During the 3 day stop you can visit not only St. Petersburg and see its highlights but also spend a day in the Russian capital – Moscow. This active, comprehensive two-day tour help you to hit the main sights of both cities. Visit the world-famous Hermitage Museum and royal Catherine Palace, see the main orthodox churches in St. Petersburg and go to Moscow on a high-speed train to see the Kremlin, St. Basil Cathedral, and famous Moscow metro.
8:30 am
Meeting by the ship (please note the start time of the tour is given approximately and will be adjusted depending on your ship’s arrival time)
8:30 am – 9:30 am
City tour. See the most famous landmarks including: Admiralty, Neva river, Menshikov Palace, Sphinx at the Academy of Fine Arts, Bronze Horseman, English Embankment, Wedding Registration Palace №1, etc.
9:30 am – 10:30 am
Drive to Peterhof
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Guided walking tour of Peterhof Fountain Park
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch (expenses not included)
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Drive to Tsars’ Village
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Guided tour of Catherine Palace with the Amber Room
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Drive back to the city. Subway visit
4:30 pm – 5:15 pm
Guided tour of St Isaac’s Cathedral
6:00 pm
Return to the ship or optional evening program
6:00 am
Meeting at the ship. Transfer from the ship to the train station in St.Petersburg
7:00 am – 10:45 am
"Sapsan" high-speed train to Moscow
10:45 am
Arrive to Moscow, meet your guide by the train (no car at this point)
11:00 am – 11:30 am
Metro tour including the most beautiful station(s)
11:00 am – 11:30 am
Metro tour including the most beautiful station(s)
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Lunch (expenses not included)
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Kremlin Grounds
4:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Driver pick-up. City Tour by car/minibus. See the most famous landmarks including:Cathedral of Christ the Savior, New Arbat Street, Sparrow Hills, MSU, Stadium of 1980 Olympic games & 2018 Football World Cup, etc.
6:45 pm
Return to train station for departure back to St. Petersburg
7:30 pm
High-speed train back to SPB
11:40 pm
Arrival in St. Petersburg
00.30 am
Return to the ship
9:00 am
Meeting by the ship
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Guided tour of the State Hermitage Museum (early admission). In
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
Lunch (expenses not included)
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Guided tour of Yusupov Palace
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm
Guided tour of the Church on Spilled Blood
4:30 pm
Return to the ship
According to the Russian legislation a licensed tour operator has the right to arrange visa-free tours for cruise passengers arriving to St. Petersburg port. TJ Travel is an officially registered tour operator authorized to issue blanket visas. You will receive your free blanket visas (tour tickets) through email once you book a shore excursion with us. Please ignore warnings from your cruise ship company indicating that only a cruise ship company is allowed to run visa-free tours in St. Petersburg. Warnings/notifications of that kind don’t have any legitimate basis.
Please note you must print your blanket visas received via email from TJ Travel and bring it along with your passports each day of your tour. Blanket visas and your passports should be presented to an immigration officer on duty during disembarkation/embarkation in St. Petersburg.
A 50% deposit must be paid at the moment of booking. The remaining balance is due upon your arrival to St. Petersburg;
Train tickets require 100% prepayment at the moment of booking.
If you or any other member of your party decides to cancel your confirmed booking you must notify us in writing. All payments are fully refundable 72 hours prior to the date of your tour; payments are non-refundable within 72 hours prior to the date of your tour. In case of no-show, no refund is granted;
Train tickets are non-refundable.
Please ensure to make your booking at least 4-5 days prior to your ship's arrival to St. Petersburg. The port authorities require all passport information in advance, and the bookings sent in less than 4 days prior to arrival will be rejected.
Please note that in case the Hermitage museums is overcrowded, museum authorities may limit the entrance which cause an extra waiting time – up to 30 min.
Children (7 - 17 y.o.)/students get 50 USD off the tour price. Students must have an ISIC card, otherwise the discount is not available.
Gratuities to the guide and driver are not included in the tour price. The sum you wish to give to your guide and driver after a well-done tour should be up to the western standards (approximately 15%). It is a good idea to divide gratuity between your guide and driver and give it separately to them: 10% to the guide and 5% to the driver. Please have some cash with you (USD, EUR or RUB) for this reason, but it is always up to you!
An hour along the rivers and canals with your own guide: the Venice of the North from the water, the bridges and their superstitions, Chizhik-Pyzhik, and the floods that reshaped the city.
The essentials of St Petersburg in three hours: Palace and Senate squares, the Summer Garden and the Field of Mars, the Spit of Vasilyevsky Island and the place the city began — told through stories rather than dates.
Jewish St Petersburg: the Grand Choral Synagogue in the Moorish style, the history of the community in the imperial capital, its bankers and philanthropists — and how it lives today.
On foot through the imperial capital: Palace Square, Nevsky Prospect and Gostiny Dvor, the well-yards behind the grand facades, and doughnuts in a historic cafe — two hours through the heart of St Petersburg.
