St Petersburg

Destination: St Petersburg, Russia

Available places: 70 total for all participating groups

Required: valid INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT (allowing travel outside the EU)

Participating Groups: ESN Stockholm (KTH and SU), ESN Linköping, ESN Jönköping, ESN Örebro, ESN Växjö, ESN Göteborg (Chalmers/GU), ESN Skövde, ESN Lund (LU/LTH), ESN Kalmar, ESN Malmö (INTERACT), ESN Luleå (LURC), ESN Copenhagen (Denmark), UFO Halmstad, and ESN Kristianstad (Swedish students, students from other universities and non- students are also welcome to join!)

Price: 325 EUR + individual Russian Tourist Visa cost

Included:

round trip ferry transportation from Stockholm to Finland (Tallink Silja Line)
4-person cabin on both of the ferry journeys
round trip transportation from Stockholm, Sweden, to Russia
double occupancy HOTEL accommodations in St Petersburg
Russian tourist visa paper work, support + processing
personal travel insurance from SAMPO insurance company
buffet breakfast on three mornings in the hotels
guided sightseeing tour (in English) of St Petersburg
transportation to the State Hermitage Art Museum in St Petersburg
the hotel's mandatory passport and visa registration fees

* Preliminary Trip Schedule *

All times listed are in LOCAL TIMES:

CET = Central European Time (Swedish time)

EET = Eastern European Time, (Finnish time) +1 hour to CET

MSD =Moscow Standard Time (Western Russia), +2 hour to EET, +3 hours to CET

Day One: Thursday, 8 March

18:00 — ALL GROUPS to Tallink Silja Line ferry terminal (Värtahamnen) in Stockholm

18:30 — Ferry ticket distribution inside the terminal building

20:10 — Tallink Silja Line MS Galaxy departure to Turku, Finland

Day Two: Friday, 9 March

07:00 — Arrival in Turku, all groups to bus, depart for St Petersburg

09:30 — Stop at “Kivihovi” for ATM, grocery store, WC, etc.

10:00 — Continue travel to the borders

14:00 — Arrival at Finnish border/frontier

16:00 — Arrival at Russian border

17:00 — Departure from Russian border, drive to St Petersburg

21:00 — (ESTIMATED) Arrival at Ladoga Hotel; group check-in

FREE TIME

Closest METRO STATION: Novocherkasskaya

Day Three: Saturday, 10 March

07:00 — Buffet breakfast open

09:30 — Group departure for city sightseeing tour, ending at State

Hermitage Museum parking area, estimated time is 12:30

12:30 — Free Time in the city

FREE TIME (No evening program currently planned)

Please note: No evening program is currently planned, but a Russian Folk Dance Performance may be possible – information about this EVENING program will given out to everyone on the bus