St. Petersburg City Break

Hi Laura

Hope you had a good Easter.  We are back from our travels, resting up and getting over the bad colds we caught on our last day in Russia.  The air on Skye is so clean that we never catch colds up here.  Unfortunately we seem to catch one every time we go away and this time was no exception.

Anyway, we enjoyed our trip immensely.  Everything went well and there were no problems at all. The flights there and back were on time and the shuttle drivers were there to meet us both coming and going.  We really enjoyed staying at the Ambassador Hotel.  The staff were very helpful and made us feel very comfortable there.  There was a bottle of wine in our room when we arrived and again on my birthday.  Fantastic.  We would definitely stay there again if we go back.  The metro is a short walk away and there are loads of restaurants in the area...we developed a taste for the food from Georgia!

Thank you for setting our trip up.  We appreciate all the hard work you did on our behalf and for answering all my questions.  We are very happy with the service you provided and will certainly use you again should we go to that part of the world.  If you would like me to write a reference I would be more than happy to do so.

Best Wishes and Thank You again for a great trip. (Even the weather was good!)

Martin & Joy

Dear Julija

Dear Michael,

I am writing to thank you for organising a fabulous holiday for us.

Thanks to your efficiency everything went smoothly from start to finish. We were so pleased with The Petro Palace Hotel from the top floor restaurant to the fitness centre. The concierge was particularly helpful in obtaining excellent ballet tickets for us and giving excellent advice.

St Petersburg is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to. We certainly made good use of our time visiting The Hermitage buildings, Peterhof, Church of the Spilled Blood and St Isaac’s Cathedral to name just a few of the impressive sights. The highlight was our trip to Swan Lake on our last evening. Simply sublime.

I would not hesitate to visit the city again: I found it so clean, safe and friendly and mostly inexpensive.

Thank you so much for all your help and organisation.

Best wishes,

Lindsey

Hi Michael,

Adrian here. I was going to email you about the trip. 

Thank you for arranging the same... my son really enjoyed it as did I. The transfers to and from the hotel were excellent as was the hotel itself. 

We fully embraced both the culture and the nightlife!  My son even began to speak Russian after a few beers. 

We will definitely be going back again in a few years time when he has his year out hopefully in St Petersburg. 

Thank you for all your help. 

Kind Regards,

Adrian

More than happy to provide feedback. We had a brilliant time. Definitely one of our very best which included 2 hockey matches - both sold out with 12,000 attendances. A trip to the ballet plus the usual sightseeing . Another highlight was sitting in a cafe at 1 in the morning drinking tea with several vodka chasers!

Rob

Hi Inga, 

Thanks for your message.  Our weekend was great - we loved St. Petersburg, the hotel was very nice and very central, and all the arrangements worked very smoothly.  Thank you for your help!  I will get round to sending a photo at some point.....

Linda

Dear Lena,

             It was a wonderful stay and we loved St. Petersburg. The trip both ways went like clockwork.

Hotel services well-run and ideally placed for sightseeing walks. Red roses and champagne waiting in the room as requested. It was graduation day on the Friday and well worth being there. We pushed the boat out and ate at the Palkin and Percorso restaurants. Also ate at Gogol - a few yards down the road. Lovely traditional place with staff in traditional clothing and one of them playing the piano in the room where we ate. Food and wine was fabulous.  Would recommend it.

Did the tour of The Hermitage that you arranged for us. Could easily have spent several days there to do it justice. The guide, Tim, was excellent. He was with us far beyond the call of duty and several hours over the time of the tour. He took us over the Neva to see the sights, although we did not have enough time to reach the Aurora. We would be grateful if you would feed back how impressed we were with Tim and the high quality of his service to us. He mentioned he worked at the university teaching French and English,  I think.

All in all a wonderful and unforgettable experience for all the right reasons.

Thank you so much for the travel organising. It worked perfectly.

Kind regards.

Dr Grant B

Good Evening Daina.

Many thanks for the follow up email.

My husband & I had a wonderful trip to St.Petersburg.

Our guide Vladimir was superb,& really made our trip, full of enthusiasm & the upmost professional at all times.

Transport at all aspects were efficient & punctual.

Ballet was very enjoyable.

The hotel was a little disappointing, breakfast was what we would describe, as adequate.

We asked a receptionist to make a dinner reservation for us, on our last night ( & she forgot, which was annoying) ,however the location was very good as it was so near the superb metro.  

After the troublesome start of trying to acquire the visa, the rest of the vacation was hassle free.

Many thanks to you, for your assistance in helping us to plan our trip.

We would have no hesitation in recommending your company to anyone, who asks us…

Every Best Wish & Thanks Daina.

Kindest Regards,

Deirdre & Diarmuid.

Hi Diana

Just a quick email to thank you for sorting our wonderful trip to Moscow/st Petersburg

Everything went like clock work .

If you wish to know more please contact me and we will be happy to answer any questions

Many thanks

Iain J

Just a quick email to thank you so much for giving my husband the best birthday ever. Everything was just perfect with your organisation.  The hotel room was fantastic looking right over St Isaac’s Cathedral,  and Champagne was in the room when returned from the Winter Palace on the day of his birthday.   Marinisky Theatre  seats were amazing and taxi both ways spot on time. The only thing was the poor driver felt so bad as his boot had frozen on the car so all the luggage had to come in the back with me when we arrived.  So not a complaint but a laugh between us showing us how cold it really was…. And what a treat we were in for.  The snow has given me some amazing photographs.
We can’t believe it was over so soon, and he is already talking about going back again as we only really scratched the surface of such a beautiful city.
None of this wouldn’t have been possible without all your care and attention to detail with the booking so we both thank you very much.  We look forward to travelling again with you.

Kind regards
Mrs Greener

Hello,
I have been meaning to email you for a while to let you know what a great time we had in St Petersburg.
All the arrangements you made for us – the transfers, the hotel and the ballet tickets went very smoothly.
The hotel was in an excellent location, the staff very welcoming and the rooms and food of a good standard.
We were lucky to have sunshine and snow, so I think we saw this beautiful city at its wintery best.
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Jane

Hello Iveta - just a short note to say thank you for organizing my holiday - all went well and had a lovely time - Thank you and Best wishes
Joy A.

Hi Daina,

I wanted to follow up and say thank you so much for all your help.  Our recent trip from Stockholm to St Petersburg worked out perfectly. We made the most of four days, our tour guide was excellent, and we thoroughly enjoyed the Peterhof, the full day tour and Hermitage, Catherine palace, and more.  Since it was just the two of us and our guide, we were able to skip all the lines of tourists and were really able to get around and see everything. I sincerely appreciate all your help in arranging and making it happen.

Best,
Craig

Dear Iveta,

Just to say that we had the most wonderful time in St. Petersburg and we cannot thank you enough for organising such a fantastic trip.  Our guide, Julia, was brilliant and very well informed about all the places we visited.  The hotel was in a perfect location and very comfortable and friendly. We have returned with our heads full of Russian history and all the beautiful things we have seen - it really was a memorable trip. Thank you once again.

Kind regards
Laura and Falconer

Dear Iveta,

This is to thank you for all your help and guidance. We had a marvellous time and found St. Petersburg fascinating. Julia, our guide was charming and very well informed. The driver was also excellent. The hotel was fine too. Thank you.

Tommy F.

Dear Daina
 
Thank you very much for sending the travel documents for the trip that my wife and daughter are to make to St Petersberg.  I am particularly grateful for the work that you did in securing the required visas.  The service that you provided us with was first class - thankyou very much.
 
David H.

Dear Daina, We had a great week end in St Petersburg. We thought the city was beautiful and the people we met were all very friendly and helpful. The arrival transfer was a bit unfortunate, but no real problem. Your colleague Julia was charming and  was very efficient at sorting out the problem. We have been very impressed with Baltic travel and especially with yourself. I would certainly use your company again in future and would have no hesitation in recommending you to friends and family.
Thank you again for all your help.
 
With best wishes,
Andrew T.

Back from WONDRFUL trip to St Petersburg
Your organisation was PERFECT
Cannot thank you enough!!
 
Malcolm F.

Hi Veronika, just to let you know that we got back safely last night from our trip to St. Petersburg. We enjoyed it enormously, we saw huge amounts, had good weather and were seriously impressed by St. Petersburg, so thank you for you help in making it happen.
with best wishes

Julie and Tisha

Dear Daina, we returned to England last Sunday after a wonderful 4 night break in St Petersburg, so we are emailing to say thank you for all your help and support given to us and to our Son and his Wife who made the booking in the first instance. Everything about our Break was excellent, travel, accommodation, food, people and especially the wonderful sights around the City, we didn’t waste a minute taking in as much as we possibly could, and are now getting our breath back here at home, we even had better weather in St Petersburg than they had in Gloucestershire while we were away.
Should the opportunity arise to return to Russia or any other place where your Company operates we would most certainly come back to you, thank you again for your Customer care, yours most sincerely,
 
Chris and Sue

Hi Iveta,

It was an unbelievable trip. The sights, the ballet, the helpful guides - in fact everyone everywhere - made it such an enjoyable experience. Of course, none of it would have been possible without your advice and personal attention to the planning of all this especially in getting us a room with the best view in town ....and even organising a train ticket for my husband from Moscow. Well done and thank you again.

Lady Joy G.