We invite you to St.Petersburg, the most beautiful and romantic russian city, which is called Nothern Venice for a good reason. Together with sightseeing you have the possibility to participate at the White Nights trail, an interesting nordic walking competition which takes place along the Gulf of Finland.
PRICE:
740 EU per person (1 pax)
665 EU per person (group 2 pax)
610 EU per person (group 4 pax)
590 EU per person (group 6 pax)
DATES:
21nd — 25th of June 2017
1 day (21/06/17 Wednesday)
Transfer from Pulkovo airport to the hotel in St.Petersburg.
Bus city tour with audio guide (hop on — hop off) ~ 2h. and more.
You can get off the bus at any time in order to enjoy sightseeing, visit the museums, plunge into the city atmosphere – and once you’re done get on to any other red colored bus at one of its stops. Your ticket is valid for the whole day!
Route: the most famous sights of the city such as Saint Isaac’s, Kazan and St. Peter and Paul Cathedrals, the Hermitage, Russian Museum, Palace square, beautiful granite embankments of the Neva river, the bronze Horseman and more.
2 day (22/06/17 Thursday)
Breakfast.
Bus tour to Peterhof residence and the Grand palace.
This is a magic combination of green parks, colorful gardens, majestic palaces and magnificent fountains. Here in the 18th and the 19th centuries a grandiose complex of eleven parks, dozens of buildings, and pavilions with more than 200 fountains and numerous sculptures was formed in the area of over 1000 hectares.
You will visit beautiful halls & tsars living rooms of the Grand Palace. Then you will have a relaxing walk along the Park.
3 day (23/06/17 Friday)
Breakfast.
Free time:
Museum day — Hermitage or Russian museum (optional).
In the evening — Nordic-walking city tour.
4 day (24/06/17 Saturday)
Breakfast.
today you can make a boat trip through channels, which allows you to see main attractions of Saint-Petersburg including famous drawbridges (optional).
20:00 Local train trip to Sestroretsk – the resort area near the Gulf of Finland.
00:00 Participation in White nights trail.
It takes place in St.Petersburg for the 1st time joining the Nordic walkers and runners from different cities. The signature moment of the festival is that the route lies along the beautiful sandy beach of the Gulf of Finland. You could choose between the 10km and 20km distances.
After awarding the winners we return to St.Petersburg by local train.
5 day (25/06/17 Sunday)
Breakfast.
Transfer to Pulkovo airport. Departure from St.Petersburg.
PRICE:
740 EU per person (1 pax)
665 EU per person (group 2 pax)
610 EU per person (group 4 pax)
590 EU per person (group 6 pax)
Included:
— Accommodation at the 3* Hotel in the center of the city
— Breakfasts
— Tickets to the bus city tour with audio-guide
— Nordic walking tour through the city
— Bus tour + Nordic walking tour to Peterhof residence and Grand Palace
— Entrance fees to the Peterhof residence
— Train tickets to Sestroretsk and retour
— Registration fee to the White nights trail
— Transfer from Pulkovo airport to St.Petersburg at the 1st day and transfer from St.Petersburg to Pulkovo airport at the last day of the journey.
Not included:
— Entrance fees to the Hermitage and Russian museum
— Boat trip through channels
— Lunches and dinners
If you want to spend more time in St.Petersburg we could make an extended program for you. There are really a lot of places in St.Petersburg which are worth seeing, f.e. Tzarskoe selo, Pavlovsk, Mariinsky Theatre and so on.
If you are interested in this journey don’t hesitate to contact us via e-mail or phone:
E-mail: go2walk.ru@gmail.com
Tel.: +7(812)7401210
