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Treasures of St. Petersburg

  • St. Petersburg
  • Immerse yourself in the amazing atmosphere of the city of Peter the Great: its pastel-colored palaces, famous museums, romantic canals, and magnificent cathedrals. Then discover three sumptuous summer residences of the Tsars, their treasures and their countless secrets.

day 1 - St. Petersburg
day 2 - St. Petersburg
Voyage SPB - Forteresse Pierre et Paul
Forteresse Pierre et Paul
Voyage Saint Petersbourg - Perspective Nevski
Perspective Nevski
Voyage Saint-Pétersbourg - Canaux et Neva
Canaux et Neva
Shutterstock (c) Saint-Pétersbourg - Nouvelle Hollande (13).jpg
Shutterstock (c) Saint-Pétersbourg - Nouvelle Hollande (13).jpg

Breakfast at the hotel. 

Departure with your guide and your driver for a city tour of St. Petersburg by transport, and guided tour of Peter and Paul Fortress: You discover the sumptuous capital dreamed by Peter the Great at the mouth of the Neva. The Decembrist square, the Admiralty and the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, the Nevsky Prospect, the canals, Savior on the Spilled Blood ... The city tour is the ideal excursion to understand the geography of this great city.

Free time for lunch and free afternoon for a personal discovery of the city (Option: guided tour of the sumptuous private apartments of the Yussupov Palace). 

Free time for dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

day 3 - St. Petersburg
Voyage Saint-Pétersbourg - Ermitage
Ermitage
Voyage Saint-Pétersbourg - Ermitage
Ermitage
Visite Saint-Pétersbourg - Promenade sur les canaux
Promenade sur les canaux

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 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, it contains best-known works of art of the great masters who represent  Dutch, Italian, Flemish, and Spanish schools. You will be amazed by the rich collections and by the magnificence of the palace itself.

Free time for lunch and a free afternoon for a personal discovery of the city (Option: 1/ River cruise on the canals of St. Petersburg from mid-may to mi-september, 2/ Guided tour of the interactive miniature museum Petrovskaya Aquatorya)

Free time for dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

day 4 - St. Petersburg
Voyage Russie, Saint-Pétersbourg - Cathédrale Saint-Isaac
Cathédrale Saint-Isaac
Saint-Pétersbourg - Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur-sur-le-Sang-Versé
Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur-sur-le-Sang-Versé
Voyage Saint-Pétersbourg -  Musée Russe
Musée Russe
Destination SPB - Kunstkamera
Kunstkamera

Breakfast at the hotel. 

Departure for a guided tour of St. Isaac Cathedral and St. Savior on the Spilled Blood Cathedral (with a breathtaking climb to its collonade). The Orthodox Cathedral of St-Isaac, built in the nineteenth century under the reigns of Alexander I, Nicholas I, and Alexander II, had remained the center of religious life in St-Petersburg until the Revolution. The third-largest cathedral in Europe, it has a magnificent view of the city and of the Neva river from its main dome  which is 102 meters high. 

Built by Alexander III on the spot where his father, Alexander II, was murdered in 1881, St. Savior on the Spilled Blood Cathedral was constructed in  Neo-Russian style. Along with St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, the St. Savior on the Spilled Blood Cathedral is one of the most picturesque and most visited museums in St. Petersburg today.

Free time for lunch, and free afternoon for a personal discovery of the city (Option: 1/ Guided tour of the Russian Museum offering a complete panorama of all Russian painting schools from the 10th century to the present day, 2/ Guided tour of Kunstkamera, a fascinating museum of objects collected by Peter the Great).

Free time for dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

day 5 - St. Petersburg
Voyage Saint-Pétersbourg - Palais de Peterhof
Palais de Peterhof
Voyage Saint-Pétersbourg - Palais de Peterhof
Palais de Peterhof
Voyage Saint-Pétersbourg - Palais de Peterhof
Palais de Peterhof

Breakfast at the hotel.

Your personal guide will pick you up at the hotel. Departure on foot (or by public transport) to the pier. Departure by airboat (from May to September, weather permitting; in winter the trip is by transport) for the visit of Peterhof: very impressed by the splendour of the French court, Peter the Great installed his "Russian Versailles" on the Baltic Sea to celebrate his victory against the Swedes. A long canal linked to the Gulf of Finland allowed guests to reach the palace by boat, admiring the Great Waterfall, this formidable ensemble of fountains, water jets and sculptures that still operates from mid-May to September.

Lunch free on site, return to town, late afternoon free.

Free dinner and night at the hotel.

day 6 - St. Petersburg
Voyage Saint-Pétersbourg - Palais de Pavlovsk © Dreamstime
Palais de Pavlovsk
Visite Saint-Pétersbourg - Palais de Pavlosk
Jardins du Palais de Pavlovsk

Breakfast at the hotel.

Departure with your personal driver and guide for the visit of the Pavlovsk Palace: Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pavlovsk is famous for the splendour of its interiors with many 18th century furniture, sculptures, and paintings, but also for the beauty of its English style park (Optional: guided tour of the gardens of the Pushkine/Tsarskoe Selo estate).

Lunch free, return to St. Petersburg and afternoon free.

Dinner at leisure and overnight at the hotel.

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day 7 - St. Petersburg
Voyage Saint-Pétersbourg - Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur-sur-le-sang-versé
Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur-sur-le-sang-versé

Free time, depending on flight schedules. 

Transfer to the airport and return flight.

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. Accommodation in indicated hotels or similar hotels, in a standard double room (except if your quotation indicates another room category)

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. Transfers mentioned in the program

. Excursions mentioned in the program, with an English-speaking guide and admission tickets

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GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

. 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 

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. 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

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