General description: this short tour is addressed primarily to those who are limited in time and can devote to St. Petersburg only two days. Classic St. Petersburg implies one excursion per day.
Accommodation: one- and two-bed rooms with amenities in hotels of St. Petersburg.
Extra bed: Academy Hotel provides a clamshell in two-bed rooms (“block” and “luxe” categories) with no restrictions on age.
Moscow Hotel provides a clamshell in two-bed rooms with no limit on age.
Nevsky Bereg Hotel provides a clamshell in two-bed rooms with no limit on age.
Meals: in accordance with the program.
Day 1, Saturday
Arrival at the hotel (independent). The company representatives can meet the tourists at the railway train station or at the airport as well (at extra charge). Transfers: May-September 2014. Accommodation (is also possible after the excursion program).
09:00 am – 10:00 am: a meeting with a representative of the travel agency in the hotel lobby. Getting specified tour program. Ordering additional excursions.
10:00 am: excursion to Kronstadt and Oranienbaum. You will pass by Saint Petersburg Dam, take a tour of the city of naval glory – Kronstadt, visit one of the palaces of Oranienbaum.
Lunch in the cafe (for the whole group).
Return to the hotel.
Day 2, Sunday
Breakfast.
10:00 am: “St. Petersburg and its heavenly patrons” excursion during which you will see one of the most revered relics of the city – Chapel of St. Xenia of Petersburg attracting thousands of people to find hope, help and intercession.
Excursion to the Cabinet of Curiosities – the first museum in Russia.
Free time in the city center.
Day 3, Monday
Breakfast.
Hotel check-out.
09:00 am: departure to Moskovsky railway station. Putting the luggage and other belongings in the storage room.
“Temples of Northern Capital” excursion with a visit to St. Isaac’s Cathedral.
Free time in the city center.
Optional excursions for extra charge within the program:
“White Nights” bus tour.
The tour will start and end nearby the hotel.
Duration: 3.5 hours (~ from 11:00 pm to 02:30 am).
Cost: RUB 650 for adults/students, RUB 590 for pupils, RUB 520 for children under 7 years.
“Venice of the North” excursion along the rivers and channels by motor ship.
Tour ends in the city center.
Duration: 1 hour.
Cost: RUB 490 for adults/students, RUB 440 for pupils/children under 7 years.
Visit the first in Russia Oceanarium and the attraction of “Legends and myths of St. Petersburg. The territory of ghosts”.
You can also purchase tickets only for the visit to Oceanarium or only for the visit to attraction.
Excursion ends in the city center.
Cost: RUB 1300 for adults, RUB 1100 for students/pupils over 12 years.
The visit to the attraction of “Myths and Legends of St. Petersburg” is not recommended for children under 12 years.
Date of departure to St. Petersburg: according to the purchased tickets.
Children: from 3 years, paying for accommodation and meals. Recommended minimal age for the travel is 5 years.
The price includes: hotel accommodation, meals, transportation services (by bus), sightseeing program, guide services.
Cost of the program: AZN 170 per person excluding the airfare.
