It’s been 5 years that Chinese New Year is celebrated in St. Petersburg. On this occasion, every year during the Chinese holidays the Palace bridge illumination turns red! This time it will be lightened red until 19 February.   You can see this bridge on our walking and driving tours . It may seem clear that the bridge is called so as is stands close to a palace, but did you know that the pal...

-15 °C (5 °F), snowdrifts, ice-covered roads and icicles hanging from the rooftops… Why ever coming here in winter? Here’re the 9 reasons:   Snow Usually, the first snow falls in Petersburg in November. When was the last time you’ve seen the snow? Have you ever seen it at all? The city under snow is amazing, it’s magic by itself, under the sun- or streetlights.  The palaces and park...

January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day is also commemorated in Russia. There’re families here, whose parents or relatives passed through those events; many of them are still alive and may tell their stories. Many come from St. Petersburg; and for our city, this date is doubly important, as it’s also End Day of Leningrad Siege (the name of St. Petersburg in 1924-1991) During 872 days i...

  A way to push your body’s boundaries is to dip in cold water. A lot of people in Russia practice it, especially on Epiphany day, that’s celebrated on January 19. St. Petersburg citizens are not an exception, so, there’re holes bored in water sources (already covered by ice) in the city on this occasion. One of the main places – is the beach of Sts. Peter and Paul Fortress . There’re emergen...

… not to convert you to Orthodoxy, no ;) but to demonstrate you the beauty of St. Petersburg’s Russian cathedrals!   On every excursion with St Pete Private Tours, you’ve got an opportunity to see many Russian churches! A visit of one is included in the price of each walking and driving tour . Would you like to see from inside Sts Peter and Paul Cathedral with tombs of Romanovs, St. Isaac’s C...

If St. Petersburg churches could talk, they wouldn’t only wish you a Merry Christmas, but also any other fest and just a nice day as well. There are over 200 churches in St. Petersburg. While going down Nevskiy Avenue on a walking tour , you may see from 5 to 9 churches of different confessions! There are also the dome of the Winter Palace’s church (you may come inside during the Hermitage tour ) ...

  No matter how you call this character – the important thing is that about 2.000 people wearing red and white and bears took part in a race around Palace Square on December, 22. It was a part of the 3 rd International charity race in Saint Petersburg.   Palace Square is the main and the biggest city’s square. Many important and entertaining events take place there. On our walking tour ,...

This December the World Travel Awards Gala Ceremony took place in Lisbon, Portugal, to crown the finest tourist brands and places.   Saint-Petersburg (Russia), received World Travel Award under three nominations: “World’s Cultural City Destination”, “Europe’s Leading Heritage Destination” and “Europe’s Leading Cruise Destination”. The important thing is that St. Petersburg’s rivals for “World...

  Guides from St Pete Private Tours are lucky indeed: we usually meet people from many different countries, of various professions without leaving our own city. This November an American writer, Dave Evans, and his wife came to us. Dave knows how to be happy – so he wrote a book about it and now goes around the world to talk to his readers. Imagine that these two weren’t afraid of coming to b...