Thomson Celebration St. Petersburgh Tours

by **spikey69** on Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:10 pm

visiting st.petersburgh july 4 and 5 2008. wish to have 4-6 fellow cruisers to organise own tour via official russian tour operators.(no visas required). how can i contact other like minded people on this cruise ?

by **Cats whiskers** on Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:13 pm

Hi
Lucky you - I will be there one week after you - so checky as i am, could you let me know how you are organising your personal tours as i am having a hell of a job getting visas. Have fun.

by **bountycat** on Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:25 pm

I would be really interested to see how you got on - I did a similiar thing last year in Akuyerei, Iceland where I shared a taxi with 6 fellow cruisers but of course there are no visa restrictions there.

I have just been on a cruise to the Baltic this year - I do not normally do organised excursions but made an exception in St Petersburg and enjoyed them -although I would have liked longer at some of the attractions. I hope to go on another Baltic cruise next year and might consider getting a visa. The ship docks quite away out from the city centre - it is too far to walk so would need to get a taxi. There were none waiting, as is the norm in another ports, so obviously independent cruisers are not expected.

Some of the Filipino waiters did get a minibus taxi at 1 dollar a head which took them to a disco after they had finished work for the day - but presumably they are on different visa regulations/networks.