Private City Tour with visit to Peter and Paul Fortress and St-Isaacs Cathedral

Private City Tour with visit to Peter and Paul Fortress and St-Isaacs Cathedral

Get an excellent introduction to St. Petersburg on a 4-hour sightseeing tour by car with private guide. You'll see top attractions like the Winter Palace and Hermitage, St. Isaac's Cathedral, Spit of Vassilievsky Island and Rostral Columns, Peter and Paul Fortress and many others. Besides the renowned monuments, you will see small informal ones and learn stories behind them. Cozy little nooks and decorated courtyards will be a nice mix to spacious squares and gracefull churches. Enter the easily recognizable St Isaac's Cathedral and climb to its colonnade’s observation platform for bird's eye views of the city. Learn its intriguing history while marveling at its massive dome, stunning reliefs and bronze sculptures. Peter and Paul Fortress is a must-visit attraction and the oldest building in the city. You’ll learn all about its history, architecture, and some of the famous names buried within.

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

photo stop

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Cruiser Aurora, Petrovskaya / Petrogradskaya Emb. Gorkovskaya Metro, St. Petersburg 197046 Russia

photo stop

Duration: 5 minutes

Pass By: Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg 191025 Russia

guided city tour

Pass By: Bronze Horseman, Monument To Peter I, Dekabristov Square, St. Petersburg Russia

guided city tour

Stop At: Winter Palace of Peter I, Dvortsovaya Emb., 32 metro Gostiny Dvor, St. Petersburg Russia

photo stop

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Visit the famous St. Isaac's Cathedral, one of the finest architectural monuments of the XIX century and an integral part of St. Petersburg’s magnificent skyline, the former principal cathedral of the Russian capital has a capacity to accommodate 10,000 people. The cathedral is graced with 112 solid granite columns weighing up to 114 tons each and about 400 reliefs and bronze sculptures. The observation platform on the colonnade provides a magnificent view of the city. Long before this lavishly decorated building was opened to the public in 1848, St. Isaacs' already had a most unusual history. Explore the cathedral with your own personal, informative guide and enjoy your unforgettable visit.

Duration: 30 minutes

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

No visit to St Petersburg is really complete without spending a few hours at the site where it all began – the Peter & Paul Fortress.

this is where you can get a feel for St Petersburg’s more than 300 year old history, from royal tombs to prison blocks to historical museum exhibitions. Visit the stunning Peter and Paul Cathedral, the imperious Russian Orthodox church housed within the fortress walls. Admire the soaring bell tower and gilded baroque interior, and see the tombs of several of the Tsars laid to rest here, including Peter the Great, and Tsar Nicholas II and his family, whose remains were buried here in 1998. Peer inside the eerie Trubetskoy Bastion, one of the former prison blocks as your guide explains how it was used as a torture chamber, and take a guided tour of the museum that charts the lives of the former inmates.


Duration: 1 hour