Arrival to Saint Petersburg. Meeting at the airport. Transfer to the city.

Tour around Saint Petersburg. The Singer House also known as the House of Books or Dom Knigi, it is the biggest library in St. Petersburg as well as the intellectual and cultural center of the city. It is located on the opposite side of the beautiful Kazan Cathedral and on the corner of Ekaterinsky Canal. Pavel Suzor was the designer of this building for the Russian branch of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. Initially, the management of the Company planned a huge skyscraper, such as their headquarters at this time in New York City. However, the building code in St. Petersburg says that buildings are not allowed to be built and structured higher than the Winter Palace and Hermitage. The height limit amounted 23.5 meter and the Estonian artist Amandus Adamson, as well as Suzor found a stunning solution. They crowned the six-story Art Nouveau building by a 2.8meter glass tower, which in turn is accomplished by a glass globe sculpture at the top. It took two years to build the House of Books and opened its doors on December 12th, 1904. It was the first modern building in Russia with fireproofed floors, ceilings and steel girders. The glass tower creates the impression of an essential elevation; nevertheless, it remains lower than the Church of the Savoir on Spilled Blood or the Kazan Cathedral. From 2004-2006 the Singer House closed for reconstruction and reopened as the home of several businesses, including the familiar House of Books and Café Singer. So next time if you stroll along the Nevsky Prospect, you won't overlook this impressing building for sure. Enjoy the huge variety of books and end your visit with a delicious Cappuccino in the second floor and a great view of the city. Check-in to the hotel. In the room you will find a small gift from TALARII. Overnight stay.

After breakfast you will enjoy the city tour.

This is an orientation tour that will take you around the city and cover St. Petersburg's landmarks. We will stop for approximately 10-20 minutes at each place. As European cities go, St Petersburg is a young city. It was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great. 65 rivers and canals, spanned by 360 bridges, criss-cross the city which is located on 42 islands. It is not incidental that St Petersburg is also called as the Venice of the North. If you join with a general sightseeing tour you will see the most interesting buildings and world famous architectural ensembles of the city and learn its history rich in events.

Breakfast in the hotel.

Today, proceed to see the celebrated Hermitage Museum, one of the largest museums in the world. It houses a huge collection of Western European Art, Oriental Art, Applied Art, Ancient Roman, Greek, and Egyptian Art. The collection of the Hermitage consists of 3 million items. Later proceed to the Peter and Paul fortress. Established in 1703 by Peter the Great, the Peter and Paul Fortress has held some high-profile criminals in its prison cells, including 'Crime and Punishment' author Fyodor Dostoevsky and Lenin's right-hand man, Leon Trotsky. The fortress is also home to the famous Cathedral of St Peter and Paul, the original citadel of St. Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703. The first structure to be built in St. Petersburg, and thus the birthplace of the city, it never served its intended defensive function. Instead it has had a rich, hugely varied, and sometimes sinister history as a military base, a home of government departments, the burial ground of the Russian Imperial family and a forbidding jail that held some of Russia's most prominent political prisoners. Return to the hotel. Overnight stay.