These tours are specially designed for those who visit St. Petersburg in winter and want to experience winter activities without going too far away. Really, there are plenty of opportunities near St. Petersburg – in the surrounding region.
Okhta Park Resort Hotel (30 min drive from St. Petersburg, Option 1) provides services of a luxury country club and recreation centre for winter outdoor activities: snowmobile tours, khaski dog sledding, skiing, skating at a fabulous forest skating rink (shaped as a winding path through the forest with a total length of 1,5 km). One can enjoy a heated outdoor swimming pool and a traditional Russian Bathhouse with a special steaming process.
Mandrogi Village (3,5 hours drive from St. Petersburg, Option 2) stands on the bank of a picturesque Svir River surrounded with forest. The Mandrogi Resort offers accommodation in wooden cabins and all kinds of winter activities including horse drawn sleigh ride in the forest with picnic and shooting. Guests can tour the village, visit the Vodka Museum and take a culinary, or pottery, or matreshka painting master class.
If you are visiting St. Petersburg with e-visa it covers your trip to the surrounding region as well.
DAY 1, Fly to St Petersburg
Transfer from airport to 4* Hotel in St. Petersburg with guide’s assistance
DAY 2, Hermitage and city-tour
AM Drive to the Hermitage & visit the main complex of the Museum
Free time for lunch
PM St. Petersburg city-tour with visits to Peter-and-Paul Fortress and Cathedral and Saviour on the Spilled Blood Church
DAY 3, Catherine Palace in Pushkin and Yusupov Palace
AM Drive 1 hour to the town of Pushkin (formerly, Tsarskoye Selo)
Tour of the Catherine Palace, Amber Room and gardens
Lunch at the Admiralty restaurant in the park (pre-booked)
PM Tour of the Yusupov Palace, the former home of the aristocratic Yusupov family and the sight of Gregory Rasputin’s murder in 1916
DAY 4, Okhta Park
09:30Check out of Hotel with luggage and transfer to Toksovo, Okhta Park Resort Hotel (30 min drive)
Rent ice skates for 2 hours skating at the forest skating rink with instructor
Lunch (pre-set)
Free time for various winter activities (skies, sleighs, etc.). Access to swimming pools
Dinner (pre-set)
DAY 5, Okhta Park
After breakfast drive to the nearby Zubrovnik Preserve (6 km). Visit a bison farm.
Arrive at the snowmobile station: get the equipment & briefing by an instructor on managing your snowmobile and safety rules.
Drive snowmobile through the forest accompanied by instructor (1 hour)
Transfer back to hotel
Lunch (pre-set)
PM Discover Russian Banya (bathhouse) that offers a special steaming process
Dinner (pre-set)
DAY 6, Okhta Park and transfer to St Petersburg
AM Husky dog sledding on land adjacent to the resort with instructor
12:00Check out of the Hotel and drive back to St. Petersburg
Lunch in St Petersburg (pre-set)
Transfer to Airport to catch your flight
DAY 1, Fly to St Petersburg
Transfer from airport to 4* Hotel in St. Petersburg with guide’s assistance
DAY 2, Mandrogi
09:00check out of Hotel with luggage and transfer to Mandrogi (265 km, 3.5 hours with a stop)
13:00Arrive Mandrogi and check into the Mandrogi Hotel
Lunch in the restaurant (pre-set)
Tour of the historic part of the village, visits to the weaving and pottery workshops, forge, and the Vodka Museum with vodka tasting.
Optional: pottery / matreshka painting / culinary master-class
Dinner in the restaurant (pre-set)
DAY 3, Mandrogi
AM Horse drawn sleigh ride in the forest
Lunch in the restaurant (pre-set)
PM Discover Russian Banya (bathhouse) that offers a special steaming process
Dinner in the restaurant (pre-set)
DAY 4, Mandrogi and transfer to St. Petersburg
AM Arrive at the snowmobile station: get the equipment & briefing by an instructor on managing your snowmobile and safety rules.
Drive snowmobile accompanied by instructor (1 hour)
Free time for souvenir shopping
Check out of hotel
Lunch in the restaurant (pre-set)
Drive back to St. Petersburg and check-in hotel
DAY 5, St Petersburg
AM Drive to the Hermitage, visit the main complex of the Museum
Free time for lunch
PM St Petersburg city-tour with visits to Peter-and-Paul Fortress and Cathedral and Saviour of the Spilled Blood Church
Transfer back to hotel
DAY 6, St Petersburg and departure
Check out of Hotel
AM Drive 1 hour to the town of Pushkin (formerly, Tsarskoye Selo)
Tour of the Catherine Palace, Amber Room and gardens
Lunch at the Admiralty restaurant in the park (pre-booked)
Transfer to Airport to catch your flight
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