After a tempting breakfast at the hotel, we will embark on the panoramic sightseeing city tour including a visit to St. Isaac Cathedral the currently functions as a museum, Peter and Paul Fortress is a major landmark of St. Petersburg. Enjoy your tour of a city, rightfully described as Venice of the North or Pearl of the Baltic.
Later, we will drive along the Great Perspective world famous Nevsky Prospect is the main street in the city of St. Petersburg lined up with the beautiful marble palaces of Russian royalty and aristocracy, with most fashionable boutiques and art salons arranged in old settings of the 18th century, remarkable classical and Renaissance cathedrals and churches as its backdrop, one of four Russia’s Lavras with its magnificent Trinity Cathedral and its cemetery where Dostoevsky, Tchaikovsky, and other world celebrities were buried here.
Sojourn over at an excellent picture opportunity with a stunning prospect along the Neva’s embankments – the Neva dressed in granite. You can find out other attractions too the city’s Rostral Columns erected on either side of the stock exchange. Also, you will have a view of the 5 buildings of the State Hermitage Museum and the fortress of St. Peter and Paul – the original citadel of Russia’s new capital, Chamber of Curiosities – the first museum of the country founded by Peter, St. Isaac Cathedral – the 4th world’s largest vaulted edifices with the Bronze Horseman is an equestrian statue of Peter unveiled in Senate Square.
Next, you will drive to Summer Garden which is the home of marble statues and the oldest royal stone palace with the awe-inspiring collection of Italian effigies set in a natural surroundings of linden trees and also to sporadic flowers and plants, as well as ponds with ducks and swans, all are surrounded by cast-iron fence whose beauty is frequently described here. One who can also be enjoyed simply taking the air in the Garden.
Next, halt in the Field of Mars has a long and varied history with the eternal blaze lit in the center of the monument to victims of revolutions and wars where you can take photos of the Resurrection Cathedral on the Spilt Blood at its background, one of the most unusual monuments of Russian Orthodox architecture built on the spot where Alexander II was assassinated.
Later, you will drive through the Square of Arts which is an open public square and a perfect classical ensemble of the city. Stopover to enjoy an overwhelming beauty of the third largest square in the world – The Alexander Column also recognized as Alexandrian Column is the central point of Palace Square both are the heart of historic. Palace square is one of the most stunning squares in the whole world, at its epicenter being the world’s biggest free-standing architectural monument.
Visit Peter and Paul fortress – the burial ground of the Russian imperial family (Tsars Romanov dynasty), where you can visit the tombs of Tsars.
Later, enjoy the Neva River cruise ride and canals. In the evening you will be transferred back to the hotel to relax in your cozy room.
Enjoy your dinner and overnight stay at the hotel at St. Petersburg.
