SAINT PETERBURG – TALLINN

SAINT PETERBURG – TALLINN

7 days / 6 nights 

DAY 1 – ST. PETERSBURG

Arrival in St. Petersburg. Meet the local English speaking guide at the airport.

Transfer to the hotel.

Check-in. 

DAY 2 – ST. PETERSBURG, SIGHTSEEING TOUR

Breakfast buffet.

In the morning we invite you to have a guided sightseeing tour of St. Petersburg. During the tour you will get acquainted with architecture, history and present day life of the former capital of Imperial Russia, and learn fascinating stories about the Romanov dynasty. Among the major sights on our route are: Palace Square, the Winter Palace,  Arts Square and the Russian Museum, Smolny Convent, Nevsky Prospect, Summer Garden and the Field of Mars. You will enjoy the classical ensemble of Senate Square with its famous “Bronze Horseman”, the spit of the Basil island, many other architectural monuments, gorgeous palaces, marvellous bridges and picturesque embankments.

Lunch.

Optional: St. Isaac’s Cathedral 

Optional: Relaxing cruise by boat along the main rivers and canals. The tour will take you to see the palaces and mansions on the banks of some out of the 66 rivers and canals of St. Petersburg.

DAY 3 – ST. PETERSBURG, THE HERMITAGE

Breakfast buffet.

Today you will have a guided tour to one the largest museums in the world – the Hermitage. The museum collections are displayed in five historical buildings, including the Winter Palace – the former residence of the Russian tsars. The year 1764 considered to be a birthday of the museum collection, when Empress Catherine II acquired a collection of European paintings. In the end of the 19th century the museum was opened to public. You will have a rare chance to see the masterpieces of Leonardo da Vinci, Rafael, Titian, P.P. Rubens, Rembrandt, A. El Greco, N. Poussin, P. Gauguin, P. Picasso, A. Matisse, works of the Dutch, Flemish, Italian, German, French and Spanish painters.

Optional: in the evening you can enjoy the classical Russian ballet performance in one of the city theatres.

DAY 4 – ST. PETERSBURG, FREE DAY

Breakfast buffet.

Free day to explore the city on your own.

DAY 5 – ST. PETERSBURG - TALLINN

Breakfast buffet.

Transfer to Tallinn.

Arrival in Tallinn, accommodation at the hotel. 

DAY 6 – TALLINN, SIGHTSEEING TOUR

Breakfast buffet.

In the morning – sightseeing tour of Tallinn. The highlight of any trip to Estonia is its capital city, Tallinn, with its fabulous medieval Old City. Tallinn's Old City is UNESCO Heritage Site, and rightly so. Unlike most European cities, which have ancient buildings mixed in between modern ones, Tallinn's Old City is complete. You leave bustling modern life behind when of cobblestones and dim alleys, sputtering torches and secret stairways. The Old City holds new surprises around every corner, even for its old inhabitants. We will go through the two contrasting parts of the old town: the Lower Town, once a free trading town and member of the Hanseatic League with its guild houses, warehouses, a unique Gothic Town Hall, dwellings of prosperous merchants, and churches with charming slender towers; and Toompea or the Upper Town, the seat of German landlords, and their houses from the 18th-19th centuries. The visit will include also the Alexander Nevsky cathedral, and the Dome church, the church of the local German nobility for centuries, which contains a valuable collection of their family coats of arms, the Art Museum of Estonia, the Kiek-in-de-Kök – tower museum built in 1475.

Free evening. Overnight at the hotel.

DAY 7 - TALLINN

Breakfast buffet.

Check-out. Transfer to the airport.