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You can buy tickets on the website, without any queue & fee (don't buy tickets on the street!). Bank cards are accepted.
We invite you to go on a fascinating walk through the most atmospheric places of our city, accompanied by an experienced guide! You will take a trip to places that are almost inaccessible and still retain the charm of the past - look behind the front facades of St. Petersburg's old residential buildings!
Petersburg is one of the beautiful cities in the world; everyone is familiar with its majestic palaces and parks, canals and drawbridges. However, in the city on the Neva River, there are also less well-known, as if some pearls hidden from the eyes of passers-by - absolutely unique attractions that our professional guide will introduce you to. You will visit typical inner courtyards, see apartment buildings with stunning stucco molding facades, learn interesting facts about the history of these houses, as well as about their famous residents and owners, and look at a small piece of sky in the courtyard-well. You can make your wish there. An amazing opportunity to enjoy the beauty of the city, which the city citizens pass by every day and do not always notice it.
The old buildings of St. Petersburg, which did not undergo the Soviet "major renovations", still retain intact interior elements - luxurious stucco moldings, charming fancy doors with carved patterns and copper handles, colorful stained-glass windows, authentic Metlah tiles and fragments of pre-revolutionary elevators. Unfortunately, these unique symbols are rapidly being lost, so every year there is less chance to see this quiet splendor with your own eyes. On our tour, you can still have time to touch the history and visit the closed front doors of old city buildings and appreciate their interior decor in a quiet mysterious atmosphere.
During the tour you will see and learn:
- the history of so called “courtyards-wells and walk-through back yards;
- what is a back door and what is a Grand staircase;
- you will see the unusual profitable houses of Yeliseyev, Tolstov, Dekhterinsky, Viktorova, Nikonov, Palkin; the “House-commune” of engineers and writers on Rubinstein 7, Vladimirskiy Passage.
- feel the "spirit of the city", learn what is stained glass and etching, Brandmauer and “Cour d'honneur house”;
- see the house where Dovlatov lived, the famous “5 Corners”, a staircase and a well; several unique staircases of St. Petersburg with stained glass windows, stucco moldings and fireplaces;
- you will see communal flats (shared rooms), old signs and door bells, famous and not so famous monuments.
* the tour route (objects and the order of their visit) can be adjusted by the guide.
! Russian-speaking guide 
Why you should choose this tour:
-Our professional guides will give you the most exciting information. Among our requirements for a guide is not only a professional license, but also a great love for St. Petersburg.
-Our optimal travel route that will allow you to see the brightest corners of "non-typical" St. Petersburg and make amazing photos and videos right on the spot!
City tour is an excellent choice to discover the city! Buy your tickets online without any fee & a queue. It takes just a few minutes. You don't need to print a ticket, just show it from your mobile device!
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Timetable:
Duration: 1 h. 30 min.
You can show your ticket from mobile device!
Place of departure:
Place of departure: Vladimirskaya metro station (meeting with a guide at the Dostoevsky monument). You can buy tickets on the website, without any queue & fee (don't buy tickets on the street!).
