Tours

There are places that you can visit. Everything depends on your own choice and preferences. The tour could be for one day, two or even more. Probably would be more easier to find out what you are looking for. I would like to propose you a few options.

There are examples of the tours.

City Tour. During this trip you will see all the main highlights of St. Petersburg such as St. Isaac's Cathedral, The Church on the Spilled Blood, Peter and Paul Fortress, Nevsky Prospect, Palace Square, The Spit of Vasileevskiy island, Cruiser Aurora, The Field of Mars, Summer Gardens and so on. We could combine it to boat ride or walking tour.

The Hermitage Museum which is number one museum in a city and probably in Russia. The tour will take 3 hours. You will see all great masterpieces by western european masters. There is a story about how huge it is. If you stop in front of each exhibit for 3 minutes it will take 11 years to see the whole collection. It houses 3 million exibits.

The Russian Museum is located in the heart of St. Petersburg and 10 minutes walk from The Church on the Spilled Blood. It houses Russian collection of art.

The Church on the Spilled Blood is one of the attractive places in a city. It was designed to imitate old Russian style of the 17th century. It was built in order of memory of Russian emperor Alexander the Second. The remarkable thing is mosaic. The construction works ran well over budget having been estimated at 3.6 million rubles but ending up costing over 4.6 million.

St. Isaac's Cathedral is the 4th largest cupola dome cathedral in the world after St. Peter in Rome, St. Paul in London and Santa Maria in Florence. It took 40 years to build it (1818-1858) : One of the historical fact about it that the dome was painted grey during WW2. The made it to protect it during the bombing.

Yusupov Palace is famous for the murder of Grigori Rasputin. It houses a museum right now. It was bought by the wealthiest Russian family - Yusupov. There were 40 mansions belonged to them in the 18th century. This palace was electrified after Winter Palace. These are a few examples. All this palaces and cathedrals are in a city. Let's talk about other destinations.

The Great Palace in Peterhof and Gardens. This is a Russian Versailles and the first summer residence of Peter The Great the founder of St. Petersburg. It is famous for it's fountains. Totally 315 fountains are on the ground of two parks (Lower park and Upper garden). Actually Peterhof is a complex of the former royal palaces. All the former mansions were built in different times and for different purposes. It was absolutely destroyed by german troops in 40's of the 20th century.

Catherine Palace (Tzar's village) and park are one of the fascinating place near St. Petersburg. It became the second summer residence of Russian Royalty. The main alterations and innovations of the palace were made by Rastrelli. It was burnt down during WW2. And completely restored in 60's of 20 century. It is a great example of restoration work. Soviet masters used old sketches made by that masters of the 18th and 19th centuries. This is one of the places you should visit.

Pavlovsk is next to Catherine Palace. It is absolutely different compare to the previous palaces. It was ordered by Catherine The Second to her son Paul the First. It was designed in a classical style. The main architect came from Scotland (Charles Cameron) and brought new trends to St. Petersburg.

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