EXPOFORUM-INTERNATIONAL LTD. TOURISM DEPARTMENT

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1 EXPOFORUM-INTERNATIONAL LTD. TOURISM DEPARTMENT

2 CITY TOURS

3 BUS TOUR - Guide services Transport services ROUTE: Nevsky Prospect Isaac's Cathedral Senate square Hermitage Savior on Spilled Blood Description You will see the most famous sights of the city and learn about the most famous St. Petersburg buildings, monuments, streets and squares, parks and gardens, the main events in the city life. 19 Price: 600 Rub./person There will be several stops during the tour. You can walk, take pictures, ask questions and enjoy the sights of St. Petersburg. 3

4 SIGHTSEEING TOUR WITH A VISIT TO PETER AND PAUL FORTRESS - Tickets Route: SAINT-PETERSBURG HISTORICAK CENTER (Nevsky prospect, St. Isaac s square, Senate square, Bronze Horseman, Savior on Spilled Blood) Description Sightseeing tour with a visit to Peter and Paul fortress is a good start of a trip to Saint-Petersburg. After all, the history of the city started with foundation of the fortress on Hare Island. Duration of the tour: 3 hours. Price: from 1100 Rub./person. 19 Peter And Paul fortress business hours: am to 6.00 pm Day off: Wednesday PETER AND PAUL FORTRESS PAETER AND PAUL CATHEDRAL PRISON, BASTIONS Peter and Paul fortress is rightfully considered to be the heart of Saint-Petersburg, because with it foundation the city on the Neva history had begun. You are sure to visit Peter and Paul cathedral, where you ll be able to see the true burial place of the Russian emperors and empresses. You ll learn, that Peter and Paul Fortress was a political prison since the times of Peter I, something akin to a Russian Bastille. By visiting Peter and Paul fortress you ll get a unique opportunity to find out about the conditions the prisoners lived in and also hear the legends about the place, to visit the different epoch s cells.

5 SIGHTSEEING TOUR WITH A VISIT TO THE HERMITAGE - Tickets ROUTE SAINT PETERSBURG S MAIN STREET NEVSKY PROSPECT ST. ISAAC S SQUARE WITH ST.ISAAC S CATHEDRAL KAZAN CATHEDRAL SAVIOR ON SPILLED BLOOD SINGER HOUSE THE PALACA SQUARE AND THE WINTER PALACE THE FIELD OF MARS SPIT OF VASILIEVSKY ISLAND (the Rostral columns, Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange) DESCRIPTION We offer a sightseeing tour with a visit to the State Hermitage. During the tour you will learn a lot about the city and see the most famous Saint-Petersburg s attractions and visit the main city s museum. Duration of the tour: 3 hours. Price: from1250 Rub./person. 19. The State Hermitage business hours: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: am 6.00 pm Wednesday: am 9.00 pm The museum is closed on Mondays, January 1st, May 9th You are going the visit one of the main SaintPetersburg s attractions the State Hermitage Museum. The six magnificent buildings house around three million exhibits from the grand cultural monuments, that tell about the history of the world, to the most beautiful pieces of art, created by man. The Museum has one of the richest and most significant collections in the world. The Hermitage is situated in the very center of Saint-Petersburg and is the city s most popular and famous museum. 5

6 SIGHTSEEING TOUR WITH A BOAT TRIP ROUTE SAINT-PETERSBURG S HISTORICAL CENTER (Nevsky prospect, St. Isaac s Square, Senate Square, Bronzw Horseman, Savior on Spilled Blood). DESCRIPTION The sightseeing tour can be followed nicely with a boat trip on Saint-Petersburg s rivers and canals, that gives an opportunity to admire from different angles panorama embankments of the Neva, the Fontanka and the Moika,to see the famous ChizhikPyzhik, the Winter Canal, pass under SaintPetersburg s bridges. 19 Duration of the tour: around 2,5 hours. (the boat trip 5 minutes) Price: from 1000 Rub./person. BOAT TRIP from University Embankment along the Neva to the Fontanka river by the Hermitage, the Spit of Vasilievsky Island, Peter and Paul fortress, than along the Fintanka by the Summer Garden, legendary bird Chizhik-Pyzhik, St. Michael's Castle, Sheremetiev Palace, Derzhavin s mansion, than the Kryukov canal, St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral, the Moika river with its historical bridges, Yusupov Palace, the Winter canal and back to the Neva and the berth. 6

7 TOURS TO SAINT-PETERSBURG S SUBURBS

8 PETERHOF SMALL PALACE AND THE LOWER PARK FONTAINS ROUTE Tour to Peterhof is a must for the majority of Saint-Petersburg s guests. We offer a bus tour to Peterhof during which you are going to: VISIT THE LOWER PARK VISIT TO ONE OF THE Description A beautiful view on the grounds of the Lower Park and the Gulf of Finland opens from the balustrade of the Grand Cascade. The Lower Park is decorated with numerous fountains adorned with sculptures and four water cascades, giving an unforgettable impression to even the sophisticated audience. The Park is saturated with a great number of the small architectural forms: Marly Palace, reflecting in the surface of the ponds, Monplasir from where Peter I himself observed his fleet maneuvers в Ма, а а щ в а а в, a secluded Hermitage pavilion. During a tour through the Catherine Block you ll learn the subtleties of gala receptions and court dinners. And during the walk through the Bath Block you ll find out the details19 of the imperial court day-to-day life. Duration of the tour: 5,5 hours. Price: from 1500 Rub./person SMALLER PALACES: THE HERMITAGE, MONPLASIR, MARLY, THE BATH BLOCK OR THE CATHERINE BLOCK 8

9 PUSHKIN WITH A VISIT TO THE CATHERINE PALACE AND THE AMBER ROOM ROUTE We offer a tour to Tsarist Village complex in the town of Pushkin. You ll learn about the history of the place and visit: The Catherine palace and the Amber Room The Catherine Park DESCRIPTION The Catherine palace is one of the masterpieces of the Russian baroque of the second half of the XVIII century, one of the most beautiful gala residence of the Russian monarchs. In the interiors of the palace of Elizabeth and Catherine II time, rare examples of applied art are exhibited. In the palace the visitors can see the mysterious Amber Room, that was restored to the 300th anniversary of SaintPetersburg. The Catherine Park is a product of Russian landscape art of XVIII-XIX centuries, 19 that contains both the architectural masterpieces and the beauty of Northern nature. Duration of the tour: 5 hours. Price: from 1100 Rub./person 9

10 TOUR TO GATCHINA DESCRIPTION During a bus tour you are going to: Gatchina s palace and park complex history started in 1765, when Catherine had bought and given Gatchina estate to Grigory Orlov, as a gratitude for his involvement in palace coup lead by her. Antonio Rinaldi was appointed to be the main architect. The main palace of Gatchina, that combines features of a real castle and a traditional Russian country mansion, was built to his design. A park in the English style was also created, which was to taste of the epoch. VISIT THE PALACE Duration of the tour: 5 hours. Price: from1500 Rub.\person ROUTE 19 WALK THROUGH AN UNDERGROUND TUNNEL TO THE LAKE WALK THROUGH THE PICTUREAQUE PARK 10

11 TOUR TO ORANIENBAUM WITH A VISIT TO THE GRAND MENSHIKOV PALACE ROUTE DURING A BUS TOUR YOU WILL: TAKE A WALK THROUGH ATHE SCENIC ORANIENBAUM PARK DESCRIPTION Oranienbaum ( Orange Garden in German) is a palace-and-park complex on the Southern shore of the Gulf of Finland about 0 km to the West from SaintPetersburg. It is situated on the grounds of the town Lomonosov (Oranienbaum before 198) and includes palaces and park of the XVIII century. Duration of the tour : 6 hours. Price from 1500 Rub./person. 19 VISIT THE GRAND MENSHIKOV PALACE VISIT PETER I S PALACE AND THE STONE ROOMS You also going to see the Chinese Palace and the Sliding Hill Pavilion 11

12 THE TOURIST DEPARTMENT OF EXPOFORUM INTERNATIONAL LTD. IS SITUATED: Saint-Petersburg Bolshoi pr. VO, 103 office «Centrako» (near pavilion 7 of «LenExpo») In the passage of ExpoForum during the events. Телефоны: +7 (812) tour@expoforum.ru