A private tour of the Hermitage museum in St Petersburg gives you an opportunity to see the main highlights of the museum as well as the beautiful state rooms of the Winter palace. If you are interested, this tour may also include a visit to the General Staff building where the famous collection of impressionists and post-impressionist is now exhibited. The Hermitage is one of the largest museums of the world as its collection counts about 3 million objects that are located in several hundreds of rooms. You won’t get lost with a private guide!
During the Hermitage private tour we will walk in all 4 buildings of the main museum complex talking about the history of the palace and the museum and tracing the history of world art looking at masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Tizian, Rembrandt, Rubens and many other artists. Feel free to tell us about your interests and we will try to customize the Hermitage tour. You will see that a tour of the Hermitage is not a boring art lecture about composition, the shades of color and painting techniques – there are lots of memorable stories to share without it. In the Hermitage the guide is also helpful because it is too big and too amazing – the first time you come, you don’t know what to look at – it has magnificent interiors, paintings, sculpture, furniture and if you come on your own you may end up just wandering around and skipping something that is really special.
You can choose one of the following options: Basic tour of the Hermitage which covers the main museum complex (including the Winter palace) and Comprehensive Hermitage museum tour that also includes the impressionist and post-impressionist collection exhibited at the General Staff building. If you love Monet, Renoir, Gaugin, Van Gogh, Picasso – the General Staff building is worth including.
Advantages of our private Hermitage museum tour:
- Skip the line entry to the museum
- It’s a private tour, so we follow your interests and your pace
- We are licensed guides, we love the Hermitage and we want to make this visit a memorable experience ( and not a boring list of the exhibits that you’ll see)
“Basic must-see” Hermitage tour prices (museum tickets included into the price)
| № of people in a group | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | >5 |
| Price per group, rub/ (USD ) | 3700 rub (65 USD) | 5300 rub (95 USD) | 6800 rub (120 USD) | 8 500 rub (150 USD) | 9 500 rub (170 USD) | upon agreement |
Availability: daily except Monday
Tour duration: about 2-2,5 hours in the Hermitage.
Meeting point: your hotel
Payment: cash in rubles after the tour.
“Comprehensive” tour of the Hermitage (museum tickets included into the price):
| № of people in a group | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | >5 |
| Price per group, US $ | 4100 rub (75 USD) | 6 500 rub (120 USD) | 7 500 rub (140 USD) | 9 000 rub (160 USD) | 10 000 rub (180 USD) | upon agreement |
Tour duration: about 3,5 – 4 hours , may take longer if you want to make a break between visits to the main museum complex and the General Staff building where impressionist collection is exhibited
Meeting point: the guide meets you at your hotel
Requirements: Russian visa. If you are on a cruise, please visit “Shore excursions in St Petersburg” page
Payment: cash in rubles after the tour.