St Petersburg & Vicinity in One Day: Monday's Best Visa-Free Shore Excursion

The beautiful palace which belonged to the wealthy Yusupov family. It also was the scene of the grizzly murder of the sleazy Siberian peasant Rasputin, who was exercising too much influence over the royal family for Felix Yusupov's liking. There is a Rasputin tour, and you can see where Felix and his entourage tried to poison and shoot Rasputin in the cellar in 1916 before they beat him and chucked him into the river, where he finally died.

Alexander column is the world's tallest triumphal column. It is neither dug into the ground nor reinforced on the foundation.  It is held only by accurate calculation and its weight. 

A Catedral de santo Isaac é dedicado a Pedro, o Grande favorito do santo. É a maior catedral da Rússia e figura entre os maiores catedrais do mundo. Foi construído entre 1818 e 1858, para ser um dos monumentos mais impressionantes da capital Imperial russa. Não é só o grande estrutura, mas também a recolha dos maiores as inovações de engenharia.

Peterhoff é um dos mais belos Palácios Imperiais. Uma combinação complexa de Barroco e Neo-Clássico, estilos, este palácio é uma verdadeira jóia da arquitetura russa, e você certamente vai adorar. Centenas de fontes e estátuas de ouro surround Pedro's Palace – é a Rússia's Versailles.

This fortress, built to deflect Swedish raids, was the city’s very first structure. While the view from the fortress ramparts is fantastic, the main attraction is Trezzini's Peter and Paul Cathedral. Almost all Romanovs including Nicholas II, are buried here. There are several other museums scattered around the fortress grounds, like the political prison museum or St. Petersburg history exhibition and you can buy a special day ticket which enables access to all.

The symbol of Saint Petersburg - onion-domed cathedral that stands out from the neo-classical surroundings of the city-center. The church is decorated with lots of mosaics inside and outside, the domes are covered with colorful enamels. The church was built on the very place where Tsar Alexander II was mortally wounded in 1881.