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EXCURSIONS IN THE HEART OF THE CITY
The sun is beginning to sink towards its setting place, casting the
evening moon over the River Neva. The city centre gradually becomes empty,
but the prospects, squares, boulevards around it become full of people and
vehicles hurrying home. The city bustle disappears from around the
historical monuments, slowly blending with the shadows. Thus, the historical
centre of St. Petersburg returns to its original splendour - the strict
architectural assembly, the distinctive ceremonial form of the vast, open
and quite horizontal vista.
All the historical museums, now closed to visitors, can be enjoyed by our
guests in their magnificent, peaceful and natural state.
We invite our guests, during these best hours, to enjoy the most pleasant
impressions and surroundings, monuments and simply the the most wonderful
corners of St. Petersburg, that form the heart of the city. A comfortable boat can
take tourists to all these points in our excursion programme, on the
Neva waterways, away from the hurly-burly of the streets, the traffic
noise and jams, to provide maximum comfort during the mini-bus transfer.
The Hermitage:
1. The main residence of the Emperors of the Romanov Imperial dynasty.
2. The largest museum in the world.
3. The fantastic palace, amazing for its treasures and luxuriously
appointed interior.
4. The ancient collection of valuables, paintings and sculptures assembled
there by the tsarist family.
The St. Peter and Paul Fortress:
1. Built at the very beginning of the city's construction.
2. More than perished in the course of its construction.
3. An impregnable unruly fortress.
4. Not one person ever escaped from its sombre casements and dungeons.
5. A place of rest for the emperors of the Romanov dynasty.
6. The spirit of the ruler Peter the Great. It was here that the Tsar
constructor of St. Petersburg spent his day walking around.
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EXCURSIONS IN MYSTICAL PETERSBURG
St. Petersburg is one of the world's beautiful cities, a composition of
architectural treasures, a European capital, an olympus of culture, modern
business and the intellectual capital of Russia. Here you will find bustling
streets, wide prospects alive with activity, picturesque parks, boulevards
and squares. Words cannot describe it, so....
The 'White Nights' are the time when there is a prolonged twilight amidst
a mystical mist. It is then that the hidden legends of Petersburg come to
life. It is then that each silhouette and form is ready to reveal the dark
secrets of this city. Souls of thousands arise, who suffered and whose
blood was spilled at the hands of cruel Russian power in the course of its
construction. It has long been considered a 'place of crucifixion', the
fulfilment of a long-standing ancient curse in a terrible gigantic swamp.
For a long time this place has echoed with the shouts and cries of dying
legendary adventurers, mystics and alchemists, constantly associated with
the city, but not in keeping with its unfamothable secrets.
We invite our guests to experience this very fairytale and surrealist
atmosphere of St.Petersburg's 'White nights' as part of their excursion.
Thanks to the coordinated efforts of our interpreters, theatre and film
actors, computer specialists, onlookers not only become familiar with the
secret moments of history, but also with a realistic spectacle of the more
striking episodes of St. Petersburg's past, captivating completely a
spiralling fantasy of events, revolving around several areas of the city,
highlighed in the strange twilight.
The excursion programme includes:
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A visit to the Bronze Horseman. |
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Peter I's Cottage. |
The St. Peter and Paul Fortress. |
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The Sphinxes. |
The palatial residences of Elagin Island. |
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Michael's Castle. |
Joseph's Palace. |
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Exclusive excursion options offer the organization of costume shows and
representations of individual excursion items.
Programmes - complete involvement in the atmosphere of secrets.
Optional light excursion - artistic and complete account by a guide, about
St. Petersburg's secrets and mysteries.
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