by MargaretB4
Of course we took a guided tour to the Hermitage and to Peterhof; our visit to the Hermitage was a disappointment as they were so crowded and the crowds were not managed; our guide was a little tense, we had a hard time hearing; our tour of the city seemed to criss-cross the same area several times and we would have loved to see the subway stations with their hanging chandeliers; our lunch was a great effort on their part, but very mediocre -- it would have been better to have a local "snack" and move on to more "sites to see"; our trip to Peterhof was much better because the guide was much more relaxed, told us something of the economy, culture, her trip to the US and her impressions; Peterhof crowds were much better managed (although very joyless), but we came away with a better feel for the culture.
Visited: Jun 22, 2006
by 2croozers
Ship excursions were great.
Visited: Sep 23, 2019
by lwortzman
Catherines Palace and the Amber room and Amber workshop were wonderful
Visited: Jun 03, 2015
by ettacruises
Extremely interesting, the security is tough. We did 3 excursions - all were great. Excellent tours guides.
Visited: Sep 28, 2017
by powerfulpierre
Great. Did the two day excursion from the ship. However on the first day the guide left about one third of the behind while the rest were taken to the river boats. She thought she had everybody but failed to do a count. I went to another guide and asked her to try to contact our guide. I then went back near our bus and she returned about 10 minutes later from river boats.
Visited: Jul 04, 2017
by dtacey
Catherine's palace was beautiful and it makes you appreciate the divide between the rich and poor which i think is still going on. everything we past on the way was utilitarian run down nothing quaint
Visited: Oct 07, 2017
by mpdea
Panoramic Tour Guide was poor, 5 hours on a bus with NO refreshment stop only photo stops : Cancelled second day tour
Visited: Jul 01, 2018
by HeartofDixie
We had a tour scheduled for several hours -- we were able to tell our guide what we wanted to do and what we didn't want to do.
Visited: Jun 29, 2017
by JackH5
love it! More beautiful than I thought it would be. Guide confided what we saw was not the whole story. only what they wanted americans to see
Visited: Aug 14, 2009
by PamB2
Not enough time to see everything, go to the Heritmage and Catherine's Palace.
Visited: Aug 30, 2008
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