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WHERE TO FEEL THE TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN LIFESTYLE?

22 March 2024

MIR Travel Company will tell you where and how to get there! The excursion is called the Golden Ring of Russia and passes through several Old Russian cities. The route itself was developed in 1967 with the inclusion of 8 cities: Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov the Great, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Ivanovo, Suzdal and Vladimir. 

GAMES OF THE FUTURE IN KAZAN

26 February 2024

Games of the Future is the first international multi-sport event in the phygital concept with a total prize fund of $10 million. It will be held from February 21 to March 3, 2024 in Kazan. More than 260 international teams and over 2,000 participants from around the world are taking part in the tournament.

3-day programs. Connoisseurs of St. Petersburg



Included:

Day 1. the panoramic tour, the cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, the Peter and Paul Fortress, the Cathedral of San Isaak or Cathedral on the Spilled Blood, the Yusupov Palace, boat trip along the St. Petersburg rivers and canals.

Day 2. Peterhof (The Grand Palace and the Lower Park), Pushkin (the Amber Room).

Day 3. the Hermitage.

 

3 Days

DAY 1. ST. PETERSBURG

 

Meeting with your local guide in the hall of the St. Petersburg port terminal.


Departure for the panoramic tour of the city during which you will see the perspective of Nevsky Avenue, the Fine Arts Square, the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, the Mariinsky Theater. We will also visit the cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan. Then we will go to the Peter and Paul Fortress considered to be the historic center of the city, and we will enter the first cathedral of St. Petersburg - one of St. Peter and St. Paul. Then we will enter the Cathedral of San Isaak or Cathedral on the Spilled Blood (to choose!).


Free time for lunch.


We continue our city tour with a visit of the Yusupov Palace. The mansion built in the late 18th century was owned by Prince Yusupov, one of the richest nobles in Russia. It houses the palatial theater, a miniature copy of that of La Scala. The Yusupov Palace is also interesting from a historical point of view, because it was here where in 1906 the favorite of the last Romanovs, their adviser Grigory Rasputin, was assassinated. The exhibition of wax figures of the protagonists of the conspiracy relates this story. Then we take a boat trip along the St. Petersburg rivers and canals. The granite-clad river banks with the stairs that go down to the water, the bridges that link the sides of the river are inseparable part of the architecture of the city. During this trip one gets an amazing impression of a different vision of St. Petersburg called the Venice of the North.


Return to the port.

 

DAY 2. ST. PETERSBURG

 

Meeting with your local guide in the hall of the St. Petersburg port terminal.


Today we go to one of the most beautiful summer residences of the Russian Emperors - Peterhof. The Peterhof or Petrodvorets ensemble is a city of parks, palaces and fountains, founded in the early 18th century by Peter the Great to commemorate the glory of Russia. The excursion includes visit to the Grand Palace and walk through the Lower Park.


Free time for lunch.


Then we go to Pushkin (Tsarskoe Selo), another fascinating monument of architecture and gardening. The combination of gold, sky blue walls, snowy columns and a silver ceiling create an impressive effect. The jewel of the palace - the Amber Room - is known as the eighth wonder of the world. The romantic alleys around the Catherine Palace invite for a walk to see pavilions and ponds of the favorite park of the Russian Emperors.


Return to the port.

 

DAY 3. ST. PETERSBURG

 

Meeting with your local guide in the hall of the St. Petersburg port terminal.


Visit to the Hermitage, the largest museum in Russia and one of the most important and well-known in the world. The museum collections originated by the Empress Catherine the Great in 1764 today contain more than 3 million exhibits dating from prehistoric to modern times and are exhibited in 400 rooms. Its real jewels are paintings of Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt, P.P. Rubens, A. Van Dyck, El Greco...


Free time in the city center with transport and guide at your disposal.


Return to the port.


NB The order of the visits is subject to changing according to the museum work hours.


Prices in US DOLLARS, per person, including commission for tour operators:

Number of pax 1 pax 2 pax 3 pax 4 pax 5 pax 6 pax 7 pax 8 pax 9 pax 10 pax
Tour price, p.p. $1470 $815 $675 $555 $480 $445 $410 $380 $360 $345

 

Price includes:

· meeting at the port terminal

· English-speaking guide

· transport with a/c

· entrance tickets: Hermitage, Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Isaak Cathedral or Cathedral on the Spilled Blood (to choose!), Peterhof (Grand Palace and Lower Park), Pushkin

· boat tour.


The final program and cost might suffer changes due to sanitary requirements and protocols that will apply at the time of your guests' arrival in Russia (such as: group size restrictions on museum visits and transportation, restrictions on restaurants’ operations etc.).


To find out the options for the night program, you can visit the section Optional night tours in St. Petersburg or write to us in the Comments of the Book the Tour form.