Cultural and Gastronomic St. Petersburg, 5 days – 4 nights

Transfer and checking into the hotel

Hiking city tour ‘First time visitors’

Dinner in the Russian restaurant (without guided assistance). You will have an opportunity to try beetroot soup (borshch), cabbage soup (shchi), solyanka, fish soup (ukha), and cold kvass soup (okroshka).

You will have local breakfast.

City tour includes visiting of the Peter and Paul Fortress and old local market.

Guided dinner at art-café. You will try traditional Russian dishes such as Russian salad and dressed herring which is constantly served on Russian holidays.

You will spend the evening in the Georgian restaurant, the Georgian cuisine is very popular in St. Petersburg. It is a relatively unknown cuisine in Europe but still unique and delicious. The most famous dishes are khinkali (meat dumplings), khachapuri (cheese pie), dolma (stuffed grape leaves). You will also check out Georgian wines such as Saperavi, Rkatsiteli and Mtsvane.

You will have a guided gastronomic walk on the Nevsky Avenue, you will check out the old-fashioned confectionery ‘Pyshechnaya’ (worldwide famous Russian donuts); and the fabulous ‘Yeliseyev' shop, known for gourmet food (caviar, cheese, pastries). You will see the Church of Spilled Blood as well and then visit the local grocery store.

You will have a guided lunch in Russian fast food café check out pancakes with salmon, caviar or banana with Nutella. The second part of the day is devoted to your spare time.

In the evening, you will have the culinary master class at ‘Petrusha’ restaurant. You will prepare and sample Russian ravioli and varenyky

From Mai until mid of October:

You will enjoy the gorgeous palace, the large and charming park, the lower and upper gardens and over 100 impressive fountains (the most famous ensembles of fountains are the Grand Cascade and the Samson fountain) in Peterhof.

Then you will have dinner at ‘Stolle’ restaurant which is famous for its sweet pies such as cherry, cranberry, cream cheese and in addition there are salty pies such as salmon, beef, rabbit meat, mushroom & potato.

From the end of October until April:

Pushkin City Tour; you will visit the luxurious Catherine Palace, the incredible ballroom, the Amber Room, Agate Rooms and beautiful gardens.

You will have lunch at ‘Podvorye’ isba-restaurant, immersing in the authentic atmosphere. You will try the following dishes: cranberry beef; roast pork marinated vegetables platter, pancakes with a cranberry syrup and so forth.

You will have breakfast at hotel. We will provide an airport transfer service.