Tours for cruise passengers in Saint Petersburg

It is too expensive to book the cruise and the collective visa with a Russian cruise company? Would you like to have private city tours proper for you in Saint Petersburg with tourist guide in English instead of joining other cruisers? With Russian Tour you can! Russian Tour propose special packages to the cruisers who want to visit the city: the packages include permit in replacement of the visa, excursions in English, transfer by private car and optional visits. For further information, contact us at our e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Package no. 1 – Excursions for individual travelers

Included:

• Excursion of 9 hours with tourist guide in English 
• Transfer by private car
• Special permit in replacement of the visa (to be sent by e-mail)

Tickets for museums are not included. We offer the following optional visits:

• Saint Peter and Paul Fortress – Euro 8.00
• Saint Isaac’s Cathedral – Euro 10.00
• Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood – Euro 10.00
• Hermitage – Euro 15.00
• Pushkin House (Tsarskoye Selo) – Euro 20.00
• Peterhof (Petrodvorets): palace + park with fountains – Euro 27.00 , park with fountains – Euro 12.00

The duration of the visit is ¾ hours. To confirm your excursion please send us the copy of your passport, the name of your ship, and the date of arrival in Saint Petersburg Harbor.

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Package no. 2 – Excursions for mini-groups

Light Program (duration of one day)

•    08.30 Arrival in Saint Petersburg. Passports check and meeting with the tourist guide
•    09.00-10.00 City tour, stop on Vasilyevsky Island and near the Sphinx on the bank of Neva River
•    10.00-12.00 Visit of the Hermitage, European Art Museum which hosts one of the widest and most prestigious collections in the world, preserved in the marvelous rooms of Peter the Great’s Winter Palace - exclusive early entrance, before the official opening of the museum
•    12.30-13.00 Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood (the church in the neo-Russian style with its marvelous domes, the multicolored facade and the amazing interior)
•    13.30-14.30 Lunch in a typical Russian restaurant
•    14.30-15.30 Departure for Peterhof (the Tsar's Summer Residence, called the Versailles of all Russia), 29 km to the West from St. Petersburg
•    15.30-17.00 Visit of the Peterhof park
•    17.00-18.00 Return to the city and to the ship

Price per person:
150 Euros (adults)
130 Euros (children 7-17 years old, students 18-21 years old with ISIC)
75 Euros (children 4-6 years old)
Children under 4 years: free

Included
•    Service of transportation (as in the program)
•    Tourist guide in English
•    Entry in the Museums (as in the program: Hermitage, Peterhof park, Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood)
•    Typical Russian lunch of 3 dishes (bottle of water, tea or coffee are included, other drinks are to be paid extra)
•    Tour ticket (Russian visa for the cruise passengers)
•    Port charges

Maxi Saint Petersburg (duration of two days)

Day 2:
•    09.00 Passports control and meeting with the tourist guide
•    09.00-10.00 Departure for Pushkin situated 25 km from the city
•    10.00-13.00 Visit to the Catherine’s Palace (the Summer Palace of the Russian Tsars with the famous "Amber Room" inside, a work of art of inestimable value and beauty)
•    13.00-14.00 Return to the city center
•    14.00-15.00 Lunch in a traditional Russian restaurant
•    15.30-16.30 Visit of the Fortress of Saints Peter and Paul (with the Cathedral which houses the tombs of the Romanov Dynasty)
•    17.00 Return to the ship

Included:
•    Service of transportation (as in the program)
•    Tourist guide in English
•    Entry in the Museums (as in the program: Hermitage, Peterhof park, Catherine’s Palace, Saint Peter and Paul Fortress, Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood)
•    Boat ride in the canals (the boat has a terrace where to take pictures and a roof in case of bad weather)
•    2 lunches in traditional Russian restaurants (includes: three-course meal, a bottle of water, tea or coffee; extra drinks are not included)
•    Tour ticket (Russian visa for the cruise passengers)
•    Port charges

This tour allows you to visit as sights as possible, giving to you the time to enjoy the city and both the residences outside the city. The program is interesting and non-standard.

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Description of the excursions for cruisers

City Tour San Pietroburgo

This scenic tour of the city gives you the possibility to admire the following interesting sights: Nevsky Prospect, Ostrovsky Square and Catherine II Monument, Senate Square where the equestrian Monument to Peter the Great “The Bronze Horseman” soars, Saint Isaac’s Cathedral , Alexandrinsky Theatre, Kazan Cathedral (dedicated to Our Lady of Kazan), Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, Arts Square,  Admiralty Building, Field of Mars, Summer Garden.

Saint Peter and Paul Fortress

Visit to Saint Peter and Paul Fortress and entry in the famous baroque Cathedral designed by Domenico Trezzini: here are buried Romanov Tsars and Tsarinas. The works for the construction of Peter and Paul Fortress began on May 27, 1703 at Peter the Great’s command, in order to defend the areas adjacent to the Neva River during the Great Northern War, however it was never used for this purpose. The Fortress was designed on an irregular octagonal mould, with bastions on the corners. The works to this baroque architecture masterpiece were completed at the end of 1733. In addition to the Cathedral, the Fortress contains the Chocolate Factory, the Trubetskoy bastion (used as a prison), the Grand Ducal Mausoleum, the State Museum of Saint Petersburg History and the Saint Petersburg Mint as well.

Hermitage

3 hours long visit of one of the most prestigious and famous museums in the world. The Hermitage, completed in 1762, was designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli at Catherine the Great’s command in order to collect Western paintings in the imperial residence. For more than two centuries the collection had been broadening and nowadays, all things considered, one can assert that it is the widest one in the world: it counts more than 3 million artworks. The Museum preserves interesting rooms dedicated to Egyptian, Roman and Grecian antiques.

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood

The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood (Russian: Tserkov’ Spasa na Krovi) was built between 1883 and 1907 during Alexander II’s reign on the right bank of Griboedov Canal and next to Michailovsky Garden of the Russian Museum, not far from Nevsky Prospect. The official Russian name is “Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ” and was erected where the Tsar Alexander II was murdered during the assassination of the 13th March 1881. The style belongs to medieval Russian architecture (like the Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow), the Church is decorated with more than 7000 square metres of mosaics, the widest surface in the world.

Pushkin House (Tsarskoye Selo)

Visit of Catherine the Great’s Palace, where the world-famous Amber Room is preserved, and walk in the magnificent Palace Park. Catherine’s Palace, in rococo, was the summer residence of Russian Tsars in the town of Tsarskoye Selo, where Alexander Pushkin spent his youth. The typical architecture of the buildings, the landscapes and the parks represented Pushkin’s source of inspiration for his poems. In 1717 the Palace underwent some modifications and in 1756, at Elizabeth’s command, Catherine’s daughter, the court architect Rastrelli executed the latest refinement.