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Flexible St. Petersburg - 4 Hours
St. Petersburg Shore Trip - Flexible St. Petersburg - 4 Hours
 

This 4 Hour Private Tour Includes:
  • Pick up from Port in St Petersburg
  • Visa-Free Russian Entry Voucher
  • Private English Speaking Licensed Guide
  • Round Trip Transportation in Private Vehicle
Russian Tourist Visa - With this tour, our partners in Russia provide the needed Entry Voucher for a Visa-Free entry. You will NOT need to purchase a Russian Tourist Visa as you are covered with this blanket visa for your private party. Please see additional notes below tour description. Four weeks notice is required to obtain the Russian Tourist Visa.

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Tour Number:
RSTPE-11


Group Size (Prices in USD)*:
2 People - $140 Per Person
3 People - $120 Per Person
4 People - $90 Per Person
5 People - $74 Per Person
6 People - $68 Per Person
7 People - $60 Per Person
8 People - $53 Per Person
9 People - $52 Per Person
10 People - $47 Per Person
11 People - $43 Per Person
12 People - $40 Per Person



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TOUR DESCRIPTION
 

St. Petersburg Shore Excursion

This 4 hour St Petersburg shore trip is for those who want a short but flexible itinerary in St. Petersburg. When you meet your guide you discuss your interests and the places you wish to see. Your guide will help you maximize your time based on your desires and traffic conditions. It's a great option if you'd like to enjoy a driving tour of the city with photo stops at major monuments. In St Petersburg there are often long lines and or required reservations at museums and palaces so this is not a good option if you intend to visit a site such as a museum or palace.

Please note that this "Flexible Itinerary" includes a driver and a licensed guide who provides commentary while you are in the vehicle and also during your selected stops. Your guide can make recommendations based on your interest. It is important to understand that with a flexible itinerary, we cannot guarantee you can see everything you desire in the amount of time you have chosen. Traffic conditions and weather ultimately affect the driving time to the places you wish to visit.

Mobility: Folding wheelchair OK, some sites may be inaccessible (advance notice required)

Russia Visa-Free Entry Voucher Information
With these private St Petersburg shore excursions, our partners in Russia provide everything you need to satisfy Russia's entry requirements. You will NOT need to purchase a separate Russian Tourist Visa.

Russian law requires that cruise passengers taking Private Shore Trips have the following documentation:
1) A valid passport
2) A photocopy of your passport
3) Proof that you have purchased an escorted tour arranged by a government licensed agency authorized to receive foreign cruise passengers inside the St. Petersburg port area. Our partners in Russia provide a Visa-Free Entry Voucher as proof of your tour.

To process your Visa-Free Entry Voucher we will need the following information for each person in your private party at the time of your reservation.

-Full name as listed in the passport
-Passport Number
-Passport Expiration Date
-Date of Birth
-Nationality
-Gender


Special Note- 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. You do not have the option to stay in St. Petersburg and return to the ship on your own. Visa-Free Entry Vouchers are sometimes called a "blanket visa".

Four Week Notice- To obtain the needed Russian Tourist Visas we can only accept reservations with a minimum of four weeks notice.


If you cannot find what you are looking for, our St. Petersburg tours and St. Petersburg Shore Excursions can also be customized to fit your needs. If you have a larger group, we can offer you a private St. Petersburg shore trip using a mid-size bus or full size coach. Please contact us with any questions or to receive a customized quote.
Shore Trip Timing is approximate based on your interests & traffic
  • Varies based on your interests and traffic conditions

Average Rating: Average Rating: 5 of 5 5 of 5 Total Reviews: 25 Write a review »

  7 of 7 people found this review helpful:
 
5 of 5 Review Location- St. Petersburg April 12, 2026
Reviewer: Bridgette G from Aurora Canada  
I have been meaning to get in touch and letting you know that all private tours were right on time even though after reconfirming from the hotel in Copenhagen my German phone never worked, so I was a bit concerned how it would work out but they were all there, were professional and helpful and with the three boys it was the best decision I made about the whole trip to have the private tours. I knew this cruise would not be the perfect itinerary for teen age boys but I think the guides we had made it work, adjusted the programs tour over the city rather than the city tour as it would have given the boys a thrill and me the kind of overview of the city one could not get from a car. I dont mean it complaining, it is more hindsight on my part. I would recommend Private tours to anyone with a small group, as the flexibility and advantage of passing all the long long line ups for all the larger groups and sneaking in ahead of them was worth alone the extra cost. On top of it the flexibility was just priceless for the boys. I have less good things to say about the cruise line, found the ship not well organized and not at all helpful for anyone not wanting their tours and giving the rest of us wrong information about landing procedures at least 12 the time. Well, I have learned a lot and even though I will never be a total cruise fan, the baltic itinerary is really very informative if one prepares oneself as there was little or no advanced information on the destination ports given to us from the ship itself. So, thanks for your helpful service, I would recommend booking private tours to anyone!! You are welcome to quote my recommendation if needed.

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5 of 5 Review Location- St. Petersburg April 11, 2026
Reviewer: Patricia B from Elm Grove, WI  
Returned from our Baltic Cruise last evening and wanted to send a warm THANK YOU to you for your efforts in arranging our two days of tours with Natalya in St. Petersburg and our lovely Katarina in Rostock, Germany. We will certainly call upon you again as we plan on cruising with my brother and his wife in Alaska next!

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5 of 5 Review Location- St. Petersburg September 19, 2025
Reviewer: Deanna B from Palatine, IL  
We really enjoy all the tours that you booked for us. Really made our trip that much more enjoyable and we were able to cover a lot more ground. All the tour guides were absolutely wonderful. I will definitely refer you to anyone that is going to Europe. I just wish you covered more than Europe!

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  4 of 4 people found this review helpful:
 
5 of 5 Review Location- St. Petersburg September 15, 2025
Reviewer: Lisa S from Princeton Jct  
We have been using your services for several years now and as usual every stop was perfect. Uniformly all stops this year were excellent. There were several highlights I need to mention. Our guide Hakan in Stockholm was simply the best I have ever had in 15 years of travel. He had all from the 9 year old to the 85 year old enthralled. Our guide Klavs in Copanhagan was the second best guide ever. He is a retired gentleman who went back to train as a guide. He offered so much more in the way of experience and perspective. I can not recommend him highly enough. He accessed the group on our initial meeting and said lets make a few minor changes which were super. We had lunch on the coast. Hit sites not planned and still hit all the planned sites. He took us off the beaten track to a Boy Scout camp where the scouts had a complete replica of a working Viking village. What a hit for us to really see how they lived and to put it all into perspective. Kids climbed and explored everything.  

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  2 of 2 people found this review helpful:
 
5 of 5 Review Location- St. Petersburg August 18, 2025
Reviewer: Shannon S from Temecula, CA  
The tours went well, the tour guides were excellent, very knowledgeable (most of them history professors moonlighting as tour guides during school breaks), and professional. Well done! The drivers were very cooperative and worked well with the tour guides. Good Team! Next year, I will be planning Dubai and Jordan. If you do these places, I will be in touch with you again. On behalf of my group, thank you. Monaco - The tour was fantastic. We really enjoyed our driverguide. We did a lot of tours during our trip and I must say this tour was one of the best. Ill be happy to recommend to my friends.

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