globetrottingfam

Thanks ontheweb!

I've heard that when you go to St. Petersburg on a cruise, the cruise company will bring a local music group to perform on board while docked.  Anyone experience this on a Princess Cruise?

Thank you dogs4fun for your info on the pace of your tours with Alla Tours! And the FYI on the crowds.

I'm a new CruiseCritic member!  Thanks everyone for all the tips and reviews on this topic and others -- they're really so helpful!  We're going on a Baltic cruise next summer and have narrowed down options for a St. Petersburg 2-day private tour. For those who have toured St. Petersburg with Alla Tours and TJ Travel, could you please tell us how you felt the pace was? Our itinerary is similar to each company's most strenuous 2-day small group tour, but we substituted certain sites. The two companies came up with pretty different itineraries in terms of time. Was the pace comfortable or rushed, and did your tour end up being pretty close to the itinerary in terms of time (or did it not matter)?