Best of St Petersburg private tour with Hermitage and Peterhof
This private tour of St Petersburg includes a visit to 2 of the most important museums in the city: the Hermitage Museum, Peterhof Park and the Grand Palace.
Meet your private guide in the lobby of your hotel and take a short panoramic city tour overviewing such highlights as Nevsky Prospect, the Square of Arts, Kazan Cathedral, Zinger House, the Spit of Vasilievskiy Island and much more.
You will visit the Hermitage, one of the biggest museums in the world, famous for its large collections of Italian, Spanish, French, and Flemish art. Start with the Winter Palace, the former residence of the Russian Tzars, and continue with the Old, the New, and the Small Hermitage Buildings. After a lunch break, head out of the city to the coast of the Finland Gulf, where the city of Peterhof is located.
You will have a short metro tour to see the most richly decorated stations in St Petersburg. In Peterhof, discover the capital of fountains, the Lower Park, decorated with numerous cascades, gilded statues, and water jets. Then, a tour of the Grand Palace of Peterhof, the summer residence of the Russian Emperors founded by Peter the Great. At the end of the day, you will reach the city center by a short hydrofoil ride (30 min).
