During your Essential Free Tour of Saint Petersburg, your expert local guide will explain how Peter the Great built this city to make it a "Window to Europe". According to the wishes of that great tzar, Saint Petersburg was designed to have access to the Baltic Sea and, even more, connect Russia with European standards. The legacy of that vast vision materialized in stunning buildings such as the impressive Hermitage Museum, probably the most famous art institution in the world, or the Singer House, a beautiful Art-Nouveau building known as “the House of the Book”. Standing next to each of these beautiful historical landmarks, your guide will explain their architectural value as well as many shocking historical facts related to their past.
