BALTIC WIND GUIDING AGENCY

Pesach week in April. Join our groups and save your money! The more participants in a group, the less price! Registration to the group is obligatory.

20^th April, 24^th April, 27^th April

10.15. Gathering of participants and meeting with your guide at the Arts’Square, beside the monument to the famous Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. A walking tour by the central part of the city. At first we will get acquainted with the ensemble of the Arts’ Square and we will understand why it is so called. Then slowly we will pass along the Nevsky Avenue, admiring the beauty of buildings of Gostiny Dvor and the Duma Tower, we will visit the Kazan Cathedral, we will listen  to the story about the great empress Ekaterina at her monument in the Ekaterina's Garden, we will admire the Anichkov Bridge and dynamic sculptures "Taming of a horse", we will be tempted with delicacies in the well-known Eliseevsky Hood Hall, we will stop for a coffee or at the Eliseevski Food Hall, or at numerous cafes on the pedestrian Malaya Sadovaya Street.

After that we will go along the Nevsky Avenue in the opposite direction and  will visit the fantastic and European-style looking shopping center called the Passage and also the well-known House of Books (Singer House) that was built by the famous Singer company that produced sewing machines.  Finally, we will reach the Palace Square.

We will have a guided tour in the Hermitage where we will show you the most beautiful rooms and magnificent, the most famous pieces of art. For the modern art lovers – we will also visit the Modern Art Section of the Hermitage with a collection of the French impressionists, one the richest ones in the world.

The duration is about 6 hours. The length of a walking route is about 3 km.
 The price for a group of 8 persons – 30 euro per person.
 The price for a group of 6 persons – 35 euro per person.
 The price for a group of 4 persons – 45 euro per person.
 The price for a group of 2 persons – 70 euro per person.
 The work of a Hebrew-speaking guide having museum licenses, and entrance fees to the Main museum complex of the Hermitage and the Modern Art Section are included.

21^st April, 23^rd April, 26^th April

10.15. Gathering of participants and meeting with your guide at the Arts’Square, beside the monument to the famous Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. We will have a city tour by bus to see all the top sights of St. Petersburg. We will visit the fantastic Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood which is decorated with beautiful mosaics from outside and inside as well, at the cruiser "Aurora" we will mentally fire from the cannon that announced the beginning of the Bolsheviks’ Revolution, we will walk across the territory of the St. Peter and Paul Fortress and we will come into the  Imperial burial place of the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral and also we will glance into the historical prison of the Trubetskoy Bastion.

On the Spit of the Vasilyevsky Island we will organize an unforgettable photo shoot, and at the Egyptian Sphinxes on the University Embankment we will make a wish. We will admire the magnificent statue of the founder of our city Peter the Great. The monument is well-known as the Bronze Horseman. After that we will stop on the St. Isaac's Square to decide there-and-then who wants to visit the luxurious St. Isaac's Cathedral (for an additional payment) and who wants to enjoy a coffee, we will have half an hour for it.

We pass the Theatre Square by, and see the famous Mariinsky Opera and Ballet House in front of us. Just around the corner the Grand Choral Synagogue – the most hospitable place of St. Petersburg – is situated. Of course, we will visit the Synagogue.

By 16:15 we will arrive to the metro station called the Technological University, and we will make a fascinating tour across the most beautiful marble stations of the subway system of St. Petersburg that were nicknamed ‘underground palaces’.
 After the metro tour we will return to the Nevsky Avenue station.
 The duration is about 7 hours.
 The price for a group of 8 persons – 55 euro per person.
 The price for a group of 6 persons – 60 euro per person.
 The price for a group of 4 persons – 80 euro per person.
 The price for a group of 2 persons – 130 euro per person.

The work of a Hebrew-speaking guide having museum licenses, and entrance fees to the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral, the Prison of the Trubetskoy Bastion, the Church on the Spilled Blood – three museums – and metro tickets are included.

22^nd April and 25^th April

10.15. Gathering of participants and meeting with your guide at the Arts’ Square, beside the monument to the famous Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. First we will go by bus to the suburb of St. Petersburg – Pushkin – in order to visit the summer residence of the Russian emperors called Tsars’ Village or Tsarskoye Selo in Russian. There we will have a guided tour in the luxurious Catherine Palace with the world-wide famous Amber Room. We will also get acquainted with the Catherine Park’s ensemble – beautiful pavilions, statues and flower beds. After the excursion you will have free time to eat the Russian pancakes in local cafe (pancakes with all kinds of stuffing are considered to be a culinary property of Russia).
 On the way back to St. Petersburg we will make a photo stop at the Victory Square and we will visit the Memorial museum to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad, telling about the Siege of our city during the World War II. Going back to the city centre we will also see the gorgeous Chesma Church, looking from outside like a pink cake with marvelous decorations.
 After coming back to the city centre we will be stunned by the unique collection of jewelry in the well-known Fabergé museum.
 Our tour will be finished on the Nevsky Avenue (beside the Anichkov Bridge).

The duration is about 7 hours.
 The price for a group of 8 persons – 75 euro per person.
 The price for a group of 6 persons – 85 euro per person.
 The price for a group of 4 persons – 100 euro per person.
 The price for a group of 2 persons – 150 euro per person.

The work of a Hebrew-speaking guide having museum licenses, and entrance fees to Catherine palace and park, the Memorial museum to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad, Fabergé museum  – three museums – and transport service for 6 hours are included.