Grand Tour of St Petersburg

St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

The Grand Tour of St Petersburg offers visitors the opportunity to take in as much as possible of the city in a day's sightseeing: a complete tour of St Petersburg's most famous sites from the comfort of a car or mini van and with a knowledgeable and experienced guide. The tour is an excellent introduction to St Petersburg -- the second largest and most beautiful city in Russia. Over almost 300 years of its history St Petersburg accumulated all the grandeur of the Russian Imperial Court and became one of the largest centers of culture and science. Numbers are limited to six people on this small-group tour, ensuring you'll receive personalized attention from your guide.

You have the option to combine the Grand Tour St Petersburg with the following tours:

• Grand Tour St Petersburg + Peter and Paul's Fortress
  The Peter and Paul Fortress - the oldest and most historical construction in Saint Petersburg and put up for fortification purposes but never been attacked. It had for almost two centuries served as a burial place for Russian emperors. The last Russian tsar, Nicholas II, and his family were buried in the cathedral's small St Catherine chapel in 1998.


• Grand Tour St Petersburg and St Isaac's Cathedral
  St Petersburg Highlights Tour visiting magnificent St Isaac's Cathedral, formerly the Russia's principal cathedral.


• Grand Tour St Petersburg and Hermitage Museum
  Hermitage - the second largest art museum in the world and the main tourist attraction of St Petersburg. See all the great masterpieces of the world's art in several hours with a comment of a knowledgeable expert-guide.


• Grand Tour St Petersburg, Peter and Paul's Fortress, St Isaac's Cathedral, Waxwork Exhibition - The Tsar's Romanovs, Lunch and Hermitage Museum
  Comprehensive all-day tour of St Petersburg sites, including Peter and Paul Fortress and Cathedral, spectacular St Isaac's Cathedral, an elegant lunch and a 2-hour guided excursion to the famous Hermitage Museum.

USD $44.69

Traveler Reviews

Review by: Mehmet Yusuf Y	May 2012
The Viator Team arrived in my hotel just in time, our guide was a kind and knowledgeable young lady, everything did as it was originally planned. Thank you.

Review by: David W	May 2012
The tour was quite good but very overpriced. The guide was a young lady who did her best to help all the people on the tour (six of us) but her knowledge was slightly limited. At the end of the tour we were going to be left at the waxworks museum near the Hermitage and 40 minutes walk from the hotel. We had no diea how we were going to get back since we couldn't read any fo the road signs. Everyone complained as we were all very tired and eve tually, it was agreed that we could get a taxi back. As regards the typical Russian meal in elegant surroundings, nothing could be further from the truth. The lunch was taken in a restaurant filled with other tourists and was more like a canteen. We started with borsch (beetroot soup) which was quite nice but the chicken kiev was processed with cold rice. Dessert was a luke-warm pancake served with some tasteless jam.

Review by: K.W. H	April 2012
The tour was very good, we enjoyed seeing the most important buildings of the city. Our tourguide knew so much about the history of the city and tsars, she was excellent. The Hermitage was beyond our expectations, no museum can match this one. Our guide took us to the most famous art pieces and elucidated on the tsar family history.

Review by: Andrew F	March 2012
Our guide Elizabeth was great and took the time to make sure we understood and shared some persoanl experiences with us which made the whole tour. Highly recommended.

Review by: Dr. Joerg M	February 2012
A wonderful trip and a very qualified guide.

Review by: Devton E	August 2011
Absolutely wonderful! Our guide was fantastic, her knowledge was outstanding and her English was impeccable. She was helpful and accomodating. Wish we had more time to spend in St Petersburg since it was so great.

Review by: Don G F	July 2011
Excellent tour and excellent guide.

Review by: T K Hamilton H	July 2011
THIS WAS A VERY GOOD INTRODUCTION TO THE CITY. IT WAS WELL ORGANISED AND THE GUIDES WERE A PLEASURE.

Review by: William P. P	July 2011
The tour was very good except that I could not go by myself. It was always necessary to have a Russian individual accompany me. Did not feel comfortable or relaxing.

Review by: Robert G	October 2010
Lovely guide, very helpful and knowledgable. The 2 hours in the Hermitage acted as a great introduction to the treasures there and we would certianly have missed many highlights if we'd not had a guide. She was so good we had a trip the next day to the summer palace- another great day out. Both trips were more expensive than we would have expected which is the only reason they are not scored with 5 stars

Review by: cdfuchs	October 2010
The guide was very knowledgable, personable, with excellent English skills. The trip was well organized and planned. Well done. Thanks.

Review by: Thomas H	September 2010
An excellent tour with a first class guide. She explained everything well in an interesting way without overloading us with information. We chose the option that ends up with a 2 hour guided tour of The Hermitage after which you are free. So we were able to have a light lunch in their cafe and spend the rest of the day in the museum looking at things we found most interesting, returning to our hotel by trolley bus. We could easily have spent another full day in The Hermitage but had no more time.

Review by: Matthew J	August 2010
A good overview of the city

Review by: Anonymous, United Kingdom	March 2010
Our first trip of the 3 and was a good introduction to the city. However, we found it worrying not to be able to contact anyone when we were waiting in the hotel for the guide. She was only 10 mins late but obviously there was uncertainty that our booking was secure etc so a current phone number would have been helpful.

Review by: Daniel J, United States of America	January 2010
Our tour guide was knowledgeable, friendly and extremely competent. We were very happy with her.

Review by: Jorge G, Portugal	August 2009
Nice, nothing special we were waiting for more.

Review by: Margarida G	August 2009
Nice, nothing special we were waiting for more.

Review by: Saufen C, Taiwan	July 2009
I enjoyed this tour of St. Petersburg very much.

Review by: SAUFEN C	July 2009
I enjoyed this tour of St. Petersburg very much.

Review by: Karthikeyan R, Singapore	June 2009
Our guide was fantastic; a history major who could explain a lot of things to us.

Review by: Ronel D, South Africa	June 2009
Tour was fun & informative. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. Only problem was that we were not dropped at our hotel after the tour; we had to find our own way back to the hotel from the Hermitage. Also, some of the attractions listed on the itinerary were not included.

Review by: Anonymous, Brazil	September 2008
The tour guide was simply fantastic. We spent all day with her and didn't even notice as she was very kind and most of all, had a great background.

Review by: Anonymous, United Kingdom	September 2008
This was spoiled by not being taken back to hotel at the end and having to find our way by bus, contrary to the tour description. Until then it was excellent. We suspected the car had broken down!

Review by: Egil O, United Kingdom	July 2008
The car wasn't really that well suited for the type of tour we were given. The guide kept talking about and pointing to things we couldn't see. The guide was very knowledgeable and had memorised all details. Her English was OK, but with a very heavy accent at times which made it difficult to understand.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	June 2008
The guide was terrific and her English was strong. Our complaint is with the transportation. We paid a fee for hotel pick-up and drop off. The tour ended early and did not include a return to our hotel. That makes for a world or worry for foreigners in Russia.

Review by: Cindy S, South Africa	May 2007
Delightful, informative, fun and interesting.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	November 2006
The tour was fine and we saw the things we wanted to. The van was clean and comfortable and the tour guide spoke English well. I think St. Pete's is a two day visit if you bring children. Any more and kids get a bit antsy.

Review by: Bent S, Denmark	September 2006
The itinerary was very good. The guide was very knowledgeable but her English was a bit difficult to understand, and she spoke constantly. The tour was tarnished by a lot of haggling around transportation from and to the cruise ship.