Transcript Optional Excursions

OPTIONAL PROGRAM
Saint Petersburg
22.06 and 26.06.2008
Dear Guest!
MIR Travel Company
is pleased to offer you the
CULTURAL PROGRAM
during your stay in St.Petersburg,
before and after the official
conference days.
If you are interested in private excursions,
please contact us: [email protected]
Tel. + 7 812 325 71 22
Fax. + 7 812 315 30 01
PROGRAM
All rates are given in EURO per person
Date
Program
22nd of
June
Sunday
10.00 – Departure from the hotel.
10.00 – 13.00 - City tour
13.30 – 15.00 – Lunch in the restaurant
15.30 – 16.30 - Visit to St.Peter and St.Paul Fortress
17.00 – Return to the hotel
26th of
June
Thursday
10.00 – Departure from the hotel
10.45 – 13.30 - Visit to the Hermitage museum
14.00 – 15.00 – Lunch in the restaurant
15.30 – 16.30 Visit to Saint Isaac’s Cathedral
17.00 – 18.00 – Boat trip “Along Rivers and Canals”
19.00 – Return to the hotel
The price includes:
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Entrance fees to the mentioned museums
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Transportation
•
Guide service (English language)
•
Lunches in the local restaurants (tea/coffee, mineral water included)
Price per person
per day, in EUR
160
248
City tour
City tour
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During the tour you will become acquainted with architecture, history and
present day life of the former capital of Imperial Russia, the history of the
Romanov dynasty. Among the rich parade of sights to be enjoyed will be
Palace Square with the Winter Palace, the Square of Arts with the Russian
Museum, the Smolny Convent, the famous Nevsky Avenue, the Summer
Garden and the Field of Mars. You will enjoy the classical ensemble of the
Senate Square with its famous “Bronze Horseman”, the spit of Basil island,
many other architectural monuments, gorgeous palaces, marvellous bridges
and picturesque embankments.
Peter and Paul Fortress
Peter and Paul Fortress
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Peter and Paul Fortress is the first construction of Saint–Petersburg. By the
order of Peter the Great it was built here to defend these lands from Sweden,
during the war, which lasted 21 years and came down into the history as the
Northern War. The first day of the fortress’s construction – 27th of May 1703 –
became the Birthday of the whole city. The architect of the fortress was
Domenico Trezini, the first architect of the city. For a long period of time the
fortress was used as a political prison. The architectural centre of the ensemble
of the Fortress is the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. The Cathedral is a
burial place of Russian Emperors from the time of Peter I. In 1998 the remains
of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his family were buried in the
Cathedral.
The Hermitage Museum
The Hermitage Museum
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Hermitage is one of the largest museums in the world after Louvre in Paris and
the National Gallery in London. Hermitage collection numbers over 3 million
exhibits from prehistoric to modern times. The Russian Empress Catherine II
founded it in 1764, when she bought a large number of Western European
paintings. To house the collection she ordered a new building to be
constructed. Now the permanent museum display occupies five buildings (The
Winter Palace, The Small Hermitage, The Old Hermitage, The New Hermitage
and the Hermitage Theatre), which form a brilliant architectural ensemble. The
remarkable architects and sculptors of 18th – 19th centuries decorated the
museum’s interiors. A number of staterooms, where official ceremonies used to
be held, preserve their sumptuous décor. The Hermitage acquires authentic
masterpieces by the greatest painters and sculptors of the World, such as
Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens, El Greco, Claude
Monet, August Renoir, Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Pablo
Picasso and Matisse. The Hermitage complex is a veritable spiritual universe
created in the course of times and filled with the unique gifts of creativity.
Saint Isaac’s Cathedral
Saint Isaac’s Cathedral
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St. Isaac’s Cathedral is the largest cathedral of the city. It is also one of the
biggest one–dome cathedrals in the world after St. Peter in Rome and St. Paul
in London. It was designed by the French architect A. Montferrand. It took 40
years to construct it. The cathedral is decorated with mosaics, painted ceiling
murals, bronze gilt statues. The cathedral is surrounded by 112 monolith
granite columns, which were transported from one of the suburbs of the city. St.
Isaac’s Cathedral was the main cathedral of the city from the second half of the
19th century. Now the cathedral houses the museum, but for the Major
Orthodox holidays Religious services are held here.
Boat trip “Along Rivers and Canals”
Boat trip “Along Rivers and Canals”
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A relaxing cruise by boat along the Neva River and some other waterways out
of the 66 rivers and canals of “Northern Venice”(as St. Petersburg used to be
called) is one of the unique ways to discover the city. The main river of the city
is the Neva, which is one of the youngest rivers in Europe. The magnificent
architectural ensembles, churches, cathedrals and monuments seem to exist in
astonishing harmony with the watery element. All the St. Petersburg
embankments are faced with granite and each has its own distinctive
character.