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Winter St. Petersburg, Kizhi Island and Karelian Village Discovery Tour (KL-10)

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Group size — 2-10 people
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Winter St. Petersburg, Kizhi Island and Karelian Village Discovery Tour (KL-10)

You will start this exciting 7-day tour from the beautiful "Venice of the North", St. Petersburg and then continue to the Russian North to enjoy thousands of frozen rivers and lakes and vast areas covered in snowy forests. We will also visit the world famous open-air Wooden Architecture Kizhi Museum included in the UNESCO World Heritage List and observe the magnificent landscape with historical local villages and chapels. We will also visit a local Karelian village and learn the traditional way of life.

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Day 1

Friday - St. Petersburg

Arrival Transfer to the Railway Station. Departure to Petrozavodsk

Arrival in St. Petersburg. Our driver will meet you in the arrival sector with a Go Russia sign board. Transfer to the railway station. You will travel on a comfortable fast train to Petrozavodsk. Both 1st (2 berth) and 2nd (4 berth) compartments are available. Arrival in Petrozavodsk early in the morning.

Day 2

Saturday - Petrozavodsk - Kinerma

Petrozavodsk City Tour. Visit to the Ethnographic Museum. Walking Tour of the Village

Today you will have a guided city tour around Petrozavodsk. The city (in English translates to Peter’s factory) was founded by Peter the Great in 1703 in an effort to win The Great Northern War against Sweden. We will visit the National Museum of the Republic of Karelia - one of the oldest museums of the Russian North-West established in 1871 – where you will learn about the local history and traditional culture of Karelian people and the Russian North. In the evening we will visit historic village of Kinerma - a natural open-air museum representing a unique complex of traditional wooden architecture in Karelia. Seven of seventeen buildings of Kinerma have status of monuments of architecture. During a guided walking tour you will see dwelling houses and utility structures and visit a wooden chapel of the XVIII century.

Day 3

Sunday - Kinerma - Kizhi - Petrozavodsk - St. Petersburg

Kizhi Open-air Museum Guided Tour. Departure to St. Petersburg

The Kizhi museum is one of the most interesting cultural sights in the Northern Russia; it is also included on the UNESCO World Heritage list. This open-air museum includes more than 80 magnificent structures. The most amazing are the 22-dome Church of the Transfiguration (1714) and the oldest wooden church in Russia - the Church of the Resurrection of Lazarus. Dating from the 14th century, its whole structure was built without a single nail! In the evening we will take a local train to St. Petersburg. Arrival in St. Petersburg. Our driver will meet you with a Go Russia sign board at the beginning of the platform. Transfer to the hotel.

Day 4

Monday - St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg City Tour

It is impossible not to fall in love with St. Petersburg, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and after you visit it, you can understand why. The most European of all Russian towns and cities, St. Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia. Unlike the busy capital Moscow, it is however calm and unhurried, just as a real museum-city should be. Start your discovery of St. Petersburg with a guided city tour by car that will take you around the stunning "Venice of the North"; you will see the Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Isaac's Cathedral and the Church of Christ's Resurrection (The Saviour of the Blood). You will also see the famous cruiser Aurora; the legendary ship whose canon gave the signal, on the order of Lenin, for the beginning of the Great Social Revolution more than 90 years ago.

Day 5

Tuesday - St. Petersburg

Yusupov Palace

The beautiful Yusupov Palace will always be associated with scandal, for it was here that Grigory Rasputin met his grisly fate. This influential figure, said to have wielded significant power over Tsar Nicholas II, was murdered here and the cellar where the crime took place now exhibits artefacts telling that gripping story. The splendour of the palace itself is a far cry from such horrors and you’ll delight in exploring its stunning interiors.

Day 6

Wednesday - St. Petersburg

Hermitage Museum (Winter Palace) Guided Tour

A guided tour of the Hermitage, former residence of the Russian Tzars (famous Winter Palace) and one of best museums of the world. This stunning palace, an architectural masterpiece in itself, contains a collection of over 3,000,000 works of art representing the development of world culture and art from the Stone Age to the 20th century. The collection includes works of Leonardo Da Vinci, Titian, Raphael, French impressionists, sculptures and treasures icons, coins and Tsar’s jewellery. The Hermitage is an unforgettable place to visit.

Day 7

Thursday - St. Petersburg

Departure Transfer from the Hotel

Transfer to the airport. Our driver will meet you with a Go Russia sign board at the hotel lobby.

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When you choose to travel with Go Russia, you are assured of the highest standards of service for every element of your holiday, with the class of hotel as the only difference between our packages.

All our hotels have been carefully selected and personally tested by Go Russia product development team. They have been chosen for their central location, available facilities, tastefully designed interiors, and friendly service and customers’ feedbacks. Please note all our hotels are recommended on Tripadvisor and have above average ratings. Please view hotels details below.

On all our city-break tours we also offer early-check / late check-out option in hotels as well as extra nights. Please view prices.

Hotel Nevsky Grand St. Petersbrug 3*

Hotel Nevsky Hotel Grand is ideally located in the centre of St. Petersburg, and within easy walking distance of the famous landmarks of St. Petersburg - such as Hermitage; Kazan, St. Isaac's and Savior on Spilled Blood Cathedrals; Russian museum. The hotel features elegant interior and cozy homelike atmosphere. The hotel’s 135 guest rooms and 5 suites are designed in the modern style with a touch of antique, complimented by the technological amenities, including telephone, free WiFi, interactive satellite television, safe, air-conditioning system. There is a hall on every floor with soft drinks, coffee and tea, open 24 hours a day.Learn more

Guest House Kinerma Village

Located in historic Kinerma, a small village found midway between Lake Onega and Lake Ladoga, this little guest house is a good choice for visitors wishing to stay in a typically Russian wooden house. Kinerma is as much an open air museum as a village, its collection of traditional wooden structures showcasing the best of Karelian architecture.
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We thrive on feedback! We are very happy to have served thousands of happy customers who travelled with us. Please browse our guestbook below, read our clients' feedback on Tripadvisor and also watch a short customer's interview sharing her travel experience with Go Russia. To respect our clients' privacy all names are encoded.

The experience of seeing the Kizhi area and the amazing churches was something special. I thought the skidoo adventure was well organised and Anna our interpreter did a very good job. I must say at this point I can not emphasise enough just how good our guide Sveltlana has been. We were also blessed everyday with blue skies and pleasant temperatures, I am sure it is like that all the time! Thank you all again.

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Angelo Montgomery

Everything was very well organised, I felt we were being looked after, we felt safe and were with knowledgeable guides. All of the people we met involved in our tour were very keen to ensure we had a good experience.

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Tasha Lane

Wir moechten uns ganz herzlich bei Ihnen bedanken fuer den wunderschoenen Urlaub in Russland. Es hat vom Abflug in Muenchen ueber St. Petersburg nach Petrozavodsk mit der Bahn alles ganz hervorragend geklappt. Wir wussten vor der Reise nicht was uns erwarten wuerde, aber all unsere Hoffnungen wurden weit Uebertroffen. Alles in allem sehr nette Leute, wunderbare Unterbringung und ein ueberaus beeindruckendes Land. Vielen herzlichen Dank fuer Ihre Bemuehungen uns einen unvergessenen Urlaub zu bescheren.

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Ignacio Rhodes

We had an excellent holiday, thanks very much for your help in putting it all together. The different parts all worked very well together, we were met at every stage as planned, the accommodation was comfortable and all the guides were very helpful. We loved the snow mobile trip and the guest house near Kizhi. I'm very impressed with your website, the information was very helpful as preparation for the trip.

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Ashley Patterson

Please note all prices are per person based on a minimum of two people travelling together. Read more about prices for solo travellers.

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St. Petersburg

Draw Bridges Night Tour by Car

Draw Bridges Night Tour by Car Like Venice, St. Petersburg is spread across a lot of big and small islands and it's hard to walk more than a few hundred meters without crossing a bridge! St. Petersburg has the largest number of bridges of any city in the entire world. With a total of 539 bridges (315 in the historical centre alone), not even Venice, Stockholm or Amsterdam can beat the city’s total! And more than 20 of all bridges are drawbridges. The elegance of some bridges can be compared only to the beauty of the city architectural ensembles. The bridges of St. Petersburg have become an integral part of the city.

£85

per person
3 hours

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Half day Guided Tour to Tsarskoe Selo (Catherine Palace & Amber Room)

Half day Guided Tour to Tsarskoe Selo (Catherine Palace & Amber Room) Guided visit to one of the major architectural treasures of the Royal St. Petersburg - settlement of Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin) located 25km south of the city. This small town has two gigantic palaces, set amidst huge and beautiful parkland: the glorious Catherine Palace, a Baroque masterpiece by the Italian architecture Bartolomeo Rastrelli, and the Alexander Palace, where the last tsar family dwelt. We will visit the Catherine’s Palace with the Amber Room. It features splendid interiors, designed by eminent architects Rastrelli, Cameron, Stasov and Monighetti.

£85

per person
5 hours

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Russian Museum Guided Tour

Russian Museum Guided Tour Russian museum features the largest collection of Russian art no other museum in the world can boast of. Over 400,000 exhibits reflect history of Russian fine art from the ancient icons to the 20th century avant-garde, presenting all the stages, schools and genres. The permanent exhibition of the State Russian Museum presents the works of Russian and Soviet artists and covers the period from the 11th century till nowadays. Along with paintings, the museum boasts unique collections of works of folk art, decorative and applied art, and numismatics.

£55

per person
4 hours

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Folk Show at Nikolaevsky Palace

Folk Show at Nikolaevsky Palace The folk show "Feel Yourself Russian" is comprised of the bright performances of St. Petersburg professional folk companies. During two hours of this dynamic colourful and picturesque show you will hear tuneful folk songs - romantic, and full of life, watch sparkling dances of different provinces of Russia, and learn that some items - such as saws, wooden spoons, and other traditional household appliances - can also be used as musical instruments! The national colour of the performance is enriched with the bright dresses made in accordance with Russian traditions.

£50

per person
2 hours

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Museum of Political History of Russia Guided Tour

Museum of Political History of Russia Guided Tour The State Museum of the Political History of Russia, former the State Museum of Revolution, was created on October 9, 1919, by decree of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers and the Red Army Deputies. Among the initiators were prominent figures in the Bolshevik Party and the narodnik (populist) movement, and representatives of the intelligentsia. By the mid 1920s it had a unique collection of revolutionary banners, an extremely valuable collection of leaflets of the different political parties, posters, and objects from that period.

£55

per person
3 hours

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Starts Ends St. Petersburg St. Petersburg Departs Duration Saturday 7 days
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Full board meals in Karelia
Train travel (day / overnight)
English – speaking guides
Guided tours & entrance fees
Visas: consular & processing fees
Airport & railway transfers

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We had an excellent holiday, thanks very much for your help in putting it all together. The different parts all worked very well together, we were met at every stage as planned, the accommodation was comfortable and all the guides were very helpful. We loved the snow mobile trip and the guest house near Kizhi. I'm very impressed with your website, the information was very helpful as preparation for the trip.
Ashley Patterson