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Saint-Petersburg
- Petrograd - Leningrad
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Saint-Petersburg
is 300 years old. Its anniversary will take place
on may 27, 1703 and this date, no doubt, appears
to be the remarkable event in the life of the city.
And we would like to suggest you to take part in
the celebrations of Saint-Petersburg, to learn more
of its history, to experience its way of life and
to hear its heartbeat.
We are glad to introduce you a special tour dedicated
to your acquaintance with the history of Saint-Petersburg.
The tour has its own peculiarity because it follows
the chronology of the events starting with the time
of the city's creation and up to modern days. You
will learn more about the imperial Saint-Petersburg
and the revolutionary Petrograd. You'll have a chance
to stay in Leningrad and go through the 900 days
of blockade in the years of the Great Patriotic
War. Finally you are going to experience the way
of life of the modern Saint-Petersburg. There are
some differences in the program of the tour depending
on a season. They are called especially to make
your trip more interesting and convenient for you.
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| The
program of the tour for the summer period |
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Day
1:
the tourists arrive to Saint-Petersburg.
the transfer to the hotel on a coach; accommodation.
the general coach tour around Saint-Petersburg (a
coach excursion which includes the walk along the
pedestrian zones as well as the ride on motor boats
along the rivers and channels of the city). Its
aim is to introduce the history of Saint-Petersburg.
free time, return to the hotel. |
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Day
2:
the excursion to the Peter and Paul Fortress - the
place where the city originated.
the excursion to the House Museum of Peter the Great
- the first emperor of Russia and the creator of
Saint-Petersburg.
free time for lunch.
the tour to the statue of Peter the Great "The
Bronze Horseman".
the excursion to St. Isaac's Cathedral which includes
the ascension to the dome to observe a wonderful
view of the city and its outskirts.
free time, return to the hotel. |
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Day
3:
the excursion to the Hermitage - a brilliant museum
which together with Louvre in Paris appears to be
one of the best museums in the whole world.
free time for lunch.
the excursion to the Cathedral of the Resurrection
of Christ "The Savior-on-Blood" erected
on the place of the tragic death of the emperor
Alexander 2.
the walk along the Summer Gardens.
free time, return to the hotel. |
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Day
4:
the excursion along the Lenin's places of interest:
the Monument to Lenin at the Finland Railway Station,
the Smolny Institute.
the excursion to the Cruiser Aurora which gunshot
gave a signal for the assault of the Winter Palace
and the start of the October Revolution.
free time for lunch.
the coach trip to Sestroretsk, the excursion to
Lenin's Hut Memorial Museum.
return to Saint-Petersburg.
free time, return to the hotel. |
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Day 5:
The day of departure. Most of the hotels have their
strict rules according to which the tourists have
to check out until 12 a.m. after the last paid-up
night. |
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| The
program of the tour for the winter period |
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Day
1:
the tourists arrive to Saint-Petersburg.
the transfer to the hotel on a coach; accommodation.
the general coach tour around Saint-Petersburg.
free time, return to the hotel. |
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Day 2:
the excursion to the Peter and Paul Fortress.
the excursion to the House Museum of Peter the Great.
free time for lunch.
the excursion to the Museum of wax figures in Stroganov
Palace.
free time, return to the hotel. |
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Day
3:
the excursion to the Hermitage.
free time for lunch.
the excursion to St. Isaac's Cathedral.
free time, return to the hotel. |
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Day
4:
the excursion to the Cathedral of the Resurrection
of Christ "The Savior-on-Blood" erected
on the place of the tragic death of the emperor
Alexander 2.
the excursion to the Cruiser Aurora.
free time for lunch.
the excursion to the branch of the History Museum
of Saint-Petersburg "Leningrad in the years
of the Great Patriotic War".
free time, return to the hotel. |
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Day 5:
The day of departure. Most of the hotels have
their strict rules according to which the tourists
have to check out until 12 a.m. after the last
paid-up night.
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The
program of the tour for the winter period.
(simplified version) |
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Day
1:
the tourists arrive to Saint-Petersburg.
the transfer to the hotel on a coach; accommodation.
the general coach tour around Saint-Petersburg.
free time, return to the hotel.
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Day
2:
the excursion to the Peter and Paul Fortress.
free time for lunch.
the excursion to the Cathedral of the Resurrection
of Christ "The Savior-on-Blood".
free time, return to the hotel.
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Day
3:
the excursion to the Hermitage.
free time for lunch.
the excursion to the Cruiser Aurora.
free time, return to the hotel.
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Day
4:
The day of departure. Most of the hotels have their
strict rules according to which the tourists have
to check out until 12 a.m. after the last paid-up
night. |
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In addition to our partners
we would like to mention the following:
1. Regardless of whether the tourists
arrive to the railroad terminal or to the airport they
would be certainly met by the guide.
2. In any day of their stay in Saint-Petersburg we are
ready to arrange a lunch or a dinner in various restaurants
of the city as well as in the hotel (this particular
service the tourists should pay separately).
3. In the evening of each day in order to arrange the
tourist's free time we can offer numerous actions: visiting
theatres, exhibitions, night clubs, discotheques, various
sporting events, etc. Our company is ready to take responsibility
for the tickets provision.
4. In any day of the stay of the tourists in Saint-Petersburg
after the day program's over we can arrange their transfer
on a coach back to the hotel.
5. In case when our tourist group have their tickets
on a plane or on a train departing in the evening we
can offer additional excursion or any other activity.
In that situation we can also offer a coach to arrange
the transfer of the tourists to the center of the city
so they can spend their free time. After that they will
be certainly carried to the airport or to the railway
station (this particular service the tourists should
pay separately).
All these articles as well as any other extra information
should be stipulated with our partners and after that
the tour will obtain its ultimate form in order to satisfy
the group of tourists.
So this is how the tour "Saint-Petersburg - Petrograd
- Leningrad" looks in general.
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