New Year in St. Petersburg

Itinerary: St. Petersburg

Period: 29.12.2021-02.01.2022

Length: 5 days/4 nights

Tour languages: English German Italian Spanish French

DAY 1: ARRIVAL ST. PETERSBURG
Arrival to St. Petersburg, optional transfer to Hotel Ambassador**** and check-in. Welcome meeting and optional welcome dinner at the hotel.

DAY 2: ST. PETERSBURG
St. Petersburg is an amazing city. Its imperial palaces and museums enjoy worldwide fame, while the Neva River and the many canals have deservedly given the city the title “The Venice of the North”. When the city is covered in snow it has a special romantic atmosphere. During the morning sightseeing tour we get acquainted with all the splendours of the city: the Winter Palace, St. Isaac’s Cathedral, the Church of the Bleeding Savior, the Nevsky Convent and much more. The afternoon offers an optional visit to Zarskoye Selo with the impressive Catherine’s Palace and the Amber Room, which vanished during World War II and was restored for St. Petersburg’s tri-centennial celebrations, after we continue to Pavlovsk and experience real Russian winter adventure in a troika ride.

DAY 3: ST. PETERSBURG
Morning offers optional visit to the world-famous Hermitage Art Museum. In the evening we enjoy an optional entertaining fabulous Russian New Year Gala at the hotel.

DAY 4: ST. PETERSBURG
The optional tour this morning offers a visit to a mass in the Orthodox Kazan Cathedral and a visit to the Peter and Paul Fortress to see the Peter-and-Paul Cathedral, the pantheon of the Russian czar from Peter the Great to Nicolas the 2nd. In the evening enjoy an optional farewell dinner at Restaurant Demidov.

DAY 5: ST. PETERSBURG DEPARTURE
Optional transfer to the airport.

VISA FOR RUSSIA: This tour requires a tourist visa for Russia for most passport holders. We DO NOT provide Visa services but we’ll issue invitation letters. Our issued visa invitation letters are not visas itself and valid visa must be obtained before travelling to Russia. The invitation letters we supply should be included with all the required documentation for the Visa application. Please note that the grant or refusal of the Russia Visa is at the sole discretion of the Russian authorities and we are neither involved in the process nor are liable or responsible in any manner whatsoever for any delay in processing or grant or rejection of the visa application of any applicant and the cancellation conditions specified below will apply also in these cases.