This is the best way to spend 3 days in st petersburg you will see the essential highlights from the galleries of the hermitage to the fountains of peterhof and with added extras like a canal boat ride a visit to the new faberge museum and the impressive collection of impressionist paintings in the general staff building of the hermitage you will learn about the founding of st petersburg its imperial past the hardships of wwii the cold war period and right up to modern day life