Feel Like Local Tour
Tour Overview
Try the city tour in the unusual way. During the tour guided by the local you will have the chance to see the city by the off-beaten ways. The tour will last 3 hours. During the excursion walk through the city center and ride the local transport (metro or tram), visit popular bakery for the cup of tea with pastry, enter the orthodox church and have a tasting of the pickles at the local market.
- Price €117
- Group up to 7 persons
- Duration 3 hours
- Transportation By foot & public transport
- Activity level High
Tour Highlights
- Ride at the tram or metro
- Visit to local market
- Visit to orthodox Church
- Tea with pastry at the local cafe
Included
- English-speaking guide for 3 hours
- Ticket for 1 ride on metro on tram
- 1 tea/cofee with pastry
Vladimirskiy Cathedral
Vladimirskiy Cathedral is situated not far from Nevsky Prospekt . It is a majestic temple on lively Vladimirskaya Square. The cathedral is named after the icon of Vladimirskaya Icon of the Mother of God, the defender of the Russian land. Many historians believe that it is thanks to this icon that the temple has been preserved to this day. The Vladimirskiy Cathedral is famous for the fact that it was often visited by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, who lived nearby.
Kuznechniy Market
Kuznechniy Market is one of St. Petersburg's historically important markets, which is more then hundred years old. The market building has a single space inside which the trading counters are located. Nowadays, there are more than a hundred trading places at the Smith market with various types of food and fruits and vegetables grown by the local farmers.
St. Petersburg Underground
St Petersburg underground is top 10 largest undergrounds in Europe and the deepest in the world (by the average depth of stations). It takes 5 minutes to reach the deepest stations by the elevator. Some of the stations constructed in the Soviet period are richly decorated and look like the palaces.
Vasileostrovsky Market
The trade started herer at the 18th century. At first there were wooden benches, but a fire destroyed them in 1763. Afterwards a large stone market was constructed. In Soviet times the pavillion for goods from the local farms was built. And in 2018 the renovation took place and modern Vasileostrovsky market appeared. You can find food corners at the first building, located along Bolshoi Avenue. Almost 20 different street delicacies from Jewish and Mexican cuisine to Dagestani shop and fresh mussels.In the second building along the 5th line food market is represented. You cab buy here the variety of goods from local diary and grocery to exotic fruits.
Andreevsky Cathedral
The Cathedral of St Andrew was comissioned by Peter the Geat and but finished 70 years later in 1780 ( arch Vist). The most famous attraction of the Cathedral of St. Andrew is a 17-meter three-tier carved wooden iconostasis - one of the oldest in St. Petersburg. Andreevsky cathedral is still functioning as an orthodox church.