St. Petersburg 2012
St. Petersburg, September 28 - October 5
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8 days/7 nights
Overnight:
• 1 night aloft
• 6 nights St. Petersburg
Physical Activity Rating: Level 1
Travel partners: exclusive to the MIT community
Maximum group size: 30 travelers
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Admire Peter the Great’s visionary 18th-century city on foot, by coach, by hydrofoil and by boat on this insider’s exploration of the grand metropolis on the Neva. Visit Peter’s Summer Palace and learn about the inner workings of the gravity-fed fountains he designed. Explore Catherine’s Palace, with a private tour of the luminous Amber Room and the workshops where the stolen amber panels were reconstructed. Enter Trubetskoi Bastion Prison at the Fortress of Peter and Paul, and learn from a historian about the 900-day Siege of Leningrad. Venture backstage at one of St. Petersburg’s famous theaters, inspect the engine room of a historic Russian icebreaker, and, following a beloved Russian tradition, pay a visit to a dacha.
If you have any questions or to make a reservation, please call the MIT Alumni Travel Program at 800-992-6749, or email us at compass@mit.edu.
