St. Petersburg Shore Excursion: Small-Group 2-Day Visa-Free Tour Including Boat Ride

With a small group, we were able to move about the tour with ease. We were lucky to have Luba as our tour guide. She was so knowledgeable and kind and caring that our trip was well informed and hassle free. She was amazing!!

Dascha, was the best tour guide. Perfect English, knowledgeable and fun. She explained everything and could answer all the questions from our small group. We went to numerous places with the allotted time that the large tour buses could not get to with the same time. Small,fast and nimble is the best way to do an excursion. When we were on our last day, our van driver provided everyone with an hour or two of high speed internet access as we drove back to the ship. What a treat in Russia! Most everyone did not have access to internet except on the ship. Which is really lousy and expensive. This unexpected bonus was really appreciated by everyone in our group. I cannot say enough about how good this tour was. Highly recommend. Well worth the money compared to the cruise line tours.

Great way to see the major sights! Guide Svetlana D. and driver Alexi were amazing. Svetlana knew the history and information about everything we asked. She was personable and professional and completely thorough with her tour. We loved our time in St. Petersburg!

Our tour itinerary was awesome and we saw everything that was advertised. I wish our assigned time at the Hermitage hadn't been left to the last stop on the last day, but I know those are assigned so flexibility was limited. Our tour guide Olga was simply exceptional! She had an excellent knowledge of all the areas we visited and supplied local interesting information about culture and life in St. Petersburg. I simply can't say enough supurlatives about how fantastic she was. Made the trip very memorable and well worth the cost.

I have never stopped talking about St. Petersburg excursion. . From Catherine's Palace to Hermitage Museum I was simply awestruck. Peterhoff Garden and Issac's Cathedral , Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood which is beautiful not only fro m inside but from outside as well. I I stood in silence among-st the crowd to savor the the intricate beauty. Ms. Svetlana tour guide used to close her eyes to retrieve all the information she had for our group. Because of her .We enjoyed most. She even took us for a Metro Ride and explained us in detail about the architecture Construction. SPB tours showed us more tourist attractions than anybody else. This was an excellent trip.
Indra Kumar Awatramani

tour guide tried to take us into hermitage by single entrance instead of group. we were caught and detained a full hour , his reason that group was sold out , we booked on viator 7 months ahead , they were sold out bs viator overbooked . once in life in st.pete and an hour wasted , viator gave no apology

Tatianna was so great. We only stood in lines for a few minutes. She made sure we had frequent bathroom stops.

It was a great trip w a very knowledgeable guide and great van driver.
WE did as much as humanly possible for tourists to do in this town for 2 full days.
Loved it all-especially the metro and the palaces!

We had an excellent time on the St. Petersburg small group 2 day tour. Having booked this tour ahead of time, we were provided with the appropriate papers/Visa to get through immigration at the cruise port without difficulty. Our guide, Maria, was simply amazing. She is a very knowledgeable guide and was able to provide a detailed historical perspective at each of the sites. Our driver, Vladimir, was fantastic. He dropped us off and picked us up at locations very close to the sites which allowed us to manuever through the city and crowds to get to our locations quickly and with minimal walking. We visited St. Peter and Paul's fortress, Peterhof fountains, Catherine's Palace, the Hermitage, Church of our Saviour on the Spilled Blood, St. Isaac's and took a cruise on the Neva River - all beautiful. The FiFa World Cup was starting in just one day when we took our tour and Maria and Vladimir had to work very hard to get our group into the Church of the Spilled Blood. They were told that we would not be able to get there due to the Fan Fest set up, but Maria was persistent! She even took us on a subway ride so that we could see the mosaics in the stations and ride the longest escalator I have ever seen deep into the ground! Each day of our tour we were provided with a wonderful Russian lunch at lovely restaurants and time to shop. We very much appreciate the personable, friendly and professional tour staff. In addition, there were 14 people in our group who were always on time for our departures -- which is often not the case. We highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting St. Petersburg.

This '2 day deluxe' May 2018 excursion by SPB was brilliant. Kate our guide was faultless, She is knowledgeable, personable and always interesting.Everything worked, the itinerary is great given what can be fitted into two days. The small group approach is definitely a winner. Comments from fellow cruisers indicate a clear winner over ship excursions. Highly recommend. Ian.