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ESN ÅA TRIP TO ST PETERSBURG 2.-5.4.2010

ESN Åbo Akademi

• ST PETERSBURG 4 DAYS HOTEL TRIP FROM 175 €

Click here to book your trip online! The offer is valid only for holders of valid student cards.

THE PRICE 175 €/Person includes.

• Round-trip by a modern tourist bus Turku-Helsinki-St Petersburg
• *Guided tour of the State Hermitage Museum (worth 10 €)
• *Guided tour of the Catherine's palace (worth 15 €)
  
• Double room accommodation in a four-star hotel MOSCOW**** in the city center
• Buffet breakfast on three mornings
• Tour conductor and local group leader services
• Information package +city maps

*Guided tours are inclusive for students only. Normally State Hermitage Museum tour 10 €/students, 20 €/adults, Catherine's palace 15 €/students, 25 €/adults. 

For extra cost:

• The personal visa fee and processing
• Medical travel insurance 6 €/person.
• *Not needed, if you have a valid travel insurance
• Entrance fees to museums, other meals, guided activities offered during the trip.´

ITINERARY 2.-5.4.2010 (4 days, 3 nights)

DAY 1 Friday

06:00 Departure from Turku bus station (other stops announced later)
08:30 Departure to St Petersburg from Helsinki railway station square.
11:00 Arrival in Vaalimaa, a break for 30 minutes.
11:30 Border formalities, Finnish and Russian passport control
-changing to the Moscow time, +1 h
14:00 A stop for shopping and money exchange right after the Russian border, 20 minutes.
17:00 Arrival in St Petesburg
18:00 Lodging, free time.
21:00 The Russian welcoming dinner party with a folk music show 25 €
23:00 End of the program, possibility for clubbing (Club Rossi's)

DAY 2 Saturday

09:00 Breakfast
10:00 Guided city tour by bus, incl. the Spit of the St Basil island, SS Peter and Paul fortress, The Smolnyj Convent, Aurora battleship. 
13:00 Finishing the city-tour at the St Isaac's cathedral (7 €).

15:00 Guided tour of the State Hermitage Museum.

DAY 3 Sunday

09:00 Breakfast. (Every morning 07.30-10.00)

10:00 Guided bus trip to the Catherine's palace (duration 5 hrs)
14:00 End of the guided tour. Free time for lunch in the city center. 
15:00 Arrival back in the city center. Cathedral on the Spilled Blood (7 €)
         Free time for dining, lots of restaurants nearby. Also the souvenir fair.
23:00 Special party program -> a limousine trip around the city 15 €/person. Includes Soviet champagne!
         Duration 2 hrs. Finally to the night club "Revolution"

DAY 4 Monday

09:00 Breakfast.
11:00 Check-out. All luggages in the bus. Free time in the city center until 15.00.
         Possiblity to visit the Yusupov Palace (15 €), an interesting story of one the richest noble families in Russia, and the murder of  Rasputin.