MONOMAX LTD SIGHTSEEING TOURS

We are pleased to offer you private tours, the convenience of sightseeing at your own pace, and the flexibility of selecting a tour with your own interests in mind. Having your own personal English-speaking guide along with a driver makes all of this possible. Tour price includes entrance fee, guide service, transportation. Here enclosed is a brief description of Saint Petersburg sights. Individual excursion price list is also enclosed. Other optional tours are available on request. For more details, please, contact Mr. V.Shevtchuk at [email protected].

City tour

Built by the greatest of Russian Tsars, Peter the Great, Saint Petersburg is cut by Neva River and criss-crossed by numerous canals. As you tour the incomparable "Empress of the Baltic" you will be dazzled by its beauty at every turn. The majesty of Peter's "Window to the west" will enchant you forever.

Peter & Paul Fortress

Birthsite of St. Petersburg and formidable bastion along the Neva river, founded by Peter the Great in 1703. St. Peter & Paul Cathedral was the burial place of the Russian Tsars.

St. Issac's Cathedral

St. Isaac's Cathedral - St. Petersburg's largest church and one of the world's largest domed structures capable to accommodate up to 7000 people. The vast interior is decorated with gilded stucco, mosaics, paintings, sculptures and bas-reliefs.

The State Hermitage Museum

The State Hermitage ranks among the most famous art museums in the world displaying masterpieces by hundreds of artists. The grandiose Winter Palace, the former residence of the Russian tsars and four adjacent buildings house one of the famous art collections in the world consisting of more than two million paintings and art objects.

Russian Museum

The largest museum of Russian art, opened in 1898. It is housed in the former Mikhailovsky palace and contains works by the great Russian artists numbering nearly 400 000 exhibits, from ancient icons to the Avant-garde painting of the XX century.

Yusupov Palace

You get a special look at Russia's mysterious past when you visit opulent Yusupov palace where Rasputin, the "Mad Monk" was murdered in 1916. The palace now is one of the most interesting sights of St. Petersburg and represents a rare combination of an architectural monument and a "temple of art".

Pushkin (Tsarskoye selo) - Palaces & parks

Tsarskoye Selo, a former summer residence of Russian tsars, is a fascinating monument of the world's architectural and gardening arts of XVII-XIX centuries. The compositional centre of the Tsarskoselsky ensemble is Catherine's Palace containing exquisite decorative objects, furniture, Russian and West-European paintings, unique collections of porcelain, amber, decorative bronze, sculptures etc.

Pavlovsk - Palaces and parks

Pavlovsk is a superb palace-and-park ensemble of the late XVIII - XIX centuries which was used as a summer residence of the Russian emperor Paul I and his family. The collection of the Palace contains a large number of antique sculptures from Italy as well as gifts from European royal courts. The landscape park, one of the largest in Europe, covers the area of 600 ha.

Peterhof Palace

Peterhof, formerly known as Petrodvorets, is 30 km to the West of St. Petersburg. A Baroque spectacle of incomparable beauty, the palace of Peter the Great, was built to rival Versailles and boasts beautiful fountains and gardens. The complex also includes the "Monplaisir" and "Marly" Palaces and the Hermitage Pavillion.

INDIVIDUAL EXCURSION RATES (print vertion, PDF, zip, 100 kb)
(rates are in USD per person, include entrance fee, guide service, transportation)

FULL DAY TOURS

Other excursions - on request
Note : * - number of persons

THEATRE TICKET PRICE (UP TO)

* after 01.06.02 up to 100 USD