Recent Traveler Reviews
Here is a selection of the most recent reviews of the Grand Tour of St Petersburg submitted by actual travelers. Read what travelers liked, what they loved, and what they thought could be improved.
Our guide was personable and very knowledgeable. She tailored The Hermitage tour to include specific artists at our request. Her English was flawless. We enjoyed our day with her
Reviewed by: Linda S B, May 2012
The Viator Team arrived in my hotel just in time, our guide was a kind and knowledgeable young lady, everything did as it was originally planned. Thank you.
Reviewed by: Mehmet Yusuf Y, Turkey, May 2012
The tour was very good, we enjoyed seeing the most important buildings of the city. Our tourguide knew so much about the history of the city and tsars, she was excellent. The Hermitage was beyond our expectations, no museum can match this one. Our guide took us to the most famous art pieces and elucidated on the tsar family history.
Reviewed by: K.W. H, April 2012
Our guide Elizabeth was great and took the time to make sure we understood and shared some persoanl experiences with us which made the whole tour. Highly recommended.
Reviewed by: Andrew F, March 2012
The tour was quite good but very overpriced. The guide was a young lady who did her best to help all the people on the tour (six of us) but her knowledge was slightly limited. At the end of the tour we were going to be left at the waxworks museum near the Hermitage and 40 minutes walk from the hotel. We had no diea how we were going to get back since we couldn't read any fo the road signs. Everyone complained as we were all very tired and eve tually, it was agreed that we could get a taxi back. As regards the typical Russian meal in elegant surroundings, nothing could be further from the truth. The lunch was taken in a restaurant filled with other tourists and was more like a canteen. We started with borsch (beetroot soup) which was quite nice but the chicken kiev was processed with cold rice. Dessert was a luke-warm pancake served with some tasteless jam.
Reviewed by: David W, May 2012
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