Main informaition of the excursion to the Hermitage Museum.
Availability: All days except Monday
Tour starts at: 10.30 a.m.
Duration: 3 hours
Price: from 35 euro per person*.(price for one person in a party of 4 adults).

Description of the excursion to the Hermitage Museum.

We invite you on this one of the most exciting excursions in St. Petersburg - the excursion to the Hermitage, one of the largest museums in the World and one of the gems of St. Petersburg which occupies five magnificent buildings situated along the embankment of the river Neva. To see all the exhibits treasured in the Hermitage is simply impossible. Scientists have calculated that, if you observed each item Hermitage Museum for no longer than a minute and spent 8 hours in the Hermitage daily, it would take you almost 15 years to view all of the museum’s exhibits. Instead, we suggest that you take a guided tour of the Hermitage and admire the gems of the collection. During the excursion you will see the State Rooms of the Winter Palace, the highlights of the collection of paintings of the Old Masters and other exciting exhibits and works of art.

The collection of Western European art, totaling over 600,000 items, is considered to be one of the finest in the World. It presents all the stages of the development of art from the Middle Ages until the present day and during the tour you will be familiarized with masterpieces by outstanding artists from Italy, Spain, Holland, Flanders, France, England, German,and other Western European countries. On display there are works by such great masters as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Giorgione, Titian, Michelangelo, Francisco de Goya, Renoir, Picasso and many others. You will have an opportunity to see such world-famous masterpieces as the Holy Family by Raphael, Judith by Giorgione, Madonna Litta by Leonardo da Vinci, restored Danae by Rembrandt, The Virgin with Partridges by Anthony van Dyck, John the Baptist by Nicolas Poussin and many other artistic gems. The lovers of the art of impressionists and post impressionists will definitely enjoy works by Monet, Degas, Renoir, Pissarro, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse, Picasso and others.

The excursion to the Hermitage Museum includes:

 - Entrance fees
 - Transportation by car or mini van
 - Hotel pick up and drop off
 - English-speaking local guide