St Petersburg 2-Day Group Shore Excursion with Faberge Museum
St Petersburg 2-Day Group Shore Excursion with Faberge Museum
- The State Hermitage Museum
- The Spilled Blood Church
- The Faberge Museum
- The metro
- The Lower Park of Peterhof
- Catherine Palace (might be substituted with the Grand Palace of Pavlovsk)
- Boat cruise on the rivers and canals
- Visa-free permits for the shore excursion, port fees
- Professional English-speaking guide's services
- 2 traditional 3-course lunches
- Transportation by a Mercedes minibus
- St Petersburg cruise port pickup and drop off
- Skip-the-line tickets to visited sights
- Headphones for groups larger than 7 persons
- Bottled water every day
Tours Description
Shore Excursions St Petersburg offers a 2-day small group visa-free tour in St Petersburg for the cruise ship passengers. You will have a comprehensive shore excursion in a small group of fellow cruise ship passengers (limited to 16 persons). Visit the most popular sights of the city and its vicinity with a professional guide and skip-the-line tickets. The highlight of the program is a visit to the Faberge Museum which exhibits a fabulous collection of the Easter Eggs by Carl Faberge and other amazing jewelry pieces. You do not need to worry about issuing a Russian visa, the tour operator will issue special tour vouchers that allow taking part in this visa-free shore excursion of St Petersburg.
An approximate itinerary of the small-group shore excursion of St Petersburg:
Day 1
- 8:30-9:00 - meeting with the guide in the cruise ship terminal
- 9:00-10:30 - a trip out of St Petersburg to the city of Peterhof with a short metro tour
- 10:30-12:00 - a walking tour of the Lower Park of Peterhof where you will see the picturesque cascades and fountains
- 12:15-13:15 - time for lunch in a local restaurant
- 13:15-14:00 - a trip to Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin)
- 14:00-16:00 - a tour to Catherine Palace and the Amber Room
- 16:00-16:45 - return to the city center
- 16:45-17:45 - a visit to the Faberge Museum (with an audio guide or a live guide depending on the group size)
- 18:30 - drop off at the cruise ship
Day 2
- 8:30-9:15 - meeting, transfer to the city center
- 9:15-10:15 - a romantic boat cruise on the rivers and canals of St Petersburg
- 10:30-11:00 - an inside visit to the Church on the Spilled Blood
- 11:15-11:30 - a picture stop at St Isaac's Cathedral
- 12:00-13:00 - time for lunch in a local restaurant
- 13:30-15:45 - a tour of the State Hermitage Museum and the Winter Palace
- 16:30 - drop off at the cruise port
The itinerary of the shore excursion in St Petersburg will be adjusted according to the cruise ship schedule traffic and museum availability.