CITY TOURS AND EXCURSIONS

St. Petersburg, Russia is the northernmost major city of the world. It is located at - 59°57' degrees North and 30°19' degrees East. The city's area equals 606 square kilometres and 1439 square kilometres with suburbs. Due to the city's northern position it enjoys the phenomenon of the "white nights", lasting from May 25-26 to July 16-17. July 22. The Solstice Day is the longest day (18 hours 53 minutes); the shortest day is December 22 (5 hours 52 minutes). The climate is humid, close to maritime, with a moderately warm summer and a rather long, moderately cold winter. The average winter temperature is -8°Ñ, the average summer temperature is +18°Ñ. In dry hot weather, the temperature may rise to +25°Ñ...+30°Ñ. The temperature may seriously drop in the winter, reaching -25°Ñ...-30°Ñ. Precipitation reaches 634 mm per year.

The Neva River is the city's main waterway. The name of the river originates from the ancient name of Lake Ladoga, the Neva where it begins. The Neva is 74 kilometres long, flowing 32 kilometres within the city boundaries. The average width of the Neva within the city is 600 metres, the depth, up to 24 metres. In the delta, the Neva splits into three main branches: the Bolshaya Neva, the Malaya Neva and the Bolshaya Nevka. The city is located on the hanks of the Neva and about 100 rivers, canals and straits. Water constitutes 1/l0th of the area of the city.

The abundance of islands has led to the construction of a multitude of bridges. Of these, nowadays there are 308 within the city proper, and 534 if suburbs are included. Twenty-two of the bridges are drawbridges. The total length of all the bridges is about 16 kilometres. The longest bridge across the Neva is the Alexander Nevsky Bridge (909 metres with runways), the widest bridge is the Siniy Bridge on the Moika River (99.5 metres). St. Petersburg stands on the 47 islands of the Neva Delta. The biggest islands are Vasilievsky and Petrogradsky.

The population of St. Petersburg is approximately 5,000,000 people.

Our company offers a variety of classical and individual tours to St. Petersburg and Russia, as well as incentive and thematic tours. We sell escorted VIP tours as well as low-budget tour packages.

On this page you can find our basic tour programs varying in periods, themes and excursions lists. Each tour package offers optional excursions not included in the price. Our tour programmers and guides would be more than happy to discuss the tours and excursions, and what would suite you the best. The main profile of Russian Classic Tour is an individual treatment to each customer. The firm commitment of our company is to ensure that you will not miss a single moment of fun and excitement while you are in our care.

All the programs and rates are subject to change. The flexible rapid staff is always glad to arrange new individual tour, according to your request, plans, tastes and dates of your vacations.