wishfulone Posted July 27, 2017 #1 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Has anyone taken this evening excursion? Was it a wonderful experience? The shore ex notes make it sound fantastic but it's very expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cattravels Posted July 28, 2017 #2 Share Posted July 28, 2017 We took it and really enjoyed the tour. The palace was closed to the public at the time so just the groups from our ship were there. The area around the palace was beautiful too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nybumpkin Posted July 28, 2017 #3 Share Posted July 28, 2017 This video is six years old, but I enjoyed watching it. We didn't do this tour but we did visit the palace: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzG Posted July 29, 2017 #4 Share Posted July 29, 2017 We enjoyed it; the palace is so beautiful. One downside--the gift shops are closed, but the ones at the dock were still open. We'd definitely recommend the tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishfulone Posted July 29, 2017 Author #5 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Thanks for the replies. There's so much to do in St Petersburg it's hard to know whether we'll have enough energy to get up again at daybreak to start all over again :) Maybe just the day visit? Did anyone do the evening at the ballet, folkloric or St Catherine's as well as the two full days of touring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nybumpkin Posted July 29, 2017 #6 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Thanks for the replies. There's so much to do in St Petersburg it's hard to know whether we'll have enough energy to get up again at daybreak to start all over again :) Maybe just the day visit? Did anyone do the evening at the ballet, folkloric or St Catherine's as well as the two full days of touring?We did the full two-day tour and a canal tour the evening of our first day. (I would have liked the ballet but we had two teenage boys with us.:D) In our case, the two-day tour was with Alla and the canal tour was through the ship. We had just enough time to get a quick dinner on the Lido deck before meeting for the tour, so it is hectic. However, it was worth being ashore in the evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cattravels Posted July 29, 2017 #7 Share Posted July 29, 2017 We did both the two day tour and the evening at Catherine Palace. It was a little tight we had just enough time to go back to the ship and change before the evening tour. We ended up eating in the buffet at about 10:30 that night when we returned. It was worth it to us to be able to see so much. We did all excursions through Princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisemom42 Posted July 29, 2017 #8 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Thanks for the replies. There's so much to do in St Petersburg it's hard to know whether we'll have enough energy to get up again at daybreak to start all over again :) Maybe just the day visit? Did anyone do the evening at the ballet, folkloric or St Catherine's as well as the two full days of touring? We did two full days of private touring plus the evening at Catherine's palace (she was not a saint, btw ;)). I wanted to see as much as possible, and doing Catherine's palace in the evening freed up time for longer visits elsewhere. I really enjoyed both the visit to the palace (without crowds) and the dinner. But yes, it did make for two LONG days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishfulone Posted July 30, 2017 Author #9 Share Posted July 30, 2017 We did two full days of private touring plus the evening at Catherine's palace (she was not a saint, btw ;)). I wanted to see as much as possible, and doing Catherine's palace in the evening freed up time for longer visits elsewhere. I really enjoyed both the visit to the palace (without crowds) and the dinner. But yes, it did make for two LONG days... Not sure why I beatified her :halo::evilsmile::D Thanks for all the responses. Might have to start some stamina training :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now