Private St- Petersburg Food and Culture Tour - with Friendly Local Guide

Private St- Petersburg Food and Culture Tour - with Friendly Local Guide

Explore Russia’s traditional history and cuisine on this 3-hour Private Food and Culture Tour of St. Petersburg. Follow your friendly local guide through the bustling Nevsky Prospect to top city attractions including the Eliseyev Emporium, the Field of Mars, Palace Square, the State Hermitage Museum, St. Isaac’s Cathedral, and St. Michael's Castle.

Admire fine views along the Moyka River, and stop at local cafes and restaurants to sample some of the cuisine St. Petersburg’s residents love such as Russian herbal tea, kvass, borscht soups, fish lasagne, schnitzel with cheese and puree.

Finish your tour at some place in downtown St Petersburg or get back to your hotel.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Nevsky Prospekt, Nevsky Avenue, St. Petersburg 191025 Russia

Timing is flexible and you can start the tour any time you prefer.

This tour can be customized to make it a unique experience for you. Your private local guide will meet you in the hotel lobby and discuss the tour itinerary with you at the beginning of the tour.

10am - Meet your guide in the morning at your centrally located hotel in St. Petersburg and begin your tour. Stroll along the bustling Nevsky Prospect — one of the city’s popular shopping streets — and admire the grand interior of the legendary Eliseyev Emporium.

Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, Griboyedova Kanala Emb., 2B/A, St. Petersburg 191186 Russia

10.30am - As you explore, take in top city attractions including the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, the Field of Mars, St. Michael's Castle and gardens — once a royal residence — and the Russian Museum (from outside).

Pass By: Mikhailovsky Garden, Sadovaya street, 1 Mikhailovsky Palace, St. Petersburg 191186 Russia

Snap astonishing pictures passing by St. Michael's Castle and gardens

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

11.00am - Soak up the atmosphere at Isaac’s Square and admire 19th-century St. Isaac’s Cathedral.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Neva Embankments, St. Petersburg Russia

Stroll along the banks of the Moyka River to a trendy coffee shop. Here, sample local specialties such as poached egg on baked toast or homemade cottage cheese fritters with sour cream.

Duration: 15 minutes

Pass By: State Russian Museum, Inzhenernaya St., 4 Metro: Gostiny Dvor, Nevskiy Prospekt, St. Petersburg 191011 Russia

Take pictures of this landmark from outside

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

One of the best photo ops in St Petersburg

Duration: 15 minutes

Pass By: The State Hermitage Museum, Palace Emb., 30-38, St. Petersburg 191055 Russia

12.00pm - Head onward through Palace Square to the State Hermitage Museum and Alexander Garden, and listen as your guide sheds light on St. Petersburg’s colorful culture and traditions.

Stop At: Nevsky Prospekt, Nevsky Avenue, St. Petersburg 191025 Russia

Stop at a second cafe and enjoy a refreshing cup of Russian tea or kvass accompanied by a Russian traditional snack. For an even more original taste of Russia, head instead to a country-style Soviet-era cafe called Dachniki — where traditional soup, salad and hot dishes are on the menu. You can choose one item from each category: (menu is different every day).

Soups: borcht, chicken soup, solyanka soup, fish soup.

Salads: Olivie (Russian salad), salad with herring, salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, onion and dill.

Or else try fancy Candies by Coffee Room instead and have a 3-course meal in a fashionable setting.

Soups: home made chicken soup, tomato soup with parmesan, cheese soup with becon, soup with beef, soup with spinach and shrimps, onion soup backed with cheese.

Salads: Greek Salad, salad with tuna, salad with chicken.

Hot meals: pork with sauce and rice, fish lasagne, schnitzel with cheese and puree.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Bank Bridge, Kanal Griboedov Emb. connects Kazanskiy Island and Spasskiy Island, St. Petersburg Russia

12.30pm - Walk out along the pretty Griboyedov Canal to Bank Bridge for lovely city views.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Kazan Cathedral, Kazanskaya Sq., 2 Metro Nevskiy Prospect, St. Petersburg 191186 Russia

Enjoy fine views over 19th-century Kazan Cathedral.

Duration: 15 minutes

Pass By: Field of Mars (Marsovo Pole), St. Petersburg 191186 Russia

1.00pm - Finish your tour back at your hotel or somewhere in downtown, for example Field of Mars.