PRIVATE GUIDED TOURS IN ST. PETERSBURG - 2008

Baltic Travel Company offer a wide range of privately guided sightseeing tours in and around St. Petersburg, Russia.

Prices are quoted on a per tour basis and include an English speaking guide, private ground transportation (when required) and entrance fees (except for city tour):

ST. PETERSBURG CITY TOUR
Tour Duration:  3 hours
Tour Price;  £40 pp (based on 2 people)
Comments: Usual pick up time 10am. The city tour includes guide and transportation but does not include any entrance fees to the attractions stated below. Please note that the guide may change the route of the City Tour depending on traffic conditions. 

Tour includes the following highlights: 

• The Winter Palace, which houses the amazing art collection of the Hermitage Museum 
• Kazan Cathedral 
• St Isaac’s Cathedral 
• The Admiralty 
• The Mariinsky Palace 
• The Bronze Horseman – statue of Peter the Great 
• The Peter and Paul Fortress 
• The famous cruiser, the Aurora, whose shot started the revolution 
• The Fields of Mars 
• The Summer Garden 
• St Michael’s Palace 
• The Church on the spilled blood

PETER & PAUL FORTRESS
Tour Duration:  3 hours
Price:  £40 pp (based on 2 people)
Comments: Open 11:00- 17:00 (16:00 on Tuesdays). Closed on Wednesdays & last Tuesday of the month.

The Peter and Paul Fortress was built to guard the city of St Petersburg and is located on Hare Island, facing the Hermitage and dominating the River Neva. The Cathedral is the oldest building in St Petersburg and now houses the remains of the last Romanov Tsars. The construction of the Fortress began in 1703 and was built as a fortification during the Russian-Swedish war, but it was never used as a fortress and its bastions were turned into political prison cells. Son of Peter the Great, Prince Alexei, a famous pretender to the throne, Princess Tarakanova, writer Radischev, the Decembrists, the narodniks and various revolutionaries were all held prisoner within the Fortress walls.

WINTER PALACE – HERMIATGE
Tour Duration:  3 hours 
Price:  £50 pp (based on 2 people)
Comments: Open 10:30 - 17:00 (16:00 on Sundays). Closed on Mondays

A magnificent collection of art is housed in the winter palace of Catherine the Great. One of the biggest museums in the world and founded in 1764, its collection includes over 2.7 million items, including masterpieces of Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael, Roden, Rembrandt, Rubens and the French impressionists.

ST PETERSBURG CITY TOUR INCLUDING PETER AND PAUL FORTRESS
Tour Duration:  4 hours
Price:  £47.50 pp (based on 2 people)
Comments: Not available on Wednesdays & the last Tuesday of the Month

FULL DAY ST PETERSBURG TOUR INCLUDING HERMITAGE AND PETER AND PAUL FORTRESS
Tour Duration:  8 hours 
Price:  £77.50 PP (baed on 2 people)
Comments: Not available Mondays, Wednesdays and last Tuesday of the Month

YUSUPOV PALACE (including Rasputin exposition)
Tour Duration:  3 hours 
Price:  £52.5 pp (based on 2 people)
Comments: Open Daily 10:30 - 16:00

Home of Yusupov Family and setting for the murder of Rasputin. Waxwork effigies of the plotters in the basement. Superb palace in the heart of the city. The residence of an old and noble Russian family - the Yusupovs. It was also the site where Rasputin was murdered. Gala and residential rooms of the palace are open to visitors. Concerts of classical and folk music are held there.

PETRODVORETS (Peterhof)
Tour Duration (Oct - Apr):  3 hours 
Tour Duration (May - Sep):  5 hours
Price (Oct - Apr):  £ 55 pp
Price (May - Sep):  £ 80 pp 
In summertime it is possible to take a picturesque trip to Petrodvorets on hydrofoil, which will add extra cost.
Comments: Open 10:30 - 17:00 (20:00 May-Sept). Closed on Mondays & the last Tuesday of the month. Fountains closed October-April.

Situated 29km (18 miles) from St.Petersburg on the shores of the Baltic Sea, Petrodvorets (or Peterhof as it was formerly known), is an imperial treasure replete with lush parks, monumental cascades and gilded fountains. Following the 1917 Revolution, this former Summer residence of the Tsars was nationalised and turned into a public museum.

CATHERINE PALACE / PUSHKIN (Tsarskoe Celo)
Tour Duration (Oct - Apr):  3 hours
Tour Duration (May - Sep): 5 hours
Price (Oct - Apr):  £52.50 pp
Price (May - Sep):  £65 pp
Comments: Open 10:30 - 17:00. Closed Tuesday and the last Monday in the month.

Located 29km south of St. Petersburg, the construction of Catherine's Palace for Empress Catherine started in 1717. The world famous Amber Room has been completely restored to it’s former glory in the palace. A park in the French style was laid out around it. In the middle of the 18th century ‘Tsarskoe Selo’ became the official Royal residence. Not far from Catherine's Palace there is the Lyceum where the great poet Alexander Pushkin studied. The Lyceum is open for visitors.

Please note a supplement of 50 % of excursion price applies during the following Public Holidays:

01 & 02 January
07-January
23-February
08-March
01-May
09-May
12-June
04-November
31-December