Trip to St.Petersburg with IDS
Dear International Student,
IDS is happy to invite you to the VISA-FREE trip to Russia,St.Petersburg.
When: 20 October - 24 October 2011.
What is included in price:
- Ferry ticket Helsinki - St. Petersburg - Helsinki
- Bed in cabin (4 persons/cabin)
- Bed in a double room in 3star hotel
- 2 buffet breakfasts at the hotel
- Guided city tour by bus in English
- Visit to Peter and Paul Fortress
- Guided tour of the State Hermitage Museum!
- Tour services in St.Petersburg
The price: 220€ (cabin type E4) and 245€ (cabin type B4)
There are other services available for extra COST (such as limo tour with soviet champagne, four-course dinner with folk music performance).
Come to St. Petersburg Info Evening on Monday 19 September at 16:00 (Pasila Campus, Auditorium). Travel agency Bair Travels tells about the trip in detail, answer all question and open sign-up system!
Thursday, 20 October
16:00 Meeting at the Helsinki Makasiiniterminali
Timetravels representatives hand out the programs, cabin cards and meal vouchers.
19:00 M/S Princess Maria departs from Helsinki
Services on boat: 8th deck Buffet restaurant, buffet dinner (cost 30 €) 1st sitting 18.30-20.00,
2nd sitting 20.30-22.00. Dinner voucher is valid for both sittings. A la carte restaurant, TAX FREE, Casino on the 7th deck, Cafeteria on the 4th floor. Sauna on the 2nd floor. EUROS are accepted.
21:30 Night club folk and variety show in the 7nd floor “Columbus” bar (until 23.00) FREE ENTRANCE
22:30 Night club XXXX on the 7th floor. Crazy party until late!
Friday (local time), 21st October
07:00 Breakfast on the 8th deck restaurant. Cost 10 €. Breakfast open until 9 AM.
09:30 Arrival in St Petersburg. Debarking from the ship. Passport control.
11:00 Guided city tour – Peter and Paul fortress, Aurora battleship, The Split of the St Basil Island etc.
14:00 End of the city tour, transportation to the hotel.
16:00 Check-in at the hotel, double room accommodation.
20:00 Meeting at the hotel lobby, departure for the river and channel cruise
Cruise on Rivers and Canals 15 € with sparkling wine 15 € (21:00-21:15)
22:15 End of the cruise, transportation to the hotel. Possibility to stay out for after party in a night club.
Saturday, 22 October
07:30 Breakfast (until 10:00)
09:00 A guided bus excursion to Pushkin, the Catherine´s Palace in the “Village of the Tsars” 20 €. Location 30 km from St. Petersburg. Afterwards free time in the Catherine’s park until 13.30.
13:00 Departure from the Pushkin back to city center and then to the hotel.
14:30 Palace Dinner with a Folk Music show – includes a four-course dinner 25 € with a folk music show 15.00-17.00. Afterwards transportation to the hotel.
19:00 Ballet or Opera in one of theatres of St Petersburg. See the name of the ballet in the reservation system form. (Attention! On some trips the theatre performance can be on Friday and the Cruise on rivers and Canals on Saturday)
23:00 Limousine tour with soviet champagne 20 €. Duration 1, 5 hours. After party in a night club!
Sunday
07:30 Breakfast (until 10:00)
10:00 Check-out from the hotel. All luggage in the bus.
11:00 - 14:30 Guided tour of the State Hermitage Museum (FREE). Duration approximately 2 hours. After the tour you may stay in the museum or have a lunch or a walk in the city.
Cathedrals of St Petersburg tour 25 € Includes visit to the most beautiful cathedrals of St Petersburg – The Izmailovsky Cathedral, Nikol’skyj Cathedral, St Isaac’s Cathedral and Cathedral on the Spilled Blood. Overall duration of the program – 2,5 hours.
17:30 Bus departure from the Palace Square to harbor
18:00 Passport control and boarding.
20:00 M/S Princess Maria departs to Helsinki.
Same cruise program (including the variety show) as on Thursday.
Monday
08:30 Arrival in Helsinki. Disembarkation, Finnish customs and passport control.
