City tour with visit to the Hermitage

Tour details

During St Petersburg city tour you will see the most amazing city sights!

• the Spit of Vasilievsky (Bazil) island -the largest island of St. Petersburg
• St. Peter and St. Paul fortress -the birthplace of the city
• the Palace square
• Hermitage museum –with a private tour of the Hermitage (3 hours ) –Monday is a day off
• the Alexander’s column–the monument to the victory over Napoleon
• the Nevsky prospect -the main avenue of St. Petersburg
• St. Isaac’s cathedral (Visit included; Wednesday is a day-off)
• St. Isaac’s square
• the Bronze Horseman–the monument to Peter the Great
• the Admiralty
• the church of the Savior on Spilled blood (visit included; Wednesday is a day-off)
• the field of Mars
• Summer garden of Peter the Great –the very first garden of the city
• the Square of Arts
• St. Nicolas Naval Cathedral –with a free visit
• the Theatre square and the Mariinsky theatre
• the Yusupov palace
• the statues of Sphinx
• the cruise Aurora –the so-called ship of revolution
• and a lot more!

During the tour you will visit magnificent Hermitage museum and explore main buildings of its complex:

• • Winter palace

• • Small Hermitage

• • Old Hermitage

• • New Hermitage

• lobby of the Hermitage theatre

Your tour guide will lead you directly to the entrance of the museum avoiding lines and crowds. You will enjoy the interiors of the XVIII and XIX centuries. You will see masterpieces of art by Leonardo Da Vinci, Rafael, Rembrandt, Tician, Goya and other outstanding masters. You will learn about the history of the interiors and buildings, about history of the collection, its previous owners, about the Romanovs and other wealthiest Russian noble families of the past, about the Hermitage present, its Imprerial and its Soviet past.