1 day. St. Petersburg
Arrival to St Petersburg. Transfer to the hotel. Check in.
St. Petersburg sightseeing tour.
Welcome to this tour of St. Petersburg! You will be introduced to the greatest marvel of Russia’s past and present, known to the world as the “ Northern Capital of Russia” and “ The Venice of the North”. Your tour will cover all of the highlights of the city, we will drive along the Nevsky avenue – the heart of the city and make picture stop at the Spit of the Basil island, the Senates Square and the St. Isaac’s Cathedral, The Art’s Square and the Russian museum as well as the two magnificent churches, the Our Savior on the Spilled Blood and the Nevsky Cathedral.
Dinner at the hotel.
2 day. St. Petersburg
Breakfast at the hotel.
8:30 Pick up at the hotel.
9:45 Visit PETERHOF including Grand Palace & Lower park.
This tour will take you to Peterhof, which is the palace of the sea god. Here the fountains are not mere accessories; they are the essence of the place. The world-famous palace, fountain and park ensemble of Peterhof is an outstanding landmark of Russian artistic culture of the 18-19th centuries. Its wonderful parks, 176 fountains of various forms and styles and four cascades, majestic palaces, numerous glided statues and ancient gods and heroes, remarkable collection of sculpture, painting and works of the minor arts make Peterhof a veritable gem of art, often called “Capital of Fountains”, unique in the world.
12:00 Lunch at the local restaurant.
15:00 Visit Hermitage museum.
Today you will have a tour to the largest museum in the country and one of the finest in the world – the famous Hermitage museum. Today Hermitage contains works of art by Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Michelangelo, Rubens, French impressionists as well as various objects of applied art, coins, medals and other treasures from hoary antiquity to the present.
20:00 Dinner at the hotel.
3 day. St Petersburg — Tallinn
Breakfast at the hotel. Check out.
8:30 Departure from St. Petersburg to Tallinn (Estonia) by bus.
Estonia. Estonia’s largest location as a link between East and West, it’ s stirring history has come through the ages of rapacious kings and conquerors. Russian Orthodox onion domes, Swedish named villages and towns, German manors and Danish castles – the confluence of many different invaders upon Estonia’s ancient culture are what make this Baltic country so unique.
14:00 Lunch in the local restaurant.
15:00 Narva – Tallinn (213 km).
18:00 Arrival to Tallinn.
Kilometers of winding cobblestone streets, red roofs, watchtowers in the Old city walls that surround the Old City, a whole storybook of medieval houses – that’s all Tallinn, one of the oldest cities in the Northern Europe. This rich medieval town was forgotten for 50 years in the Soviet times and now, more than ever, Tallinn is attracting tourists to discover the spirit of the old medieval times.
19:30 Dinner at the hotel.
4 day. Tallinn
Breakfast at the hotel.
10:00 Guided Tallinn sightseeing tour.
The unique of Tallinn’s Old Town lies and foremost in the well-preserved completeness of its medieval milieu and structure which has been lost in most of the capitals of the Northern Europe. Since 1997, the Old Tallinn has been on UNESCO’s World Heritage list.
Tallinn is one of the best retained medieval European towns, with its web of winding cobblestone streets and properties, from the 11th to 15th centuries, preserved nearly in its entirely. All the most important state and church building from Middle Age have been preserved to their basic original form, as well as many citizens’ and merchants’ residence, along with barns and warehouses from the medieval period.
During the city tour you will see the great amount of the ancient buildings and churches.
13:00 Lunch at the local restaurant.
15:00 Dominican Monastery Exclusive program.
16:00 Photo hunt in Old Town.
18:30 Return to the hotel.
20:00 Dinner at the hotel Viru restaurant Merineitsi.
5 day. Tallinn — Parnu
Breakfast at the hotel. Check out.
9:00 Departure to Parnu (125 km).
11:00 Arrival to Parnu.
Guided Parnu sightseeing tour.
Parnu is the best known European resort, is more then just a summer city. It is also a place for conference, theatre performance and concerts. The city has the sightseeing that worth visiting.
12:00 Lunch at the local restaurant.
19:00 Dinner at the local restaurant.
6 day. Parnu — Riga
Breakfast at the hotel.
12:00 Check out.
12:30 Lunch at the local restaurant.
13:30 Departure to Riga (175 km).
16:30 Arrival to Riga (Latvia).
Latvia is one of Europe’s Last Hidden treasures. The country is plotted with small picturesque medieval towns, country castles, museum and folk parks, ruined fortresses and, occasionally, grand palaces. Everywhere you will find intriguing evidence of distinctive Latvian customs, crafts and culture, and of a determination to preserve and restore the best of the nation’s heritage.
19:00 Dinner at the hotel.
7 day. Riga
Breakfast at the hotel.
10:00 Guided Riga sightseeing tour.
Old Riga is the historical and geographical centre of Riga, located on the right bank of the Daugava river. Old Riga comprises a fairly small interior fortification system area ( built during XIII – XVIII centuries), where unique middle-aged architectural monuments are concentrated.
12:00 Organ concert in Dome Cathedral.
12:30 Continue of the walking tour.
14:00 Lunch at the local restaurant.
16:00 Visit Riga Motor museum.
Riga Motor museum is the biggest antique vehicle museum in the Baltic countries. It has gained acknowledgement in Europe and in the whole world. Riga Motor museum is a state culture institution that is functioning both in Latvia and international culture environment, available to the public for research and education. It functioning for the interest of the widest society circles collecting, preserving, researching, restoring antique vehicles as a part of industrial heritage and material culture and making them known to the public.
17:00 Free time in Riga.
19:00 Dinner at the hotel.
8 day. Riga — Jurmala
Breakfast at the hotel.
11:00 River ship from Riga Old town to Jurmala.
13:30 Arrival to Jurmala.
14:00 Lunch at Jurmala local restaurant.
15:30 Guided Jurmala sightseeing tour.
Jurmala, a resort town possessing 150-year-old resort traditions, occupies approximately one-tenth part of Latvian coastline. Its 30 km of the finest sandy beaches, with safe bathing, warm waters in summer, and elegant residences nesting among scented pine woods certainly make it the Riviera of the Baltic. Jurmala with its romantic wooden houses in Art Nouveau style, its spacious attractive in the modern world, for it has not lost its tranquility. Add to this the numerous spa and curative facilities, a “microclimate” of it’s own, and easy access to Latvia’s capital Riga, and you have a very special resort destination.
17:00 Bus back to Riga (35 km).
17:30 Arrival to Riga.
19:00 Dinner at the hotel.
9 day. Riga — Tartu — Narva — St. Petersburg
Breakfast at the hotel. Check out.
8.00 Riga — Tartu ( 272 km).
12.00 Arrival to Tartu.
Tartu is a historic and young city, Estonian second-largest town and the capital of the beautiful South Estonia, a landscape of almost untouched nature, rounded hills and little lakes. This charming old university city is cozily small, yet big enough to offer a lot to a traveler – the glory of once well-known town, the ancient Dome Hill, academic atmosphere with old University building and merry student festivals, a rich cultural life of concerts, theatre and exhibitions.
Lunch at the local restaurant.
13.30 Tartu — Narva (179 km).
16.30 Narva — St. Petersburg (147 km).
Transfer to the airport.
Departure.
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