Private Guide St. Petersburg
Feb 23rd, 2007, 05:34 PM
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If you have a Russian Visa then you can hire a local guide. W/o the Visa you must use the ship tours only. Visas are expensive as you have to be invited by a hotel or tour group or something like that to get a Visa. That basically means payinga fee. Just one way to pay the locals basically. So factor in the cost of the Visa when you evaluate the cost of the guide. If you still want a local guide and driver, we had a wonderful guide, Olga, who also provided a driver. You can reach her at [email protected]
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Feb 26th, 2007, 06:26 AM
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micarda,
the best way is to obtain Russian Visa in your consulate and hire a private guide.
trip to the Hermitage usually takes about 4 hours including transportation.
Entrance fee is 350 rubles
air-conditioned car or minivan with driver is 12 euro per hour
private guide (like me) is 12 Euro per hour
According to your interests and preferences additional sights can be observesd on the way.
the best way is to obtain Russian Visa in your consulate and hire a private guide.
trip to the Hermitage usually takes about 4 hours including transportation.
Entrance fee is 350 rubles
air-conditioned car or minivan with driver is 12 euro per hour
private guide (like me) is 12 Euro per hour
According to your interests and preferences additional sights can be observesd on the way.
Feb 26th, 2007, 10:17 AM
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We obtained our Visas through a company recommended by our cruise company, which was economical and very efficient.
Here's another HUGE recommendation for Olga Stepanova. She was very pleasant in e-mail exchanges, had many wonderful recommendations, was very flexible. She met us at our ship and accompanied us into the city. We booked her for two days and could not have been more pleased with her. She also arranged taxis for our return to the ship.
She has a website http://www.tourservice.sp.ru/ and can also help you with obtaining visas.
Here's another HUGE recommendation for Olga Stepanova. She was very pleasant in e-mail exchanges, had many wonderful recommendations, was very flexible. She met us at our ship and accompanied us into the city. We booked her for two days and could not have been more pleased with her. She also arranged taxis for our return to the ship.
She has a website http://www.tourservice.sp.ru/ and can also help you with obtaining visas.
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In addition to Denrus and Red October there is another tour company that we used and highly reocmmend. It is alla-tours and the web site is www.alla-tour.com
We too had been to St. Petersburg previously and the tour we did with Alla was totally customized.You can tour with her company without a visa which is pricey and not very convenient to get. The application form is annoying long and detailed.Also, you can keep your price down by using public transportation. If you only want to go to the Hermitage you probably don't need a driver all day or at all if you really want to keep price down.The guide we had took us back to the Hermitage and to a lesser known part of the Hermitage across the square which was wonderful and no crowds.I suggest you contact her.
We too had been to St. Petersburg previously and the tour we did with Alla was totally customized.You can tour with her company without a visa which is pricey and not very convenient to get. The application form is annoying long and detailed.Also, you can keep your price down by using public transportation. If you only want to go to the Hermitage you probably don't need a driver all day or at all if you really want to keep price down.The guide we had took us back to the Hermitage and to a lesser known part of the Hermitage across the square which was wonderful and no crowds.I suggest you contact her.
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