National Trust for Historic Preservation - Grand Tour
Chapter VII - A GALA MILLENNIUM CELEBRATION IN ST. PETERSBURG
With Guest Lecturer Grace Gary.
Tour Costs: $7,180.00 per person double occupancy; $970 single supplement.
- Usher in the new millennium at a magnificent New Year’s Eve gala ball in the spectacular great ballroom at Catherine Palace
- Private visits to the world-famous Hermitage Museum and St. Petersburg’s grand royal palaces
- Sunday mass with beautiful choral liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas of the Marine
- Private lecture by noted author Madame Zoia Belyakova
- Private reception and concert by the St. Petersburg Opera Company at Menshikov Palace, private performance by students at a well-known ballet theater, and a performance at the Mariinsky Theater (formerly the Kirov)
- A Winterparty in Pushkin--including a troika ride
- Private visit of the apartments of Empress Maria Feodorovna in Pavlovsk’s Great Palace
- Farewell dinner at one of the most prestigious residences in St. Petersburg, the 19th-century Spiridonov Palace
- Accommodations at the Grand Hotel Europe, one of St. Petersburg’s most beautiful hotels
For more information or a detailed itinerary with reservation form, please contact Protravel International, 1-800-227-1059, ext. 455, (212) 409-9555.
