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St Petersburg Highlights City Tour
3 h
The essential St Petersburg in three hours by car: Palace Square, the Bronze Horseman, the Summer Garden, the Spit and the sphinxes, told through stories.
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The Hermitage
2.5 h
A private two-and-a-half-hour Hermitage visit for up to six people: the Winter Palace state rooms, the Peacock Clock, Leonardo and Rembrandt, no queues.
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City Tour and the Church on Spilled Blood
3.5 h
See the whole historic centre by car in three and a half hours, then step inside the mosaic-covered Church on Spilled Blood. Tickets included.
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City Tour and St Isaac's Cathedral
3.5 h
Drive through the historic centre in three and a half hours and go inside St Isaac's, the vast domed cathedral that took forty years to build.
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The Peter and Paul Fortress
2 h
Two hours on Hare Island, where St Petersburg began in 1703: the bastions, the cathedral with the Romanov tombs, the old political prison and the noon gun.
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The Rivers and Canals of St Petersburg
1 h
An hour on the Fontanka, Moika and Griboyedov canals with a guide for your party alone: palaces from the water, low bridges, Chizhik-Pyzhik and the Neva.
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Peterhof: the Fountain Parks and the Palace
5 h
A five-hour private trip by car to Peterhof: the Grand Cascade and Samson, a palace interior of your choice and an easy walk through the fountain park.
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Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo) with the Catherine Palace
4 h
Four hours by car to Tsarskoye Selo: Rastrelli's Catherine Palace, the Great Hall, the recreated Amber Room and a walk in the 107-hectare Catherine Park.
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The Russian Museum
2 h
A private two-hour walk through the Mikhailovsky Palace: a thousand years of Russian art, from medieval icons to The Ninth Wave and Repin's Barge Haulers.
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The Fabergé Museum
2 h
Two hours in the restored Shuvalov Palace on the Fontanka with the world's leading Fabergé collection, including nine imperial Easter eggs. Tickets included.
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City Tour and the Peter and Paul Fortress
3.5 h
A three-and-a-half-hour drive through the centre, ending on Hare Island where the city was founded in 1703, with entry to the Romanov burial cathedral.
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Peterhof by Hydrofoil with the Fountain Park
5 h
Skim across the Gulf of Finland by Meteor hydrofoil in forty minutes, then walk Peterhof's Lower Park with its 147 fountains. Boat and park tickets included.
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Peterhof and Tsarskoye Selo: Two Residences
5 h
The Amber Room and Catherine Park at Tsarskoye Selo, then the fountains of Peterhof's Lower Park, in one day by car with your own guide and tickets.
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Imperial St Petersburg
2 h
A two-hour walk from Palace Square along Nevsky Prospect, with hidden courtyards behind the grand facades and a stop for doughnuts at a Soviet-era cafe.
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The Yusupov Palace and the Murder of Rasputin
1.5 h
Ninety minutes in the Yusupov Palace on the Moika: state rooms of the richest family in Russia, its private theatre and the cellar where Rasputin was killed.
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St Petersburg by Night
3 h
Three hours by car through St Petersburg after dark: floodlit palaces, empty squares and the Neva bridges rising, timed so you end up on the right bank.
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Pavlovsk with the Palace and the Park
4 h
Charles Cameron's calm classical palace for Paul I and 600 hectares of landscape park, forty minutes from the city, with car, guide and tickets.
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Kronstadt with the Naval Cathedral
5 h
A five-hour trip from your hotel to Kronstadt, the island naval town closed to visitors until 1996: the Naval Cathedral, Anchor Square, docks and harbours.
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Dostoevsky's St Petersburg
2.5 h
Walk the streets around Sennaya Square where Dostoevsky lived and set Crime and Punishment: Raskolnikov's garret, the pawnbroker's house, the well-yards.
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The Siege of Leningrad
4 h
A private four-hour drive to the places that remember the Siege: Victory Square, the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery and the scars still visible in the centre.
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Gatchina: the Palace and the Park
5 h
A five-hour trip by car to Gatchina, Paul I's castle-like palace, with its underground passage to the Echo grotto and Russia's first landscape park.
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Oranienbaum with the Great Menshikov Palace and Park
5 h
Five hours at Oranienbaum, the one imperial suburb the war never reached: Menshikov's 210-metre palace, Peter III's toy fortress and a vast seaside park.
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The Konstantinovsky Palace at Strelna
5 h
Visit the Konstantinovsky Palace at Strelna, a working state residence that hosted the G8 and G20 summits, by car with a guide and entry arranged.
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Build Your Own Tour
Tell us how many days you have and what you enjoy. We combine city tours, museums, palaces and day trips into a private, well-timed plan.
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Jewish St Petersburg
2.5 h
A private walk through Kolomna, where St Petersburg's Jewish community settled, with a visit to the Moorish-style Grand Choral Synagogue.
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Kronstadt: Fort Rif and the Naval Cathedral
7 h
A seven-hour trip to Kronstadt and Fort Rif, open to visitors only since 2020: vaulted underground galleries, casemates and the Naval Cathedral.
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Peterhof and Tsarskoye Selo in One Day
8 h
Peterhof’s fountain park in the morning, the Catherine Palace and Amber Room after lunch: one private day with car, guide and entry tickets arranged.
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Vyborg: the Castle and Monrepos Park
9.5 h
A full day by car to Vyborg, Russia's one truly medieval European town: the 1293 Swedish castle and St Olaf's Tower, the old streets and Monrepos park.
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Veliky Novgorod
10 h
A day trip by car to Veliky Novgorod, 145 km from St Petersburg: the kremlin, St Sophia Cathedral of 1050, Yaroslav's Court and Vitoslavlitsy, tickets included.
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St Petersburg in Two Days: the City, the Hermitage and Two Residences
16 h
Day one in the centre, the fortress and the Hermitage; day two at Peterhof and the Amber Room. Private guide, car and all entry tickets for both days.
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Karelia in a Day
16 h
A long private day from St Petersburg to Karelia: Korela fortress, Sortavala, the Ahinkoski waterfalls and three hours at the Ruskeala marble canyon.
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