Private 3-Day Shore Excursion - All of St Petersburg
Private 3-Day Shore Excursion - All of St Petersburg
Duration: 3 days (8 hours per day)
Intensity: Active
Availability: Cruise season
Sights Visited:
- The State Hermitage Museum and the Winter Palace
- The Faberge Museum
- The Yusupov Palace
- The Spilled Blood Church
- St Isaac Cathedral
- St Peter & Paul Fortress and Cathedral
- Catherine Park and Palace
- The Lower Park and the Grand Palace of Peterhof
- Boat cruise along the canals
Inclusions & Exclusions:
- Visa-free arrangements for the shore excursion, port fees
- Private guide's services (English, Spanish, German, Italian, French..)
- Private driver services (by car/minivan)
- St Petersburg cruise port pickup and drop off
- Skip-the-line tickets to visited sights
- Headset for the groups larger than 7 people
- Bottled water for each traveler
- Lunches (You can add a traditional 3-course Russian lunch for an extra $15 per meal)
Tours Description
Choose this carefully planned Visa-Free Private Shore Excursion in St Petersburg if your cruise ship is docked in Russia for 3 days. Discover this beautiful city in style and comfort with a company of a professional guide. You will see the most popular attractions of Venice of the North which are impossible to miss. Disembark visa-free with the vouchers provided by the tour operator and get the full impression of St Petersburg with this comfortable and private tour of St Petersburg.
The approximate itinerary of this comprehensive 2-day shore excursion of St Petersburg:
Day 1
- 9:00-10:00 - Meet your private guide and driver right in the port terminal and start your day with a panoramic city tour of the historical center.
- 10:00-11:30 - Visit St Peter and Paul Fortress and the Cathedral, ones of the first constructions in St Petersburg
- 12:00-12:30 - Have a guided tour of the splendid Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood
- 12:45-13:45 - Take your time for lunch
- 14:00-17:30 - Explore the Hermitage and the General Staff Building. The collection of this museum includes more than three million works of art. You will see masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Caravaggio, El Greco, Velasquez, Rubens, and Rembrandt as well as Van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin, Matisse, and others.
- 18.00 - Return to the cruise ship
Day 2
- 9:00-10:30 - Travel to Peterhof and take your chance to see some of the most beautiful metro stations.
- 10:30-13:00 - You will have a guided excursion to the Grand Palace (Petrodvorets) and enjoy a walk in one of the most beautiful parks in the world, the Lower Park of Peterhof.
- 13:15-14:15 - Take your time for lunch
- 14:15-15:00 - Ride to Tsarskoye Selo
- 15:00-17:00 - Have a guided visit to Catherine’s Palace, the favorite summer residence of Catherine II. Here you can see the luxurious interiors in baroque style and the Amber Room.
- 18:00 - Return back to the cruise ship.
Day 3
- 9.00-10.00 - Ride along Nevsky Prospect, the main avenue of the city and visit Kazan Cathedral (if desired)
- 10.00-11.00 - Take a tour of the Faberge Museum with an audio guide
- 11:30-13:00 - Visit the beautiful Yusupov Palace, which in the past belonged to one of the richest Russian families – The Yusupovs. This magnificent palace was the site of the murder of Grigory Rasputin, a mysterious Siberian healer
- 13:00-14:00 - Take your time for lunch
- 14:15-14:45 - Discover the largest Russian Orthodox Cathedral in St Petersburg – Saint Isaac’s Cathedral
- 15:00-16:00 - Have a sightseeing boat cruise on various rivers and canals. You will see amazing views of the popular city attractions from its historic waterways
- 16:30 - return back to the cruise ship
The itinerary of the shore excursion in St Petersburg will be adjusted according to the cruise ship schedule, traffic, and museum availability.