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City tour & Peter and Paul Fortress
Description:
Our guide will show you the most significant sights of St. Petersburg. The advantage of this tour is that you will see numerous tourist attractions. Our bus will stop at every worthwhile-seeing spot, you will have time to enjoy the beauty of these places and take photos. Depending on the time and traffic, you will see the following sights:
- The Admiralty
- The St. Isaac’s Square
- The Peter and Paul Fortress
- The Kazan Cathedral
- The Church of the Spilled Blood
- The St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
- Sphinxes and the Academy of Arts
- The Strelka of Vasilyevsky Island (one of the best view to the Neva River and Hermitage)
- Smolny Cathedral
- Nevsky Prospect
- The Arts Square
- The Palace Square and the Alexander Column
You will visit the Peter and Paul Fortress as well as the Peter and Paul Cathedral. Domenico Trezzini designed both the cathedral and the fortress. The cathedral houses the remains of almost all the Russian emperors and empresses from Peter the Great to Nicholas II. You will also enjoy the view of the Neva River and the Hermitage. Every day at 12p.m, a cannon fires a blank shot, this tradition originates from Peter’s epoch.
