A special leisurely tour program with late departure staring times, and early return to the ship, however, you shall find that the most important sites of St. Petersburg, both city and the countryside are included. This tour is most suitable for families and elderly persons.

Welcome to St. Petersburg! As soon as you have reported to our DenRus representative, after having cleared the Russian Immigration inspection, you'll be introduced to your local guide and driver. Without any further delay you'll be on your way to the first scheduled attraction.

City Tour -  You'll either see, or  visit the major sites and historical  attractions of St. Petersburg old center, including statues, monuments, rivers and canals, beautiful bridges, cathedrals and palaces, memorial squares and parks. You shall also enjoy photo opportunities in selected locations.  

The State Hermitage Museum and the Winter Palace: The Hermitage Museum is one of the world’s leading and most respected museums today, and the real “must” place for every visitor in St. Petersburg. The State Hermitage museum is a complex of five buildings: The Winter Palace, the former official residence of Russian Tsars, the Small Hermitage, the Big Hermitage, the New Hermitage and the Hermitage Theatre.  The Winter Palace was the city residence of the ruling royal Romanov family until 1917 when the Russian revolution took place and ended the monarchy. 

The Winter Palace section is of no lesser interest than the rest of the Hermitage Museum. You will see the huge white marble ceremonial entrance stairway, the Saint George Hall, where the Czar’s throne still stands today,  the Malachite Room, the Armorial Hall which was the center stage of fashionable state receptions and balls. From the windows of the Winter Palace you will see the lonely angel of the Alexander’s Column standing in the center of  the immense historical Palace Square. The vastness of the Winter Palace alone includes 1,057 rooms, 117 staircases, 1.786 doorways and 1.945 windows.

 The Hermitage Museum  houses one of the world's greatest art collections, and the Hermitage Theatre, once a most private and exclusive royal family theatre, today is open for anybody wishing to purchase a ticket to its open performances. Works of classical artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Titian,  and Michelangelo, then El Greco, Velazquez, Goya, or of the more recent painters like Degas, Renoir, Monet, van Gogh, Matisse or Picasso and many other masters of the 19-20th century French art are all prominently represented. It should also be mentioned that the Hermitage displays one of the world’s largest and incomparable collection of Rembrandt’s work.  The Winter Palace was designed by the Italian architect Rastrelli in the 1700's. in Baroque style. The splendor of the interior and the room decorations, patterned parquet floors, molded and painted ceilings, period furniture, decorative objects of malachite, lapis lazuli, jasper and others simply dazzles the visitors' eyes. Other materials used in decoraions inclcude bronze, crystal, gold, valuable exotic woods and tapestries. It is said that to visit every one of its rooms would involve an excursion of not less than 13 miles or about 20 kilometres.

"Free Time" allows the visitor to shop, explore, sit in an outdoor cafe people watching, meeting locals using your guide as interpreter and adviser. A great time for specialty shopping or seeing something not on the scheduled itinerary

Return transfer to the Port: Our active program of the day is coming to an end, and now it is time to return to the Port and to your ship.  We hope you have enjoyed your special program and wish to thank you.

Good Morning! – By now you are totally familiar with the Russian disembarkation procedure, and as soon as you have connected with your waiting DenRus guide and driver,  your new day of touring is ready to begin.

Drive through the southern residential area and to the suburban palace estates and rural countryside and parks

Catherine Palace- typical of Baroque style, was built for the wife of Peter The Great , Catherine I, in the village of Tsarskoe Selo, or today’s Pushkin, and it became known as the Catherine Palace. 
Tsarskoe Selo (in English: “the Czar’s Village”) is located about 27 kilometers (17 miles) south of St. Petersburg and it has a long history connected with generations of Romanov Czars. Catherine Palace exceeds all the other palaces with its gigantic size and unique decorations. The stunning façade of the palace extends for almost 300 meters (1000 feet), and gives the first impression what to expect inside. Our tour will visit all the major halls and rooms, including the Great Hall, the Blue Room, the Picture Gallery, many of the private studies and bed rooms. 
One of the many highlights will be the Amber Room with its walls decorated with real amber of different hues. The palace was practically destroyed during the Second World War, and all the amber from the walls of the Amber Room was taken away from the country by the invaders. After the tour you will also view parts of the surrounding park’s and gardens consisting of almost 600 hectares (1.500 acres) and filled with marble statues

The Imperial  Catherine Park consists of two parts, each with its own style – the French Park with geometric planning and statues and the English Park imitating nature. Several pavilions of the Palace are scattered all over the Park – Upper Bath, Charles Cameron Gallery, Grotto,  Admiralty.

Imperial Bath and Kitchen Block. The unique opportunity to see the opulence of the cold, warm and steam bathrooms, the royal reception and dressing rooms, as well as the adjacent pantry, kitchen, coffee room and the assembly hall. Only very exclusive guests could see such an intimate place inside, as it was the place where Royal family used to relax.

Peterhof, one of  the  oldest  Imperial summer  residencies in the St. Petersburg  region, it perhaps the most exotic of all because of its seaside situation. It is named  for the first Emperor of Russia, Peter the Great    The palace grounds consist of a main palace, about 20 smaller palaces and pavilions and seven incredible, peaceful park areas. In addition to the parks the real pride and highlight of Peterhof are the 140 different fountains and water cascades of which the gilded, terraced fountains shooting water high up into the air, have gained worldwide fame and have become the symbol of the city. Perhaps the greatest technological achievement of Peterhof is that all of the fountains operate without the use of pumps. Water is supplied from natural springs and collects in reservoirs in the Upper Gardens. The elevation difference creates the pressure that drives most of the fountains of the Lower Gardens Several fountains are designed with the specific purpose of soaking visitors.

Return transfer to the Port: Our active program of the day is coming to an end, and now it is time to return to the Port and to your ship.  We hope you have enjoyed your special program and wish to thank you.