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Our guests near the Royal Peterhof Palace imageOur guests near the Royal Peterhof Palace

Day Schedule


➤ Breakfast

➤ Guided tour to the royal Peterhof Palace

➤ Guided tour to the Peter and Paul Fortress and Cathedral

➤ Faberge Museum Tour

➤ Boat cruise

➤ The evening is free at leisure

Peterhof imagePeterhof

Peterhof Palace Tour


Gardens and parks are spread over more than four hundred hectares and include thirty-one amazing museums and beautiful Versailles-style gardens. Interiors, as always in Russia, are all made of gold. In summer, the Peterhof is especially good thanks to its famous fountains which run naturally.


We shall visit the Grand Palace - the golden must-see! - and have a tour around the estate. Facing the Gulf of Finland, the palace - rises above the Grand Cascade and the Lower Park, stretching along the upper terrace for almost three hundred yards. The original idea for the location and general appearance of the "Upper Chambers" — as the Grand Palace was first known — belonged to Peter the Great. Throughout the XVIIIth and XIXth centuries, the finest Russian and West European architects worked on the facades and the interior décor. But the greatest contribution was made by Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli, who transformed the Grand Palace into a masterpiece of Baroque art during the reign of Peter's illustrious daughter, Empress Elizabeth, in the eighteenth century.

The Peter and Paul Fortress imageThe Peter and Paul Fortress

The Peter and Paul Fortress and Cathedral are the first and oldest landmark in St. Petersburg, built between 1712 and 1733 on Hare Island along the Neva River. Both the cathedral and the fortress were originally built under Peter the Great and designed by Domenico Trezzini. The cathedral's bell tower is the world's tallest Orthodox bell tower. Since the belfry is not standalone, but an integral part of the main building, the cathedral is sometimes considered the highest Orthodox Church in the world. There is another Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul Church in St. Petersburg, located in Peterhof.

Faberge Museum imageFaberge Museum

Take a guided tour to Faberge Museum with its unique and world-famous Faberge Eggs Collection. The museum has some 4,000 exhibits, displayed in 12 beautifully restored rooms according to type and history. Absolute must see!

Boat cruise imageBoat cruise

Enjoy a romantic cruise down the canals of St. Petersburg, and see some of the city’s monuments on the banks of the River Neva, all beautifully illuminated for the evening.

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