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Tours & Sightseeing
Hop-On, Hop-Off Bus (2 Days)
A 2-day ticket for St. Petersburg’s hop-on, hop-off bus. With this bus ticket, you can travel around the city at your own pace, getting on and off the regular buses whenever you want. The bus has 2 lines that cover most of the city’s main sights, including St. Isaac’s Cathedral, Palace Square, and Peter the Great’s Summer Gardens.
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Guided Hermitage Tour
Also known as the Winter Palace, this Baroque-style building was the main residence of the Russian Tsars. A guide will lead you through the main museum complex that includes 6 historic buildings on the Palace Embankment, sharing interesting facts and stories along the way.
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Catherine's Palace Private Tour
A private guided tour of Tsarskoe Selo, a royal residence belonging to Russian czars famously associated with Catherine the Great. Inside you’ll see rooms like the Amber Room, while outside you can tour the palace grounds.
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Rooftop Walking Tour of Saint Petersburg
This unique experience takes you over the rooftops of beautiful Saint Petersburg. Led by a guide, you’ll safely climb to the roof of different city center buildings to enjoy unbeatable views and learn all about the city’s history.
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St. Petersburg Walking Tour
This informal tour is run by locals who'll give you an overview of the city's main sights, history, and culture. You can also ask questions and get tips on the best places to visit after the tour ends.
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Saint Petersburg Evening Bus Tour
This 90-minute sightseeing bus tour takes you around the historical area of Saint Petersburg. It includes stops at the Cruiser Aurora, Saint Isaac’s Cathedral and the Church of the Savior on Blood. Along the way, you will see major city attractions like the Hermitage, Summer Garden, Bronze Horseman and more.
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Saint Petersburg Myths and Legends Tour
This tour immerses you in local legends as it takes you around Saint Petersburg’s historical center. It includes stops at Saint Michael's Castle, the Quay with Sphinxes and Smolny Cathedral. Along the way, you will see major city attractions like the Kresty Prison, Palace Bridge, the Academy of Arts and more.
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Peterhof Palace Tour
This bus tour takes you to Peterhof Palace so you can explore its lavish buildings, 11 parks and pavilions lined with over 200 fountains and sculptures.
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Pushkin Tour: Catherine Palace & Amber Room
This tour takes you to Pushkin to see the impressive Catherine Palace, one of Russia’s greatest architectural gems. Your guide will also lead you to the palace’s famed Amber Room and share stories about its mysterious past.
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Local Culture
Russian Cuisine Experience in Tsar Restaraunt
For those who love to explore a nation’s food as much as its most popular monuments, this Russian cuisine experience offers the chance to try traditional dishes in an authentic Tsar restaurant. The menu includes Russian herring, marrow pancakes with soft salted salmon, Pozharsky cutlet with fried potatoes and mushroom sauce, honey cake, and cranberry mors.
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Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines
This collection of retro arcade machines lets you play classic games released between the 1970's and early 90's. Faithfully restored using original parts, games include Morskoi Boi & Snaiper-2. Tickets come with 15 vintage coin tokens in the form of vintage coins.
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Grand Maket Rossiya
Spanning over 8,600 square feet, this fascinating scale model of Russia is a fascinating way to explore the country's landscapes and landmarks. Incredible attention to detail like the changing of day and night, and moving models of over 200 trains and cars bring the model to life.
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Petrovskaya Akvatoria Scale Model Museum
An enormous scale model village, showing what Saint Petersburg looked like in the 18th century. Its permanent exhibits represent the city’s most significant historic sights, including Peter and Paul Fortress, Vasilyevsky Island, and Oranienbaum. The collection reflects the four seasons and is lit for both day and night.
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Fabergé Museum
Dedicated to the work of the great jeweler Carl Fabergé, the Fabergé Museum has a collection of over 4,000 applied and fine arts, including gold and silver items, paintings, porcelain, and bronze. The museum's highlight is the collection of 9 Imperial Easter eggs created by Fabergé for the last two Russian Tsars.
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Museum Route 66
This interactive museum brings the legendary Route 66 to life, with a collection of retro vehicles you’d expect to see on this famous cross-country road. From Cadillacs and convertibles to pickup trucks and Peterbilt trucks, the vintage vehicles on display will show you a world that’s distinctly American.
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Shadow Museum
The world of modern shadow art is on display in this unique art museum. You can explore the St. Petersburg-themed exhibition or enjoy a cup of tea and create your own artwork in the creative kitchen area.
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Petrogradskiy
1.6 miles from downtown
Romantic and affluent. These seven islands, the largest of which is Petrogradsky, are all linked by bridges. See the stunning environs of the Peter and Paul Fortress and Aleksandrovsky Park. Founded in 1842 during the reign of Tsar Nicholas I, the park holds small-scale bronze reproductions of iconic Russian buildings, and an impressive Planetarium.
Places to stay from $3 a night
Vasileostrovskiy
2.4 miles from downtown
Scholars, hipsters and urbanites. This slightly secluded area teems with students from the State University. Industrial leftovers, colonised by students, dovetail between hole-in-the-wall cafes and quirky local bars. For the area’s prime picks, see mixed media exhibitions at the Erarta Museum of Modern Art, or views from the “Spit”.
Places to stay from $3 a night
Admiralteyskiy
1.2 miles from downtown
A nod to the neoclassical. The Admiralty Building (a naval academy) and Saint Isaac’s Cathedral represent the style at its finest. This is an affluent area, where Saint Petersburg’s elite live lives of pomp and privilege in the city’s oldest district, with canals reminiscent of Amsterdam. Stroll in Yusupovsky Garden, then take tea at Teplo (an inviting little restaurant).
Places to stay from $3 a night
Moskovskiy
6 miles from downtown
Gateway to Saint Petersburg. Most journeys along Moskovsky Prospekt pass the Moscow Triumphal Gate, a cast-iron neoclassical construction. The entire area bears an air of incompleteness because development was halted after Stalin’s death. Dig a little deeper, and you’ll find Moskovsky Victory Park, awash with cafés and wholesome family entertainment.
Places to stay from $5 a night
Vyborgsky
7 miles from downtown
A concrete rose. Awash with forsaken steel-and-brick factories, scorned buildings and uncherished old churches, this quiet outer-city district is celebrated for one rare bloom. Unsung Shuvalovsky Park is wild and verdant, a mere taste of Russia’s incredible wildlife – come here with good walking shoes.
Places to stay from $8 a night
Tsentralny
In downtown
A cluster of inner-city areas. Culture meets commerce on Nevsky Prospekt, a rolling strip of neon-lit storefronts, church edifices and non-stop people-movement. Veer off for the best bits: the Hermitage for boundless paintings and bejewelled Tsarist trinkets, Tavrichesky Garden for solitude under the oak trees, and cappuccinos at Schastye Café.
Places to stay from $3 a night
Saint Petersburg is a fascinating blend of distinctly Russian and Western cultural influences. After it was founded by Peter the Great—memorialzed by the iconic Bronze Horseman statue—it remained Russia's imperial capital for two centuries. Peter the Great and his successors invited Europe’s premier architects to fill the city with extravagant palaces, baroque cathedrals, and Renaissance-style buildings – all of which remain perfectly intact to this day.
Cruise down the historic Neva River on a boat tour to check out the neoclassical facades of the Mariinsky Theatre and Hermitage Museum, which forms part of the Winter Palace. It's now the world’s largest art museum that houses everything from ancient Greek sculptures to masterpieces by Michelangelo. You'd need a couple of days to see all three million pieces in this endless collection.
Other key landmarks are the Peter and Paul Fortress, Church of the Savior of Spilled Blood, and Peterhof Palace – a vast complex of palaces, gardens, and fountains.
And there’s more to Saint Petersburg than its architecture. All down Nevsky Prospekt, the city’s main street, you’ll find countless bars, restaurants, and shops to enjoy after running around town sightseeing.
Direct flights to the nearby Pulkovo Airport are common throughout Europe.
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| Most popular time to visit | June-August |
| Cheapest time to visit | January-March |
| Local currency | RUB 100 = $1.53 |
| Language | Russian |
| Average weekend price | $50 per night |
| Average weekday price | $52 per night |
| Average stay | 2 nights |
Hermitage Museum
0.1 miles from downtown
“Pre book tickets with your hotel it’s well worth it. More expensive but you get immediate access . Q’s Are huge over the holiday period ”
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Mariinsky Theater
1.2 miles from downtown
“Beautiful theatre. Lounge areas could be improved. I would sit in first two rows or a box to avoid the tourists that are just there to take photos”
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Palace Square
In downtown
“So many great events held here but even with nothing going on it's spectacular. ”
Alexander Nevsky Lavra
2.8 miles from downtown
“We went specifically to see the graves of the famous Russian composers in the Tikhvin Cemetery.”
Saint Isaac's Cathedral
0.4 miles from downtown
“U can sea the whole city from the above and the cathedral it self is amazing ”
Avrora Cruiser
1.4 miles from downtown
“Dissappointed. Too many legends for this ship. People talk that is only a legend and this cruiser was not in st.Petrsburg at thouse times at all”
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Kazansky Cathedral
0.4 miles from downtown
“The opening hours during spring is more flexible. No need to buy ticket. For women, do bring scarf to cover your hair”
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State Russian Museum
0.6 miles from downtown
“You need an audio guide lower expectations compared to the hermitage. Not much english”
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
0.4 miles from downtown
“Don't miss it. Make sure you have a local guide who can tell you the history and the significance of this amazing church and its art and artifacts. Know why it's called "church on" the spilled blood and not "church of" the spilled blood.”
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A big, vibrant city with loads to see.
February 21, 2019
A big, vibrant city with loads to see. We stayed 6 nights but still didn’t see everything we wanted to. If you like culture and history, St Petersburg is a must - there are some amazing Palaces, museums and cathedrals/churches. We’ve done quite a few city breaks and this was one of the best. There are loads of restaurants and eating out is cheap compared to the UK. We went in February and the river and canals were frozen and it was snowy - we walked across the frozen river one day! All in all it was a great experience.
It is better to visit Saint Petersburg in Spring/Summer,...
February 15, 2019
It is better to visit Saint Petersburg in Spring/Summer, otherwise the city looks dramatic and sad, however if you walk in the evening or at night. The city lightening makes it magical. Going to Peterhof is worth it.
There is a lot to see.
January 7, 2019
There is a lot to see. It was very busy with lots of tour groups. Long lines at all the museums, take along your patience and your sense of humor. Food was delicious at restaurants within walking distance from the hotel
A stunningly beautiful city full of historic sites.
November 21, 2018
A stunningly beautiful city full of historic sites. Each church and museum is worth more time than most tourists will be able to give. Make sure to get a guide (or a guidebook) because the choices are overwhelming. And, be sure to eat at Mr Bo’s!
Fantastic experience.
October 17, 2018
Fantastic experience. See the Russian Folk Dance, ballet, St Isaacs Church, Church of Spilled Blood, Hermitage, Catharina Winter Palace and Peterhof (only open in summer) and river and canal cruises. Great public transport. Eat at ChaCha’s Georgian restaurant near Church of Spilled Blood.
Very European city.
October 10, 2018
Very European city. Gogol restaurant just tops! Canal ride relaxing. Church of the Spilled Blood Very colorful, super impressive. We even saw a large road race, with thousands of runners. Hermitage museum beyond impressive. Impressionists now in separate building. Highly recommend visa-free Moby ferry from Helsinki!
Admiralteyskiy, Saint Petersburg
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