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Helsinki
& St. Petersburg Duet - 2007 - Print Tour One week in Helsinki and St. Petersburg. 7 days / 6 nights by train Helsinki - St. Petersburg - Helsinki Prices per person from: $1,538 - Operating: Apr 14 - Dec 29 Departure dates: Apr: 14 May: 5, 19, 26 Jun: 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Jul: 7, 14, 21, 28 Aug: 4, 11, 18, 25 Sep: 1, 15 Oct: 6 Nov: 10 Dec: 29 Included highlights: * 3 nights in first class hotel in Helsinki and 3 nights in tourist class hotel in St. Petersburg * 6 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 3 dinners * Transportation between Helsinki and St. Petersburg by the Finnish "Sibelius" train in 2. class * Transfers in St. Petersburg * Sightseeing, visits, excursions and entrance fees according to the program * Multilingual tour escort starting from day 3 in Helsinki Hotels included (or similar) Helsinki: Hotel Sokos Presidentti or similar St. Petersburg: Hotel Moskva |
| Prices per person | DOUBLE USD | SGL SUP USD |
| Apr 14 - May 26 | 1538 | 428 |
| Jun 2 - Aug 25 | 1598 | 578 |
| Sep 1 - Nov 10 | 1538 | 428 |
| Dec 29 | 1748 | 758 |
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Day 1, Saturday - HELSINKI: Arrive Helsinki and transfer on your own to downtown Helsinki. Check into your hotel in the very heart of Helsinki. Hotel: Sokos Presidentti or similar Day 2, Sunday - HELSINKI: Free day to explore Helsinki on your own. Take a city tour and see the Rock Church, Sibelius monument, the Senate Place, the market place and the harbor. Stroll on the Esplanade, lined with boutiques and restaurants. Hotel: Sokos Presidentti or similar B Day 3, Monday - HELSINKI-ST. PETERSBURG: Meet your multilingual Finnish tour leader early this morning at Helsinki railway station. After boarding the very early Finnish Sibelius train from Helsinki to St. Petersburg you will enjoy breakfast. Upon arrival in the "Venice of the North", the orientation tour takes you to the Bronze Horseman, Admiralty, Nevski Prospekt and Palace Square. On Palace Square you will admire the harmonious unity of St. Petersburg. The architects of the city gave colours an essential role in their plans and this magnificent Russian city owes much of its special atmosphere to these painted façades. The tour continues to the very roots of St. Petersburg. The city was founded by Peter the Great, as he laid the foundation of the first fortress on an islet in 1703. This island, the Peter-and Paul Fortress, has become the chief monument to its founder's reign. Dinner and overnight at tourist-class hotel Moskva or similar. Hotel: Moskva or similar B/D Day 4, Tuesday - ST. PETERSBURG: The day begins with an excursion to the Hermitage. The Hermitage was established in the year 1764, as Catherine II bought paintings made by famous Dutch painters. After the revolution in 1917 the amount of exhibits tripled and now it contains 2,400,000 pieces of art. The Hermitage collection offers art lovers special highlights such as Leonardos, Raphaels and Titians. After lunch, which is served in a local restaurant, you visit the third largest Cathedral in the whole world: the Cathedral of St. Isaac. The cathedral was designed by a French architect Auguste Montferrand and the construction took 40 years - from 1818 to 1858. Dinner and overnight at tourist-class hotel Moskva or similar. Hotel: Moskva or similar B/L/D Day 5, Wednesday - ST. PETERSBURG: In the year 1708 Peter I gave his wife Catherine Aleksejevna an estate in the outskirts of St. Petersburg. As the summer residence of Russian Czars for two centuries Zarskoje Selo, later Pushkin, was developed into one of the most magnificent and richest residences in Europe by the most famous architects and craftsmen of the time. Lunch in a local restaurant and transfer to city centre. Leisurely afternoon can be put to good use by wandering in the city like any other citizen having a day off. Dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight at tourist-class hotel Moskva or similar in St. Petersburg. Hotel: Moskva or similar B/L/D Day 6, Thursday - ST. PETERSBURG-HELSINKI: Spend your last morning in St. Petersburg at leisure. After lunch at the hotel, transfer to the railway station and afternoon departure to Helsinki, where you arrive late in the evening. Hotel: Sokos Presidentti or similar B/L Day 7, Friday - HELSINKI DEPARTURE |
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