Dr. Jim & Ann Sillers and Shen Smith have worked hard together on the arrangements for Four Day Tour Trips and Three Excursions in St. Petersburg, Russia during the International Borzoi Conference.  You are invited to join any single day trip or all of the trips if you wish.  Please select the tab on the homepage menu to place your Day Tour Excursions Deposits.

• Pricing - tour itinerary and info is outlined below with the final trip price based upon the number of people who sign up for a trip.  Attached pricing is for tours July 1 - 3rd - St. Petersburg (and area) , and  a separate pricing for the July 4th - Novgorod Tour. 

• Day Tour Reservations must be made before May 1st Full Day Tour refunds will be made up until May 1st, and after this date there are no refunds on any Day Tours or Excursions reserved).
• Evening Events Reservations must be made before May 1st  (full refunds will be made up until May 1st, and after this date there are no refunds on any events or deposits reserved).

Day Tour & Excursion Itineraries

Day Tour #1 - "City Sights Tou
Price $230.00 per person as a single tour
Discounts for multiple day trips

(8 Hrs.) - Tuesday, July 1, 2008

08:00 AM   Pick up from Hotel Russ
                    Drive Nevsky Prospect & Palace Square & Alexander
                    Column
                   Visit inside Peter & Paul Fortress   

9:45 AM   -  Tour of The Hermitage (Winter Palace) w/visit to
                     The Gold Room (Early admission on special arrangement
                     & tickets for Gold Room)
12:30 PM     Lunch at a city Restaurant (Included in price)  
02:15 PM     Inside visit to the Church of the Savior on the Spilled
                      Blood  
02:45 PM     Visit Flea Market across the street from the Church of
                         the Savior on the Spilled Blood
03:15 PM     Drive back to the Hotel   
4 PM             Return back to Russ Hotel

Day Tour #2 - Tsarskeo Selo/Pushkin Day

Price $230.00 per person as a single tour
Discounts for multiple day trips

(9 ½ Hrs.) Wednesday, July 2, 2008 

8:00 AM - Pick up from Hotel Russ. Drive from St Petersburg to
                  Tsarskoe Selo is approx. 1 hour   
9:15 AM – arrive Tsarskoe Selo/Pushkin

•   Kuzimino - also called The Egyptian - Gate - Entryway to Town
    of Tsarskoe Selo & Alexander Park 

•  Tchihatchevsky Gate - Kuzminskaya Street, a continuance of Dvortzovaya Street from Tsarskoe Selo.

•  Triumphal Gates - This gate forms one of the entrances of the Catherine Park
   

• 9:15 AM - Inside visit The Great Catherine Palace (Summer Palace). Visit The Amber Room
  (Early admission to the Catherine’s Palace on special arrangement & tickets for The Amber Room)

• Stroll through the wonderful Catherine's Park  
• Inside visit to Alexander Palace
• The Fyodorovski Cathedral & Village (the Fyodorovski Sobor)
• Lunch at a city Restaurant (Included in price)  

2:45 PM - Drive to the Pavlovsk
3:15 PM - Inside visit to Pavlovsk Palace  
4:00 PM - Drive back to Saint-Petersburg
5:30 PM – Return Back to your Hotel                                            

Day Trip #3 - Peterhof Palace Day

Price $230.00 per person as a single tour
Discounts for multiple day trips

(9 Hrs.) - Thursday, July 3, 2008

8:00 AM - Pick up from Hotel Russ.
                  Drive to the Peterhof, “Russian Versailles”, official Summer
                  Residence of Russian Tsars.

9:15 AM - Visit to the GRAND PALACE famous by the unbelievable
                  splendor and beauty of its interior decoration (Early
                  admission to the Grand Palace on special arrangement).
                  Stroll through the wonderful “Lower Park” with its fountains.

11:30 AM – Hydrofoil Trip back to the city on the Neva River
12:30 PM - Lunch at a city Restaurant (Included in price)  
1:45 PM -   Inside visit to St Isaac’s Cathedral. Stop at Blue Bridge at
                    St. Isaac's Square
2:30 PM -   Inside visit to The Yusupov’s Palace  
3:45 PM -   Inside visit St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
4:00 PM -   Drive back to the Hotel
5:00 PM –   Return to the Hotel

Please note: Program timing and sequences of venue’s visits may change due to traffic or weather conditions. 

Please NOTE:  Very Important!  

• All 2008 Programs and prices quoted in RO programs were prepared for your convenience in December 2007, and calculated on than rate of exchange: 1 USD = 25 rub.

Included in the above Price:

• Professional English speaking Red October Tour Guide
• Entrance fees to all venues as per Itinerary
• Lunch One Day
• Use of Still Photo Camera inside Museums and Palaces
• A/C Private Transportation ONLY for YOUR Party. (if more than 3 = VAN)
• Group VISA (Red October Tickets)–all of you must stay with our RO Guide!

Does Not Included in the above Price:

• Trip and Health Insurance
• Lunches (One Day)
• Gratuities to Red October guide and driver (note it is customary to pay for the guides lunch on the days where the guide is with you during the meal).
• Extra activities which are NOT in the Program
• VIDEO Movie Opportunity inside Museums and Palaces (museums charge a fee)

- If you will decide to take VIDEO inside: You could do so by paying in USD the amounts-listed below to your RO Tour Guide at the beginning of you tour.