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Regular walking and bicycle tours in English in St. Petersburg Russia. Themed walks, private custom-tailored tours and itineraries. Expert museum and palace tours. Private canal boat tours. Pub crawls, Rasputin tours, Dostoyevsky tours, WWII and Siege of Leningrad tours, Red October Revolution and Communist Legacy tours, expert architecture, history and urban development tours.
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Gabriele v
Zurich, Switzerland18 contributions
Aug 2021
Peter is a fantastic guide, extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastic. He really brought history to life with his stories and description of people's experiences. HIGHLY recommended!
Written 30 August 2021
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peterswalk
Thank you Gabriele! Good having you on our walks. That swarm of weddings at Vitebsk Station was extraordinary, wasn’t it. Did you you make it to Catherine Palace?
Cheers,
Peter
Written 1 September 2021
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PamCBeck
10 contributions
Oct 2019
We did a lot of walking, taking us off the roads and into courtyards and hidden areas you wouldn’t venture to on your own. Some of the information provided was not so much history but cool little unique trivia facts that made the tour so different then the others. Don’t miss this one!
Written 13 November 2019
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Barry C
Royal Oak, MI42 contributions
Sep 2019 • Solo
St Petersburg is an extraordinary city and you can walk on your own to see its beauty. But if you want a flavor of how the locals live along with a visit to a few of the beautiful sights then this tour is for you. Our small group went to the local market, sampled local food and drink (try the horseradish vodka!) and visited the inner courtyards of buildings that you would never see otherwise. And yes, we saw the magnificent architecture. One of the best walking tours I have been on.
Written 13 November 2019
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First timer in Russia
1 contribution
Oct 2019 • Business
Our tour guide is knowledgeable, friendly, and very easy to communicate with. Many thanks for the informative and pleasant experience in St. Petersburg, which makes me want to bring my family to visit this city again. Thank you!!!
Written 17 October 2019
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Tina
1 contribution
Sep 2019
This tour was excellent, guide Eugene was extremely knowledgeable and provided lots of interesting details about the city while we walked around. Great way to orient yourself to the city. Highly recommended!
Written 7 October 2019
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Travelicious
Aalst, Belgium195 contributions
Oct 2019 • Solo
Our guide, Anastasía, showed us a great knowledge of her city and it's history. I was fascinated by all the facts and interesting details she told us, i would defenitely recommend this walking tour for anyone arriving in the city like i did. Perfect introduction!
Written 3 October 2019
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Kathlyn B
2 contributions
Sep 2019 • Friends
Excellent. Fascinating to walk round St Petersburg with someone so knowledgeable. Walking was easy with a nice stop for tea/ coffee. Thoroughly recommend this tour.
Written 25 September 2019
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Pylos
1 contribution
Sep 2019
During our week in St Petersburg, my wife and I took three walking tours, two led by Peter and one by his colleague Anastasia. Peter customized our two tours with him to suit our interest in the Siege, and similarly Anastasia tailored our tour of the Hermitage according to our interests. Both Peter and Anastasia were exceptionally organized, efficient, knowledgeable, articulate, and engaging. What's more, we learned from them a great deal about Russian culture today (and from Peter we learned how to use the metro). It's hard to imagine two finer guides. In parting, Peter recommended that my wife and I spend a day at Pavlovsk Park, and so we did and loved it: the grounds are nothing short of paradise, more splendid than any place of its kind that we have visited in our three decades of travel. In sum, our tours with Peter and Anastasia were the highlight of our time in St Petersburg: without their guidance, we would have learned so much less, and without Peter, we would have needed twice the time to find the Siege landmarks we wished to visit.
Written 23 September 2019
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Fiona241
Perth, Australia83 contributions
Sep 2019 • Friends
We take cycling tours in every town we visit and this was one of the best we have taken. Peter is a fantastic guide, so articulate, knowledgeable and humorous. The tour was just right in terms of length, difficulty and diversity. Just the best introduction to this wonderful city.
Written 10 September 2019
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Darren P
3 contributions
Aug 2019
There was initially a slight problem with our tour which the owner remedied immediately. This tour bypasses the normal attractions and highlights lesser known but fascinating features of the city, modern history and the Russian people’s perspective. It really was superb.
Written 30 August 2019
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Pierre
1 contribution
Bonjour Peter,
Y a-t-il des promenades à vélo avec guide en français ?
Merci
PetersWalkingTour
St. Petersburg, Russia1 contribution
Bonjour,
On peut vous proposer un tour privé. Contactez nous directement par email svp avec vos dates et autres details. Merci,
Peter
Hello Any chance that a tour could be set up to leave about 2:30 on September 12
PetersWalkingTour
St. Petersburg, Russia1 contribution
Laura,
We will be glad to arrange a private tour for you. Please contact us by email for all further details. We are not allowed to post contact information here, but you can easily find us by searching “peterswalk".
Indicate your date, meeting time and place (your hotel address?), the number of participants, any specific requests in regard to the route.
Thank you,
Peter
We are a group of 6. Do you do walking tours for a full day and is it possible to have a private tour with just the 6 of us?We would require the tour on 21 May.
PetersWalkingTour
St. Petersburg, Russia1 contribution
Hello Diane,
We will design an individual tour for your party of 6 - any duration, any sights/themes/activities covered. Please contact us by email, info at peterswalk com for details.
Peter
Sorry for a delayed response, just saw your post here.
CMK63
Melbourne, Australia13 contributions
I would like to book a bike tour for 9 adults on Friday 29 June. Can you provide me with an understanding of what options are available and how to book?
Flamepad
Busselton, Australia
Hi, We will be arriving at the cruise terminal in August & would like to know if you can pick us up from the port to join one of your walking tours around St Petersburg & perhaps a canal tour too. Any suggestions/options would be greatly appreciated.
Tim G
Bristol, UK57 contributions
You will need to contact the company. I can't answer this,
Philippe S
Los Alamitos, California1 contribution
What is the name of the main avenue (prospect) in Saint Petersburg?
PetersWalkingTour
St. Petersburg, Russia1 contribution
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austin t
Saint Louis, MO20 contributions
We are interested in an one day bike tour around St Petersburg on June 28, 2017.
There are 3 of us and we would like see the major sights as much as possible.
Our ship will dock at 7:00 am and leave at 7:30 pm. We can be a part of another group.
Do you offer such a tour on that day, if so what would be the cost in USD? If you don't have such bike tour, do you have some else you can recommend. Thank you
PetersWalkingTour
St. Petersburg, Russia1 contribution
Hello,
We will be glad to arrange an individual bicycle tour for your party. It is a sea cruise you’re coming with, or a river cruise? If it’s a sea cruise, are you planning to have obtained Russian visas prior to arrival, or are you intending to make use of the visa-free entry scheme that is available to cruise passengers (under certain conditions)? If it's the latter, we will be able to help you with it - please contact us by email. I cannot post the address here but you’ll find it on our tripadvisor page. In your email please indicate the name of the ship and give us a rough idea of how many hours you would like to stay ashore with us.
Sincerely,
Peter
mzmeowus
New York City, NY218 contributions
Has anyone done the white nights bike tour recently? I will be there at the end of August. Would love to hear about people's experiences. How dark does the evening get in late August? The bike trip starts at 10.30pm; is it foolish to cycle around St Petersburg in the dark?
PetersWalkingTour
St. Petersburg, Russia1 contribution
Hello mzmeowus,
Regular reports from our bike tours can be found on the facebook page of St Petersburg Bike Tours (our alias for the bike tour department). I am not allowed to post a full link here, but you can find it on facebook under biketour.spb. We are currently working on creating a separate listing here for the bike tours, and hopefully will have it set up so you can track our clients’ feedback.
The White Night Bike tour will be offered until the end of August, every Tuesday and Thursday. It won’t really be “white nights” in late August, but on a clear night it’s a very pleasant ride. The amount of electric light around central St Petersburg makes it easy and enjoyable. Hope this answers your questions.
Sincerely,
Peter
Kakowood
Paris, France34 contributions
Hi Peter: Is this a walking tour or a biking tour. We are a couple of Americans of different origines, I'm from Argentina and my wife is German, and now we live i Paris. Either walking or biking will work for us, we are in Petersburg the Friday 3rd and Sat 4th of June.
Please tell us what can we sign up to. Spacibo,
Carlos
PetersWalkingTour
St. Petersburg, Russia1 contribution
Hello Carlos,
This is Peter Kozyrev. We do both walking and bicycle tours. The daily Original Walk leaves at 10:30 am from the reception of hostel Friends-Life. Address: Vladimirsky prospekt, 1. Ring the buzzer at the reception and take the lift to the fourth floor, following clear English-language signage. Cost 1500 rubles per person. Available from Easter weekend to mid-October.
The Weekend Bike Tour runs every Sat and Sun, leaving from the bike shop Skat Prokat 11:00 am. Address: Goncharnaya st., 7, inside the courtyard. Ring intercom at the gate if it's closed and walk in - you will see the bike shop inside the courtyard. Cost 2200 rubles per person. Available mid-May through Sept.
The White Night Bike tour leaves every Tues and Thurs from the bike shop, 22:30. Cost 2200 rubles per person. Tour runs June through August.
All this information is on our web site but I cannot post a link here. Write us an email and we'll send you more info.
Martina M
136 contributions
Hi there :) I would like to ask, if there is any food stops during the tour...Thank you!
PetersWalkingTour
St. Petersburg, Russia1 contribution
Hello Martina,
Our daily Original Walking Tour does not have a set itinerary - the route always depends on the participants’ wishes and the guide’s ideas for the day. So, if the participants agree they should stop for a snack or a coffee then we definitely make a stop. A proper lunch stop is perhaps best done after the tour so we don’t use up the valuable tour time. Our guides always recommend lunch places, and often finish the tour at a lunch place.
If you book a private tour with us then you can request a food stop as a part of the tour - we will customise a private tour any way you like. We can do a private tour focusing entirely on local eateries and food culture in fact:-)
We visited a totally cool new place during our Original walk yesterday - an abandoned Art Nouveau mansion in central St Petersburg, just being occupied now by a bunch of low-key hipster cafes and bars. Real St Petersburg chic - forged iron banisters with elegant floral ornaments, turn-of-the-century floor tiles, crumbling ceilings, and a cheerful barista with his cappuccinos amidst all that.
When are you planning to join our tours?
Peter