Regular English-Guided Boat & Walking Tours in St. Petersburg, Russia Info & group bookings: +7 921 989 47 22, info@anglotourismo.com

Regular Daily Boat Tours

Regular daily boat tours in St. Petersburg by Anglotourismo

What to do in St. Petersburg? Sounds like a silly question. There’s plenty of things to do and to see. But if you happen to visit the city in late spring or summer or early autumn, there’s on thing that is an absolute must-do: taking a boat tour along St. Pete’s famous rivers and canals. If you come by youself or with your family or a group of friends, the easiest way to do it is to take a boat cruise with Anglotourismo, the company that was the first in St. Pete to run this kind of tours in English specially for people who prefer to travel independently rather than as a part of package tours.

In 2011 the season is closed.

From May 2nd to September 30th we run five tours at 11.00, 13.00, 15.00, 17.00, and 19.00. Two more tours at 21.00 and 00.20 will be available daily from June 1st to August 31st.

All tours are guided in English!

Duration and cost:

11.00, 13.00, 15.00, 17.00, 19.00 and 21.00 tours run for 1 hour and cost 500 rubles adults/400 rubles students (Day Tours).

00.20 tour runs for 1 hour 30 min and costs 700 rubles adults/600 rubles students (Night Tour).

Routes and features:

Map of the routes that Anglotourismo daily boat tours follow. Click to enlarge
Boat tours -views along the way

Our 11.00 o’clock tour goes to 5 different canals & rivers. Enjoy the views of the charming Kolomna discrict, St. Nicholas Cathedral, Yussupov Palace & nearly 50 bridges along the route!

13.00, 15.00, 17.00, 19.00 and 21.00 tours tend to go along the Fontanka and the Neva rivers. Main sites along the way include Anichkov Bridge, Engineer’s Castle, Summer Gardens, the Salt District, Field of Mars, Church on Spilt Blood, St. Peter and Paul’s fortress, Trinity Bridge, the Winter Palace, the Kunstkamera, St. Isaac’s Cathedral and the University of St. Petersburg.

Night boat tours - raising bridges on the NevaAs we all know, every city looks different in the dark, but our 00.20 tour offers even more! This is likely to be the best opportunity to find out all about St Petersburg’s famous White Nights Festival. As your guide’s commentary helps you out recognize the sites along the river banks that may look unfamiliar in the dusk, enjoy the cool breeze from the Gulf of Finland, salute to a raised bridge on the Neva with a glass of champagne (bringing your own is not a terrible crime) and join the improvised race of dozens of water bikes, yachts and motor boats on the way back to the dock!

Time Route Duration Cost Available Available now?
11.00 1 1 hour 500 rub. / 400 rub. May 2nd – September 30th NO
13.00 2 1 hour 500 rub. / 400 rub. May 2nd – September 30th NO
15.00 2 1 hour 500 rub. / 400 rub. May 2nd – September 30th NO
17.00 2 1 hour 500 rub. / 400 rub. May 2nd – September 30th NO
19.00 1 1 hour 500 rub. / 400 rub. May 2nd – September 30th NO
21.00 2 1 hour 500 rub. / 400 rub. June 1st – August 31st NO
00.20 3 1 hour 30 700 rub. / 600 rub. June 1st – August 31st NO

How to take a tour

Click to see the full map First of all – you don’t have to book it, just turn up! Anglotourismo Boat Tours leave from a dock on the Fontanka river next to Shuvalovsky Palace (Nab. Reki Fontanki 21). Tickets are available in our ticket booth (Nab. Reki Fontanki 27) next to north western corner of Anichkov Bridge – a famous bridge with the four horse statues right on the main street. We recommend showing up 10-15 minutes before the tour starts – more chances to get the best seats!

Tickets, dock, free walking tour

Boat

Our boat has a covered deck, so we go rain or shine and even if only 1 person shows up for the tour!

Disclaimer

Routes can be changed due to weather conditions or traffic.

Availability

Daily at 11:00, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00 & 19:00 from May 2nd to September 30th

Daily at 21:00 & 00:20 from June 1st to August 31st

Tickets
Day tours

Duration: 1 hour
Full price: 500 r.
Students: 400 r.

Night tour

Duration: 1h 30
Full price: 700 r.
Students: 600 r.

Cash only, no cards, sorry.

Ticket booth

Naberezhnaya reki Fontanki, 27, next to Anichkov bridge

News

Boats season 2011 closed

October 3rd 2011

Our boat tours are no longer available this year. We are extremely grateful to every one of you who took tours or worked with us this season. We really enjoyed your company. We will reopen boat tours early next May and hope to see you again onboard.
Don’t forget that meanwhile our free walking tours keep running three times a week, throughout October. If you happen to be in St. Pete one of these already cold but still beautiful days, you are welcome to join us and explore this city together. We take off on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays at 10.30, the Athens Tavern.

Free Walking Tour to continue throughout October

September 20th 2011

We are glad to announce that our Free Walking Tour will keep on running throughout October! Please note that in October it will run only thrice a week, on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays, not daily. Meeting point is the same, 27 Nab. Reki Fontanki, under the sign of the Athens Tavern.
También seguiremos ofreciendo nuestro TOUR A PIE GRATIS durante el Octubre. El horario y la dirección siguen siendo sin cambios: por los lunes y jueves a las 11.30 les recogemos al lado del restaurante Atenas (”Таверна Афины” en ruso) que está en la calle Nab. reki Fontanki, 27. ¡Bienvenidos!
To sum up: Free Walking Tour in English will be available from Oct. 1st to Oct. 31st on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays at 10.30. Free Walking Tour in Spanish will continue running on Mondays and Thursdays at 11.30 until October 31st.

Nuevo tour a pie gratis guiado en Español

August 8th 2011

Más vale tarde que nunca… ¡Bien dicho! Y así mismo pensamos nosotros. Pues, aunque nos queda muy poco tiempo antes de terminar nuestra temporada turística, ya lo tenemos decidido : no vamos a perder ni un minuto más y aparte de nuestro Free daily walking tour in English. DESDE EL 11 DE AGOSTO LES OFRECEMOS UN TOUR COMPLETAMENTE NUEVO – NUESTRO TOUR GRATIS GUIADO EN ESPANOL.

Es un tour a pie gratis que estará disponible por los Lunes y Jueves desde el 11 de Agosto hasta el 30 de Septiembre y que va a cubrir todas las atracciones turísticas más importantes . Para ir de tour no hace falta reservarlo, sino acercarse unos 10-15 minutos antes.

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New photos in the gallery

June 12th 2011

We uploaded a new album to our gallery with the photos taken by our friend photographer, Masha Kitaeva during a free walking tour. You can also check them out and tag yourslef on our Facebook page or in our newly set Flickr photostream.

V-Day Tour Photos

June 2nd 2011

We’ve got ourselves a new album in the gallery with fantastic photos from the V-Day special boat tour. Check it out here. We had a great time on this tour and want to thank everyone who took it with us. It was fun doing it with you! We also uploaded these pictures on our Facebook page. If you were on this tour with us, please tag yourself on the pics, we like when names meet faces and when clients become friends.

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Who we are

Anglotourismo started in 2007 running boat tours along St. Petersburg’s canals and rivers on the regular basis for English-speaking visitors. For the first time in this city’s history an independent traveler had a chance to join a turn-up boat tour in English, instead of running around looking for a reasonable boat, a competent guide, negotiating the price, putting a tourist group together to bring the cost down etc. We tried our best to make this service as affordable and accessible as possible!

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