Saint Petersburg - North Venice (5 days / 4 nights)
Program
Day 1
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Arrival in St.Petersburg. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation at the hotel*.
City Tour + visit to Isaac's Cathedral, which 21.8m-high golden dome is dominating the St Petersburg skyline, the last neo-classical structure to be built in the city. 100kg of gold leaf were used for the dome and the end result - a lavish interior of marble and mosaic (duration-3 hours).
*In the evening we suggest unforgettable performance at one of the former imperial Opera&Ballet Theatres of Saint Petersburg - Mariinsky Theatre (former Kirov Opera and Ballet theatre), Musorgsky Theatre, Alexander Theatre, etc.
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Day 2
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Breakfast. "Get acquainted" tour around the buildings of the State Hermitage Museum, the richest art collection in Saint Petersburg that stands among the greatest art galleries of the world (duration-3 hours).
*During the fascinating midsummer "white nights" of Saint Petersburg can be offered "Night city tour" around the historical center of the city, when the bridges over Neva river are drawn
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Day 3
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Suburb excursion to Peterhof (duration - 5 hours). Peterhof (Petrodvorets) - the combined ensemble of Russian Tsar Summer Residence, which main attraction - fountains - play a very large part in explaining Petrodvorets' impressive charm. The Grand Cascade & Water Avenue is a symphony of fountains and canals partly engineered by the tsar Peter I himself.
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Day 4
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Suburb trip to Tsarskoe Selo (duration 5 hours). Pushkin town (ex-Tsarskoe Selo) - evocative of the rosy days and the grey days of the Romanovs, the summer palaces were created for Empress Elizabeth and Catherine the Great.
The baroque Catherine Palace and/o the classical Alexander Palace. Favourite haunt of Nicholas and Alexandra, it ironically became their prison when they were put under house arrest before being shunted off to Yekaterinburg.
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Day 5
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Russian Museum, often overlooked by visitors in favour of the Hermitage, the extensive Russian Museum is a must for anyone interested in Russian art and culture. The museum was founded in 1895.
*Water city tour along rivers and canals of St.Petersburg (duration 2 hours) can be additionally offered. Transfer to the airport. Departure from St.Petersburg.
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Price: in EURO per person per trip
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1 pax |
2 pax |
3-9 pax |
10-15 pax |
15+ pax |
01.10.04-15.05.05 |
410
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237
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203
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153
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149
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16.05.05-30.09.05
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459
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275
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248
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205
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199
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Price includes:
rent a car/minibus with driver
guide-interpreter service (English, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and other languages are available)
entrance fee of the indicated museums
transfers airport/hotel or hotel-airport/train station
The rates of tours exclude accommodation. Please, choose a hotel from our hotel list and we will include the hotel price in your tour package. We do provide up to 20% discount for hotel cost included in tour packages.
All the programs and rates are subject to change. The flexible rapid staff is always glad to arrange new individual tour, according to your request, plans, tastes and dates of your vacations
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