Van Dyke, El Greco etc), and the French Impressionists collections.
- Lunch
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City tour. Drive along the Neva Embankment, passing the Bronze Horseman, the Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg State University and the Field of Mars, around the Theatre Square (Mariinsky “Kirov” Opera and Ballet House). Photo-stops on the Spit of Basil Island, near St Nickolas Naval Cathedral, battle-ship “Aurora”.
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Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. The interior of the church is completely covered with mosaics. It was built in the old Russian style as a memorial to the Russian Emperor Alexander II on the very spot where he was mortally wounded by a terrorist.
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St. Isaac’s Cathedral – the fourth tallest cupola construction in the world, and formerly the main Russian Orthodox church of the country.
- Transfer back to the hotel
- The services of a qualified English, German or Russian speaking tour-guide.
- Comfortable air-confitioned tour car/minivan.
- Entrance tickets to the museums.
- Pick-up from the hotel.
- Transfer back to the hotel.
- Meals.
- Photo and/or video permits that are required in some museums (they can be booked, on request, or purchased in cash at the door).
- Gratitudes to the guide and the driver (optional).
For cancellation up to 3 days, a full refund will be given. For cancellation up to 1 days, 50% refund will be given.
