Peterhoff y Hermitage

Hotel pick-up

Our guide will come to your hotel (lobby area) or any other indicated address to begin the tour from there. There also will be a driver waiting at your hotel entrance. The tour is done by car/minivan. We use licensed drivers with cars (up to 3 people) or minivans (4 - 15 people).

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the State Hermitage museum.

The collections of the Hermitage, one of the world's major museums, number about 3 000 000 works of art and monuments of culture representing different ages, countries and peoples.
Tickets are included.
Day off is Monday.

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View to the Hermitage from the embankment.

The Winter Palace is the finest creation of the architect B.Rastrelli, it is one of the architectural masterpieces of the 18th century. It is constructed in refined style of Rococo with its combination of ease and greatness. The erection of the stone Winter Palace was started during the reign of the Russian Empress Anna, continued in the reign of the Empress Elizaveta, and completed in 1762 during the reign of the Empress Catherine II.

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View to the Winter Palace.

The enormous four-storey building has a form of an oblong and oc¬cupies the area of more than 22,000 sq.m. It was possible to count up to 1050 rooms and 117 staircases in the palace! The main facade faces the Palace Square and is decorated with the beautiful balustrade with statues, vases, atlantes and caryatids.

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Grand Palace in Peterhof.

Peterhof, perhaps the most beautiful park residence in the world, contains 173 fountains, 3 large cascades and a number of Palaces. The central architectural construction of Peterhof is the Grand Palace. The building was started in 1714 in accordance with the sketches of Peter the Great.
Tickets are included
Day off is Monday.

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The Grand Cascade

This is the most grandiose fountain construction of Peterhof. The Grand Cascade together with the Grand Palace forms the compositional centre of the Lower park, the central axis of the «Russian Versailles». Peter the Great himself was the designer and author of the first sketches, drafts of the world's greatest fountain system. In his decrees many instructions were found of how and where the fountains, cascades and water amusements should be erected.

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Samson fountain in Peterhof

In the middle of the cup there is a gilded statue of Samson forcing open the jaws of a lion (height -3 m, weight - 51). A water jet shoots upfrom the lion's mouth to a height of 20 m. Allegorically, in the biblical figure of Samson, the creator of sculptural group M. Kozlovsky had in mind Peter the Great, the victor over Swedish King Karl. The lions around pedestal symbolize the four points of the compass of the world amazed by the Samson's victory.

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Sculptures on the Grand Cascade of Peterhof.

The main compositional parts of the Grand Cascade, with an area more than 3,000 sq.m, include the upper grotto and two waterfall staircases to¬gether with the lower grotto, culminating in a massive stone cup at the bot¬tom. The water mass of 142 fountains crashes down to this cup.

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View to the Lower Park of Peterhof

Peterhof, one of the most visited Russian attractions, will win your heart with its romantic atmosphere and picturesque views. It is also an engineering state-of-the-art system as all the fountains work just like it was 300 years ago.
Tickets are included

Hotel drop off

At the end of the tour we will take you back to your hotel or to any other place you would prefer.