Follow us in this intense discovery of St Petersburg and its countless culural, artistic, historical riches, emblematic places of the capital (the Peter and Paul Fortress, the Cathedral of the Saviour on spilled Blood and the St Isaac Cathedral ...) to the most beautiful museums in Europe: the Hermitage museum, the Russian Museum, Erarta...
Arrival in St. Petersburg, the Venice of the North. Your driver welcomes you at the airport and accompanies you to the hotel.
Free time for dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Departure with your guide for a panoramic city tour by transport and a guided tour of the Peter and Paul Fortress: Discovery of the sumptuous capital imagined by Peter the Great at the mouth of the Neva. Decembrists’ Square, the Admiralty and Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Nevsky Prospekt, the Canals, the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood ...The city tour is the ideal excursion to understand and tame the geography of this human-sized city.
Free time for lunch then visit the Yusupov Palace: Yusupov Palace is one of four palaces owned by the Yusupovs, the richest family in St-Petersburg on the eve of the Revolution. You will visit the sumptuous private apartments and small basement theater of these princes renowned for their philanthropy and their art collections. In the basement, you will relive the last moments of Rasputin who was murdered in this place.
Free time for dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Meet with your guide and depart for the guided tour of the Hermitage Museum: A shining jewel of Russian Baroque art, the Hermitage Museum is one of the most important museums in the world. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it houses treasures from antiquity and the works of the great masters of the Dutch, Italian, Flemish, and Spanish schools. This is a visit appreciated for both the richness of the collections and the magnificence of the buildings.
Free time for lunch, and guided tour of St-Isaac's Cathedral (with a climb to the dome), and of the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood: The Orthodox Cathedral of St-Isaac is the third largest cathedral in Europe, it offers a magnificent view of the city and the Neva from its main dome at 102 m high. The Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood was constructed in the neo-Russian style. Greatly inspired by St-Basil's Cathedral of Moscow, the cathedral is one of the most picturesque and most visited buildings of St-Petersburg today.
Free time for dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Free time depending on flight schedules. Transfer to the airport and return flight.
. Accommodation in indicated hotels or similar hotels, in a standard double room (except if your quotation indicates another room category)
. Breakfasts
. Transfers mentioned in the program
. Excursions mentioned in the program, with an English-speaking guide and admission tickets
. Meals which are not mentioned in the program
. Tips and personal expenses
. Optional visits and excursions not mentioned in the program
. These services are not included in the price, except if there are explicitly mentioned in the quotation
. 30% deposit upon reservation
. Balance payment one month before departure
. The order of the excursions can be modified according the touristic sites or for any other technical reasons
. Non-binding pictures
. According to the Warsaw Convention, in case of delayed baggage delivery, in the context of air travel, the passenger must personally hand in a written protestation letter to the effective carrier (the air company ensuring the flight, which can be different from the selling company, in case of code-share flights) no more than 21 days after said luggage was given to them
. If the cancellation is made more than 30 days before departure, the fee is 100€
. Between 30 and 20 days before departure, cancellation fee equals 25 % of the total amount of the trip price
. Between 19 and 13 days, the fee equals 35 %
. Between 12 and 9 days, the fee equals 60 %
. If the cancellation is made less than 9 days before departure, the cancellation fee is 100% of the total amount
Ticketing service: except if specified otherwise, flight and train tickets are non-changeable and non-refundable
Other services: insurance and administrative fees are non-refundable
