Is it possible to do a canal dinner cruise in St. Petersburg similar to the ones in Paris?
Posted by
Minnesota 🎒
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There isn't a St. Petersburg in Italy. Did you mean St. Petersburg, Russia?
Posted by
OP
6 posts
Yes I did mean St Petersburg, Russia. Silly not to have stated that fact.
Posted by
New York, NY, USA
11294 posts
I know there are canal cruises (mostly with Russian narration, a few with English narration), but I don't know if there are dinner cruises.
Posted by
Edmonds, WA, USA
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Posted by
SzSzKSz. Слава, Победа, Wostok, Luch, Poljot
467 posts
There is a whole bunch of canal excursions, both in English and Russian, but the canals are pretty narrow and bridges are low, which is not conducive to fine dining experience (one is required to sit down every time the boat approaches a bridge, and there are about 500 of them :-)
That said, there is a dinner cruise ship (Volga Volga) which does scheduled one-hour cruises along the Neva. It's s bigger ship, though, and it cannot enter canals and tributaries.
The food is decent, and you do get to see the UNESCO-protected skyline.