We're sailing with Princess Cruises in July and we have a 2 day stop in St. Petersburg. As I understand, cruise passengers may not disembark the ship unless they have a tour scheduled through Princess Cruises or a land tour with an alternate company. When the tour is finished, we're required to go back to the ship. If you want to explore on your own, you have to get a tourist visa. To get a tourist visa, you must have a couple pieces of documentation, including "Confirmation of the hotel reservation, confirmation of reception of the tourist, and register number from the Uniform Federal Register of the Tour Operators of the Federal Tourism Agency." The problem is that we don't have a hotel at St. Petersburg since we're staying on the cruise ship. How and where do we obtain this last document? Is it even a good idea to go off on our own? Thanks for your help!
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We're sailing with Princess Cruises in July and we have a 2 day stop in St. Petersburg. As I understand, cruise passengers may not disembark the ship unless they have a tour scheduled through Princess Cruises or a land tour with an alternate company. When the tour is finished, we're required to go back to the ship. If you want to explore on your own, you have to get a tourist visa. To get a tourist visa, you must have a couple pieces of documentation, including "Confirmation of the hotel reservation, confirmation of reception of the tourist, and register number from the Uniform Federal Register of the Tour Operators of the Federal Tourism Agency." The problem is that we don't have a hotel at St. Petersburg since we're staying on the cruise ship. How and where do we obtain this last document? Is it even a good idea to go off on our own? Thanks for your help!