Russian Ballet Evening and 3-course Traditional Russian Lunch in Saint-Petersburg

Visit: U Visit Russia, St. Petersburg Russia

A driver will pick you up at the hotel lobby and drive you to the centrally located Russian restaurant. Here, you will taste the famous courses of Russian cuisine such as fresh cabbage salad with apple vinegret (Old-style Russian salad with cooked and pickled vegetables), Shchi (Russian cabbage soup) with sour cream, chicken cutlet "Pozharskaya" with tomato sauce, hot pancake with fruit spread, chicken fricassee in mushroom sauce, Kasha (buckwheat porridge with onion). And of course, one shot of Vodka (50 ml) will help you to feel like a real Russian. Finish your perfect lunch with a cup of coffee or tea.

When you've satisfied your physical hunger it's time to take care of the cultural one. Your driver will take you to the one of the best Russian ballet and opera theaters to see the real Russian ballet, a tradition which has acquired fans from all over the world. Russian dancers are famous for their grace, fluidity and expression of hand movements and amazing intuitive understanding of their characters. Russian composers, such as Petr Tchaikovsky, Igor Stravinsky and Sergei Prokofiev, are considered the real maestros of ballet music. Productions by legendary choreographers Marius Petipa, Mikhail Fokin and George Balanchine are considered the leaders in the world art of choreography. You will have the unique chance to admire best Russian Ballet performances, such renowned masterpieces as "The Nutcracker", "The Sleeping Beauty", "Romeo and Juliet", "Scheherazade and the Fir-bird", "Еру Cinderella" and of course "Swan Lake" ballet which can not be missed by any ballet lover.

Starting time is usually 7:30pm or 8pm and the performance lasts for approximately 2-2.5 hours. Be impressed by the inimitable interiors of one of the oldest tsar's ballet theatres. Listen to the brilliant classic music of the outstanding Russian composers Glinka, Thaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Prokofiev. Relax and forget any problems. You can take the binoculars to see the delicate costumes of ballet dancers, looking at made-up faces you can feel the characters in them.

Choose any ballet performance in the oldest Russian Ballet and opera theaters such as Mariinsky, Alexandrinsky, Mussorgsky or The Hermitage Theater. Some of these theaters have been founded in the far 18th century as the personal royal theaters and now open the doors to the millions of ballet-lovers from any corner of the world. Each has it's own particular style due to the unique velvet interior framed in the baroque tracery.

During the intermission you may take a glass of champagne in the theater cafe and have a look at the miniature decorations and sketches of the costumes made especially for this ballet performance in the beginning of last century yet. You can face the photos of the best Russian ballet dancers in the theater foyer.

After the performance is over, you may take a taxi back to your hotel.

Duration: 5 hours