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2010 - Sample Schedule for St. Petersburg, Russia

Sample Daily Schedule :

10:00-10:50 Lesson 1
10:50-11:00 Break
11:00-11:50 Lesson 2
11:50-12:00 Break
12:00-12:50 Lesson 3
12:50-1:00 Break
1:00-1:50 Lesson 4
Afternoon Optional Activities or Free Time
Evening Time with host family or free time

Sample Weekly Optional Activities:

Week 1
Week 2
Monday

Walking city tour

Orientation tour through the historical city centre. 3:00pm; Free

The Russian Folk Art Lesson/ Matrioshka

Learn to paint wood in “Gorodets” style. Short lecture about Russian Folk Art. Enjoy a wonderful opportunity to experience Russian handicraft culture with a professional teacher. You'll be able to make original Russian souvenirs yourself!

3:00pm; ($)

Tuesday
Free Afternoon

Dostoyevsky in St.Petersburg

Our tour traces the footsteps of the heroes of Dostoevsky's novels around the Sennaya Ploshchad in old Petersburg. We also visit the apartment on Kusnetschni Pereulok where the writer wrote “The Brothers Karamazov“, and where he lived until his death in 1881. 3:00pm; ($)

Wednesday

Rivers and canals of St. Petersburg

Northern Venice welcomes you! 5:00pm; ($)

State Russian Museum

The world's largest collection of Russian art of all historical periods and development tendencies. 2:30pm; ($)

Thursday

Secrets of the Romanov family

Walking tour where you can learn lots of interesting and mysterious stories about the Romanov family. 2:30pm; ($)

Tsars and revolutionaries (walking tour) You will visit the first construction of the new Russian capital – Peter and Paul Fortress, the main symbol of the city on the Neva River and the cruiser “Aurora”. 4:00pm; ($)
Friday

The museum of Leningrad police

The Museum of Leningrad police was founded in November 1977. It was awarded as one of the best police museum in 2001. The museum creates a positive image of police and keeps all the documents of former police – officers, detectives and interesting criminal cases. 3:00pm; ($)

Thank God It’s Friday!!!!

We will hand you out the course certificates & you are welcome to have a glass of champagne with sweets! 3:00pm; Free

Saturday

Peterhof

Fountains, pavilions, baroque extravagance and hordes of tourists: the "Russian Versailles" is the most visited of the former residences of the tsars and very overcrowded in summer. Its highlight is the marvellous cascade and water-spouting golden sculptures – the largest fountain in the world. 10:00am; ($)

Pushkin (Tsarskoe selo)

This is the former country residence of the Russian emperors. You will visit the magnificent Catherine's Palace with its legendary Amber room before enjoying the park. 11:30am; ($)

Sunday

Day-trip to Veliky Novgorod

•City sightseeing tour

•Tours of architectural monuments and ensembles of the Kremlin

•Yaroslav's Court •Open-air museum of wooden architecture

•Yuriev Monastery •Lunch inside the Kremlin. 8:00am; ($)

Departure day or free day

Optional Activities range in prices from $15-80US.

Please note
This is a sample schedule only. Activities may be subject to change due to conditions such as weather, availability and number of participants.

 

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