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This tour is designed especially for students. It offers a perfect combination of accommodation in the centre of St.Petersburg, a wide range of tours and locally flavoured meals.
 Day 1
Upon arrival in St.Petersburg. you will meet your guide and will be transferred to your hotel for check in. Then you will walk to a local restaurant for dinner.
Day 2
You will start this day with a guided city tour during which you will visit St.Isaac’s Cathedral, famous for its stunning interior decoration. After an independent lunch in a local café you will tour Kunstkamera, the first public museum of Russia, founded by Peter the Great. The tour will be followed by an hour-long river and canal cruise on a private boat. Optional evening ballet performance or folk show.
Day 3
In the morning you will go to the Hermitage Museum, one of the world largest art museums. After an independent lunch you will visit Dostoevsky Apartment Museum. This evening you will have dinner in a Georgian restaurant.
Day 4
This morning you will have the tour of Yusupoff Palace, one of the best private palaces of Europe, where you will see the elegant interiors and the rooms, where Grigory Rasputin was murdered. After an independent lunch you will visit Peter and Paul Fortress, the birthplace of the city, where you will see St. Peter and Paul’s Cathedral, the burial place of Russian Emperors, and the prison, the Alcatraz of the Russian Empire.
Day 5
This day will commence with a tour the Russian Museum, possessing the world’s largest collection of Russian fine and applied arts. Then you will walk to the Church on Spilled Blood to see its unique interior with over 70,000 sq. foot of mosaics. After an independent lunch you will visit the Necropolis of Alexander Nevsky Lavra, where the prominent Russian composers, writers and artists are buried. Optional evening circus.
 Day 6
In the morning you will depart for the town of Pushkin to visit Catherine’s Palace, the summer residence of the Russian Emperors, with its breathtaking Gold Suite of Rooms and the Amber Room. Then we will transfer you to Peterhof, another summer residence of the Russian Royal family. You will take a guided walk through the Lower Garden with its more than 150 fountains. In the evening you will have your farewell dinner in a local restaurant.
Day 7
This day you say good-bye to St.Petersburg and will be transferred to the airport.
Price per person in a group of 18 is:
in a twin room for students with IDs - 770 USD; adult supplement - 66 USD
in a triple room for students with IDs – 727 USD; adult supplement - 109 USD
The price includes accommodation in a tourist class hotel in the centre of St.Petersburg, museum entrances, guide and trasportation services according to the itinerary and three dinners.
To find out more, please, write to us at info@olton.ru or book now.
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