St. Petersburg October 2017

St.Petersburg from 11th to 16th October 2017

“I woulden’t ask nothing more than a bottle of wine, new friends ready to have a party all together in some Russian club, and be in St. Peterburg one of the most beatiful city that i haver saw in my life with the amaizing hermitage museum on the back I can’t ask for anything better and this picture already expresses all the happiness that i have when I’m traveling.”

– > TRIP ORGANIZE BY RIGA ESN COOPERATING WITH TIMETRAVELS http://www.timetravels.fi <-

DAY 1 – Wednesday 11.10.2017

“The boat view from Tallinn to Helsinkin”

I left my home the Valdemara residence with my flatmate from Portugal at 4:30 am I arrived at the meeting at 5 am to pick up the bus to Tallin, it’s take 4 hours of ride until the port of Tallin where we took a ferry to Helsinki.

15:30 Meeting at Helsinki West Terminal (Länsisatama). Timetravels representatives hand out the programs, cabin cards. After we went in a bar for have a snack with the guide of ESN Riga and after we come back to the port.

19:00 M/S Princess Anastasia departs from Helsinki to St. Petersburg.

We had a dinner in the cafe, we drink in a different bedroom and after we went to the club “Columbus” until 1 am, I was in the cabin with 3 girls one from Turkey, Austria and Bulgaria.

DAY 2 – Thursday 12.10.2017

” On the ferry just arrived in the harbour of St. Petersburg “

09:00 We arrived in St Petersburg, we wake up at 11:30 we went on the deck to have a breakfast like some food that we bought before, later packing the suitcase and get out of the boat.

14:00 Disembarking from the ferry & passport control. To qualify for a 72 hour VISA FREE visit.

I went alone in the bus 7 with ESN Lund probably, because there isn’t anymore space in the group ESN Riga.

I bought all of my activities that I bought all of them just not the ballet because was 50€.

So I add:

Russian dinner
Limo tour
Canals tour
Church’s tour
Catherine palace tour

15:30 Guided city tour. Get to know the famous city sights:

The Spit of the St Basil Island
Nevsky prospect, etc.
Peter & Paul fortress

18:00 Check-in at the hostel I met my roomate before in the bus she’s come from Belgium and she’s an Erasmus student in Copenhagen.

20:30 Meeting at the hotel lobby. Departure to Russian Dinner party, traditional Russian Evening – Show and Dinner.

After we stayed in the center for clubbing all the three night, in those clubs:

Soul Kitchen
Rossi’s Club
MOD

DAY 3 – Friday, 13.10.2017

“In the garden of the Chaterine palace with my roomate from Belgium. “

Alarm at 8:20 breakfast on the street in one of backery in the hostel street. 09:30 Guided bus excursion to Pushkin, Catherine’s Palace in “Village of the Tsars”. Location 30 km away from the city. Afterwards free time in the Catherine’s park.

13:30 Departure from Pushkin back to the hotel.

Arrival to the hotel approx. 15:00, after we had some free time so we walked around the city until the park and the church of the Savior on blood.

23:30 Limousine tour with sparking wine, duration 1,5 hour. After-party in a night club.

In the hostel at 3 am, the way back to the hostel we alway took the taxi that they not soo expensive.

DAY 4 – Saturday, 14.10.2017

” At the Hermitage museum”

Alarm at 9:20.

10:15 Departure to Hermitage Museum. Guided tour of the State Hermitage Museum. Duration apx. 2 hours. After the tour you may stay in the museum or have a lunch or a walk in the city.

We had a lunch in the fist bar that we found bcause we didn’t have a lot of time.

14:30 Cathedrals of St Petersburg tour.

Includes visit to the most beautiful cathedrals of St. Petersburg: