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Peter's Walking Tours do not require advance booking.
Just turn up at the meeting point a couple of minutes before the starting time.
See our Timetable and
Meeting Points links for all
the details. The tours that are not listed in the Timetable
can be booked privately.
That said, if you’re planning to take a tour, you may as well want
to drop us a note at info@peterswalk.com to say that you’re
coming and confirm the details.
Duration 4-5 hours. Cost 500 rubles.
Has been a backpackers' hit since 1996 - an informal, off-the-beaten-track, fully improvised affair where the walkers and the guide work out a route right before the start. Suggestions welcome. Duration 5 hours plus.
Duration 3 hours.
Join a pleasant and informative walk around the best sights St. Petersburg has to offer, as selected by Peter's Walking Tours. See St. Petersburg from the most spectacular angles. In just three hours you will do the entire standard sightseeing program, saving yourself time and energy for later independent research.
Duration 5-6 hours.
Visit a Siege cemetery, learn about the heroism of the defenders of Leningrad in the 900 day Siege. Travel to the city outskirts to see the memorials, remaining bunkers and tank traps along the old frontlines, just 14 km away from the Hermitage. Find out about the Road of Life across Lake Ladoga.
Duration 4 hours.
This tour is Russian history in a nutshell – from the ancient times to Ivan the Terrible, the Napoleonic War of 1812, the Crimean War, the Red October revolution, both World Wars and the Cold War, all the way up to Perestroika of the 80s and the early 90s.
Duration 4 hours.
St. Petersburg was the cradle of the 1917 Great October Socialist Revolution. Learn the history of its key myths - Lenin, battleship Aurora, the takeover of the Winter Palace and other stories.
Duration 3 hours.
Any Stalin statues left around? Was Kirov a ballet dancer, and was Lenin a mushroom? What does a factory kitchen look like? Hammers and sickles are still decorating many St. Petersburg facades.
Duration 4 hours. Cost 500 rubles a person
Rock your Friday night! Don't waste precious time looking for a good bar in an unfamiliar city - you're lucky to have an experienced local guide take care of it for you. The tours runs every other Friday throughout the summer.
Duration 4 hours.
A commoner who grew more powerful than the Tzars, this bearded lecher is one of the most mysterious characters in the Russian history. Hear the story of "his malignant influence and assassination".
Duration 3 hours.
Visit places associated with the great writer's books and life. Sites from Crime and Punishment, including the murder route, and other novels.
Duration 4 hours.
In St. Petersburg we eat not just caviar and vodka (well, some of that too), and this is your chance to find out all about local diet. Peek into eateries and food shops, buy your samples or get them free at farmers' markets.
Duration 3 hours.
Done with the Hermitage? Time for something completely different! Wander beyond the opulent facades. Old ganglands of Ligovka and Hay Market, smoked chimneys of Obvodny Canal, courtyards of Petrograd Side.
Duration 3.5-4.5 hours.
The Crime and Punishment field research: walk the Murder Route, the longest 730 steps in your life, from the house of Raskolnikov to the Pawn Broker's place. Stop at bars along the way to experience the atmosphere of the Hay Market and discuss the finer points of the novel.
Duration 3.5-4.5 hours.
Get to the Petrograd Side, a fascinating historic district north of the Fortress. Wander through a maze of old lanes and backyards hidden behind the neon lights of fancy shopping streets. See extravagant Art Nouveau buildings, surviving Lenin's monuments, comrade Kirov and Dmitri Shostakovich's flats, the palace of the Emir of Bukhara - and experience a thriving local bar scene!
Duration 3-4 hours.
The Russian take on Art Nouveau, the enchanting Style Moderne is the most extraordinary architectural syle in St. Petersburg. The tenements, banks and office buildings, richly decorated with floral ornaments, images of magic birds and animals of the North, reflect the passion for extravagance in the pre-WWI St. Petersburg and the industrial and financial development. The tour is available at amateur to expert level.
Duration flexible.
Our famed White Night walks are taking on a different spin this year and becoming wilder than ever! Bars, clubs and Soviet disco, late night sightseeing, best spots to see the opening of the drawbridges and have a very early morning espresso.
Duration 3.5-4.5 hours. Runs May through September.
Despite what it may seem, there are lots of lovely, traffic-free spots for riding - and the fact that the city is completely flat makes bicycle an ideal option. Most of our guides use bicycle as their main means of getting around in summer - come with us for a ride! Customised itineraries, off-the-tourist-path sights - a great way to experince St Petersburg.
If you're a large party, or you're after more than our standard tours offer, custom-build your own tour with Peter's Walking Tours.
Pushkin, Pavlovsk, Peterhof, Krontstadt, Shlisselburg, Staraya Ladoga - you name it! Get there faster and easier, and see more with Peter's Walking Tours.
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