Bus excursions in St. Petersburg

Bus excursions in St. Petersburg

Bus tours around St. Petersburg have always enjoyed great love among travelers arriving in the city on the Neva River to get acquainted with the famous monuments of culture, art and architecture. And this is not surprising, because such excursions give the opportunity to visit the largest number of attractions. Bus tours are especially convenient when exploring historical sites that are located away from the center or even outside St. Petersburg.

Many hotel-house are ready to provide a service to order excursion trips, and some of them own their own tour bureau, where you can choose the most exciting programs from the offered ones. It often happens that excursions for hotel guests start directly from the hotel doors. This is possible if guests come in an organized group. Many hotels in St. Petersburg and mini-hotels of St. Petersburg offer their guests interesting and convenient excursions on buses to the center of St. Petersburg. Of course, the use of a bus or minibus is necessary to organize trips to the famous suburbs of St. Petersburg.

Also on large and small tourist buses it is very comfortable to make sightseeing trips to the historical center of St. Petersburg. During such excursions you can see many city attractions, such as St. Isaac's Cathedral, Peter and Paul Fortress, Hermitage, Kazan Cathedral, Menshikov Palace and many others. A qualified tour guide will provide full information about the architectural and historical monuments that you will see, will tell the true facts from the history of the city, which is not as long as the history of other Russian cities, but full of important and significant events. Bus tours around St. Petersburg at night during the white nights are very popular. During night excursions you will be given a unique opportunity to see how the city on the Neva River is transformed at night. You will see Peter in a new way, because in the twilight with mysterious illumination, the wonderful architectural structures of St. Petersburg look quite different. You will be fascinated by the night panorama of the Gulf of Finland, fabulous views of the granite embankments of the Neva, ancient bridges, squares and canals in a mysterious frame of impressive monuments and palaces.

Of the most popular excursions to the suburbs of St. Petersburg, it is worth noting a trip to the city of Peterhof. You will be impressed by this beautiful place. Previously, Petrodvorets was a country imperial residence, and during the trip, a professional guide will acquaint you with the history of creation, architecture and monuments of this place. In Peterhof you can visit the Grand Palace and see its luxurious interiors. But the most interesting is a walk in the park with many fountains.

We also advise you to visit Gatchina, which is located 40 kilometers south of St. Petersburg. This small town in the Leningrad region can boast of one of the most amazing and picturesque palace and park ensembles. In Gatchina is not only one of the most interesting landscape parks in Russia, but also the famous Gatchina Palace. From the outside, it resembles a castle, its facades are ascetic, but the interiors are royally luxurious. The appearance and interiors of the palace in Gatchina often attracted the attention of filmmakers and became natural scenery when filming many feature and documentary films. The guide will tell about the history of the palace and its famous inhabitants: Emperors Paul I and Alexander III. You will be given the opportunity to see the restored original state halls of the mid-18th century, exhibitions of weapons and paintings. One of the most interesting elements of the palace is the underground passage that leads to the lake. In the Gatchina Park you can get into very unusual from an architectural point of view gazebos - "Birch House" and "Pavilion of Venus". In the Gatchina Park, you will undoubtedly be pleased and surprised by the harmonious combination of the nature of the Russian north and the unique architecture of the XVIII-XIX centuries, thanks to which we can admire the unique uniqueness of this place.