St Petersburg Port Tours - Private Shore Excursions and day tours from the port of St. Petersburg to visit the top sites in St. Petersburg as well as the great palaces such as Peterhof and Pushkin. Russian folk shows and dinner options are also available.

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Two Day Best of St. Petersburg

Private Tour - 18 Hours (over two days)

This best of St. Petersburg option includes two full day (nine hour) tours, for those cruises which are in port overnight. This allows you to see the top sights of St. Petersburg, the Hermitage Museum, Peterhof with the Grand Palace and Catherine's Palace.

St. Petersburg with the Hermitage

Private Tour - 8 Hours

This full day tour enjoys a St. Petersburg driving tour with photo stops at major sites, plus visit the Hermitage State Museum, one of the oldest and largest museums in the world.

Peterhof and the Grand Palace

Private Tour - 6 Hours

This tour visits the famous Peterhof including the Grand Palace and the Lower Park with it's fountains. Built to rival France's palace at Versailles, you are sure to be impressed. At the end of the tour you enjoy free time for lunch.

St. Petersburg with Peter and Paul Fortress & St. Isaac's Cathedral

Private Tour - 7.5 Hours

This full day tour allows you to see the major sites in St. Petersburg including interior visits to St. Isaac’s Cathedral and one of the city's top attractions, the Peter and Paul Fortress.

St. Petersburg and Yusupov Palace

Private Tour - 6.5 Hours

This tour allows you to see the major sites in St. Petersburg plus an interior visit to the Yusupov Palace where you learn the mystery of Rasputin's murder.

St. Petersburg, Alexander Nevsky Monastery and Russian Museum

Private Tour - 7.5 Hours

This tour allows you to see the major sites in St. Petersburg plus interior visits to the Alexander Nevsky Monastery and the Russian Museum which houses the largest collection of Russian art.

Pushkin and Pavlovsk

Private Tour - 7 Hours

This tour visits two Russia's Imperial estates. At Pushkin your tour includes Catherine's Palace and the famous Amber Room. After lunch you visit Pavlovsk including the State Bedroom and the Throne Room.

Russian Folk Show Add On

Evening Performance - 3 / 3.5 Hours

This evening folk show performance at the Nikolayevsky Palace and Art-Center is available as an add on to a day tour. In addition to the show, you enjoy a traditional Russian snack and glass of champagne.

Russian Folk Show with Dinner Add On

Evening Performance with Dinner - 6 / 6.5 Hours

This option is available as an add on to a St. Petersburg day tour. It combines a Russian Folk Show with a typical Russian dinner.

About the Port of St. Petersburg- The port of St. Petersburg can seem a bit daunting because the bureaucracy of entry into Russia. Your cruise line may tell you that you must purchase an expensive Russian tourist visa to get off the ship if you are not taking their big bus tour. This is not true. The visa they refer to is only for passengers who plan to go ashore unaccompanied by an authorized guide. With the Visa-Free Entry Voucher our partners in Russia provide, you are required to depart and return to the port with the tour we have organized for you. Visa-Free Entry Vouchers are sometimes called a "blanket visa". Please be advised, that we need about 4 weeks to provide the needed paperwork so don't delay in reserving your tour.

St. Petersburg has a temperate maritime climate with mild to warm summers and long cold winters. Precipitation is expected throughout the year.

We offer Private Shore Excursions and day tours from the port of St. Petersburg to visit the top sites in St. Petersburg as well as the great palaces such as Peterhof and Pushkin. Russian folk shows and dinner options are also available.