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St Petersburg – Escorted tour (originating from Helsinki)
This is the ideal way to explore St. Petersburg, with its majestic palaces, extravagant mansions and richly decorated cathedrals. A multilingual Finnish tour leader will accompany you throughout the tour, which introduces the main sights of the city in four days.
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Departures from Helsinki
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Day 1: Czarist Colours
(Breakfat and Dinner included)
After boarding the very early Finnish Sibelius train from Helsinki to St. Petersburg you will enjoy breakfast. Upon arrival in the "Venice of the North", the orientation tour takes you to the Bronze Horseman, Admiralty, Nevski Prospekt and Palace Square. On Palace Square you will admire the harmonious unity of St. Petersburg. The architects of the city gave colours an essential role in their plans and this magnificent Russian city owes much of its special atmosphere to these painted façades The tour continues to the very roots of St. Petersburg. The city was founded by Peter the Great, as he laid the foundation of the first fortress on an islet in 1703. This island, the Peter-and Paul Fortress, has become the chief monument to its founder’s reign. Dinner and overnight at tourist-class hotel Moskva or similar.
Day 2: Along Canals and Boulevards
(Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included.)
The day begins with an excursion to the Hermitage. The Hermitage was established in the year 1764, as Catherine II bought paintings made by famous Dutch painters. After the revolution in 1917 the amount of exhibits tripled and now it contains 2,400,000 pieces of art. The Hermitage collection offers art lovers special highlights such as Leonardos, Raphaels and Titians.
After lunch, which is served in a local restaurant, you visit the third largest Cathedral in the whole world: the Cathedral of St. Isaac. The cathedral was designed by a French architect Auguste Montferrand and the construction took 40 years - from 1818 to 1858. Dinner and overnight at tourist-class hotel Moskva or similar.
Day 3: 18th-century Russian Luxury
(Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included.)
In the year 1708 Peter I gave his wife Catherine Aleksejevna an estate in the outskirts of St. Petersburg. As the summer residence of Russian Czars for two centuries Zarskoje Selo, later Pushkin, was developed into one of the most magnificent and richest residences in Europe by the most famous architects and craftsmen of the time. Lunch in a local restaurant and transfer to city centre. Leisurely afternoon can be put to good use by wandering in the city like any other citizen having a day off. Dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight at tourist-class hotel Moskva or similar in St. Petersburg.
Day 4: Homeward-Bound!
(Breakfast and Lunch included.)
Spend your last morning at leisure. After lunch at the hotel, transfer to the railway station and afternoon departure to Helsinki, where you arrive late in the evening.
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Russian Visas
A visa is compulsory for all passengers on the tours to Russia. Each passenger must apply for the visa in his/her country of domicile. The visa application must be accompanied by confirmation documents. To obtain the necessary visa support letter, we need to know the personal data of each passenger at the time of booking (i.e. surname, first names, date of birth, sex, nationality and passport number). A handling fee of £25 is charged for the visa support letter per party travelling together.
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