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  St. Petersburg, North-West Russia, Russia
Friday, May 18, 2012

Today is the start of 2 jam-packed days of touring St Petersburg. The ship is docked overnight and our first days touring starts at 7.00 AM!
In fact over 2 days we have 21 - 22 hours of planned sightseeing. I have arranged a special itinerary through SPb Tours in St Petersburg. To get the numbers for a 16 seater bus I advertised the itinerary on Cruise Critic - a chat site for cruisers. It was so in demand once the details were posted, I had to put on a second bus of 16.

The Itinerary is listed underneath, and rather than describe the next 2 days, I have posted some of the many photos and videos taken.

ITINERARY: St Petersburg, Russia

Friday 7.00AM-6.00PM

07.00-07.30 am     Meet at the ship as soon as the ship is cleared
07.30-09.30 am     City sightseeing tour. Subway ride. A visit inside the
                              Grand Choral Synagogue.
09.45-10.30 am     A visit to Peter and Paul's fortress and cathedral, the
                              burial place of the Russian Emperors
11.00-11.30 am     Hydrofoil ride to Peterhof
11.30-01.00 pm     Walk in the Peterhof Lower fountain park and the
                              Upper gardens. A Visit to one of the smaller palaces.
01.15-01.45 pm     Lunch at a local restaurant
01.45-02.45 pm     Drive to the Tsars’ Village (summer residence)
02.45-04.15 pm     A visit to the Catherine's palace with the Amber room
                              and a walk in the park
04.15-05.15 pm     Drive back to St.Petersburg
05.15-05.45 pm     A visit to St.Isaac's cathedral
06.00 pm               Return to the ship


Saturday 8.00AM-5.00PM

08.00 am                Meet at the ship
08.30-09.30 am     Canal Boat Ride
09.30-11.30 pm     Special early entrance to the Hermitage
                              Museum
12.00-01.30 pm     The Museum of Ethnography
01.45-02.15 pm     Excursion in the Church of Our Saviour on the
                              Spilled Blood
02.45-04.15 pm     A visit to the Yusupovs' Palace
05.00 pm              Return to the ship

Tour prices include the following services:
1. all port fees for two days and all local Russian taxes
2. english-speaking guide for two days
3. A/C vehicle for two days with this timing
4. admission tickets to all the museums shown on the itinerary
5. pass for the camera in the museums one per person. In Yusupov Palace one per couple.
6. subway ride
7. one bottle of water per person per day
8. hydrofoil ride
9. lunches are included on the first day only
10. electronic audio sets
   

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Arriving into St Petersburg	Mariinsky Opera & Ballet (Bolshoi) House	The Grand Choral Synagogue	Inside The Grand Choral Synagogue
Niklaus- Marine-Kathedrale	Peter & Paul's Fortress & Cathedral	Inside Peter & Paul's Cathedral	Inside Peter & Paul's Cathedral
Remains of most Russian Emperors and Empresses	Peterhof	Peterhof	Peterhof
Peterhof	From WW11 to present	Alexander's Palace	Catherine's Palace
Catherine's Palace	Catherine's Palace	Catherine's Palace	Catherine's Palace
Catherine's Palace	Catherine's Palace	Catherine's Palace	Canal boat cruise
Canal boat cruise	Canal boat cruise	The Hermitage Museum	Canal boat cruise
The Hermitage Museum	The Hermitage Museum	The Jade Room	The Sarcophagus of Alexander Nevsky
The Pavillion Hall	Still in The Hermitage!	Lucky we got there early!!	Can you see the image moving?
Outside The Hermitage	Famous pies for lunch	Church of our Saviour on the Spilled Blood	Top of St Isaac's Cathedral
The Admiralty Golden Spire	Monument	Nicholas I	Building detail
Detail	Detail	Part of St Isaac's Cathedral	Part of St Isaac's Cathedral
Nicholas I Monument	Hotel Astoria opposite Isaac's Square	KGB Headquarters	Welcome to Russia
Golden tops and silver tops	Police	Blue spire	Mariinsky Opera & Ballet (Bolshoi) House
The Grand Choral Synagogue	The Grand Choral Synagogue	Plaque	Plaque
St. Nicholas Marine Cathedral	Bell Tower	St. Nicholas Marine Cathedral	Admiralty Spire
Spire of Peter & Paul's Cathedral	Peter & Paul's Cathedral and Fortress	Inside Peter & Paul's Cathedral	Inside Peter & Paul's Cathedral
Sarcophagus	Sarcophagus	Sarcophagus	View from the hydrofoil
Different angle	From the hydrofoil on the Neva River	From the hydrofoil on the Neva River	From the hydrofoil on the Neva River
From the hydrofoil on the Neva River	Hermitage Museum from the hydrofoil	From the hydrofoil on the Neva River	Passing hydrofoil
From the hydrofoil on the Neva River	From the hydrofoil on the Neva River	Building	Building
Building	From the hydrofoil on the Neva River	Approaching Peterhof by hydrofoil	Lower gardens of Peterhof
Lower gardens of Peterhof	Lower gardens of Peterhof	Lower gardens of Peterhof	Peterhof fountains
Peterhof fountains	Peterhof	Peterhof   Comments!	Peterhof Grand Cascade
Peterhof fountains	Peterhof fountains	Peterhof	Peterhof
Peterhof	Peterhof	Peterhof	Magnificent (but at what human cost?)
Nice shot	Peterhof	UNESCO plaque	Back of Peterhof
Driving through township of Peterhof	Holocaust Memorial near Alexander's Palace	Holocaust Memorial in Tsarskoe Selo	Alexander's Palace
Alexander's Palace in Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin)	Alexander Pushkin	Building	Rostral Column
Side of Catherine's Palace	Catherine's Palace	Catherine's Palace	Looking out from Catherine's Palace
Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace
Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace
Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace
Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Hall of gold
Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Cupid sleeping (facing west)
Cupid awakening (facing east)	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace
Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Catherine
Catherine	The Amber Room	The Amber Room	Inside Catherine's Palace
Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Alexander I Pavlovich
Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace
Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace
Inside Catherine's Palace	From here you can tell the time	From here you can see the diamonds	Inside Catherine's Palace
Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace
Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace
Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace
Inside Catherine's Palace	Inside Catherine's Palace	Catherine & Husbands	Gardens of Catherine's Palace
Catherines Palace	Catherines Palace	Catherines Palace	Catherines Palace
Another piece of architecture	Driving along	In the Subway (I've seen this bloke before!)	In the subway
In the subway	In the subway	In the subway   Comments!	In the subway
In the subway	In the subway	In the subway	Subway entrance
View from Canal boat ride dock	View from Canal boat ride dock	View from Canal boat ride dock	View from Canal boat ride dock
Domes	St Peter's Dome	Near Canal boat dock	Near Canal boat dock
On Canal boat ride	From Canal boat	From Canal boat	Rostral Column
From Canal boat	From Canal boat	Rostral Columns	From Canal boat
From Canal boat	Winter Palace detail	Rostral Column in front of Naval Museum	Canal boat
Restaurant boat	From the Canal boat	Domes & spire	Dome and columns
Building detail	Bridge detail	On the Canal boat	Bridge
Bridge	Sailing ship	In the canals	In the canals
In the canals	Bridge detail	In the canals	In the canals
Hidden gems	Like Venice	Along the canals	Low bridge
Low bridge	Narrow canals	No anchoring!	Canal arches
Looking up	Looking across	Ship on spire	Closer view
Domes	Tourists get the red carpet treatment	Inside the Hermitage Museum	Inside the Hermitage Museum
Inside the Hermitage Museum	Nice columns	Detail	Inside the Hermitage Museum
Inside the Hermitage Museum	Inside the Hermitage Museum	Inside the Hermitage Museum	Inside the Hermitage Museum
Inside the Hermitage Museum	Columns	Detail	Inside the Hermitage Museum
Portrait Room	Portraits	Portrait room	Inside the Hermitage Museum
Floor detail	Ceiling detail to match floor	Chandelier	Fit for a Queen
Floor detail	Floor detail	Ceiling detail	Seat of power
Closer detail	Portraits	Portraits	Prince of Smolensk
Battle of Borodino	Battle of Borodino	Inside the Hermitage Museum	Inside the Hermitage Museum
Inside the Hermitage Museum	Inside the Hermitage Museum	Inside the Hermitage Museum	Inside the Hermitage Museum
Inside the Hermitage Museum	Inside the Hermitage Museum	Interesting art	Cupid
Voltaire	Plaque	Catherine The Great	Sleigh
Sleigh	Tapestry Hall	Medee & Jason	Jason & the Golden Fleece
The Hermitage Museum	The Hermitage Museum	The Hermitage Museum	Prince Michael Feodorovich
Plaque	Mosaics	Pavillion Hall	The Peacock Clock
The Peacock Clock	The Hermitage Museum	Hanging Gardens of the Small Hermitage	Plaque
Madonna and Child	Plaque	Madonna and Child	Plaque
Guilio Romano	Arches	Closer Details	The Hermitage Museum
The Hermitage Museum	The Hermitage Museum	Plaque	Without tourists!
Plaque	Danae	Portrait of an Old Jew	Plaque
The return of the Prodigal Son	Plaque	Punishment of a Hunter	Plaque
I saw that!	Plaque	Bush	Plaque
Ladies of Arles	Plaque	Landscape with House and Ploughman	Plaque
Poterie et Fruits	Plaque	Fruit, Flowers and the Panel, "Dance"	Plaque
Dance	Plaque	The Hermitage Museum	Palace Square and the Alexander Column
Hiding behind the lamp post	Building	Detail	Building
Building	Church of our Saviour on the Spilled Blood	Church of our Saviour on the Spilled Blood	Detail
Church of our Saviour on the Spilled Blood	Inside Church on the Spilled Blood	Inside Church on the Spilled Blood	Inside Church on the Spilled Blood
Inside Church on the Spilled Blood	Inside Church on the Spilled Blood	Plaque	Inside Church on the Spilled Blood
Inside Church on the Spilled Blood	Inside Church on the Spilled Blood	Mosaics	Inside Church on the Spilled Blood
Inside Church on the Spilled Blood	Inside Church on the Spilled Blood	Inside Church on the Spilled Blood	Inside Church on the Spilled Blood
Inside Church on the Spilled Blood	Inside Church on the Spilled Blood	Church on the Spilled Blood	Domes
Church on the Spilled Blood	St Isaac's Cathedral door	St Isaac's Cathedral	St Isaac's Cathedral
St Isaac's Cathedral	St Isaac's Cathedral	St Isaac's Cathedral	St Isaac's Cathedral
St Isaac's Cathedral	Yusupov Palace	Yusupov Palace	Yusupov Palace
Yusupov Palace	Yusupov Palace	Yusupov Palace	Yusupov Palace
Yusupov Palace	Yusupov Palace	Blue Room	Yusupov Palace
Home Theatre	Theatre	Theatre	Yusupov Palace
Yusupov Palace

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