Sightseeing tours in St. Petersburg

When you come to St. Petersburg, you will be offer different sightseeing tours. The city is full of wonderful places, full of sights. Nearly every part of the city has a monument or a museum that should be visited. There are also many palaces belonging mostly to the epoch of Russian tsars.

Beeing founded in the 18th century St. Petersburg preserved most of the historical and architectural monuments that are worth seeing. Sightseeing tours will take tourists to the best places in the city: Peter’s House, the Narva Triumphal Arch, Peter and Paul Fortress, Trubetskoy Bastion, Palace Square, Grand Hourseman, St. Isaac’s Cathedral, the Hermitage and many others.

The beauty of St. Isaac’s Cathedral strikes at once. The domes of the Cathedral are seen from different parts of the city. The Cathedral was built in the 19th century. It took 40 years to complete the construction of the cathedral. The décor of the St Isaac’s Cathedral is lavish and is draped in precious sanctities, such as the Our Lady of Tikhvin icon, which was carried to the cathedrals consecration under the order of His Grace Metropolitan Grigory.

Yusupov and Taurida palaces are among the best ones in the city, along with the masterpiece of the 18th century architecture the Winter Palace of Peter the Great. A tour to these palaces will take you to another epoch, as the palaces are decorated in the style of the 18th century. Sightseeing tours pass really interesting, so will want to see even more, than is offered. It’s best to book hotels in St Petersburg in the city center so you are make most of your St Petersburg tours.

Getting to Russia is very easy. You can get a flight to St Petersburg, Moscow or even find flights to Vladivostok. Depending on where in the US you are coming from you may find one of these hub cities more convenient than another to arrive to.