1-Day St Petersburg PRIVATE Tour: Hermitage, St Isaac's, Savior on blood

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Stop At: Peter and Paul Fortress, Petropavlovskaya Fortress, 3, St. Petersburg 197022 Russia

Peter and Paul Fortress

The Peter and Paul Fortress is a symbol of St. Petersburg and one of the few remaining fortresses of the 18th century, the burial place of Russian emperors, as well as a former political prison of Russia. It was the one the history of St. Petersburg began with.



Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Savior on the Spilled Blood, Griboyedova Kanala Emb., 2B/A, St. Petersburg 191186 Russia

Savior on the Spilled Blood

The magnificent Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is one of St. Petersburg's most memorable landmarks. The church, built at the end of the nineteenth century, is constructed in a classical Russian style decorated with colorful domes and glazed tiles.


Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: The Museum Complex The State Museum St. Isaac’s Cathedral, Isaakiyevskaya Sq., 4 Nevskiy Prospekt metro station, St. Petersburg 190000 Russia

St. Isaac's Cathedral

The dome of St. Isaac's Cathedral dominates the skyline of St. Petersburg and its gilded cupola can be seen glistening from all over the city. You can climb up the 300 or so steps to the observation walkway at the base of the cathedral's dome and enjoy the breathtaking views over the city.


Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: The State Hermitage Museum, Palace Square, 2, St. Petersburg 191055 Russia

The State Hermitage Museum

We will see the most important masterpieces of famous painters, sculptors and masters of Applied arts. The Hermitage is considered to have been founded in 1764, when Empress Catherine the Great acquired an impressive collection of works from the Berlin merchant Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky. The collection of the State Hermitage includes over 3 million works of art and world culture artefacts. It contains paintings, graphic works, sculptures, works of applied art, archaeological artifacts and numismatic objects. See the pearls of Egyptian antiquities, Prehistoric art, Italian, Spanish, German, Swiss, British, French and, of course, Russian art, marvelous pieces of jewelry and decorative art. The Hermitage also has a population of cats serving the attraction. They live in the the museum's basement and keep the collection from the mice, during summer you can them meet on the embankment and on the square.


Duration: 3 hours