Stockholm Finland and St.Petersburg |
A Suggested combination of tours:
Experience cozy Galma Stan's cobblestones and antique shops contrast with the sumptuous Royal Palace's rich blue and gold rooms and tiled mosaics of City Hall (where the Nobel Prize banquet is held). Leave this cultural haven on the luxury liner Silja Line for an overnight sunset archipelago cruise to Helsinki. Enjoy busy market places, design house shopping and domed cathedrals with neoclassical architecture-the Finnish capital is so much more than a stepping stone to Russia and the Baltics!
With crowning glory, Czarist St. Petersburg sparkles on the horizon- a beacon highlighting the opulence and power of a ruling class moved by culture and arts. Explore the magnificence of Peterhof, summer residence of the Czars, Peter and Paul Fortress and its legendary prisoners and the Hermitage art collections that rivals the Louvre. Special events include a Russian ballet performance, folklore show and Farewell dinner at Landskrona, high atop the city and one of St. Petersburg's top dining venues!
Day 1, Departure for Stockholm
You may be traveling from your home city or coming from another point in Scandinavia continuing your journey. Upon arrival check into your hotel.
Dinner on your own. Overnight at your hotel.
Day 2, Stockholm
After breakfast join a city tour in the morning.
City tour including:
Gamla Stan, City Hall, The Royal Palace, Vasa Museum, Djurgården wit its breathtaking view overlooking the city-Fjällgatan.
In the afternoon you are on your own to explore.
Overnight at your hotel.
Day 3, Stockholm- Silja Line Cruise to Helsinki
Your day is free to shop and explore this Swedish capital until your 3:30 transfer from the hotel to the dock for your 5:00 embarkation on the Silja Line cruise to Helsinki
Accommodations: Silja Line Cruise, Outside cabins.
Day 4, Helsinki
Breakfast buffet on board with your 9:30 arrival in Helsinki. Immediately jon a city tour, before gong to the hotel for check-in.,.
City tour including:
Senate Square, Finlandia Hall, the Opera House, Temppeliaukio Rock Church, Sibelius Park and other sights.
Dinner at the hotel
Day 5, Helsinki- St. Petersburg
After breakfast depart on the Finnish Train, Sibelius to St. Petersburg . Upon arrival in St. Petersburg, transfer to your hotel and enjoy a very hearty welcome to Russia: Champagne and caviar!
Afternoon City tour including:
Peter and Paul Fortress, Cathedrals, including St. Isaac's, the Admiralty, and many palaces along the bridge connected city.
Dinner: Demidov Restaurant with Russian entertainment and folk songs.
Overnight at your Hotel
Day 6, St. Petersburg
After breakfast join a tour to the Hermitage. See the Winter Palace and lunch near St. Issac's Cathedral with the afternoon and dinner free prior to your big depending on the season there may be a special event- The Russian Ballet this evening!
Overnight at your Hotel
Day 7, St. Petersburg
Morning visit to the Oranienbaum Palace, a small palace not often visited, your will walk on the same floors as the czars! Continue on to the impressive Peterhof fountains and grounds, to the Monlaisir palace, Peter the Great's summer palace, and lunch prior to hydro-foiling back to the Hermitage dock.
Farewell Dinner @ Landskrona with its breathtaking city view!
Overnight at your Hotel
Day 8, St. Petersburg and Home
Buffet breakfast at the Hotel prior to transfer to your scheduled departure home.
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