We were able to identify exactly what art we wanted to see in the Hermitage, and customize our tour, and take breaks whenever we needed to. Petersburg has so much to see in 2 days, you will want to maximize your experience.

For us, it was an absolute necessity because we had a 3 year old with us, but even without the toddler the truth is that St.

I would also like to support the above recommendation to consider a private tour for just your family/group if you can afford it. Petersburg and Baltic cruise an experience that my friends and I will never forget.įrom reading the boards for several years, I'd say that people are generally quite happy with all the major tour companies. Honestly, I can’t recommend Victoria and SPB-tours highly enough. All of their choices for meals in each of our stops were also very appealing to our group, most of whom are avid foodies.

They seem to be very well respected everywhere we travelled with them, including with Victoria’s husband in Berlin (via Rostock). I made all of the arrangements for everyone in our group, for both the cruise and the tours (in 6 ports) and SPB-tours made everything go SO smoothly, including all of our communications, and our paperwork for entry to Russia. Petersburg, which was remarkable, and so worth every minute that we spent there. We used their services on our Baltic cruise for most of the ports and were so impressed with their knowledge, level of organization, and their kindness.Īlthough we usually cruise with Celebrity, we chose RCL Serenade of the Seas for that cruise because their itinerary included 3 days and 2 nights in St. We used Victoria and her excellent team for our group of 17 friends in June/July, 2015. Charan's voice almost resembles S.P.B's voice.Another resounding recommendation for SPB-tours. The couple have two children namely Pallavi and Charan, who have a production company named Capital Film Works. The early days of the couple at Chennai was very difficult and tough. They eloped and got married at Simhachalam, Andhra Pradesh accompanied by Ilaiyaraaja,Bhaskar,Anirutta and Gangai Amaren,who were his best friends. His parents objected to their union as the girl was of same 'Gothram' (lineage), as this was prohibited in conservative Brahmin families. When he was 21, he fell in love with the daughter of the owner of the house he was staying on rent. Sailaja is a former actress-singer in Telugu. Sambamurthy was a well-known exponent of Harikatha and his sister S.P. He is the second son in a large family of three sons and five daughters. He was born as Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam into an orthodox Saivite family on Jin Konetammapeta (then in Madras Presidency and now in Andhra Pradesh). Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam, ( Telugu:బాల సుబ్రమణ్యం) is a prolific Indian singer.

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