City tour + visiting the Hermitage The panoramic tour usually begins and finishes at the hotel, where you will be picked up by your guide. Usually a guide is waiting at the reception of the hotel at the appointed time with a sign in his hand, where your name is written. So, you will recognize each other straight away One part of your tour will be devoted to the panoramic excursion over the city by car and you will spend the other part of the excursion visiting the Hermitage. City Tour + visiting Saint-Isaac's Cathedral The panoramic tour usually begins and finishes at the hotel, where you will be picked up by your guide. Usually the guide is waiting at the reception of the hotel at the appointed time with a sign in his hand, where your name is written. So, you will recognize each other straight away. One part of your tour will be devoted to the panoramic excursion over the city by car and you will spend the other part of the excursion visiting Saint-Isaac's Cathedral. City tour + Peter and Paul's Fortress The panoramic tour usually begins and finishes right from the hotel where you will be picked up by your guide. Usually a guide is waiting at the reception of the hotel at the appointed time with a sign in his hand, where your name is written. So, you will recognize each other straight away. During the Panoramic City Tour we will pass the heart of Saint-Petersburg — the Nevsky Prospect, the main thoroughfare with old mansions standing along, the avenue of expensive shops, restaurants and great variety of entertainments. You will have a look at Kazan Cathedral — the kind of 1812 war memorial, at Admiralty — our naval beauty. You will see the Winter Square — the heart of the Northern Venice. Passing through Vasielvsky Island — the main scientific and educational center — you will see Rostrum Columns which will remind you that Saint-Petersburg is a naval city. The Hermitage Traveling to Saint-Petersburg you can not help visiting the Hermitage — the symbol not only of Russian, but of the universal culture. Our guided tour of the Hermitage will help you find the right orientation in the museum, to see those masters whom you would like to see, to listen to the most interesting information, to ask your professional guide many questions and to have a discussion right there, by the masterpiece. The Gold rooms of The Hermitage The Hermitage is famous not only in Saint-Petersburg, in Russia, but all over the world. It is situated in the Winter Palace, the Russian tzars residence, where many significant events of the history took place. Nowadays it offers its visitors not only the greatest masterpieces of art but also the real treasures of gold and diamonds of the ancient times and even prehistoric era. The Diamond rooms of The Hermitage The Hermitage is famous not only in Saint-Petersburg, in Russia, but all over the world. It is situated in the Winter Palace, the Russian tzars residence, where many significant events of the history took place. Nowadays it offers its visitors not only the greatest masterpieces of art but also the real treasures of gold and diamonds of the ancient times and even prehistoric era. Peter and Paul's fortress The Peter and Paul's fortress is the place where our city has started. The day of its foundation — May the 27th 1703 is considered to be the birthday of Saint-Pertersburg. A glamorous and exquisite structure on the Zajachij Island has a very long and mysterious history. It was built to be a fortress, but it was turned into a prison. And now it is one of the most famous museums in our city attracting not only foreigners but also native citizens of Saint- Petersburg. Saint Isaac's Cathedral We welcome you to see one of the most important cathedrals of our city created by a great master Monferrand — Saint Isaac's Cathedral. It is the forth largest cupola cathedrals in the world. It took them a very long time of 40 years to construct it — from 1818 to 1858. This cathedral is the fourth successful attempt to construct the church of Saint Isaac in Saint-Petersburg. The Church of Christ's Resurrection A marvelous structure near the Griboedov channel, that sparkles with bright and rich colors on its onion domes is the church of Christ's Resurrection. The chirch of Christ's Resurrection is also called The Church of our Savior on the Spilt Blood. It was built on the place where the tsar Alexander II was tragically wounded by a terrorist. Peterhof (Petrodvoretz) Dear ladies and gentlemen! We invite you to see the residence of fountains and palaces — Petergof- with us! Petergof is one of the most exquisite and fascinating residences in the suburbs of Saint-Petersburg. The heart of Petergof is the Great Palace and the two parks adjoining it, adorned with golden sculptures and splendid fountains. Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin) Created by Empress Elizabeth and Catherine the Great, they call Pushkin "Tsarskoe Selo", which in translation means "the village of tsars". It is one of the earliest arquitectural ensembles in the suburbs of St-Petersburg. It lies 15 miles down south from St-Petersburg in a spectacular small city Pushkin, called so in honor of a great Russian poet and writer of the 191 century Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. Pavlovsk We welcome you to see the residence of Pavlovsk with us! Notwithstanding the gorgeousness of Peterhof, the splendor of Pushkin, Pavlovsk still remains the beloved place of real art connoisseurs. A splendid place-and-park ensemble of Pavlovsk is situated 32 kilometers south of St. Petersburg. Yusupov Palace On the embankment of the Moika river in the old part of Saint Petersburg there stands a resplendent Yusupov Palace which conserved its interiors of the 19th — the beginning of the 20th centuries. Our professional guides will show you the gala halls of the palace, a unique private theatre of the Usupov's family, cozy living-rooms, historic rooms connected with the tragic death of Rasputin. The Russian Museum of Ethnography The Ethnography museum is situated near to the Russian museum on the art square. Its richest collection is dedicated to the illustration of life and culture of numerous peoples of the Russian Empire in the late 19th — early 20th century. During the excursion you will see the life of these peoples "in fragments": the models of their houses, their occupations, their rites and traditions. The collection of the Ethnography museum was started in 1899. At present the collection numbers over half a million exhibits. If you visit a Golden Room, you will be impressed by decorations, armaments and also cult objects made of precious stones. The Russian Museum We welcome you to see the Russian art with us! Its best masterpieces you will find nowhere but here in Saint-Petersburg! St-Petersburg is often called "a museum in the open air" due to the great number of museums, theatres and institutes concentrated in this city of culture and education. Alexander Nevsky Lavra (Monastery) At present Alexander Nevsky Lavra is both an acting monastery and a museum in St-Petersburg. The monastery was founded in 1710 by Peter the Great's order on the place where according to the belief Alexander Nevsky and his troops defeated Swedes. Though they say that an official date of the monastery foundation is the 25th of March 1713 when the first wooden church "Blagoveshenskaya" was sanctified. Menshikov Palace We are glad to give you brief information on Menshikov Palace. Alexander Danilovich Menshikov was a campaignion of Peter The Great, and what is more — they were very good friends. Notwithstanding the poor background, Peter the Great appointed Menshikov governor general, gave him a title of a duke and presented him a large luxurious palace on Vasilievsky island. Museum of Vodka Saint-Petersburg museum of vodka is the first and unique museum of this style in the world. Here, except for the history of appearance of vodka in Russia, you will find out how to drink this traditional Russian beverage "in the right way" when tasting it in a special hall (the tasting is included in the ticket price).