Visa Free St Petersburg from Select-A-Cruise - Currently Suspended
Our range of Visa Free St Petersburg Tours from Helsinki to St Petersburg offer visitors the perfect way to see Russia’s most beautiful city WITHOUT A RUSSIAN VISA!
Created to make the most of the 72 hours maximum time permitted in St Petersburg under the Visa Free St Petersburg scheme, for a truly memorable visit, join like-minded travellers in small groups on the following tours:
Helsinki – St Petersburg – Helsinki (2 nights’ ferry and 2 nights’ hotel)
Helsinki – St Petersburg – Tallinn (2 nights’ ferry and 2 nights’ hotel with optional extension in Tallinn)
The Visa Free Tour is available to ALL nationalities.
Please check if you need a multi-entry Visa for Finland (Schengen).
Visa Free St Petersburg – MS Princess Anastasia - Currently Suspended
MS Princess AnastasiaST. PETER LINE
Princess Anastasia is a modern passenger ferry with a total passenger capacity of 2 500 seats. On board there are 834 cabins and a car deck for 580 cars. The guests aboard the cruise ferry can enjoy the advantages of comfortable cabins and a wide range of entertainment to please any taste: restaurants, bars, Duty Free shop, SPA, gym, beauty salon, cinema and playroom for children. The show programme aboard the ship is presented by the brilliant St. Petersburg Music Hall Ballet Theatre and by a famous night club network.
Visa Free St Petersburg Tours - Currently Suspended
Helsinki-St Petersburg-Helsinki (5 Days)
Our VISA FREE ST PETERSBURG tours include round trip passenger ferry MS Princess Anastasia from Helsinki, transfers to/from your hotel in St Petersburg, 2 nights accommodation in a 4 star St Petersburg hotel, sightseeing programme, an optional day of sightseeing and daily breakfast (ferry and hotel) plus:
- City Tour
- Peter and Paul Fortress
- Hermitage museum
- Church on the Spilled Blood
- Optional full day sightseeing
Pre-book our optional Full Day sightseeing tours.
DELUXE Helsinki-St Petersburg-Helsinki
Same great tour, but with the following benefits:
- Priority Disembarkation in St Petersburg
- Upgraded Cabin
- VIP lounge Bar on-board (Suite & Deluxe cabin guests)
- Breakfast with Champagne (on-board)
- Complimentary minibar in your cabin with beer, wine and soft drinks.
- VIP lounge in St Petersburg port (Suite & Deluxe cabin guests)
- Special check in desk in St Petersburg (Commodore cabin guests)
- Maximum 8 persons in tour group
Helsinki - St Petersburg - Tallinn
Our VISA FREE ST PETERSBURG tours include round trip passenger ferry MS Princess Anastasia from Helsinki, transfers to/from your hotel in St Petersburg, 2 nights accommodation in a 4 star St Petersburg hotel, sightseeing programme, an optional day of sightseeing and daily breakfast (ferry and hotel) plus:
- City Tour
- Peter and Paul Fortress
- Hermitage museum
- Church on the Spilled Blood
- Optional full day sightseeing
Add on our 2 night Tallinn package, with transfer to your hotel and a walking tour of the city.
DELUXE Helsinki - St Petersburg - Tallinn
Same great tour, but with the following benefits:
- Priority Disembarkation in St Petersburg
- Upgraded Cabin
- VIP lounge Bar on-board (Suite & Deluxe cabin guests)
- Breakfast with Champagne (on-board)
- Complimentary minibar in your cabin with beer, wine and soft drinks.
- VIP lounge in St Petersburg port (Suite & Deluxe cabin guests)
- Special check in desk in St Petersburg (Commodore cabin guests)
- Maximum 8 persons in tour group
Visa Free St Petersburg - Ferry Cabins - Currently Suspended
Standard Outside CabinClass A
Standard Visa Free St Petersburg - Class A (Outside Cabin)
- 1-4 persons on Decks 4, 5, 6 (8.5 sq m)
- Outside cabin (with window). 2-4 berths. Closet for your clothes, air conditioned with en-suite sh/wc.
- Children aged 7 years or older must have a separate bed in the cabin, as for an adult.
DELUXE Visa Free St Petersburg - Suite
- Luxury apartments with sea views.
- In your living room, decorated with paintings, there are comfortable sofas and armchairs, LCD TV and a minibar.
- The bedroom is separate, with a double bed (not twin).
- Air-conditioning, private en-suite sh/wc with hair-dryer.
- Complimentary mini-bar with beer, wine and soft drinks.
- Delicious breakfast with champagne.
- Complimentary access to the Internet.
- Priority Disembarkation
- VIP lounge in St Petersburg port
DELUXE cabinSuite
Outside double CabinCommodore
Visa Free St Petersburg - Commodore Cabin (Outside double Cabin)
- Double bed only (not twin).
- Flat screen TV, comfortable armchairs and mini-bar in the sitting area.
- Private en-suite sh/wc and hairdryer.
- Complimentary mini-bar with beer, wine and soft drinks.
- Delicious breakfast with champagne.
- Priority Disembarkation
- Special check-in desk in St Petersburg port
Visa Free St Petersburg - Accommodation
★★★★Solo Sokos Hotel Vasilievsky
Solo Sokos Hotel Vasilievsky ★★★★
The Solo Sokos Hotel Vasilievsky is situated in the historical centre of St. Petersburg, on the 8th Line of the Vasilievsky Island, close to the Embankment of river Neva. The most famous landmarks of St. Petersburg are located just a 10-15 min walk from the hotel on the other side of the Neva: The Hermitage Museum, St. Isaac’s Cathedral and The Admiralty. The comfortable rooms of Sokos Hotel Vasilievsky are elegantly decorated and the warm colors make you feel like at home. Repin Lounge Restaurant & Bar, an easy-going and relaxed restaurant, is the hotel’s heart, serving the classics of Italian-American cuisine with a new twist and also Russian cuisine classics by the Chef. The Lounge Bar with its comfortable couches and armchairs is a great place to relax after a busy day.
Solo Sokos Hotel Palace Bridge ★★★★★
A unique hotel located in the historical centre of St.Petersburg on Vasilievsky Island and named after the famous Palace Bridge located nearby, which leads directly to many of the main sights – the Hermitage museum, Palace Square, Admiralty, St.Isaac’s Cathedral and the beginning of Nevsky Prospect, all just a 20 minute walk away. Solo Sokos Hotel Palace Bridge is a magnificent combination of new and old. The heart of the hotel is an historic brick building dating back to the mid 19th century, once the wine cellars of a famous merchant dynasty – the Eliseev family. Today under these old brick arches and chandeliers you will find a unique hotel concept, with a fabulous spa with treatment and Aqua zones, fitness centre, international restaurant Sevilla and the intriguing ’Dans Le Noir?’ where you may have the restaurant experience of a lifetime in complete darkness.
★★★★★Solo Sokos Hotel Palace Bridge
★★★★★Kempinksi Moika 22 Hotel
Kempinksi Moika 22 Hotel ★★★★★
Situated in the heart of the city on the Moika River, in the aristocratic mansion built in 1853, Kempinski Hotel Moika 22 is close to Palace Square and the Hermitage museum. The hotel is just five minutes’ walk from the Nevsky Prospect and close to all major sights and shopping. Guests are greeted with a unique, personalised European service in all 200 rooms and suites, and five restaurants and bars. A Spa and Fitness Centre offers guests a relaxing setting for mind, body and energy-restoration treatments, a gym, whirlpool bath with city view, sauna and steam room.
Visa Free St Petersburg - Deck Plan
Visa Free St Petersburg – Sightseeing
Hermitage Museum
Catherine Palace
St Petersburg
Testimonials
“I would like to thank you for arranging our trip with such short notice. We had a wonderful time and specially with your wonderful tour guide and the very polite and attentive driver. I would very much like to take another tour in St Petersburg to see more of the place.”
“Just a quick email to say how much we enjoyed our tour with you. Both our guide and driver were excellent,please pass on our thanks to them for making our trip so enjoyable.”
“We are back and can honestly say it was a fantastic trip. I would recommend you to anyone who wished to see St Petersburg. I thought it would be a once in a lifetime trip but I think I will have to go again.”
“Thank you for the opportunity of voicing our thoughts. We were extremely happy with everything about this trip. The guide, Elena, was wonderful, very informative and a lovely person. I have already recommended your company to many friends.”
“Our visit to St Petersburg was most enjoyable. Good comfortable cabin on the voyages from Helsinki and back. Good choice of restaurants and cafes on board.
In St P we were very happy with our guide who was a History graduate with excellent English. Very friendly and informative. Also gave us good advice about visiting Peterhof palace and gardens in our spare morning. She also arranged us a discount on our entry tickets.
In the Hermitage museum she wafted us past the queues. She told us fascinating backgrounds and history about key paintings and sculptures.
Our driver was very polite and drove safely through St P’s challenging traffic, always finding a park close to our destinations.
The hotel was comfortable and a good standard. It was reasonably located just off Bolshoi Prospect, not too far from the centre.
Avoiding the need for a Russian visa was a boon. Before discovering Select a Cruise we had investigated applying for a visa and had been overwhelmed by the bureaucracy, and decided not to go.
Thanks, a great trip and memorable experience.”