City tour + Peter & Paul fortress by car (3 hours)
You will see the the main highlights of St. Petersburg, Neva embankments, numerous bridges, rivers and canals. Inside visit of Peter & Paul fortress - located on the Hare island. It was founded on the 27th of May 1703 by the order of Peter the Great. The day of its foundation is the birthday of St. Petersburg. We celebrate it every spring. During many years there was a political prizon on the territiry of the fortress, the most severe in Russia.
Inside visit of Peter & Paul cathedral - the burial place of the Russian emperors. You will see the tombs of Peter the Great, his spose Catherine I, Catherine the Great, Alexander I, Alexander II, Alexander III, the members of the last royal family, executed by bolsheviks and other tsars. This church was built by the first architect of the city Domenico Tresini. The iconstand is unique. It is made of gildered timber without a single nail. The spire of the fortress is the highest point in the city - 122,5 metres.
Inside visit of Grand Ducal Dormitory - Uncrowned members of the Imperial Romanov dynasty and Grand Dukes are buried there. It was buit by architect David Grimm in 1908.
This private tour can start and finish at your hotel or where it is suitable for you.
The main attractions you will see:
- Hermitage museum and Winter Palace - the former royal residence
- Alexander column
- Admiralty
- Monument to Peter-the Carpenter
- St. Isaac's Cathedral
- Saviour on the Spilled Blood church
- Kazan cathedral
- Stroganov palace
- Point of Basil island
- Commodity Exchange building
- Zoological muzeum
- Rostrum columns
- University
- Monument to Lomonosov - the famous Russsian scientist
- Egyptian Sphinxes
- Academy of Fine Arts
- Monument to Peter the Great- the Bronze Horseman
- Monument to Nickolas the First
- Monument to Catherine the Second.
- Gostiny yard
- Peter & Paul fortress - visit inside
- Peter & Paul cathedral - visit inside
- Grand Ducal Dormitoty- visit inside
The price per each person according to the quantity of people in the group
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Group size |
2 per |
3 per |
4 per |
5 per |
6 per |
7 per |
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Price per 1 person US $ |
147 |
105 |
84 |
72 |
64 |
58 |
Included in price:
- licensed professional English-speaking guide
- a professional driver with a comfortable air-conditioned vehicle
- admittance fees to the museums
- photo passes for the museums
Payment: during the tour in cash USD, Euro or Rubles
