2 Day Private Tour of St. Petersburg - For Cruise Passengers Including Faberge Museum

08:45 - 09:00 Meeting with your guide at the ship (the start time will be adjusted to your arrival time). Panoramic city tour covering major sights of St. Petersburg. Metro tour upon your request

10:15 - 11:00 Private excursion in a cathedral of your choice: Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood or St.Isaac's Cathedral

11:00 - 13:00 Private excursion in the Hermitage Museum

13:00 - 14:00 Way to Peterhof

14:00 - 15:00 Lunch (not included).The guide will recommend you good restaurants and cafes on the way or we can make a preliminary reservation at your wish

15:00 - 17:00 Private excursion in Grand Palace and Lower Gardens with fountains of Peterhof

18:00 Return to the ship.

ENTRANCES:

1. One of the renowned cathedrals of St. Petersburg for your choice. Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood - wonderful, fabulous nine-dome cathedral, its interior is a real mosaic museum, which you can look over for hours. This is one of the biggest collections in Europe. OR Saint Isaac's Cathedral - a prominent sample of the Russian cult constructions with unique rich decoration. There are more than 150 art pieces of the middle of the XIX century in its interior. Stained-glass windows, mosaics, sculptures and fine combination of coloured stones create the great colour scheme, which amazes every visitor of the museum.
2. State Hermitage – world-wide famous museum – will astonish you with its interiors and grand scale. The winter residence of the Russian Emperors, one of the biggest museums in the world, with 25 kilometres total halls length, nowadays presents the rich collection of the world masterpieces. Our guides will show you the most interesting and important items from the whole variety of the museum exhibits!
3. Splendid Peterhof - favourite suburban residence of Peter the Great, a real pearl of Russian Baroque and Empire Style, often called Russian Versailles. Great palace and park ensemble, amazing fountains and golden sculptures, playing in the sun, create an absolutely unique combination, which is a must-see for every visitor of St. Petersburg. During this excursion, you are welcomed to walk through the Lower Park, admire the famous fountains and visit gorgeous Grand Palace.

08:45 - 09:00 Meeting with your guide at the ship (the start time may be changed upon your request)

10:00 - 12:00 Private excursion in Catherine Palace and park of Tsarskoye Selo

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch (not included).The guide will recommend you good restaurants and cafes on the way or we can make a preliminary reservation at your wish

14:00 - 15:00 Private excursion in Peter and Paul Fortress

15:00 - 16:15 Faberge museum tour

17:00 Return to the ship.

ENTRANCES:

1. Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin) - former summer residence of the Russian monarchs, also known as "the town of muses", because in different periods it was a refuge for the great Russian writers A. S. Pushkin, M. Y. Lermontov, S. A. Esenin. You will walk along the Catherine Park, on the territory of which more than 100 different sculptures, pavilions, bridges, monuments and other constructions are situated. And, of course, you will visit the Catherine Palace, see its marvellous interiors and admire restored famous Amber room.
2. On the way to Tsarskoye Selo, you will visit a Monument to the heroic defenders of Leningrad during the great Patriotic war.
3. Peter and Paul Fortress – the first architectural monument of St.Petersburg. On its territory the burial place of Romanov tzar family is situated and you will see it in Peter and Paul Cathedral as well as view fortifications, the prison of Trubetskoy Bastion, an unusual monument to Peter the Great and other important places of Russian history.
4. Faberge museum - world's largest fabulous collection of works by Carl Faberge including nine Imperial Easter eggs that were made to the order of the last two Romanov Tsars – Alexander III and Nicolas II. The museum also holds many of other items made by Faberge and his contemporaries.