Private City tour with visit to St-Isaacs Cathedral and Church on Spilled Blood

Private City tour with visit to St-Isaacs Cathedral and Church on Spilled Blood

Get an excellent introduction to St. Petersburg on a 4-hour sightseeing tour by car. 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. A visit to the most stunning architectural monument and world's largest museum of mosaics - Resurrection Cathedral (Spilt Blood Church) will add to your impressions of our city. 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.

Itinerary
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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

This tour will begin in the lobby of your hotel, from where your private guide will take you to St Isaac Cathedral. Your private guide will be accompanying you throughout the duration of this tour. Enjoy complimentary city maps, bottles of water, rain coats (in case of any rain). This tour presents the itemized history of development of 2 of the most wonderful & well-known sights in St. Petersburg.

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: 40 minutes

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

Church of Our Saviour on Spilled Blood, the gem of St. Petersburg, admire the colorful decor and towering onion domes. Inside, too, you’ll find an ornate sanctuary adorned with richly hued mosaics. Belying its cheery facade, this magnificent church was built on the site where Tsar Alexander II was assassinated.


Duration: 40 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: Cruiser Aurora, Petrovskaya / Petrogradskaya Emb. Gorkovskaya Metro, St. Petersburg 197046 Russia

photo stop

Duration: 5 minutes

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

guided city tour

Duration: 5 minutes